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The reason we must import so many NHS staff is that we do not train enough in this country. Approximately 30% of NHS Doctors and nurses come from countries like India, Nigeria, and Egypt. What about the ethics of taking NHS staff from regions where they are needed for their own populations?
It can only be a mistake as Dr Kendrick is a great believer in vitamin D. Vitamin C is not produced by sunlight on the skin; it must be obtained through diet or topical application. The skin cannot synthesize vitamin C, and sunlight does not trigger its production.
Dr Kendrick has spent many years researching heart disease and is very much against the use of statins.
9 years old in January with three falls in last four runs, Barry Geraghty said in the Racing Post that, “Constitution Hill has developed indecision and it’s a really difficult thing to un-train out of a horse”.
It is surely time to retire him. So far, he has escaped lightly, but just say they continue and in his next few runs he falls again and this time is severely injured, a horse so in the public eye it would look unbelievably bad for horse racing.
“ with Lisa Nandy bubbling under to occupy the ‘Great Offices of State’”
Lisa Nandy, was involved in the latest? (hard to keep up they come so fast) labour scandal when it was revealed that she had received 2 donations from David Kogan who she declared as her preferred candidate as chairman of the new independent football regulator.
He had made two donations to her totalling £2,900. Controversially, the two payments to Nandy were each £1,450, falling just below the £1,500 threshold at which MPs must declare a donation
Nandy has said that “as soon as I was given that information, that same day, I’d put that information into the public domain and recused myself from the process” but the sequence of events indicates this happened after the donations were made public knowledge.
Kogan and his company donated £33,410 to the Labour Party and Labour candidates in the five years prior to his appointment and Starmer also received donations from Kogan and was involved in the appointment process.
Are we really to believe they make appointments like this without checking if the person involved had made donations to them?What’s really going on in the UK jobs market
Searched for UK council elections since Labour won in July 2024. There were significant council elections held on 1 May 2025 in England. Here are the key results:
Overall Results: Reform UK won the largest number of seats with 677 (41% of all seats up for election), gaining control of 10 councils for the first time.
Labour won just 98 seats (6% of the total) and lost control of one council. This was the lowest proportion of seats Labour has won in over 20 years. This was particularly notable as it was the first time Labour finished fourth in a local election and the first set of elections under Keir Starmer’s premiership.
The Conservatives lost control of 16 councils, winning 20% of seats – the second lowest proportion in the last 20 years.
The Liberal Democrats won control of three councils and secured 23% of seats, their highest result since 2008.
Notable Council Results: Some of the most dramatic changes included:
• In Durham County Council, Reform UK won 65 out of 98 seats, having held zero seats previously
• In Kent County Council, the Conservatives collapsed from 62 to just 5 seats, with Reform winning 57
• In Lancashire, Reform won 53 of 84 seats, with Conservatives falling from 48 to 8
The elections saw record-low political dominance, with 161 councils in Great Britain under no overall control.
Only one Parliamentary Election, The by-election was held in Runcorn and Helsby, triggered when Mike Amesbury stepped down on 17 March 2025. Sarah Pochin from Reform UK won the seat from Labour with just a six-vote majority. Labour had previously won the seat at the 2024 general election with a majority of 14,696, so this was a significant loss for the governing party.I asked an AI about the differences between digital ID answer and say a passport; here is its answer
The argument that a digital ID is “no different” than a passport or driving licence is superficially appealing, but it misses several key distinctions:
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🧠 1. Centralisation vs Fragmentation
• Passports and licences are issued by different bodies for specific purposes—travel, driving, etc.
• A digital ID aims to unify identity verification across government and private sectors, creating a centralised identity infrastructure.
• That centralisation increases efficiency—but also amplifies risk. If compromised, it’s not just one service affected—it’s potentially everything from banking to healthcare to employment.
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🔍 2. Continuous vs Occasional Use
• You show your passport at borders, your licence when driving.
• A digital ID could be used daily or even passively—to access benefits, prove age, apply for jobs, rent property, or even browse certain websites.
• That frequency of use means more data trails, more opportunities for surveillance, and more pressure to conform to digital norms.
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🛡️ 3. Privacy and Control
• Physical IDs are not inherently connected to databases tracking your activity.
• Digital IDs, by design, are interoperable with other systems. They can be logged, tracked, and potentially linked to behavioural data.
• Even if the government promises safeguards, history (e.g. Windrush scandal, Afghan data breach) shows how data misuse or errors can have devastating consequences.
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⚖️ 4. Voluntary vs Mandatory Integration
• You can choose not to drive or travel abroad.
• The proposed digital ID is expected to be required for basic rights—like working, accessing benefits, or proving residency.
• That shifts it from a convenience to a gatekeeper of citizenship.
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🧩 5. Function vs Infrastructure
• A passport is a document.
• A digital ID is infrastructure—a platform that could evolve to include biometrics, address history, financial data, and more.
• Once built, it’s hard to limit its scope. What starts as identity verification could become predictive profiling or automated decision-making.
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So while the comparison to passports and licences is understandable, it’s not sufficient. The digital ID debate isn’t just about convenience—it’s about power, trust, and the architecture of citizenship in a data-driven society.
If you were building a tactical overlay for this issue, John, you’d probably ask: What’s the real intent behind the rollout? What are the behavioural signals? And where’s the edge between efficiency and control?I cannot imagine Nicky running Sir Gino in anything but the Arkle. It is just not his style to expose an inexperienced horse in a full blown championship race like the Champion Chase.
Trump was not the only person caught in the spray of bullets at the rally, Corey Comperatore a fire fighter was killed and another person injured.
Yes, I can recall Pendil beating Tingle Creek. Raceform Notebook comment was that Pendil was never off the bridle if I remember correctly.
Tough choice. Without doubt Nicky has trained the better horses certainly since Kauto Star, and in Sprinter Sacre and Constitution Hill possibly the greatest chaser and hurdler ever. His Cheltenham record is exceptional even without the battalions of Willy Mullins.
On the other hand, Paul Nicholls has had his back to the wall since the Irish domination. I cannot help but admire his fierce defence of the trainer’s championship season after season. I have no doubt given Willy Mullins horses Nicholls would produce the goods.
So I have gone for Paul Nicholls.
