The rest is paw-litics #dogsinpollingstations #dogsatpollingstations #GE24

A new research paper from Google says generative AI could “distort collective understanding of socio-political reality or scientific consensus,” and in many cases is already doing that: 404media.co/google-ai-potent…

As I write, this is at risk of being MASSIVELY overshadowed by events. But cabinet secretary Simon Case is meant to give evidence to #covidinquiry Thursday. Should have been last year but he was sick and only returned to work in January. Another long 🧵(sorry).

When I need to call out a plumber I’m grateful to pay £40/h because I don’t have the first clue how to fix my boiler, or the skills to fix a burst pipe Doctors are asking for half of that, to fix your kids In life we get the health services we pay for

They’ve broken the NHS, and they’re now attempting to manufacture consent from the public to replace it with an insurance-based system. We must resist this- there is absolutely no evidence that privatisation helps the NHS, and mounting evidence that it causes harm 🚨

Dear 🇬🇧, This is the anatomy of a militant takeover of your public healthcare system: - Take the #1 healthcare system on Earth - Defund it by £320 billion over a decade - Force doctors and nurses to leave country - Engineer the longest waitlist in NHS history - Hold patients hostage to private healthcare - Get the public sick, angry, out of work - Call the sick public “generation sicknote” - Mandate employers pay for private care This is how they’ll continue to funnel billions more of your public money into the private sector, propping them up at the expense of your NHS, under the guise of “reducing the benefits bill and boosting the economy.” They could have simply funded the NHS and we wouldn’t be such a sick and out of work nation. And so when we talk about the creation of a two-tier system, this is exactly what we mean: rapid access to a doctor for the wealthy on private healthcare, and years-long waits to see a non-doctor in the NHS. The @Conservatives goal has always been to turn your NHS into an American privatised nightmare — just like the one I grew up in where healthcare is obtained through the employer at massive cost to both employer and employee — and it’s all happening right under your nose, without your consent. So please wake up and stop letting them steal your healthcare from you and your family. They are not going to improve your healthcare, they’re simply going to take it away, only to sell it right back to you. If you value the health of your family, never vote for them ever again. #SOSNHS

Young workers. Be VERY wary about the Tories hinting at the abolition of National Insurance. It means the raising of the retirement age and then the eventual abolition of the State Pension and NHS.

The Govt has granted farmers emergency approval to use banned neonicotinoid pesticides for 4 years running. That's not an emergency it's a routine - and it's a routine that's killing our bees. Where's the plan to end harmful pesticides @DefraGovUK? bbc.co.uk/news/science-envir…

I don't want lower taxes. I want hospital beds. Trains that run on time. Kids who aren't too hungry to learn. Libraries in every town. Rivers that don't run with slurry. Local councils not forced into bankruptcy. Politicians who don't venally line their own pockets.

Timely article in Forbes on leaders not understanding the role and value of the (mar)comms function forbes.com/sites/marcuscolli…

Sunak didn’t just cancel HS2… He authorised the sale of the land that would form part of the cancelled route So no other leader could reverse his decision. This major decision One he took unilaterally Without consulting parliament …without anyone having voted for him.

Had a tweet about the Titan op removed after an armchair expert disagreed. Not the first time I've had posts on a topic I'm a bit of a subject matter expert on removed (I get it a lot on behavioural microtargeting) but a reminder of how unbalanced social media discourse can be

People surprised about the #Titan Logitech controller 'bout to loose their minds when they spot the advanced research robot looking for them is controlled by a plug and play joystick

The fatal motion would NOT have blocked the House of Commons. It would have blocked the *executive* from adopting *secondary* legislation that *overturns* what Parliament has already voted against. The result of Labour's abstention is a further restriction of protest rights.

Feel like they did Theresa May dirty, making her show up with that pair of grinning idiots #Coronation

Quick reminder that the idea the NHS is ‘inefficient’ is a lie, used by think tanks and profiteers to facilitate public funds being funnelled into the private sector. In 2014, the NHS was judged to be the most efficient healthcare system in the world, despite much lower…

🚨 | BREAKING: The High Court has ACCEPTED the government’s bid to block the nurses’ strike for May 2nd by declaring it unlawful Pat Cullen of RCN says the government has lost nurses now [@ashishskynews]

🚨 | BREAKING: The government will take LEGAL ACTION against the Royal College of Nursing to stop the next round of the nurses' strikes

The Water Companies blackmailed the Government not to apply targets of phosphorus in rivers, which is the biggest element in effluent from sewage treatment works. They argued it would drive up water bills and push many households into 'water poverty'. Shouldn't they pay it from their profits as they have distributed £52bn to shareholders and have not invested to improve water quality?

Government approves water companies making £1.1bn investment to stop water spills, because it has become public that the government has withheld the investment necessary to stop water and sewage spills, as the companies must now pass the costs on to the consumer. £56bn is required. £1.1bn is not even a band aid. Water companies have reported £52bn of profits. When water was privatised they said it was to make available the money required for investment. It has just been paid out to financial investors.