Natalie Elphicke was suspended from the House of Commons for trying to improperly influence the judge in her now ex-husband's sexual assault case. She was welcomed with open arms onto the Labour benches.

Neil Coyle made racially disparaging comments to a journalist of colour,

Interested in PPPs/Gates/future of global health governance? Then this is for you!
Has been a joy to be an advisor on this project

SA Elections today. My diary:
1. To Nkandla to observe former President Jacob Zuma voting.
2. To Groutville, Nobel laureate Chief Albert Luthuli’s home town.
3. To observe ballot counting at Ohlange High, where Nelson Mandela voted in 1994. School of Politics & IR at Queen Mary IEC South Africa

Ah yes Google, alongside Meta, as the great champions of women's health.

theguardian.com/global-develop…

I am appalled but not surprised the Board of Women In Global Health - explicit purpose is to increase leadership & representation of women - sacks woman leader (who hears from a journo) & replaces with a man.

I have a chapter about this in my new book Sick of It virago.co.uk/titles/sophie-…

Sunak desperate for the generals success to rub off on him… but really as a long term fan of a club rooted in community, this is so depressing to see

An absolute honour to profile ⁦Suerie Moon⁩ ⁦Global Health Centre⁩ on the eve of #WHA77 . Being at the cold face of negotiations of the #pandemic accord, her reflections are certainly poignant. thelancet.com/journals/lance…

As co-chair of the Palestine Health Justice Working Group of APHA, we are disappointed to report that our Palestine health justice policy proposed for the 2024 annual meeting has just been voted down by the policy committee and will not be up for a vote next October.

OMG so the 4th July is the day my book Sick of It is published AND we may see an end of Tory rule?? I am going to have the mother of all house parties

Big love to all involved with #thevampireswife When I asked to buy this dress they made me one to measure, making me feel fab (rushing 2 fittings btw lectures) The dress that got me into all the BAFTA after parties (incl meeting Taylor). I even wore it to get wed. Best dress ever

While Malanga voiced the frustrations of many Congolese people, his ties with Ben Reuben Zalman-Polun, his business partner who introduced him to influential figures in Republican circles on Capitol Hill, including members of the House Intelligence Committee, deserve scrutiny.

I am *so* excited about this book. The book I want to give all my friends, family, and students.

Someone once told me to get students to understand a time you have to get them to feel it. An impossible task! This book achieves it. (And big love Bow Library for stocking it)

Reminder that behind every academic is a stack of unwrapped periodicals (this LRB seized fresh from the post nemesis)

You can now pre-order my book! Add 'womenshealth' to get 20% off virago.co.uk/titles/sophie-…

Super topical this week as Melinda French Gates makes a power move, #birthtrauma report published, & shenanigans with Women In Global Health... all connected to global fight for women's health.

Please join us in Oslo or online this morning for our Sophie Harman #globalhealth Unpacked seminar SUM – Centre for Development and the Environment The Centre for Global Health

Buns and hikes for the PANPREP meeting in Oslo… Budget Davos with better people

One of the most powerful people in the world, watch what Melinda French Gates does next.

Demands:
- divestment
- academic boycott of Israeli unis
- disclose all investments
- no spin-offs for surveillance or war
- Jerusalem Declaration definition of antisemitism to replace IHRA
- scholarships for Palestinians
- support Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian and alumni in Gaza

Queen Mary Students have just set up an encampment in solidarity with Palestine.

More details to follow...