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Nikki Coates @nikkicoates.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Hello tiny band of followers! Shortly I will be asking people in London to join me in an experiment in observation. I’m telling you now because a) I would be very grateful for any RTs going spare and b) I probably will repeat it a few times in the next few days. Ok thanks love you byeeee

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Carney banished from Peace Board; still waiting for revelation of the first murder

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Phil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

If I were running Labour comms I would commission an app called 'Will the Tories/Reform deport you?' then let the reactions on TikTok and Instagram do their work.

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

genuine quote: "When I announced my divorce, I didn’t do it in a breakdown video. I did it in partnership with OSEA – a skincare brand I genuinely love. The tagline was simple: Glowing Through Divorce" followed by "These are the collaborations that resonate most, because they aren’t manufactured"

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Unsurprising. I read these articles and they came across to me like Cohan was trying to drive the bonds to zero just to prove that he can. His coverage of Musk's X buy was also weird; he kept claiming X would run out of money when it was obvious Musk would just put more in nypost.com/2025/10/08/b...

nypost.com

Saks sues Puck News, claiming outlet ran ‘hit pieces’ — despite reporter’s ‘conflict of interest’

The suit referenced a 2007 interview with The Wall Street Journal, in which Cohan said Lazard was “full of incredibly bright and ambitious people who have their morality completely intact when they…

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Might try watching the next 10 ep season of something as 20 half hour episodes, with a major cliffhanger every second week

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

AI trained on its own outputs

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Finally, proof that the supply curve slopes upward

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 13/09/2025

Governor Lisa Cook being proven right on a Friday night is PLEASING me, my homegirls, and the ancestors. #blacksky

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

I’ve been frustrated to see so much of the ongoing story about asylum seekers and the protests against them covered without hearing from those seeking asylum and now being met with hostility and hatred I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇

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We escaped war and torture but now we feel unsafe in Britain

Special report: Amid protests and rising aggression towards asylum seekers across the country, we spoke to those being targeted

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

New rivers of blood quote just dropped (definite improvement on the previous one)

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

I keep desperately trying to figure out if there’s a strategy or a rationale for all this, or even a reason to hope things might get better. The straw I’m clutching at today is: people talking so much about migration now that they’ll be bored and other issues will be salient in 4 years. If only.

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

On the same day in the Telegraph:

The Telegraph

Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement

Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty

Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence

[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]

Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent

29 August 2025 8:57am BST

The Telegraph

Money > Property > Second homes

How to avoid tax on your second home

From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net

[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]

Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer

29 August 2025 1:21pm BST

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Colm Murphy @colmpm.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

V. interesting. The "island of strangers" speech happened serendipitously (in one sense) during a panel survey. Paper uses this natural experiment to see the effect of such migrant-sceptic interventions on individual perceptions and voter intentions. Upshot: it harmed Labour for no obvious benefit.

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 05/09/2025

Radical right accommodation really does not work. New paper out with this exceptionally talented team @katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk doi.org/10.31235/osf...

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 01/09/2025

It's official. The books that I wrote arrived. I am an author y'all. I AM AN AUTHOR. A childhood dream I never thought could happen is happening!!!!!! 🥹 In 15 days, #TheDoubleTax is coming to a doorstep, bookstore, and library near you. Please pre-order by 9/16: annagifty.com! #booksky #blacksky

ANNA THE AUTHOR WITH THE BOOKS SHE WROTE AND SOME COLORFUL FLOWERS

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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Q: What is Bluesky’s business model? A: Bluesky doesn’t need a business model. It was founded by the billionaire Bluford Skynard. He filled this site with slightly problematic posts as a riddle. Whoever replies to each one with a minor quibble will solve the puzzle and inherit his fortune

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

And who will be responsible for finding out what they are?

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

If you've ever tried to get all the toothpaste out of a tube, you know what a fool's errand this is. The closer you get to the end, the more effort you put in for less reward, and you still never succeed. (not to mention the climate denial) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Tories pledge to get 'all our oil and gas out of the North Sea'

The government warns Kemi Badenoch's plans would

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

What’s got a better ring to it, Taliban Nigel or Taliban Farage?

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Does “deal was floated” mean “Altman tried to sell deal and failed” or “minister tried to buy deal and failed”? I suspect the former, but we should probably be told

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Vertical for the key 16-29 voter demographic, horizontal for 0-15 and 30+

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

If Trump didn’t have to resign or face any consequences for being convicted of falsifying business records, Lisa Cook doesn’t have to resign for whatever (imaginary) offence they manage to cook up

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Looking forward to new “heated debate” podcast series, Will & Gles.

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Unfortunately this will have the predictable effect of dragging planning reform, a relatively non-partisan, technocratic pro-growth policy, into the nightmarish mess of the migration “debate”. Wait for the first Reform poster: “look who they’re putting in YOUR back yard”

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

By the end of this presidential term, Donald Trump's birth will be closer to the end of the US civil war than to the present day

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I mean I wouldn't turn it down

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Ofcom can apply for a court order to block X in the UK, but also has the power to fine it up to 10% of its global revenue, a penalty that could be as high as £50,000

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Russian national guard to be deployed to DC

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Can Trump speak Russian? Trump and Putin appeared to engage in a friendly discussion on their way to the summit without the presence of interpreters, leading many to wonder about the American leader’s proficiency in the Russian language (not to mention his propensity to be friends with dictators)

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

So he is a good economist after all

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

And now in 2025, the A303 has almost reached the same terrifying speeds

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Clearly this data is fake and the head of the FBI must be fired

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Not the heron we deserve…but the heron we need

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

The markets go up because the markets know that when something bad happens, the markets will go down, and it will stop happening. Irrational expectations

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

I don't quite understand the economics of this. Heathrow turns over about £4bn/year with profit of £700m - they want to spend 12+ years of revenue or 70 years of profit on expanding capacity by 50%? (and is the company paying for it themselves? Or asking for a state contribution?)

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

A lot of "it's understandable, this does look like a weapon, he shouldn't be carrying it on his belt" in the replies. This argument does make it understandable that the police stopped him to ask questions. His answers made it clear that he had not committed a crime. So why did they caution him?

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

@dkthomp.bsky.social Derek, I avoid talking to people because I'm scared THEY will be boring. Do you also cover this in the podcast

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REwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Ahhhhhhhhhhh FUCK IT

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Interesting chart that (with other context in thread) suggests the main difference between party supporters isn’t that they disagree on individual issues, but that they differ on which issues matter most. Big implications for how to campaign if so.

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

When you say “rarely”, BBC, exactly which other presidents do you have in mind? Or did you actually mean “never” but you thought it might sound like you had an opinion?

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

“Like Hunter Biden but without the baggage” is reminiscent of “like a Samsonite factory but without the baggage”

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

I understand justice matters but the reopening of cold cases is surely going too far now

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Leigh Caldwell @cognomist.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

The simplest solution would be to make today’s retirees poorer

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