I have written for the The Guardian about the anniversary of the Portuguese revolution, my favourite day of the year, and about some challenges faced by the country after 50 years of democracy.

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#25deabrilsempre

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Neste 25 de Abril a PARSUK celebra com orgulho 50 anos de Liberdade em Portugal! 🇵🇹

… e a ti, que liberdades o 25 de Abril te deu? - Deixa nos comentários!

#PARSUK #25deAbril #LIBERDADE

Right, now that is Spain is settled, let's do Portugal.

For the next while I'll be coming to you live from Lisbon's Avenida da República as the country marks the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, the military uprising that ended the authoritarian Estado Novo regime.

Festejos pré #25deAbril da Comissão Executiva da #PARSUK
#50anos25Abril #25AbrilSempre

Deaths from alcohol in England are rising yet there's still no national alcohol strategy.

In The Telegraph and Telegraph Global Health Security today, Talia Boshari and I explain why national-action is so critically needed, starting with minimum unit pricing.

No paywall👇
telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

PODCAST 📣

In his brilliant book, Gary Stevenson puts the microscope over a world the vast majority will never know. And if they did, they’d be horrified. It’s a story of misogyny, money and raw power.

Tune in 📻 with Luke Cooper and @[email protected]
anothereurope.org/episode-97-how…

Rishi Sunak today announced plans to review the fit note system for people who aren’t well enough to work, with a focus on mental health.

His speech continues a trend in recent rhetoric that is stigmatising, harmful, and inaccurate.

It has been estimated that the anti-vaccine online industry accumulates annual revenues of $35 million, and that their audience of 62 million followers may be worth upward of a billion dollars a year for the big social media platforms.

sciencedirect.com/science/articl… By John Cook…

NEW: my column this week is about the coming vibe shift, from Boomers vs Millennials to huge wealth inequality *between* Millennials.

Current discourse centres on how the average Millennial is worse-off than the average Boomer was, but the richest millennials are loaded 💸🚀

Remarkable the extent of support for this.

The public, charities, businesses and most MPs are up for it. Opposition is limited to extreme arguments from the fringes.

Political parties should take notice and back more and bolder public health policies!

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

Today MPs vote on the #SmokefreeGeneration bill - a unique opportunity to prevent death & disease from tobacco for generations to come.

Our The Health Foundation/Ipsos UK polling shows that 69% of the public support the policy – including 74% of Conservative voters & 73% of Labour voters.

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill, if passed, will prevent thousands of people being disabled or dying prematurely.

Tobacco addicts people at a young age, taking their choices away and then killing them.

The 4 UK CMOs support creating a smokefree generation.

On Wednesday #PARSUK took part of the launch event of CONNecting EU Communities Through Science in UK. Our external policy coordinator João Martins explains the aim of this consortium.

For more information check
connects-uk.org
parsuk.pt

Today, MEPs in European Parliament voted for a #MigrationPact that violently pushes back people seeking safety at #EU borders, criminalises #NGOs & outsources border management to unsafe countries.

This is an abolition of the right to seek asylum in the #EU .

⚫This is a shameful day.

We PARSUK are extremely proud to join the CONNecting EU Communities Through Science in UK launch event at Imperial College London tonight.

My hope for the future 🇪🇺🇬🇧 relationship:

More + deeper connections, facilitated by a joint approach to science, innovation & technology.

+ info: connects-uk.org

#PARSUK at the CONNecting EU Communities Through Science in UK launch event at Imperial College London
Diogo Martins, João Martins, Elisa Couto Clemente (she/her), Cidália Eusébio, Mafalda Dâmaso, Ines Perpetuo, PhD, Ana Valadas, Beatriz Morais, Joana dos Reis e Rita Trindade (@NativeScientis1) e Amadeu Borges Ferro (ESTESL)

Welcome to everybody attending in person and online to the #LaunchCONNECTSUK event.

Anna Fumarola, project manager of UK.Connects, acknowledges members, partners, supporters and friends for the great reception of this project.

Are you wondering what you have to do to be able to vote in the EU elections in June? The EU parliament put together a helpful guide on how to vote 👇
london.europarl.europa.eu/home/pageconte…

Nostalgic to witness another wave of London Model WHO Simulation participants!

Another year, another great agenda. This time hosted by Imperial College London: Anders Nordström, Adrian Rabe, Brian Li Han Wong & many others.

Bonus: a big turnout from PARSUK friends 🇵🇹🌍