Charles West

GP, musician, (ex) politician, hill-walker, Europhile and grandpa. Twitter handle was @West_GP

Politics: www.charles west.org.uk
Music: www.saxophonesundae.co.uk

Last Notes

2026-10-05 21:06:58 UTC

How does one persuade the US to beat a hasty retreat from a UK airfield?
Park three white vans in a village near The airfield and dial 999.
Clever, huh?

2025-08-27 06:58:43 UTC

The Green Party has the same number MPs as Reform. The Green Party has policies that will benefit the country and make the world a better place.
The Green Party should get at least equal airtime and column inches as the vacuous, loud-mouthed divisive Farage.
Message to the media: stop promoting the fascists.
#GreenParty

2025-07-18 14:19:26 UTC

when I see politicians who don't understand IT getting all star-struck about the way the NHS can benefit from it, I get worried. Blair made that mistake and I fear that Starmer may be going to repeat it.
We need to move from ‘techno optimism’ to ‘techno realism’ https://www.digitalhealth.net/2025/07/10-year-plan-we-need-to-move-from-techno-optimism-to-techno-realism/?

2024-12-05 08:53:44 UTC

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I don’t install Zoom. It’s possible to join a meeting from a browser.

2024-10-30 22:17:39 UTC

Good for the lowest paid, some modest improvements for NHS and Education, correct to tax nicotine and (most) alcohol; BUT what about social care and terrible on terrestrial transport, #RachelReeves #Budget puts up the cost of rail and bus transport offers no incentive to ordinary people to move to Electric Vehicle and encourages petrol and diesel.

2024-09-02 13:01:32 UTC

Is Germany’s AFD supported by or even funded by Putin?

2024-08-28 21:22:45 UTC

"The government will do everything in its power to relieve energy poverty".
No they won't. It is in the government's power to regulate energy prices. It's in the government's power to give people cash handouts to pay for energy.
They won't do it because they don't want to.

2024-08-06 17:49:44 UTC

Is #Musk a Putin agent or just a useful tool to Vadimir Putin?