Respiratory Medicine research group leader in Exeter & Director of PGR for Clinical & Biomedical Sciences. Embracing middle-age as a DIY & gardening enthusiast.
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Prof Chris Scotton retweeted
Palantir have just bought themselves a Labour Lord with close links to the Labour government.
No other word to describe this other than corruption.
How can Watson remain a member of the House of Lords and keep the Labour whip?
Prof Chris Scotton retweeted
The West is moving on without Trump & Brexit Britain.
We should be at the heart of all these developments. It’s our natural home to bridge CANZUK and the EU…
But Canada and Australia are teaming up with the EU without us.
THAT’S why we should rejoin and lead.
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Canada welcomes EU proposal to become 'associate member' bbc.in/4dGRcuq
Prof Chris Scotton retweeted
Reform-linked thinktank ‘to call for big tax cuts for the rich’; accompanied by deregulation of the City, weakening the courts.
That is the return on donations by the super-rich.
Cost borne by the old, sick, disabled, unfortunate; cuts to public services
theguardian.com/politics/202…
Prof Chris Scotton retweeted
How very convenient
Reform to hand crypto investors hundreds of millions in tax breaks
Exclusive: Analysis seen by The Independent reveals the wealthiest crypto investors would get £100m a year in tax relief from Nigel Farage’s party
independent.co.uk/news/uk/po…
Prof Chris Scotton retweeted
Be clear. Reform now has the resource to buy every billboard in the UK, blanket wall to wall advertising across written and broadcast media and saturation leafleting. The British will be blitzed into voting for the ultra right - against every best instinct. It is a dark moment.
Prof Chris Scotton retweeted
Convicted in the US.
Pardoned by Trump.
Record donation to Reform.
Crypto-billionaires. Criminals. People who think they can buy and sell British politics.
That’s who Reform stand for.
That’s who they’ve always stood for.
Prof Chris Scotton retweeted
Dear @andyburnham,
A £36m donation to Reform
You could have prevented this
You could protect our democracy from being bought like this
So, why did you drop plans to cap donations?
We need you to reverse course on this now
…before it’s too late.
NEW: Reform UK has received a record single donation of £36m from cryptocurrency billionaire Ben Delo in what will be seen as the Americanisation of British political funding.
The astonishing sum comes after Andy Burnham last month dropped his support for capping the amount a person or organisation can give in a single donation. The PM may be regretting that now.
Prof Chris Scotton retweeted
The way British democracy is being bought by crypto billionaires is simply obscene - and a direct result of Labour’s unforgivable inaction theguardian.com/politics/202…
Prof Chris Scotton retweeted
What's this crypto billionaire buying for such an obscene amount of money?
Labour have had years in government to get a grip on this. They've allowed the integrity of democracy to be put on sale.
Farage lands record £36m donation telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…
The RNLI are an amazing bunch, so I just signed this to recognise how awesome they are... 38d.gs/jpcf
Prof Chris Scotton retweeted
When 5 Just Stop Oil protesters seeking to save our planet organised protests to block the M25 they’re sentenced to 5 & 4 years in prison for conspiracy to cause a public nuisance. So what happens when the new Blackshirts block roads & intimidate people? bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm5y7rw7…
Prof Chris Scotton retweeted
Farage and Reform UK are in deep trouble. However, after 3 days, @Verbatim_Media's 37 minute video of their extraordinary year-long undercover investigation into Reform UK's illegal foreign donations has only got 161k views. It should have several million.
So please repost this and then share the video.
youtu.be/RugPik-G1Jw?is=-ikY… – at Brighton, England
Prof Chris Scotton retweeted
Ten newspaper covers. Not one front page leading story or headline about the Reform scandal. It broke long before they went to print. Nobody touched it.
If it was the leader of any other political party they’d have been all over it.
But yeah, “the press is out to get Farage”.
🚨 An undercover investigation shown on Channel 4 exposed Reform figures allegedly breaking the law over foreign funding. Now demand a full criminal investigation. Sign the petition. 🔥
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio… via @38degrees
Prof Chris Scotton retweeted
To reassure potential buyers, companies that sell research antibodies often provide validation images in their catalogs that supposedly confirm their products work as advertised.
But nearly 19,000 of the images from 15 companies have been doctored or fabricated, according to a new analysis. scim.ag/4gu4Wcz
Prof Chris Scotton retweeted
BREAKING: The carbon emissions from just two planned datacentres in England will exceed all of the fossil fuel company ExxonMobil’s UK emissions, analysis has revealed.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The cited analysis compares data centre emissions only to ExxonMobil's direct emissions from specific UK facilities (3.9 Mt CO2e in 2023 per Ember). UK domestic transport emits ~25x more (~110 Mt CO2e/year).
theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/a…
ember-energy.org/latest-insight…
gov.uk/government/sta…
corporate.exxonmobil.com/locations/unit…
Prof Chris Scotton retweeted
"This is not the ‘new normal’ or as bad as it gets."
Countdown to Catastrophe: 'Climate scientists issue urgent warning to UK government on new oil and gas drilling'.
"The science is crystal clear: we must keep oil and gas in the ground. Every extra molecule of carbon dioxide emitted drives us deeper into the danger zone."
#Heatwaves #Drought #ClimateCrisis
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/202…
Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big Chicken. I've signed the petition to stop it 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio…
