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@RogerShepherd@mastodon.social Consultant - Computer Scientist and Architect

Bristol, UK
Joined November 2006
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A reminder After the Aug 2011 riots, police & my prosecutors examined all the video evidence for MONTHS identifying & bringing offenders to justice - 1000s of them Some didn’t get arrested till a year later! Prison was the usual sentence My boss was someone called Keir Starmer
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Change will only happen if you vote for it. Vote Labour on Thursday 4 July
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The Tory party have received unfair criticism this last few weeks. In the interests of balance,I’ve posted some charts below which show performance in various key areas such as life expectancy, the NHS, trade, immigration and the economy 🧵 #GeneralElection2024
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RT if you’d like me to represent the UK at #EUROVISION 2025.
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An Israeli offensive in Rafah would be catastrophic. It must not go ahead. We need an immediate ceasefire, the immediate release of hostages, and immediate unimpeded aid to Gaza.
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NEW: we need to talk about NHS staff retention. At a time when Britain’s healthcare system is acutely short of workers, *1 in 7* UK-trained doctors are practising overseas. No other developed country is like this, which immediately tells you there’s a problem. Let’s dig deeper:
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Hang on, ridiculously long waiting times on a day without strikes? Maybe strikes are the symptom of a wider problem?! 🤔
🏥 6.5 hr wait to see a dr at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth - 156 patients waiting in the dept - definitely not the worst I have seen there. 5.5 hours wait at North Middlesex Hospital in London 6 hours at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich How is it going elsewhere?
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Replying to @AdamRutherford
All MPs should show who they're sponsored by. Make it easier to understand where their questions come from or are going to
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If you won't be tuning in to #ImACeleb because they have chosen to pay £1,500,000 to the horrible Nigel Farage, and you hate his vile and offensive rhetoric. RT and LIKE, we can still get him fired. @itv @imacelebrity
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🚨 NEW: The country doesn't have a prisons minister at the moment because Rishi Sunak cannot find one The brief will now be given to an existing MoJ minister (but no decision on which one) The eventual appointee will be the 13th prisons minister since 2010 [@thetimes]
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David Cameron has been appointed foreign secretary.
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On the 6th October 2023 I shared a link on X to a Mail Online article entitled ‘Militant union leader at the heart of doctors strikes is a Labour activist who boasted of charging the NHS for a strike cover shift. I accept that my words were misleading as the subject in question Dr Tom Dolphin was not on strike on the date of the shift in question but was simply covering a shift as a consultant for junior doctors who were on strike on 11th August 2023. I would like to offer my sincerest apologies to Dr Dolphin for any distress upset caused. I will also like to add that I understand that Dr Dolphin actually donated his pay for the covered shift which I believe was £1870 to the BMA strike fund and whilst I do not agree with the strikes I want to go on the record to say that I think it is a very unselfish act on the part of Dr Dolphin to put his money into something he strongly believes in. I will make the same contribution to compensate the upset I may have caused Dr Dolphin. Please Repost.
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Suella Braverman thinks that multiculturalism is toxic and has failed. Yesterday, Braverman made the most extreme speech from a Home Secretary in recent years. Let’s show her how wrong she really is. Add your name✍️ secure.hopenothate.org.uk/pa…
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This is a really excellent paper by ⁦@AntonSpisak⁩. Brexit is the biggest act of peacetime self harm any country has committed for a very long time. Minimizing the self-harm is the first step towards a more sane position. institute.global/insights/ge…
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“Brexit was a travesty and people are waking up to that now.” Blur frontman Damon Albarn tells @MinnieStephC4 Brexit has been “a disaster for younger musicians”, saying it's now more expensive for them to tour in Europe.
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European Cyber Resilience Act 🎙️ Host: Christopher Bennison 🎤 Speakers: Florian Lukavsky, Matt Tett 🎤 Thursday, 27th April 2023 📅 09:00 - 10:00 ET | 14:00 - 15:00 BST ⏰ 15:00 - 16:00 CEST | 18:30 - 19:30 IST ⏰ Interested? Register here 🔗 bit.ly/3KdolOZ
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