Our persistent failure to implement recommendations is not only wasting the immense effort that Inquiries involve & learning they produce, but also means we keep *failing in the same ways* and then *re-learning* the same lessons. 8/12

Hello GMC. Your public consultation on your intended regulation of physician associates closed on 9 May. Why haven’t the results been shared with the public? Please do so. [Day 1 of asking.] gmc-uk.org/news/news-arch…

Yesterday I wrote a piece about Elon Musk for The Observer, a free speech warrior so committed to the cause he serially sues his critics for libel. Today he responds to an untrue tweet about my own libel case. 1/

Our latest video for ⁦BBC News (UK)⁩. On the TV debate, the moderation and the fact-checking. bbc.com/news/videos/ce…

It was a total waste of money, but democracy should not be for sale and nobody, let alone Frank Hester, should be able to give £20million to a political party. We need a maximum cap on donations to parties asap. No wonder the Conservatives suddenly increased party spending

🚨BREAKING: The Doctors' Association UK Doctors’ Association UK has announced it will be supporting Anaesthetists United in their landmark legal challenge against the GMC over the regulation of Physician Associates (PAs) & Anaesthesia Associates (AAs) & has today committed £30,000 to this vital

Lammy is immense. What a speech.

Just great!!!!

Elon Musk doesn’t want this video shared because he’s trying to help Trump win in November. It would be a damn shame if everyone shares it. x.com/piyushmittal/s…

Brilliant, political, cartoon, just brilliant.

Day 63 of asking.

Do it, America.

With only two days left until Election Day, tune in as I speak with folks in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, about why we should vote for Kamala Harris. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Former Trump aide Alyssa Farah Griffin: “I'm speaking as a former senior aide to Donald Trump who knows him very well. This is the most important election of our lifetimes because he is the most dangerous man to have ever sat in the American presidency.”

Your occasional reminder that the 26 CofE Bishops in the House of Lords make the UK one of just two countries in the world, where unelected clerics automatically sit in the legislature. The other is Iran.

Day 85 of asking.

Day 87 of asking.

“I could have been someone” “Well so could anyone” One of the best lyrics of all time. The Fairytale of New York remains popular because it’s honest and real. That’s why I love it. For so many, life isn’t all tinsel and glitter.

Merry Xmas!