Nigel Brown

Nigel Brown

@nigel-brown.bsky.social

Em. Prof of Molec Microbiology & former Vice-Principal, Univ Edinburgh. OBE, FLSW, FRSE, etc.. Not retired, just unsalaried! Trustee FairFrome charity. Pro-EU Brit. #iPhobe. Editor #AccessMicrobiology

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Never,never drink raw milk that has not been properly tested. Pasteurisation was developed for a reason! bsky.app/profile/prop...

ProPublica@propublica.org

WATCH: When her son Chris was 7, Mary McGonigle-Martin gave him raw milk, as it promised to treat allergies and digestive problems. A month later, he fell gravely ill. Now 27, he’s still dealing with the effects of kidney damage and other health issues. This is their story.

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Terrible news: the Court of Appeal has just ruled that the Government’s ban on Palestine Action is lawful. PA is now likely to lodge an appeal before the Supreme Court. So the mass arrests of peaceful people sitting with cardboard signs will continue. Because that is what terrorism looks like ...

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Robert Gros made £27m selling useless gowns via the VIP PPE Lane, of course he never paid back a penny, he bought 2 mansions instead. RT and see if we can make him as famous as Michelle Mone.

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Incoming Hungarian PM Péter Magyar calls for the UK to rejoin the European Union: "I remember when I was a diplomat in Brussels... We were able to influence decisions. At the time, the Brits were also part of the EU. Let's hope they will rejoin."

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I feel much more anger towards the British pundits & politicians who failed to understand the depravity & derangement of Donald Trump than I do the ones who failed to understand the idiocy of Brexit. But it doesn’t really matter because they’re exactly the same bloody people.

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Sarah Sackman: "The British governments position is clear, we want to see a de-escalation of this conflict" .. and that's why we're allowing the US to use British military bases to bomb Iran! Sackman & the govt are treating us like fools.

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Thank god. A great win for Hannah Spencer and the Greens, for #GortonAndDenton and for progressive voters. Made even greater by the huge Reform sulk. And the fact that the hateful Goodwin got whooped. Now Labour, look to your left because you will not win from the right. We’re sick of that failure.

Are you watching Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

you.38degrees.org.ukEnd the sewage pollution scandalWe're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...

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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

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We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?

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Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals. Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’. What, Michelle? 🧵

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🔴BBC Accused of Pro-Reform Bias as Lib Dems Launch Campaign to End ‘Wall to Wall’ Farage Coverage They accuse the BBC of “following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage bylinetimes.com/2025/09/09/b...

bylinetimes.comBBC Accused of Pro-Reform Bias as Lib Dems Launch Campaign to End 'Wall to Wall' Farage CoverageThey accuse the BBC of "following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage

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It's no surprise that Nigel Farage hardly ever bothers to visit Clacton or turn up at Parliament. When he was an MEP, his attendance record was 748th out of 751. He's a workshy grifting gobshite.

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I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees. No refugee underfunded a school. No refugee closed a hospital. No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled. We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!

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FIFA should pull all of the 2026 World Cup matches scheduled to be played on US soil & reassign them to venues in Canada. That includes the World Cup final scheduled to be played at the Meadowlands. This is not a country suited to host an international event now & won’t be until 2029.

Feeding Britain is circulating a petition to urge the Government to extend the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme during the school holidays in England through to the next general election. Please do sign and circulate the petition: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

docs.google.comPetition to extend The HAF ProgrammeDear Prime Minister, We are writing to urge you to extend the Government’s support for the provision of meals and activities, for children and young people during school holidays, through to the next...

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The way that I was raised, being Jewish meant believing that every human life was sacred; to save a single human life meant saving all of humanity. That no law or ritual was more important than saving a single human life. It's unfathomable that any Jew can accept what Israel is doing in Gaza.

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Replying to @nameshiv.bsky.social

The story I heard concerned a Japanese businessman who was told we were going to make our universities more businesslike. His response: why would you do that? Your universities are excellent and your businesses are rubbish. But we appointed the wrong people and pressed ahead.

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Looting at Thames Water Net assets in 1990, £1,329m; 2024, £1,301m; 2025, £359m negative - liabilities exceed assets NO shareholder investment since privatisation? Dividends £10.4bn. Can't rebuild water services without ending privatisation. Water Commission didn't spot looting,

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Replying to @dorianlynskey.bsky.social

I really don't want to go through the whole rigmarole of seeing Farage win power and then fuck everything up and have loads of sympathetic voxpops with dismayed Reform voters expressing their regrets when it was extremely fucking obvious what would happen because his platform is incoherent garbage

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Yorkshire Water’s hosepipe ban is a symptom of a broken system Last week, Yorkshire Water announced a hosepipe ban that will affect over five million people across Yorkshire, with a threat of £1,000 fines. – it’s time to take back control of our water. By Jon Trickett MP

yorkshirebylines.co.ukHouseholds are tired of carrying the can for water companiesYorkshire Water’s hosepipe ban is a symptom of a broken system – it’s time to take back control of our water

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Wow, last week our writer David Goff wrote of the NEVLAs (never voting Labour again): "Perhaps a party led by the Zarah Sultanas of this world might entice the NEVLAs back to the voting booth." Today this ⤵️ (see thread) David must have a crystal ball 🔮 @tubbyewe.bsky.social

yorkshirebylines.co.ukMeet the NEVLAs – (Never Voting Labour Again)It’s not Reform voters Starmer needs to entice back to the Labour fold, they were never in it. There’s another group he should be worrying about
Zarah Sultana MP@zarahsultana.bsky.social

Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party. Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country. Join us. The time is now. Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...