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Director of Alan Cooper Cabinetmaker Ltd. Makes bespoke fitted wooden furniture in Buckinghamshire UK. Loves the countryside, walking, wildlife, dogs, history.

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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
All these donations to UKIP and Nigel Farage! This is because it will be the party which supports the wealthy. Beware of giving power away to the very rich. We are in danger of losing our democracy to Totalitarians. Democracy is looking extremely fragile. Please do not vote for UKIP or Nigel Farage.
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Trump can do anything, even print $5,000 dollar notes with his mugshot on them. And devalue the dollar in the process.
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Ella Baron on Reform UK and the donations row – cartoon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Ella Baron on Reform UK and the donations row – cartoon
As the party’s conference comes to a close, leader Nigel Farage has again been forced to deny allegations of financial wrongdoing
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Sorry, I have been using Bluesky to vent my anger at things wrong with the world. Here is something positive from a walk I led Wednesday last week when we had the partial eclipse at Whiteleaf, Bucks. The gaps in the bushes gave pinhole camera effects projecting the eclipsed sun onto fence and road.
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
How can a bloody football be worth 7 grand when many people in this world are suffering so much?
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
BBC News - Prince Harry and six others face privacy case legal bill of up to £34.5m www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... I'm not taking sides here but it is blindingly obvious that our legal system isn't fit for purpose because it's more about money than justice.
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Prince Harry and six others face privacy case legal bill of up to £34.5m
The seven claimants, who include Sir Elton John and Liz Hurley, have to pay the Daily Mail publisher an initial £9.54m in the next seven days after losing a privacy case.
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Nigel Farage is a little more than twice as popular than Count Binface. Big deal!
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Solar eclipse walk yesterday with the Ramblers and a sunset finish on Whiteleaf Hill.
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
As UK does not protect women I 'feel' men should rise up and take out these violent sex offenders because law doesn't protect society. BBC News - Woman assaulted by double murderer Simon Levy says nightmare became 'real life' when police let him attack again - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Woman assaulted by double murderer Simon Levy says nightmare became 'real life' when police let him attack again
Serial sex offender Simon Levy went on to murder two women and rape a third after a series of disastrous decisions that left him free to roam the streets.
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
@bbowt.bsky.social Some pairs at the weekend. 6 spot burnetts and chalkhill blues
6 spot burnetts on scabiousChalkhill blue on grassheadChalkhill blue with open wingsPair of chalkhill blues on grasshead
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
@riverthamect.bsky.social sadly the Thame at Eythrope is no longer a river but a pond. No waterfall 😢
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Why cars are too big for carparks and bonnets too high for drivers to see a kid in front of them? The car designers are stupid for sure but what of those who are buying these monsters? Vote with your feet. Leave the monsters unsold, buy a narrower, lower vehicle. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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SUV drivers could face extra charges for driving in London
TfL are also poised to increase 20mph zones and cut speed limits on the capital’s fastest roads later this year
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
As Chris Packham might say "this is what you pay your BBC tv license for." When the police are not doing their job effectively due to under-funding or other reasons. BBC News - People smuggler convicted in France found by BBC living in UK and seeking asylum - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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People smuggler convicted in France found by BBC living in UK and seeking asylum
Once described as "the godfather" of French migrant camps, he has been working in a Leicestershire village.
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Good point. Is international sport an extravagance anyway or a tool for world peace and an expression of quality living? I believe we should reduce our environmental impact. BBC News - 27 flights, 24 matches: The carbon cost of Fifa president's World Cup tour www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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World Cup 2026: How Fifa president Gianni Infantino is jetting around
Gianni Infantino has clocked up thousands of air miles across North America so far.
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Will Andy Burnham be the next PM? The nation has lost faith in Starmer so he is Labour's last hope. Might not work but could be worth a try. First thing he should do is sack Reeves who has brought many small businesses to their knees and left too many young people in a state of unemployment.
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Kids have been on Facebook for years pretending to be older. Facebook did not do enough to prevent it. Facebook do not do enough to prevent scam ads either. It all makes them more money. Money is their driving force, not moral values. Wish Bluesky was stronger and we could ditch FB! Maybe one day!
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Wishful thinking.. The PM can't even stop scammers so how he can stop under 16s from accessing SM is doomed to fail. BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c7... Under-16s to be banned from social media, Starmer announces - BBC News
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Under-16s to be banned from social media, Starmer announces
"A full ban is the right choice," the prime minister says at a news conference from Downing Street.
