Boris gets £200k renovation paid by a doner and it’s all fine.
On another note, Johnson meeting Orban is bloody disgraceful. He is essentially a racist dictator. Maybe he's having a tea party with Putin, Xi Jin Ping and Lukashenko next week? (Apologies for spelling btw)
Quote from: TobyD on May 28, 2021, 10:32:33 amOn another note, Johnson meeting Orban is bloody disgraceful. He is essentially a racist dictator. Maybe he's having a tea party with Putin, Xi Jin Ping and Lukashenko next week? (Apologies for spelling btw)Theresa May had him over to tea when she was PM as well didn't she?
Apologies if it’s been posted about previously, but there’s not much time left to opt out of having your medical records ‘shared’ (aka sold). Lack of any warning of what’s happening all part of the plan obviously. If it doesn’t work first time around then the lesson is to do it by stealth.https://bylinetimes.com/2021/05/19/the-government-wants-to-sell-your-gp-medical-records-heres-how-to-opt-out/
Quote from: ali k on June 03, 2021, 10:14:25 pmApologies if it’s been posted about previously, but there’s not much time left to opt out of having your medical records ‘shared’ (aka sold). Lack of any warning of what’s happening all part of the plan obviously. If it doesn’t work first time around then the lesson is to do it by stealth.https://bylinetimes.com/2021/05/19/the-government-wants-to-sell-your-gp-medical-records-heres-how-to-opt-out/Thanks Ali, didn't know about this. Incidentally, being the cynic I am I would guess you're wrong that these would be "sold". They'll just give them away for nothing (except the promise of a US trade deal).
Quote from: galpinos on June 03, 2021, 08:37:23 amQuote from: TobyD on May 28, 2021, 10:32:33 amOn another note, Johnson meeting Orban is bloody disgraceful. He is essentially a racist dictator. Maybe he's having a tea party with Putin, Xi Jin Ping and Lukashenko next week? (Apologies for spelling btw)Theresa May had him over to tea when she was PM as well didn't she?If so, then it was when she was head of a fellow EU nation. Boris is surely under much less obligation to meet him now. The EU's response to Orban's regime has been very weak.
Quote from: Nigel on June 03, 2021, 10:48:28 pmQuote from: ali k on June 03, 2021, 10:14:25 pmApologies if it’s been posted about previously, but there’s not much time left to opt out of having your medical records ‘shared’ (aka sold). Lack of any warning of what’s happening all part of the plan obviously. If it doesn’t work first time around then the lesson is to do it by stealth.https://bylinetimes.com/2021/05/19/the-government-wants-to-sell-your-gp-medical-records-heres-how-to-opt-out/Thanks Ali, didn't know about this. Incidentally, being the cynic I am I would guess you're wrong that these would be "sold". They'll just give them away for nothing (except the promise of a US trade deal).This has been reported by several newspapers, but thanks Ali that's a useful link. I would have thought that Nigel's assertion about a US trade deal was likely, although I seriously doubt that the UK will get such a deal for quite a long time. But the desperate Johnson government would probably give anyone who might give them a trade deal virtually anything, so that they can say that the country has made a success out of Brexit. Its well known that US health insurance companies are extremely covetous of the vast accumulated data in the NHS.
Is anyone more knowledgeable than me able to breakdown in to simple English exactly what each of the two opt outs do?I tried to work it out but am none the wiser.There's plenty in the media (FT, Guardian, Register, medConfidential etc) advising people to complete both opt outs but nothing that actually explains what the implications of each opt out are.This is my best guess at understanding:1) To prevent your records from ultimately finding their way to third parties, it is necessary to complete both the Type 1 GP Data opt out and the non-GP Data opt out. With the Type 1 having to be completed before 23 June or it will be too late and all past data will already be included with no option to have it removed.2) Completing both opt outs will have no adverse effect or your treatment either by your GP or other health services.3) It will have an adverse effect on future medical research. I do not trust the current or future governments to keep people's data away from third parties who will use it against them and I do not think they will be willing or able to keep the pseudonymised data anonymous. Sadly, harming future research efforts is a price I think we have to pay unless better protections are put in place.
Vaccinate the world, says Boris Johnson.Only, much like his wallpaper, he'd rather someone else paid for it.
...Front page of the express today makes it sound like Sunak single-handedly brokered the tech tax agreement. What is fucking wrong with these people?!
The best thing about this story is the claim from Cummings that Bojo would swan off after the next election to make some money and have more fun. Forcing No10 to deny that’s the case, and thus also effectively denying Johnson the escape route he’s probably been planning since he took on the job.