Ian D. Quick

@Peston “Feel” unable? Ghoul.

Jeremy Hunt says he wants those who feel unable to work because of physical or mental health conditions to receive medical and therapeutic help as a condition of receiving their out-of-work benefits uplift, as a pathway back to work. But this seems less than practical - even heroic - at a time when NHS waiting lists and times are at record levels, and goodness knows how or when they will fall to normal levels

@RishiSunak @TheSun Cannot imagine how the office of PM could be diminished and degraded any further.

I’m slamming the brakes on the war on motorists - it's as simple as that.

@RishiSunak Utterly, utterly appalling. Contempt for parliamentary democracy.

We will never impose unnecessary and heavy-handed measures on you, the British people. We will still meet our international commitments and hit Net Zero by 2050.

Rarely does the press publish an article on long covid that tells it like it is. Here is one: Long covid has derailed my life. Make no mistake: It could yours, too. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

@LeeAndersonMP_ An utter disgrace to your office.

Note to the Left. Every illegal migrant that crosses the Channel from France is taking the place of someone genuinely in danger in a refugee camp. Why can't you see that these fit healthy young men are actually preventing help reaching those desperate people who really need it?

There is a perverse tendency to view pastoralism in West Africa purely through a "climate-security" lens. Good short read on how this fits into broader generational challenges of adaptation and #climatefinance.

These case studies from @cdalearning on climate-conflict pathways are well worth a read. Clear and intentional about how knowledge about potential climate futures is (co-) generated, not just "well, climate science says so". view.genial.ly/64591aa78cfcd5…

Sharing without comment — those who know, know. theguardian.com/society/2023/j…

The Times seems to be the only British newspaper interested in how this Rwanda asylum deal is going down in Congo. Every other British media outlet has shown extraordinary parochialism, with the focus entirely on what it means for the UK. thetimes.co.uk/article/congo-…

@kayikwambaT Gardener museum! Crazy / interesting place.

Un air de #Venise à #Boston.

@JasonFritz1 @FT They are over correcting for a truly bad Lunch With the FT with him little while back. Must feel spurned / jilted.

Getting #LongCovid/MECFS means going from having 15-16 active hours in a day to 3-5, if you’re lucky. Cutting things out of your life to fit this time is brutal. Any error means the following days are even shorter. What would you cut?

It’s the “my old Oxford classmate” that puts this over the top into some kind of mega-parody.

@KathrynRzeszut Grossed-out Britney indeed.

Email today from a large development org: "Now more than ever, our investment in crisis-fluent talent shows an eagerness to elevate our work in fragile contexts, and use our influence for the agency of all." Barf.

I mean.. I've been a management consultant in the sector for a long time. No stranger to framing of mission & core capabilities. But at some point you have to recognise if the language has become completely untethered from the lived experience it's supposed to describe.

I just wanna give a shoutout to Elon Musk for vividly reminding us all of the dangers of America becoming an oligarchy.

Re-reading 90s debates on environmental / #ClimateSecurity. Is it still the case that there is "a striking lack of critical scrutiny" in broader social science? Would argue yes with exceptions ...

I see like twenty of these memes a day. Fun fact: Plenty of people enter doctoral programs with genuine skills, experience and yes even publications. What is with the ritual denigration? #phdlife

@BenKentish No mystery here - military cosplay is a standard part of the ultra-nationalist repertoire.

Home Office refusing to provide any comment on why Suella Braverman appears to have used a Chinook helicopter to travel 20 miles between Dover and Manston this afternoon. It's a 30-minute journey by car.