Huge congratulations to Eddie Dempsey as the new general secretary of the RMT. Very smart guy, and an outstanding communicator.

won’t hold my breath for additional staff or earlier intervention but no doubt we’ll hear again about how people suffering in this country are actually liars who’ve decided they’d rather battle for meagre benefits in an endless & humiliating ritual than go to work x

A depressingly evergreen tweet

With her warmth and natural delivery it's easy to see why she got 4.5% in her leadership bid 10 years ago

The huge contradiction facing this Labour government is that they make a lot of noise about being the party of ‘work’ and getting people ‘back to work’ but they have absolutely no real strategy for wider job creation and retention.

What’s BSL for ‘sorry you didn’t get four points in one category, your claim is denied?’

Today it would have been my good friend and political hero Tony Benny birthday. Put simply a legend of our movement👊Tony could always be relied on to fight for our class a lesson to be learned by many ✊️

Scary #POCUS image of the day! Cardiac Tamponade With Fibrin Strands Leading to the Diagnosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. #FOAMed #FOAMcc #Nephpearls 🔗 Circulation. 2007;116(11):e342-4. PMID: 17846336.

1500 more GPs added to the workforce or have they? Wes Streeting The headline this week was 1500 more GPs have been added to the workforce since the change in the rules around recruitment of GPs in the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) allowed GPs to be recruited.

Twitter help me out to spread the message. If you are involved in management of OHCA in UK and sometimes wonder if there is something more that can be done to improve OHCA management, we want to listen from you. Please participate and help us collect some evidence.

This little girl was my patient. I'm surprised how little people - even MDs and keyboard warriors- know about penetrating/gunshot trauma. Let me explain what this X-Ray means, how it clearly proves this girl has a gunshot, and why the haters are oh so very wrong. A #MedTwitter 🧵

Following yesterday’s strike ballot result, we met with Wes Streeting It’s clear: the Government is refusing to negotiate on pay. We are now preparing for a full 5 day walk-out, beginning on Friday 25 July. Our door will always be open to constructive talks. #PayRestoration

2 out of every 5 people arrested for rioting last year had been previously reported to the police for domestic abuse. Remember that when they tell you it's all about legitimate concerns and protecting women.

The way to do this is to summon the Israeli Ambassador, explain that if aid isn’t trucked in without hindrance within 24 hours then all economic and military ties will be suspended, sanctions imposed, the Ambassador expelled, and Britain will join South Africa’s ICJ case. But no.

I was on the RVI picket line on Fri. Those doctors’ biggest issue? Job security/ progression. That means securing a core/ s’ty training job to progress. This graph assumes progression. Yet in 2024 - 49,904 applications for 9,331 core jobs. Drs not progressing. Pay flatlined.

Thanks to all our Resident Doctors who came out to support our Brighton & Oxford SE pickets on Friday. 🪧QAH, Portsmouth tomorrow from 10:00-14:00. Please come and support if you can. ✊ Join us. Stand together. Make our message heard.

Ok, let’s take a dive into the “offer” from Wes in response to a dispute on pay restoration. Let’s see if we can’t understand why Resident Doctors committee rejected it UNANIMOUSLY. 1/🧵