Micky Alexander

Public Health trainee, Blackpool. Formerly UCL IHE. Doctor. Health inequalities, LGBTQ+ health, also sometimes jokes. He/him. Tweets in a personal capacity.

[Gordon Brown @GordonBrown]

12 years of Tory rule has made the UK the most regionally unequal economy in Europe.

To build prosperity and tackle poverty across the whole UK, we need to change not just who governs but how we are governed.

We need genuine political reform.

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[Liam Bright @lastpositivist]

There's no methodological substitute for, like, thinking about things. You gotta actually think about what you are doing and why or you'll end up with silly (and to the extent it affects policy harmful) errors like the one documented in this thread.

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

NEW: a column in the Times argues that the only way to tackle obesity is through fat shaming (yes, you read that right).

It’s an astonishing argument to make, and unsurprisingly it falls to pieces under scrutiny.

Let’s take a look, and see if we can do better:

[Fox Fisher @theFoxFisher]

To celebrate LGBT+ History Month in the USA, meet
Albert Cashier. He was born in 1843 in Ireland. Age 19, he began serving in the union army in the American civil war. He was the shortest soldier in the regiment. (THREAD)

[Micky Alexander @mickyalexander]

@MrLSaunders @brokenbottleboy It’s such a persistent myth, and not even just on the apparent right wing. I think people don’t even think to ask for proof, as it is so widely accepted, although they argue about the extent of it.

[Richard Hall @RichDCHall]

Below the headline cap on energy bills at £2,500 for the average household, one of the most important parts of today's announcement by the PM is a commitment to open negotiations with electricity generators to reduce the price they charge. (1/10)

[Wild Geerters @steinkobbe]

Big story in Norway this summer is a walrus we've named Freya has made it to our shores and is touring the country, laying around and sinking boats

[Micky Alexander @mickyalexander]

@jamesdgreig Agree with the thrust - minor quibble though, that injections for diabetes (and most conditions managed OOH) are subcutaneous, not IV, so don’t require finding a vein. UV lights still seem pointless though, and potentially a problem for the visually impaired, as you say.

[@hayesbrown.bsky.social @HayesBrown]

I’m sorry but “Rich Nephew” is a very funny name for an anti-corruption czar

[Count Binface @CountBinface]

🚨Live scenes in Downing Street.

[Dr Philip Lee @drphiliplee1]

Look, you can have me, but my rider demands will be LUDICROUS

[Sama’an Ashrawi @SamaanAshrawi]

My Grandpa Dave told me he was sure he was gay when he was moving into his dorm room freshman year of college and there was a boy “with the prettiest eyes;” after Grandpa passed, I learned from my mother who that boy was.

[Dominic Cummings @Dominic2306]

@AdamWagner1 @Stuart_Wilson19 also of course the newspapers negotiated direct bungs to themselves with him, no officials on calls, then he told officials to send the £ -- dressed up as 'covid relief' etc

[FT Opinion @ftopinion]

Business must play a positive role in the nation’s health - Michael Marmot https://t.co/DQxNRN8E88

[jessica allen @jessjallen]

Launch of IHE and Legal and General report ‘The Business of Health Equity: The Marmot Review for Industry’ with @AndyBurnhamGM @MichaelMarmot @landg_uk Nigel Wilson, Nancy Rothwell, University of Manchester

[William D. Lopez @lopez_wd]

No one:
Me: 2022 Oscar Outfits as Public Health Graphs