A third of the Tory MPs that have ever defected to Labour have done so in the last fortnight.

‘On tonight’s show we’ve got four Tories just in case any of them defect to Labour half way through.’

“The few field hospitals or alternative structures being installed will not be able to cope with an influx of wounded patients on top of regular medical needs such as deliveries and chronic diseases. Health needs will increase massively while access to healthcare will further…

“We have begun to discharge patients at Rafah Indonesian Field Hospital, those who can walk, as we also prepare for a possible evacuation...

“This offensive is also going to further aggravate the damage to the health system, which is barely functioning. Like we saw in the north, some hospitals will no longer be accessible and are at high risk of being hit or destroyed...

🔴 Gaza:

“The impact of an offensive on Rafah will have disastrous effects for over a million people,” says Aurélie Godard, MSF medical team lead in Gaza.

“Living conditions all over Gaza are already extremely precarious. They will just get worse for people who are being…

Ancient and decrepit equipment -> staff time wasted -> lower productivity.

There’s little point in training more doctors if they’re all fighting to get on a Windows XP that is ceaselessly restarting to install important updates.

My piece in today's The Guardian
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Changes of party affiliation among MPs are fairly common for various voluntary and involuntary reasons. Defections directly from Conservative to Labour are rare though: only 6 in the last half-century-but 50% of those have been in this parliamentary term.

The latest in our ongoing series on the effectiveness of Russian sanctions focuses on oil👇
The UK & EU are no longer directly importing Russian oil. But what about Russian oil someone else has converted into diesel or jet fuel? That's fine, apparently

One of the three hospitals in Rafah, Al-Najjar, is no longer functioning due to the ongoing hostilities in its vicinity and the military operation in Rafah.

The closure of the border crossing continues to prevent the UN from bringing fuel. Without fuel all humanitarian…

While Jenrick was occupying your screens this morning more horrors from his time as Immigration Minister were being revealed: nearly 2000 more lost children.

This government are the biggest risk to children.

theguardian.com/global-develop…

The FBU is aware that pro-Palestine protesters are holding further demonstrations in Leicester.

Previously, firefighters have been asked to assist the police in removing protestors.

The FBU advises all members not to be involved in law enforcement activities.

The House of Commons erupted with laughter when the Tory Secretary of State claimed his party was committed to integrity.

Both Labour and the Tories are mired in dodgy donation scandals.

Wales deserves better. Plaid Cymru calls for a cap on political donations.

8 May 1938 | Hungarian Jewish girl Evike Schvarc was born in Géberjén.

In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

Breaking: new Human Rights Watch research shows that Israel used a US weapon to strike an emergency center in Lebanon—killing 7 aid workers. We found no evidence of a military target, making this an unlawful attack on civilians. US & others should suspend arms to Israel hrw.org/news/2024/05/0…

This is Tony. He’s a doctor who was thrown into horrific events that, thankfully, many of us will never see. Then he experienced a month that changed everything…
He’s on #LifeChanging now on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds afterwards

I don't say this lightly - but the floods in Porto Alegre, Brazil, are looking comparable to what Katrina did to New Orleans in 2005 -- massive evacuations, water & power outages, key infrastructure damaged, parts of city unlivable, possible long-term consequences

Nearly 80% of 380 climate scientists predict global temperatures will rise by at least 2.5°C above pre industrial levels by the end of the Century.

That’s catastrophic by the way.

theguardian.com/environment/ar…

This is really disturbing. A government minister, Maria Caulfield MP, spreading a blatant conspiracy fiction:
“Part of 15-minute cities is: if you go outside of your 15-minute area, you will have to pay a road tax.”
She doubles down on it when challenged.🧵bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…