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
All I heard today about Kier Starmer was his frown. If he is too miserable to have made any appearance on Sir David Attenborough's fantastic 100 hundred years old birthday celebration by the BBC tonight I am inclined to believe Starmer needs to go, he is out of tune with the United Kingdom.
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Sir David Attenborough 'overwhelmed' by 100th birthday greetings – Wonderful man! www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Sir David Attenborough 'overwhelmed' by 100th birthday greetings – audio
Sir David Attenborough has released an audio message on Thursday thanking the public for the goodwill messages sent in the run-up to his 100th birthday
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
BBC News - Leipzig: Two killed and many injured after car driven into crowd - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Is this why all except sundry like me are buying enormous cars just in case they might want vent their frustration one day?
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Leipzig: Two killed and many injured after car driven into crowd
A 33-year-old German citizen was detained following the incident, the authorities say.
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
So now the US of A is ruled by a dictator, just one man who can decide to abandon NATO and follow the 'feelings in his bones'? How did America sink to such a very low and poor situation as this?
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
I have heard DON'T GO to the CANARY ISLANDS the hospitals are much worse even than our NHS.
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Good news for a change. BBC News - Two offshore wind farms win funding off Wales coastline - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Two offshore wind farms win funding off Wales coastline
One is set to become Wales' first floating wind farm while the other could power half of Wales' homes.
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Results of Putin's failed 'military operation' www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Russian and Ukrainian military casualties in war nearing 2m, study finds
Thinktank says about 1.2m Russians troops killed, wounded or missing to date and 600,000 Ukrainians
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
People, do you really need one of these? Do you not care about the risks you pose to others? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Number of US-style pickup trucks on UK roads up 92% in a decade, data shows
Exclusive: Campaigners say ‘menacing vehicles’ are putting children at risk owing to their large front blind zones
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
President Donald Trump is a two faced idiot too puffed up to apologise. He knows this but thinks he's so important that it matters not.
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
The Beetles will never be beaten for the highest sales of vinyl albums. Credit to Robbie Williams but the world of albums has changed a lot since the Beatles. Given that in 1966 an album cost 20% of a young person's weekly wage, Robbie Williams 'overtaking' the Beatles is no big deal actually.
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Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust @bbowt.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
👉 Find out more at bbowt.org.uk/rbor
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Reconnecting Bernwood, Otmoor and the Ray (RBOR) | Berks Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust
Reconnecting Bernwood, Otmoor and the Ray (RBOR) is an exciting initiative to restore and connect communities, nature, and heritage in this incredible landscape sitting across the Buckinghamshire and…
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
The worse X gets, the better it gets for bluesky. It's about time our politicians left that platform. Better late than never. Hope they adopt bluesky instead and that the world becomes a nicer place. (Certainly needs to!) www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Commons women and equalities committee to stop using X amid AI-altered images row
Exclusive: Move follows outcry over use of Grok to digitally remove clothing from images of women and children
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Nicola Jennings on Trump and the Epstein files – cartoon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Nicola Jennings on Trump and the Epstein files – cartoon
Trump’s justice department has been heavily criticised over extensive redactions and the apparent removal of files from the government website
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
A very good read. Patrick Barkham revisits his walk of 10 years ago along the HS2 line www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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‘We hate it. It’s desecration’: the real cost of HS2
The long read: Ten years after I first followed the proposed route, I retraced my steps to see what life was like along the world’s most expensive, heavily delayed railway line
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Sad to see this www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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60,000 African penguins starve to death after sardine numbers collapse – study
Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Aspirins come in widely differing strengths so should be clearly labelled for the layman. Otherwise, miss dosage is pretty inevitable for anyone unfamiliar with the wide selection.
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Group exercise like countryside walking and physically active volunteering should be prescribed more to combat depression rather than anti depressants which increase weight, as that is more likely to exacerbate depression and cause or increase other health issues. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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First league table of antidepressant side effects
Find out which to avoid if you are concerned about weight gain.
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Back to pen and paper? After cyber attacks on M&S, JLR, etc. we're advised to have business resiliance through hard copy backups. But how resiliant are banks, even tax, other government systems? Why was risk not identified and patched before? Greed and laziness gives opportunity to more of the same.
