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BIG NEW piece by me.
A few years ago, if you asked me to summarize my entire worldview in one article, I would’ve said it was too broad and too difficult. But this year, I decided to do it.
A few years ago, if you asked me to summarize my entire worldview in one article, I would’ve said it was too broad and too difficult. But this year, I decided to do it.
Every disease is a policy failure
Few people know how much medicine has progressed in their lifetimes. Fewer know how much faster it could be progressing.
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August 11, 2026 at 1:05 PM
BIG NEW piece by me.
A few years ago, if you asked me to summarize my entire worldview in one article, I would’ve said it was too broad and too difficult. But this year, I decided to do it.
A few years ago, if you asked me to summarize my entire worldview in one article, I would’ve said it was too broad and too difficult. But this year, I decided to do it.
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Born in Iran, Ashkan Asadian came to the UK in 1999, and now has British citizenship. His two children live in Golders Green.
He said that as he risked his life to save Moshe Shine, geopolitics had not crossed his mind.
"Jewish or non Jewish, just [they are] human."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
He said that as he risked his life to save Moshe Shine, geopolitics had not crossed his mind.
"Jewish or non Jewish, just [they are] human."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'I was trying to save a life,' man who intervened in Golders Green attack tells BBC
Ashkan Asadian said he acted on the spur of the moment without thinking about the danger of the situation.
www.bbc.com
May 4, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Born in Iran, Ashkan Asadian came to the UK in 1999, and now has British citizenship. His two children live in Golders Green.
He said that as he risked his life to save Moshe Shine, geopolitics had not crossed his mind.
"Jewish or non Jewish, just [they are] human."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
He said that as he risked his life to save Moshe Shine, geopolitics had not crossed his mind.
"Jewish or non Jewish, just [they are] human."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Starmer's concessions, then. Imagine 2 disabled ppl with similar PIP scores. One receives PIP, the other is about to apply. The first is now spared the worst to save the PM's skin. The other will still be immiserated. And note: there are more of the latter (430,000 by 2030) than the former (370,000)
June 27, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Starmer's concessions, then. Imagine 2 disabled ppl with similar PIP scores. One receives PIP, the other is about to apply. The first is now spared the worst to save the PM's skin. The other will still be immiserated. And note: there are more of the latter (430,000 by 2030) than the former (370,000)
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A record 4.5 million children are living in poverty in the UK, according to official statistics.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Record 4.5m children living in poverty, UK data shows
Government urged to scrap two-child benefit cap after chancellor announces welfare cuts in spring statement
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A record 4.5 million children are living in poverty in the UK, according to official statistics.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Twenty years ago, Peter Lodge wrote to the Guardian to complain about the state’s treatment of family carers.
In 2022, he died suddenly at the home he shared with his severely disabled son, David, who had no way to call for help.
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In 2022, he died suddenly at the home he shared with his severely disabled son, David, who had no way to call for help.
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March 24, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Twenty years ago, Peter Lodge wrote to the Guardian to complain about the state’s treatment of family carers.
In 2022, he died suddenly at the home he shared with his severely disabled son, David, who had no way to call for help.
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In 2022, he died suddenly at the home he shared with his severely disabled son, David, who had no way to call for help.
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Would you be happy if you - or your 25 year old - could only leave the house a couple of times a week? What if you (or they) had to go to bed at 7pm every day when a carer arrives? That's normal life for many disabled people because of poor social care, benefit cuts and years of political failure.
Might be one of the most important, urgent things I've ever written: 50% of social care spending is on disabled people, but that part of the mounting care crisis is completely ignored www.theguardian.com/uk/commentis...
Opinion | The Guardian
Latest opinion, analysis and discussion from the Guardian. CP Scott: "Comment is free, but facts are sacred"
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January 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Would you be happy if you - or your 25 year old - could only leave the house a couple of times a week? What if you (or they) had to go to bed at 7pm every day when a carer arrives? That's normal life for many disabled people because of poor social care, benefit cuts and years of political failure.
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💷 Happy budget day 💷
Before we find out more on the new govt's plans this afternoon, and following on from the new Sutton Trust report (by @samfr.bsky.social) out earlier this week - where is education at right now, and what has changed over time?
A thread of LOTS of graphs 📈 📊
Before we find out more on the new govt's plans this afternoon, and following on from the new Sutton Trust report (by @samfr.bsky.social) out earlier this week - where is education at right now, and what has changed over time?
A thread of LOTS of graphs 📈 📊
October 30, 2024 at 9:25 AM
💷 Happy budget day 💷
Before we find out more on the new govt's plans this afternoon, and following on from the new Sutton Trust report (by @samfr.bsky.social) out earlier this week - where is education at right now, and what has changed over time?
A thread of LOTS of graphs 📈 📊
Before we find out more on the new govt's plans this afternoon, and following on from the new Sutton Trust report (by @samfr.bsky.social) out earlier this week - where is education at right now, and what has changed over time?
A thread of LOTS of graphs 📈 📊
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Outcomes are cataclysmic.
Allow my autistic daughter to put it in her own words, which she did with eloquence:
howtobeme59.wordpress.com/2024/06/08/t...
It costs more to do the wrong thing in the wrong way
Allow my autistic daughter to put it in her own words, which she did with eloquence:
howtobeme59.wordpress.com/2024/06/08/t...
It costs more to do the wrong thing in the wrong way
The System is Broken…and it almost broke me
Photo by Joshua Hoehne on Unsplash Ever since I started this blog, I knew I would write this article at some point. And I haven’t yet because it was too personal, too close to home. But now I…
howtobeme59.wordpress.com
October 22, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Outcomes are cataclysmic.
Allow my autistic daughter to put it in her own words, which she did with eloquence:
howtobeme59.wordpress.com/2024/06/08/t...
It costs more to do the wrong thing in the wrong way
Allow my autistic daughter to put it in her own words, which she did with eloquence:
howtobeme59.wordpress.com/2024/06/08/t...
It costs more to do the wrong thing in the wrong way