Kirth Gersen

Kirth Gersen

@obbitz.bsky.social

Retired from NHS after 43 years now living in Scotland. European, former H&S officer, union branch chair, Foundation Trust Governor, microbiologist. Now devoting much of my time to fight for or NHS. #FBPE #FBNHS

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Scotland is paying the price for Westminster control.

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The UK Government has blocked the release of files on a shadowy Israeli firm caught meddling in Scottish elections! Downing Street cited an exemption that allows documents to be withheld if they would '𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑗𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠' with another state 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰𝑺𝑹𝑨𝑬𝑳 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝑩𝑬𝑭𝑶𝑹𝑬 𝑺𝒄𝒐𝒕𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝑾𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓!

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This tragedy happened over nine years ago. It's hard to avoid the question... If this hadn't been poor people in a wealthy area, would it really have taken a decade to bring anyone deemed responsible to account for their actions or inactions? share.google/2yfjFryZmqOE...

share.googleGrenfell fire police investigators hand files on 20 firms and 54 people to CPSMet calls move ‘milestone’ moment that paves way for ‘very best possible evidence for charging decisions’

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Today Massive Attack frontman Robert Del Naja was arrested under the Terrorism Act, for holding up a placard outside of the Labour party conference in Liverpool. He could face up to 14 years in prison. Nice to see a British musician not remaining 'neutral' on a genocide! 😻

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Having cut the civilian Pentagon staff that assess civilian threat by 90%,” in the final days of February, the Trump administration demanded an overwhelming aerial assault. More than 1,000 Iranian targets were hit within the first 24 hours alone. “

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Patient data from five GP surgeries in England is being fed into the NHS’s Palantir-built data platform, pushing the US firm’s reach beyond its initial remit of hospital operations into local surgeries. An internal NHS note seen by the FT called it a “significant milestone”. 🤔

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Replying to @ottoenglish.bsky.social

The police need to arrest and charge these two - the man with the glasses who hits her with his stick and the woman with the glasses who pulls her hair!!! Interesting that this violence hasn’t even been mentioned on #r4today as it would have been if this was the Labour conference… #Farage 🤮

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Private equity choking UK health and social care. Taking over mental health, elective care insourcing, patient transport, social care. Control of GP surgeries, IT systems gives PE access to patient records. PE devours everything. Profiteering leaves less for frontline services.

lowdownnhs.infoTracking the rise of private equity in health and social care - The LowdownGP records put private equity ownership in the spotlight The acquisition of Optum UK, the owner of EMIS, a major supplier of GP IT systems, for a reported $400 million (£293.5 million) by the US priva...

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Palantir has no place handling your patient data Good news: their contract ends early next year - Yvette Cooper MUST not give them a new contract @keepournhspublic.bsky.social.bsky.social are picketing outside the Health Department from 12 to 2 pm every Tuesday and Wednesday in August

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Donations are one thing. This is something else.

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NEW: Housing Sec Angela Rayner took £20,000 in speaker fee from an anti-rent controls lobbying group just weeks before ruling out a rent freeze in what campaigners from London Renters Union have called a conflict of interest. Read all about it here: wefightthegoodfight.substack.com/p/rayner-tak...

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Today we sent a letter to The Times in response to a recent opinion piece about “social contagion”, young women and disability. Our letter may not be published, so we wanted to share it with you.

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We understand that today will be difficult for members of the Trans+ community and their loved ones as a result of the EHRC Code of Practice becoming law. Our service is free, confidential, and available to all. From 10am to 10pm, you are welcome to contact us on phone, chat, or email.

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Jeffrey Epstein models Zuckerberg's Meta glasses. Spoof advertisements featuring the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein wearing Meta’s AI glasses have been installed at bus stops across London in a guerrilla campaign protesting against privacy risks. The activist group Everyone Hates Elon

thetimes.comSpoof Epstein ads go up around London in protest against Meta AI glassesThe activist group Everyone Hates Elon targets smart glasses in a guerrilla campaign over privacy risks and non-consensual recording

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🚨 EXC: NHS England has suppressed the work of investigators carrying out dozens of national clinical audits. NHSE has stopped investigators alerting media, watered down recommendations and limited the way their reports are written, published and used: www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

thetimes.comNHS accused of suppressing investigation reports on poor careHealth bosses are watering down auditors’ recommendations for improvement

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This is the same guy who stepped down from his constituency in Makerfield to make way for Andy Burnham to become an MP and therefore the PM and who is now Head of Policy in No 10. It seems that they are past caring about hiding the corruption & the duplicity within the Labour party these days.

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Did you know a barrister is facing jail just for reminding a jury they have the right to vote with their conscience? This historic right has kept trials fair since 1670. We can't let it be silenced now. Add your name to defend fair trials👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

you.38degrees.org.ukSign to protect the right to a fair trialImagine being called for jury duty, but advised against using your own common sense. ❗A top barrister is now facing contempt of court proceedings, simply for reminding a jury of their rights. If judg...

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A barrister represents his clients in court. Clients who are political dissidents. He now faces criminal prosecution for doing so. Not Turkey. Not Egypt. Not Russia. England. Astonishing, deeply disturbing, and part of a long slide towards authoritarianism. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

theguardian.comPalestine Action barrister’s prosecution criticised as ‘chilling’CBA chair says contempt charge over closing speech by Rajiv Menon KC has left lawyers fearful of doing their job

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Did you know a barrister is facing prison just for reminding a jury they have the right to vote with their conscience? This historic right has existed since 1670. We can't let it be silenced in court now. Add your name to help protect Britain's juries: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

you.38degrees.org.ukSave Britain's JuriesJuries have had the right to acquit based on their conscience for centuries. Now, a barrister is facing jail just for mentioning it in court. Add your name to help save Britain's juries.