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
I love @ellabaron.bsky.social cartoons. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Ella Baron on the 7 October pro-Palestine protests – cartoon
Keir Starmer has called the student demonstrations on the second anniversary of the Hamas-led attacks ‘un-British’
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
“I take my roles and my responsibilities seriously but it’s important, ... you don’t feel they own you – you have to own them.” Quote Prince William when interviewed by Eugene Levy, source @theguardian.com I like that. We are individuals and I believe in free speech, so I think that's well spoken.
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
£8M storage bill for the unused PPE? Is this another scandal? The dirt just gets deeper. Companies tend to have limited liability so Mone may have wriggle room to escape from full responsibility.
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
The cartoonists at The Guardian are so skillful. Great example here from Ben Jennings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Ben Jennings on the new plan for Gaza – cartoon
Analysts cast doubt on Tony Blair’s plan for Gaza as Donald Trump gives Hamas an ultimatum of ‘three or four days’
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
On and off buttons. Love the way they used to work. Quick, and simple. Fed up with 'are you sure you want to turn off?' or having to move a cursor to click on a virtual off button. What a waste of time when you are in a hurry and just want to switch off and go and not find out later it's still on.
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Harmless clever stunt? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Four arrested after images of Trump and Epstein projected on to Windsor Castle ahead of president’s visit
Trump arrived in Britain late on Tuesday for an unprecedented second state visit in which he will be hosted by King Charles
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
So I expect, not only did the tax payer fund the activity, but the tribunal cost as well. No wonder the NHS is short of funds and we have long waiting lists! And rather than make an example, they set a new precedent of getting away with it! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Doctor who left patient during operation to have sex with nurse allowed to practise
Medical tribunal rules ‘very low risk’ of Suhail Anjum, who had been dismissed by hospital in Greater Manchester, repeating behaviour
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Ella Baron on the fall of Angela Rayner and the rise of Reform UK – cartoon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Ella Baron on the fall of Angela Rayner and the rise of Reform UK – cartoon
The departure of Rayner as Keir Starmer’s deputy is the most serious blow yet for the beleaguered PM and his government
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Good point, Farage is getting too much publicity, Lib Dems even add to it with his picture here, but I prefer the caricatures of him we see by the Guardian cartoonists. But yes I added my name to the complaint to the BBC www.libdems.org.uk/bbc
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Balance the BBC
The BBC is our national broadcaster, people expect and deserve balanced news coverage.
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Worrying that crime can get this big before the authorities actually notice and stop it. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Court orders seizure of counterfeit underwear seller’s £90m assets
Ferrari and property owned by Arif Patel, tax fraudster who has been on the run since 2011, will be sold at auction
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WWF UK @wwf.org.uk · 28/08/2025
Deforestation is never 'just trees'. It’s half a million lives lost in 20 years because we stripped away nature’s cooling system. We don't just need nature. We ARE nature. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Deforestation has killed half a million people in past 20 years, study finds
Localised rises in temperature caused by land clearance cause 28,330 heat-related deaths a year, researchers find
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Giant SUVs are a bad trend. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... Yet we ban sensible alternatives like E-bikes which exceed the draconian 15mph limit, despite cycle racing on British roads being legal where speeds are typically around 30mph. We should legalise 25mph e-bikes as a mode of transport.
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Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn
Campaigners call for Paris-style parking charges amid fears big vehicles are taking up excessive public space
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
SUVs often carrying just one person are big and heavy, but the UK is behind the times prohibiting light transport like e-bikes with sensible speeds of 25mph, yet non e-bikes do cycle racing at 30mph in 20mph zones. Cycle racing on public roads is questionable but raise the 15mph limit for e bikes.
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Cyclists beware. The problem with dangerous motorists who do not respect cyclists like myself is they actually hate you. How can that attitude be changed? I followed a cyclist patiently up a hill around a blind bend but was overtaken by the car behind me very dangerously also overtaking the cyclist!
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Alan Cooper @alan-cooper.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Young people of Great Britain, here is your chance to take the inheritance and housing you deserve, a more democratic, healthier future founded upon kindness, honesty and virtue. Corbyn and Sultana’s party could blow up British politics | Politics | The Guardian share.google/18YTAwo77DOo...
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No fear or favours: how Corbyn and Sultana’s party could blow up British politics
With a huge profile and no one to appease, ‘Your Party’ starts on a better footing than new parties of the past
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