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Dave Fernig

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Biochemist, views entirely unconsidered and my own.

  1. Reform councillor works on asylum claims for Home Office, investigation reveals

    Paul Bean may have breached civil service impartiality rules over alleged social media posts

Campaigners have complained to the Home Office after it was revealed a councillor for Reform UK also works for the government department processing asylum and immigration claims.

Paul Bean, who serves as a councillor for Crook ward at Durham county council, declared his day job as a civil servant at the Home Office in his register of interests. Continue reading...

    Reform councillor works on asylum claims for Home Office, investigation reveals

    Paul Bean may have breached civil service impartiality rules over alleged social media posts Campaigners have complained to the Home Office after it was revealed a councillor for Reform UK also works for the government department processing asylum and immigration claims. Paul Bean, who serves as a councillor for Crook ward at Durham county council, declared his day job as a civil servant at the Home Office in his register of interests. Continue reading...

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  2. The Massachusetts “Fair Share Amendment,” popularly known as the Millionaires Tax, continued to deliver a financial windfall this year, as more and more states look to replicate this tremendous success 👇

    Read more here: bit.ly/4lDqvIj

    #TaxJustice

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  3. Bianca degli Utili Maselli surrounded by her five sons, one daughter, slightly dazed dog, & bird. Fantastic study in family resemblance & textile complementarity by Lavinia Fontana of Bologna. It’s her birthday.

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  4. A trio of exclusives in today's @theobserveruk.bsky.social, inc. a deep dive into one of the companies bankrolling Nigel Farage.

    Direct Bullion has falsely claimed to be supporting an oceans charity for years. The charity has no record of their involvement

    observer.co.uk/news/politic...

    A £280,000 payment to the MP for promotional work raises questions over the lack of clarity in his register of interests

    ‘It was Nigel or no one’: there’s gold in bullion adverts...

    A £280,000 payment to the MP for promotional work raises questions over the lack of clarity in his register of interests

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  5. Quite simple. Birchall is white and works in the UK. Recall that the material scientist who provided the plastic tracheas was sanctioned by UCL. Important distinction, that scientist was not white. HoL doubtless awaits Birchall and UCL governance will be given a medal.

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  6. “Birchall could get away with this behaviour because there are greater safeguards for animals having experimental surgery than for children and young adults subjected to identical experimental surgery” 🤬I have never understood how there were such different outcomes for Macchiarini and Birchall.

    The full story on "stem-cell-based, tissue engineered trachea replacements" by @pmurray65.bsky.social and Peter Wilmshurst. Whistelblowers met with a wall of silence from the establishment drpeterwilmshurst.wordpress.com/2025/08/19/s...

    This is a joint blog by Professor Patricia Murray and Peter Wilmshurst. Summary We question the contrasting responses of legal and regulatory bodies in Sweden and the UK to deaths of patients that …

    Stem cell scandal: prison for one surgeon, pay bonus for another

    This is a joint blog by Professor Patricia Murray and Peter Wilmshurst. Summary We question the contrasting responses of legal and regulatory bodies in Sweden and the UK to deaths of patients that …

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