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NHS must stop ‘plundering’ foreign countries for doctors, says Streeting
Health Secretary says it is ‘morally unacceptable’ that Britain has not trained more doctors
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/03/26/nhs-plundering-foreign-doctors-wes-streeting/ (£££)

Streeting is right on both counts.

Though when I asked our Medical School about increased numbers of students as part of the NHS plan, they said there was no expansion.

Tumbleweed from the DoH. It's cheaper and easier to import Nigerians and Egyptians.

Unless things have changed a lot since my own working days, the lack of interest in training our own people is a national trait in all walks of life.

Good morning, everybody.

One thing I don't understand is Trump's attitude towards Canada and Greenland.

My own view is that Trump looks at "strongman" dictators, like Putin and Xi, flexing their muscles, and wishes he could get a piece of the action.

I think he DOES genuinely look down at Canada is nothing more than the 51st State of America. And as far as Greenland is concerned, he probably figures if the US doesn't take it, eventually Russia will...

Another demonstration that he's a fool.
There is absolutely no chance of Russia "taking it".

It's so easy to overthink things with Trump. Take him as you see him. There is no depth there. He governs with kneejerk reactions to what he thinks is right and that is usually some expression of populist beliefs. The main exception to this would be his attitude towards Putin, who I suspect is bankrolling him. Otherwise his politics is very much that of the pub boor he so closely resembles.

The now famous Signal conversation has been very helpful in showing how high policy is formulated in the USA under Trump, and it reflects the leader's own character and outlook. It is superficial, ignorant, and incompetent, which is hardly surprising considering he has appointed a bunch of Yesmen reflecting his own outlook on the world.

PBers do not understand how SHAMED we are, in the eyes of the world, especially the eyes of the American Right

Well. As far as I can see, we're on the right side of history and America (and especially the American Right) are just a bunch of cheese-burger eating surrender monkeys.

You don’t understand. And we’re not allowed to talk about it

We have our own internal (and external) problems, as do all countries. Although why the cheese-eating, surrender monkey US right are taking such an interest in UK internal affairs, is another matter?

But... We have always had a (generally) tolerant history of race relations and inclusion. We should be proud of our history and heritage since the abolition of the slave trade, especially set against American history of Ku-Klux-Klan, segregation, lynchings, etc...

They despise us. And they are right to do so

God you are the most miserable Britain hater out there. Just stay in Uruguay if it’s so bad here

Fuck, that's sad

Julie Burchill is now in a wheelchair, probably for good

All these livewire writers and artists of my youth

Jonny Rotten is a fulltime carer

His wife died a year ago:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65211616

That feels like I should LOL but obvs that's wrong

Jonny Rotten is so old he's FINISHED being a full time carer

Given the propensity for celeb marriages to collapse at the first sign of trouble, there's a part of me that thinks sticking with her till the end is the most punk think he could have done.

Clearly a good egg.

Jonny Notsorotten