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Mary Bruce

Mary Bruce

Television and radio journalist

Aug 2, 2026

20:07
What happens emotionally and practically when systems are designed without the people they're meant to serve or the people
20:15
delivering the care? Well, this goes back very much to what we did 40 years ago, doesn't it? Designed around paperwork and tasks.
20:25
Then we have complete task allocation and everyone loses out.
20:29
Staff become exhausted and they have to do the doing.
20:33
Families become frustrated and upset and fed up.
20:39
People living with dementia become distressed and have their dignity removed.
20:45
Yeah.

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44:36
What would you say to leaders who know the current system isn't working, but feel overwhelmed by the scale of change? Because this is very real for a lot of leaders.

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Republicans have got to be scared - Chris Christie on upcoming midterms

Jul 26 · 10m

MarthaHOST
0:52
Uh, we now know, uh, that he threatened a massive strike, New York Times reporting that backing off, so what is the strategy?
1:01
Yeah, it's a good question 'cause Martha, right now there really doesn't seem to be a clear strategy.
1:04
As you mentioned, there's that New York Times report that he's backing off plans for a massive strike.
1:09
This morning, uh, asked about that.
1:11
The White House tells me that the president continues to retain all options.
1:15
They stress he's always preferred a diplomatic solution, but of course, so far talks have gone nowhere, and yet the White House this morning is still threatening a possible escalation, telling me that if Iran doesn't, uh, come back and negotiate a deal, that they will, they know what will happen.
1:30
Look, as you keep saying, Martha, I mean, we are months into a war that was supposed to last weeks.

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MarthaHOST
9:39
But this becomes a PR nightmare and a really strong narrative going forward about election security.
Donald TrumpSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
8:57
Based on the fact that there's a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks.
9:09
We had heard him, of course, giving himself that two-week deadline to make this decision.
9:14
You know, that was an effort that was mostly led up through Special Envoy Wittkop to try and work out some kind of diplomatic solution, get Iran somehow back to the negotiating table.
9:24
Uh, the president himself, uh, we've learned actually talked with Turkish President Erdoğan, hoping that Turkey could help facilitate talks with Iran, but it simply was not to be.
9:33
Sources say that Iran's supreme leader, fearing for his life, went into hiding and then, wasn't able to approve of that meeting.
9:40
And so, as diplomacy was faltering, the Pentagon, we know now, was working on this parallel track to prepare these attacks.
9:47
And then, that final order coming in just minutes before.
13:34
What about the question of whether this is constitutional or even legal?

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