⁦⁦BBC News (UK)⁩ interviewed Simpay Khalifa, stuck in a hotel near Wooten Bsssett. With great English & a very pleasant personality he'd be a great asset to any employer. On the left is Simpay during the interview. On the right is the photo they chose for the online story.

The Kings Fund high performing NHS progress review 1997-2010 The RCN The BMA UCU Labour Press It’s been done before, it can be done again. The NHS can recover. kingsfund.org.uk/sites/default/…

The way it was. A link to the The The RCN review of Nurses Employment and Morale in 2009. UCU publicationslist.org/data/jane.ball…

I had the misfortune to see this video by well known children’s entertainer Kathy Burke. To preach to poor young 5 year olds using the foul language of people like Richard Gervais is a disgrace😡 How I long for the good old days of Roald Dahl & Enid Blyton

Morning! Your reminder… That election rigging doesn’t come more obvious than this:

MP says we should stop blaming Brexit just because of Brexit

My family is not safe. My son has been taken on the gov's orders, and I've had to send my husband and daughter out of state for their safety. THIS is the reality of living in DeSantis' Florida. There is no freedom here. Only retaliatory rule by a fascist who wishes to be king

In case you missed it here’s some pitifully painfully preposterously predictably paranoid prose from Weird Liz.

🔴BBC: STATE MEDIA On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 the highest and 1 the lowest: ✍️RATE the quality and accuracy of 'journalism' from this person.

From Financial Times. Restoring pay’s the start; lots to do to value staff too - poor treatment of @BMA_JuniorDocs shoved round training posts, SAS, LED doctors & IMGs bullied @PeaPeaspot, GPs swamped & consultants unable to get through the work - plus public health, academia…

Oh you have to be kidding me washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05…

HMS Queen Elizabeth returns to Portsmouth

🔥🔥AMAZING: A child of refugees just RIPPED Ted Cruz a new one for his hypocrisy on immigrants. Larry Huynh asked Cruz bluntly: "Should we deport your Dad?" He points out how Cruz's dad sought asylum, "Just like all the other 'illegals' you bash." Better, he mocked Ted for

Political cartoon of the year.

Sadly, out of the 200 or so world leaders I’ve met & interviewed over 50 years, I’ve only really liked and admired three for their human qualities, even though many of the others have been admirable as politicians: Nelson Mandela, Vaclav Havel and Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Speaking of the corporate media. Nobody does a takedown better than George George Monbiot "It's the absence of moral seriousness. It's the vacuous gossip about celebrities and consumables that take precedence over the survival of life on Earth." Bravo - #ClimateEmergency

We couldn’t agree with this more. Please RT if you do too.

Notes from a civilised country…

CC: Hakeem Jeffries / Chuck Schumer Watch. Learn. Repeat.