Jacqueline Gantley

Fair weather cyclist and gardener.Doting grandma.Early years enthusiast.

[Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frankcottrell_b]

Conceived in privilege, sold in sentiment, marinaded in superstition, flying in the face of evidence, funded by state capture corporates, aimed at the vulnerable

[Kevin Schofield @KevinASchofield]

Robert Jenrick: “Nigel Farage had the courage to put himself up for a by-election, which very few people do.”

Tim Stanley: “Well you didn’t.”

[Jack @j4ppleby]

'I've triggered a by-election by mistake'

[Adam Schwarz @AdamJSchwarz]

Farage claims this is a “people versus the establishment” by-election.

In reality, it’s a “people versus the rule of law” by-election.

It’s part of his attempt to turn Britain into a Trumpian illiberal democracy, where corrupt & lawbreaking politicians are placed above the law.

[Michael Crick @MichaelLCrick]

On day of big developments for both Nigel Farage and Marine Le Pen - & implications for next elections in both countries - it's interesting that both were punished after they were found to have diverted European Parliament funds to be used for domestic purposes by their parties.

[Shaun Lintern @ShaunLintern]

Last year black infants had the highest rate of infant mortality at 7 per 1,000 births, followed by Pakistani infants at 5.2 per 1,000, more than twice the rate of white children at 3 per 1,000.

[Lawrence M. Krauss @LKrauss1]

Richard Feynman was amazing in so many ways. Was such an honor to both know him and write his scientific biography.

[Dennis Noel Kavanagh @Jebadoo2]

Very well said Dr Caroline Johnson

[Hannah Barnes @hannahsbee]

This is brilliant news

[Sonia Sodha @soniasodha]

This is bad news for the vulnerable people whose lives will be put at risk if this bill were to pass. (But it’s also bad news for the Labour Party - pretty unbelievable some MPs want to bring it back).

[Donie O'Sullivan @donie]

Worth listening to the @StephenNolan show to hear from people who actually live in Northern Ireland.

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

The UK National Screening Committee is right to recommend against population screening for prostate cancer, writes @mgtmccartney
https://t.co/5v7vveMs5F

[Andrew Kersley @AndrewKersley]

In November 2023, police found the decayed corpse of Tracey Turnell in Walthamstow Market.

She had no phone, job, passport, friends or lovers. There wasn’t a single photo of her.

I pieced together who she was and who was responsible for @_TheLondoner

https://t.co/Jxv5fnW0u3

[Shaun Lintern @ShaunLintern]

Celebrities, rich people and ex-prime ministers should not make health policy. Prostate cancer screening is just not as simple as some are making out. There are real harms caused when people are treated unnecessarily.

[louis appleby @ProfLAppleby]

Banning things is probably satisfying, & politically it looks decisive. But, on #socialmedia, is it the answer?

Harder & more impressive is to assess partial evidence, weigh the balance of benefits & harm, and wait for Australia’s real life experiment to report.

[Prof. Mark Taubert @ProfMarkTaubert]

Considerations:
1. The Royal College of Physicians have said the Bill is unsafe
2. The Royal College of Psychiatrists have said the Bill is unworkable, and unsafe
3. The British Geriatrics Society have said the Bill’s safeguards are not adequate
4. Domestic abuse charities have said the Bill is unsafe 5. Organisations representing disabled people have said the Bill is unsafe
6. Royal College of GPs says the Bill lacks adequate safeguards
7. Lord Stevens, ex NHS CEO, said legislating for assisted dying in the current climate of hospice cuts is “utterly ridiculous”
8. MIND says the safeguards are not adequate
9. The CLADD group at KCL (DOI) have said the Bill is “not fit for purpose”
10. The British Association of Social Workers say the Bill’s is not safe enough

[Jonathan Freedland @Freedland]

"Such a debate has to begin with understanding the depth of the hole the party is in, and therefore how great the leap that will be required to get out." Latest column on how Labour should go about choosing a new leader - and prime minister https://t.co/WMj45iJP5A

[Owen Winter @OwenWntr]

The local elections in one chart. Labour has been squeezed between the Greens in young wards and Reform in older working-class wards

[Huw Thomas MS @HuwThomasMS]

A day where one chapter ends, and another begins. A difficult and discombobulating day. There is more to be said, in due course, but for now, with gratitude, this will do...

[ITV News @itvnews]

Family pay tribute to mother with 'biggest heart' killed in Bristol explosion
https://t.co/I72gbbIljd