Seen en route to the football in Birmingham tonight

Are you afraid to go out this evening because of the colour of your skin? No? There you go. That’s what is called privilege. Stand by your friends and colleagues who don’t have that. Speak up for them. Use your privilege. Thanks for coming to my #TEDtalk

Gotta love that soundtrack too. Beautiful 😍

🚨 Between January and June there have been 10,493 cases of Whooping Cough. One more baby has died, taking the total to 10. Uptake of vaccine for pregnant women in March was 58.9% compared to 72.6% in March 2017.

In Sept and Oct, we are hosting walk-in women's health sessions for #WomensHealthMonth at our Airedale practices We will also offer Cervical screening, social prescribing and more. . Great partnership work with Wharfedale, Airedale and Craven Alliance PCN and community partners! Kim Shutler Bradford District Craven Health & Care Partnership

My thoughts on a tough week

Stand Up To Racism activist in London reports break-in attempt after far-right threats. Solidarity with Ulrike! Everyone must stand with anyone fascists threaten. @Searchlightmagazine theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

We have been campaigning for 5 years now to get our river cleaned up. #Ilkley is outraged and yet again we have children in leeds hospital A&E ill from swimming in sewage pollution where there are no warning signs. And our MP Robbie Moore MP does this unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/08/07/def…

Making the floodlights at Headingley white roses was good. Well done whoever did that.

At @quietriotpod we have regularly been in the top 10/20 politics charts but we are now in the top 100 of ALL shows. And that’s cos of YOU! Thank you so much ☺️ Do let us know what you’d like us to cover next/guests you want on.

"ADHD and Autism didn't exist when I was younger" Pluto wasn't discovered until 1930, it's existed for about 4.5 billion years.

The public health grant funds essential preventive services in England, but since 2015/16 it has been cut by 28% per person in real terms. We present three policy options explaining how it could be restored. Read now 👇 health.org.uk/publications/l…

"I once decided to scrap new access to the NHS Practitioner Health Programme, announced it in public, retracted the decision and then claimed that was not one single email or paper about the decision"

Bupa strongly advised patients signing up to its GP subscription service to also remain registered with an NHS GP, ‘just in case of any future medical emergency’. buff.ly/4e4EEei

Oh dear, some pretty major mistakes made in this The Telegraph article on the Government renewables auction results today. Some mistakes have been spotted and it's already undergone hefty revisions (see below) - but it remains fundamentally misleading. Here's what it got wrong 🧵

Eric Pickles (now a Lord) was the minister in charge of fire safety before the Grenfell fire. When he appeared in front of the Grenfell inquiry he told them not to waste his time.

From Cleverly's launch this week. It's telling that even this week, the Tory leadership candidates have been celebrating deregulation without the slightest introspection.

Out and about promoting cancer prevention services and women’s health support services today! Part of of women’s health month! Locala Health & Wellbeing West Yorkshire and Harrogate Cancer Alliance Keighley Healthy Living Bradford District Craven Health & Care Partnership West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership Kim Shutler The VCS Alliance: Registered Charity Number 119912

"War is peace"