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Not sure how long this will run for, but my NY resolution is to share books I’ve been reading.
Expect lots of thrillers, with spies & history (and both) prominent in the mix.
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Simon Chapman
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Simon Chapman
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Deputy Director for Strategy & Policy, Community Services @NHSEnglandCHS. My own views. Cricket, beaches & books may feature too. #PeopleNotPatients ✝️🙏🏻🎗️🕎
Ryhall, England Katılım Haziran 2011
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@StepoKedur @fleurmeston Thanks! We’re doing the Melrose - Lindisfarne route finishing on Good Friday.
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@SimonSimply @fleurmeston Cuddy’s Corse up through Lumley eh? ;) Take some pics as you enter Lumley - a gorgeous view of the valley towards Chester Moor from there :)
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It's called St Cuthbert's Day. We celebrated it every year at school. The flag bears his cross. He was so revered by King Æthelstan, the founder of our Kingdom, that the king made a pilgrimage to Durham to honour him. Renaming it "Durham Day" erases our history.
House of Commons Speaker@CommonsSpeaker
Happy Durham Day. The Durham flag is flying in New Palace Yard today to mark the county’s rich heritage. Durham City is one of the oldest constituencies in England.
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Attempts to legalise assisted dying should not be revived
thetimes.com/article/21c5fd…
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This is such a great - and necessary - article. #Assistedsuicide campaigners prey upon the natural compassion of British people to manipulate polls about support for legislation but the more they know, the more they reject it. telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03/2…
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Deeply saddened to read this. Solidarity with all my Jewish colleagues in the NHS
The Jewish Chronicle@JewishChron
Jewish NHS staff reveal antisemitism ordeal to Wes Streeting in emotional meeting thejc.com/news/jewish-nh…
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Hello, there 👋
Have you heard David Lammy MP and Sarah Sackman MP talking about people stealing bottles of whisky and swiping mobile telephones as examples of people who should not get jury trials?
Well. I’d like to tell you a story.
🪡 🧵
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A significant intervention so soon after Ashley has had to step down as a Health Minister to focus on her own cancer treatment.
Ashley Dalton MP@AshleyDalton_MP
The Assisted Dying debate has been called Parliament at its best; it’s the opposite. It’s for parliament to make good law. It’s not about broad principles; it’s about detail. With most amendments to improve the bill rejected it remains flawed and unable to protect the vulnerable.
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Both under 25 when these were taken
Heart-breaking
Ron Eisele@ron_eisele
Strain on the faces of Me109 pilot Gustav 'Micky' Sprick & Spitfire pilot Brian Lane in the Battle of Britain. (Neither survived the war).
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@RichardLehman1 Very interesting. Directly relevant to a relative’s regimes over the last 12 months.
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That’s *a thousand people* in this country who are *annually* held by the Crown Court to have been not guilty when the Magistrates’ Court found them guilty.
Think about the impact a criminal conviction can have on a life. A family.
Then times that by a thousand.
Every year.
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Since I wrote this, the Bill has emerged & is even worse than feared. It also:
- removes the automatic right of appeal from summary trials (whilst greatly increasing the number of them)
- permits judges to declare most serious charges to be complex, requiring trial without jury
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The UK ending almost all jury trials is a genuine "moment". I feel a "Please pinch me - I want to wake up now." sensation. It's like we abolished the monarchy - & then some. We're led by people who have no interest in or respect for the assembled wisdom of centuries.
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@benschott @DavidAGottlieb “The grotesque chaos of a Labour government - a Labour government - scurrying around voting lobbies to abolish juries…”
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I recently became one of the 12% of Britons to have sat on a jury that saw a case through to a verdict.
And I endorse every word of this.
One of the most powerful moments arrives after the summing up, when the usher swears …
"I shall keep this jury in a private and convenient place. I shall suffer no one to speak to them nor shall I speak to them myself except with leave of the court, save to ask them whether they have agreed upon their verdict."
Then, 12 random women and men become the still point of a turning world, upon whom justice patiently waits.
Juries are civic magic — a secular miracle.
They should be cherished beyond measure.
David Davis MP@DavidDavisMP
For those of you interested in jury trials, this is Parliament at its best. 👇
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This from @Geoffrey_Cox was titanic - a truly beautiful speech.
He outshone those sat opposite. They could only watch. And nervously laugh.
This should be seen by every new MP to understand what they do, & every new barrister to understand what we do.
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Just back from #TheImmortalMan.
No spoilers by order of the #PeakyBlinders but well worth the wait
Simon Chapman@SimonSimply
Is it possible to be looking forward to #PeakyBlinders series 3 a little *too* much?
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Looks a cracking initiative this.
Great to see @Middlsex_CCC (where I were born and will follow til the end) and @lancscricket (where I was raised and have a very soft spot for) leading the way. Red Rose wins the best name.
Sam Morshead@SamMorshead_
It's a big week for county cricket journalism. A renaissance has begun, with six sites launching on CounterPress. 🦒 Lanky Lanky (Lancashire) 🪓 Up The Middle (Middlesex) 🦅 The Peakite (Derbyshire) 🐻 The Bear (Warwickshire) 🍐 King Pears (Worcestershire) 🏖️ Hove & Away (Sussex)
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@HSJEditor This is such an important point. We circle the wagons far too quickly.
Critiquing the systems & processes we work in does not imply bad intentions or criticism of individuals who have to work in them.
Although we should be open to that too where merited.
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I think there is a massive divide between the way NHS Twitter views the NHS and the way that normal people view it.
I've had some wonderful experiences, but many more bad ones. Most of our friends say the same. My wife works for the NHS, as do 3 other immediate family members, and around 25% of my friends. They all say the same thing: yes, underfunding, but also obvious nonsense inefficiencies and things that could be easily fixed.
But you dare to say anything online and you get called "stupid" a "moaner" or "a w*nk". People immediately assume you are criticising specific individuals, rather than the bad systems they work in. Legitimate grievances and frustrations are at best dismissed and at worse ridiculed.
Not an ounce of reflection, and I suspect goodwill is running low. There was a time when genuinely everyone loved the NHS, and other than right wing libertarians you wouldn't hear a word against it.
I suspect that's not the case anymore.
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