Dad, Nurse (RMN), Nursing Lecturer, Homelessness Volunteer, Socialist, Cyclist, Occasional Runner, Bad Drummer. Views mine, except retweets, which aren’t, obvs.
Swansea, Wales
Joined February 2023
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Samuel Richards retweeted
A UN envoy says that poverty levels in the UK are in violation of international law.
Meanwhile, Suella Braverman wants to ban homeless people from sleeping in tents.
Poverty is not a lifestyle choice. It is a political choice taken by this cruel and callous government.
Samuel Richards retweeted
Great work campaigners.
Policy by policy, MP by MP let's keep fighting.
#GeneralElectionNow
Samuel Richards retweeted
“Bitterness, hatred, utter dysfunction and a toxic culture in which women felt victims of misogyny.
Whilst people were dying by the thousands.”
The UKGovernment summarised; world beating dysfunction.
Wales *needs* independence from this faded relic of Empire, let’s move on.
Amazing intro from Krishnan Guru-Murthy #CovidInquiry
"The government during covid was a disgusting orgy or narcissism. And that was according to Boris Johnson himself as he struggled to deal with the pandemic and clashed with his advisers. Evidence from Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain today revealed the extent of government breakdown and incompetence during national crisis. And the extent to which the Prime Minister's closest aid held him in contempt, even while working for him. Text messages from the times showed bitterness, hatred, utter disfunction, and a toxic culture in which women felt victims of misogyny while people were dying by the thousands. Of course Cummings himself who took his famous eye test in Barnard castle, admitted doing no wrong, claiming he had broken no rules. Is the covid reckoning beginning at last?"
Samuel Richards retweeted
Johnson revealed as the most dangerous and incompetent PM in living memory.
According to his own people.
Samuel Richards retweeted
In Islington North, we have a message to anybody looking to promote private healthcare: keep your hands off our NHS.
My piece for @IslingtonTrib.
islingtontribune.co.uk/artic…
Samuel Richards retweeted
Tory Brexiteers promised an extra £350m a week for the NHS. Sunak is offering an extra £200m for the entire winter and thinks nobody will notice the discrepancy.
Samuel Richards retweeted
Starmer is a lawyer. He knows the majority who make crossings have valid claims to asylum. He knows it’s not illegal to arrive by small boats as per the UN refugee convention. He knows “securing borders” isn’t the answer to displacement. He’s as dangerous as he is disingenuous. – at Syracuse, Sicily
Samuel Richards retweeted
Sunlit Uplands everyone.
This is what happens when a bunch of corrupt, lying ideologues and spivs ‘take back control’ and con people into believing that a bag of sovereignty beans is worth more than prosperity, influence, sane governance and a functioning democracy.
Samuel Richards retweeted
Dear 🇬🇧,
Let me spell it out for you.
C👏O👏R👏R👏U👏P👏T👏I👏O👏N
#SOSNHS
ALT NHS A photo of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak with the headline: “Private firm linked to No 10 adviser handed NHS waiting lists contract.” Labour accuses Rishi Sunak of possible conflict of interest as former client of Bill Morgan chosen to run diagnostic centres. By Aletha Adi, political correspondent, @alethaadu. Ties 22 Aug 2023 06:00 BST
Samuel Richards retweeted
Powell's 'rivers of blood speech', Thatcher's 'alien culture' interview, May's hostile environment. Johnson's 'letterboxes' article, Braverman's 'invasion' outburst, Anderson's 'f*ck off back to France'. Decade after decade of fanning the flames.
Samuel Richards retweeted
This week we had our largest ever extraction from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch: 11,353 kg of plastic out of the ocean for good.
As we transition to System 03, we see that increasing system size leads to bigger catches.
Samuel Richards retweeted
It would be good to see #MentalHealth Nursing students having their say in this survey. Our voice is often not heard so please use the opportunity.
💡 Are you a #StudentNurse, #StudentMidwife or #TraineeNursingAssociate? We want to hear about your experience as a student and your views on the future of safe, quality care for the public. Fill out our anonymous survey to help shape our priorities 👇
survey.walr.com/5HKYVd?P3=2
Samuel Richards retweeted
The Tories want you to think about small boats because they don't want you to think about climate change, the cost of living crisis, mass homelessness and the NHS falling to pieces
Samuel Richards retweeted
Remember to ask your trust if you have to wait until your pin comes through to start work or if you can start beforehand on a band 4 !! #rcnnrn
Samuel Richards retweeted
Some of us were campaigning against this script a few years back. It's back with a vengeance. Please call it out:
- work is not a therapy or cure
- bad work makes mental health worse
-many will never work
- structure can be great so re-open day centres
- DWP pressure is deadly
ALT Telegraph article titled How the routine of work is the answer to our mental health crisis More than 2.5 million UK adults are now economically inactive for health reasons, but getting back to work is often the best medicine
Samuel Richards retweeted
Norway has a £1 trillion + wealth fund for ordinary people, built over many years by taxing fossil fuel giants at 78%.
Last year alone Norway collected $89bn in tax from fossil fuel giants.
They then used that fund to pay people’s energy bills.
There is another way.
Samuel Richards retweeted
It's just gone up, mate.
Add Brexit on top of this clearly out-of-control inflation and you've got a potent cocktail that is damaging our economy.
When will you, and your cronies, accept that only by being closer to the EU, will we begin to repair our economy?
Samuel Richards retweeted
Learning from media coverage of recent service failings in mental health care: A response from mental health nurse educators - Wagstaff - Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Samuel Richards retweeted
David Cameron works for US biotech firm Illumina. Cameron contacted Matt Hancock for a contract through the VIP PPE lane.
Illumina were given a £123m NHS contract without any checks.
Samuel Richards retweeted
A decent, secure and affordable home is an essential building block for our health.
See our latest analysis on:
➡️ the links between housing and health
➡️ trends and inequalities in housing affordability, quality and security.
health.org.uk/evidence-hub/h…
ALT Evidence Hub: What drives health inequalities around housing?