Five years after Britain officially left the EU, @pmdfoster.bsky.social and I looked at how Brexit has reshaped Britain for @financialtimes.com
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Five years after Britain officially left the EU, @pmdfoster.bsky.social and I looked at how Brexit has reshaped Britain for @financialtimes.com
on.ft.com/4grjwj8
4.3 million children are in poverty
UK govt won’t see progress on child poverty by 2029 even with high economic growth 📢
Our analysis shows under our central scenario only Scotland will see child poverty rates fall by 2029 in part due to social security policies 1/5
@garyseconomics.bsky.social doing again what he does best - raising alarm bells on the disastrous consequences of wealth inequality.
"if you don't stop the rich from getting richer & richer & richer, they'll outbid you for everything you need, one at a time"
Palù dei Mori (Lago di Garda) cycle lane from above
Palù dei Mori (Lago di Garda) cycle lane from above
Imagine if we paid farmers properly to enable sustainable transport in rural areas?
It would:
✅ Provide travel choices that work on people’s own schedule, especially important considering infrequent bus services in rural areas
✅ Improve road safety on country lanes
✅ Increase access to nature
Calorie labelling encapsulates all that is wrong with the last govt’s approach to wicked Public Health problems such as obesity - transfer all the responsibility to individuals and pray it works (disclaimer, it rarely does)
Paris showing that meaningful change is possible
Despite mounting evidence on the negative health impacts of health and noise pollution (primarily cause by motor traffic), European cities continue to drag their feet…
Redefining obesity, report of a new commission, to override current BMI categories and better define features and pathophysiologic consequences of pre-clinical and clinical obesity
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... open-access
New
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
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🏠 Poor quality #housing is harming our #health and #healthequity
“Poverty is a cause of poor housing. Housing is a cause of poverty”
Prof. Sir @michaelmarmot.bsky.social
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Latest @theguardian.com cartoon
#GisèlePelicot
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"The emerging media landscape became unfavourable to an educated centrist establishment, but a boon to populists and radicals."
How video-based news consumption is shaping the political landscape by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
on.ft.com/3ZLWKMz
The Syrian civil war was the origin of many of our problems: Isolationism, hatred of refugees and Russian disinformation. Now, finally, there is hope. iandunt.substack.com/p/syria-ther...
New post just out:
"Policy vs Politics: the paralysis of technocratic government in a populist age"
Why Labour is getting stuck on identifying an approach to governing.
(£/free trial)
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The hardest thing about public health training for me so far, is adjusting to being a generalist not a specialist.
My brain is a deep-diver and wants to have a solid grasp a topic.
Now I need to know just enough about lots of topics to get by. But all those topics change often. How do I keep up?
🇪🇺 #Health, the missing chapter in the #Draghi Report on Europe's future #competitiveness.
“despite being over 400 pages, it has one major omission: the health of the people of Europe.”
By @martinmckee.bsky.social @deruijter.bsky.social @tamarahervey.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
If you’re trying to make sense of the assisted dying (lack of) debate, @iandunt.bsky.social’s piece is truly excellent.
This topic could have been an excellent opportunity for a UK-wide, govt-sponsored, Irish-style citizens assembly. Instead, it’s been “an absolute godforsaken shitshow”…
If you’re trying to make sense of the assisted dying (lack of) debate, @iandunt.bsky.social’s piece is truly excellent.
This topic could have been an excellent opportunity for a UK-wide, govt-sponsored, Irish-style citizens assembly. Instead, it’s been “an absolute godforsaken shitshow”…
Very true. At the same time, I'm pretty certain that those living close to 20mph roads quite enjoy the safer, less noisy environment.
One alternative is the Oxfordshire approach, with local areas given the option to apply to become a 20mph - there has been a proliferation of these!
I suppose I meant it as a way to avoid the "we don't have enough evidence" excuse for avoiding or delaying action. But you're right, there will always be trade-offs with PH interventions!
"1% of the population own half the land in England...the media have portrayed a very distorted view of the countryside, how land is used & who owns it"
Great to speak to @mrjamesob.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk about the #ClarksonTax protests - watch the full interview:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-kR...
Beautiful reflection on the atomisation of modern society by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
A great example of why evidence is no longer sufficient to command #PublicHealth policy.
How should PH professionals effectively advocate for what works (or for what is right, in the absence of strong evidence) without getting vilified/attacked?
I’m getting tired of all of this narrative. You look after yourself when you’re looked after by others & when you’re not struggling with poverty, social isolation & discrimination. The state has a pivotal role in preparing the soil. Whether that’s NHS or beyond.
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1 in 4 Brits, including 1 in 3 children live in poverty!
Politicians should spend less time on culture wars, faux outrage and gimmicks and more on raising living standards.
Outrageous figures, even if unsurprising…
Word of this morning is ‘procaffeinate’: to put everything on hold until you’ve had sufficient amounts of coffee.
The case for investing in preventative services is really clear, yet councils have no option but to cut these to balance the books and pay for social care.
The current govt's silence on local government funding, social care reform and the Public Health grant is deafening!
This is not a way to run a functioning local democracy
"Of every £5 [Shropshire Council] now spends, she reckons that £4 go on social care. “Of the remaining quid, 50 pence is spent on our waste contract, and everything else we do – including other statutory services – comes out of that last 50p.”"
