Surprise! Discredited, ousted former PM Boris Johnson didn’t stop to consider that the voter suppression rules he introduced might actually apply to him

Kyiv Independent’s Olga Rudenko is set on telling the truth in wartime, despite clumsy instances of state harassment theguardian.com/world/2024/may…

Terrific account here from Jane Dufus for Bristol Ideas on the history of radical print powerhouse Bristol Broadsides which flourished 1976-1991 and its influence is still felt today. bristolideas.co.uk/read/bristol-b…

Hi again Stefan. This private company now has 2 separate websites, 3 trading names, a spokesperson at a Dubai-funded thinktank, and lots of paid advertising. All trained on 1 UK charity. That’s what’s worrying. But our members remain a fantastic bunch, and I remain unscared.

Reserve your seat for this free talk on Wiltshire Folklore, just one of the events in the #MaudsWay project.
#MaudHeath

'Our Island Stories: Corinne Fowler in Conversation with Zakia Sewell' will be on 9th May. 'Academic Corinne Fowler discusses her ground-breaking study of the legacy of colonialism in the landscapes of the British countryside'. eventbrite.co.uk/e/our-island-s… Corinne Fowler

We wanted to know who was behind the dozens of closed Facebook groups opposing the rollout of London’s clean-air zones.

Turns out the groups are all run by Conservative councillors, staffers and activists - and what we found when we got into the groups shocked us

Sister in Law review – how Harriet Wistrich fought the law and women won theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

Astonishing to see The New Statesman take Philip Morris International cash for a podcast peddling industry lines Dr Nick Hopkinson The BMJ One of the companies that cause/profit from the continuing epidemic of tobacco-related death and disease

Public health experts are calling for a ban on alcohol industry funded education programmes in UK universities and schools, which they say normalise drinking and downplay the harms of alcohol.

Watch May van Schalkwyk explain why

🔗Read the linked investigation
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Thank god Blondie ended that Logan ‘interview’ #TOTP

Looks like a topless look at the back of that Smokie track but might just bad t-shirt #TOTP

1/4 NEW! Investigation from The Examination and The BMJ reveals that cigarette giant #PhilipMorrisInternational had agreed to pay online medical training provider, Medscape, nearly $3 million to sponsor content related to smoking cessation.

Facing fierce opposition from the tobacco industry, the Biden admin has delayed a decision on banning menthol cigarettes – a couple years ago The Bureau of Investigative Journalism/Los Angeles Times dug into just how extensive this lobbying effort has been thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2022-0…

A lawyer & a court observer have been physically thrown out of Stratford magistrates' court (separately). In neither case is it clear they did anything wrong. Has court security overstepped the line? transformjustice.org.uk/news-insight/t…

Following a #BMJInvestigation medical education provider Medscape has bowed to pressure and agreed to permanently remove accredited medical education courses on smoking cessation funded by Philip Morris International Hristio Boytchev Kamran Abbasi bmj.com/content/385/bm…

An astonishing episode: Medscape bows to pressure and will permanently remove a series of medical education courses funded by the tobacco industry (Philip Morris).
bmj.com/content/385/bm… The BMJ Hristio Boytchev ThoraxBMJ American Thoracic Society (ATS) ERS

We’ve got a brilliant GP surgery in Colerne #wiltshire used by families, the military, old and young alike - but it is facing an uncertain future due to financial pressures. It would be devastating to lose this service. Please sign to show support #NHS . chng.it/qXzqr4HSLq

Who needs AI?

This image summarizes 14yrs of Tory kleptocracy.

We're naming our coastal path after the royal family while... diverting it around anywhere the Royals once lived. Commemoration as obfuscation. Feudalism lives on.

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