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Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thanks. But I’ve wasted enough time for now. Maybe later

Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

UPDATE ON WSOCIAL - the new European social network platform. It’s hopeless. I’ve spent hours over several days trying to get it to work on my phone and tablet. I’ve now given up and asked them to delete me. Pity. It sounded like a good project.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“You’re fake news… you’re fake news….” Trump lashes out like a toddler at reporters telling him his poll numbers suck (with Hispanics too) and there’s no proof of fraud with mail-in ballots despite his lies — both true ✅ ✅

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Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It is having some early problems. But I have had replies and help. Got there eventually.

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🇺🇸🇬🇧 WAKE UP: READ 'ON TYRANNY' BY PROF TIMOTHY SNYDER @nottslassuk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

THOUGHT I'D TRY THAT! HAD TO PUT EMAIL IN, AND THEY VALIDATE YOU BY YOUR REPLY TO IT DID IT THIS AM WHEN I READ THE ABOVE; JUST GOT EMAIL CHECKING ME, AS BELOW! WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS!

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Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I am now on the new European social platform “W” @colintalbot.wsocial.eu Come and join me if you can

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Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The creators of any AI, however autonomous they claim it is, should be legally responsible for any damage or law breaking it carries out. Simple.

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Brian Moore @briantrumpet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

So am I, even if I haven't worked out why yet. Or what it's about. Still, it's not X or even American, so there's that!

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Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Agreed. Just wanted to keep the proposition simple.

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Alex Gallagher @alexgallagher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Same for social media platforms.

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Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

OpenAI should be held legally accountable for any actions carried out by its AI. As a corporation and its individual officers. Then they might behave responsibly?

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Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The creators of any AI, however autonomous they claim it is, should be legally responsible for any damage or law breaking it carries out. Simple.

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Tim Harford @timharford.ft.com · 20/08/2026

My mother died 30 years ago after a long and difficult illness. I'm running the Oxford Half this October in her memory and to raise money for Occtopus, the Oxford Colon Cancer Trust. They do good work, and any donations would be gratefully received. www.justgiving.com/page/tim-har...

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Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I am now on the new European social platform “W” @colintalbot.wsocial.eu Come and join me if you can

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Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Eliminate all internal critics and the Party appears more unified. Simples

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Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Sunak. No contest. The rest are all egomaniacs. You’d never get a word in.

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Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Oops TIM Bale. Not TIME. Bloody autocorrect. Sorry Tim

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The US government sabotaging the OPCW is very bad.

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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The big reforms Burnham outlined are interlinked. There will be no viable expansion of the social state without Brexit being resolved. To embed the UK's long-term relationship with the EU electoral reform is necessary to reduce minority disruption. Equally, for enabling devolution to work.

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If only we'd had someone like Chis Philp in government for fourteen years, including being Minister for Immigration...

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Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Oh and your baseless and insulting comments about my being a professor, hiding from real work, etc. based on complete ignorance of who I am or what I’ve done. I think you need treatment for that chip on your shoulder?

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Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

You original post claimed Burnham’s agenda was “reinstate alcohol at UK football matches & get the guards at Buckingham Palace to wear nylon hats”. And that his world was local politics, when he’s been an MP and in Cabinet before. So excuse me for not taking you seriously.

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

That’s pretty awful harassment of a very good person. You should delete that an apologise

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Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

PS I’m retired so not ‘hiding in academia’. The only place I hide is my allotment 😀 And even when I was an academic I didn’t “hide”. I worked with police, prisons, probation, intelligence agencies, international governments and many other practitioners.

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Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

No. Just people who have clearly made no effort to find about Burnham except by half digesting a few superficial headlines

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Don’t know whether you’ve seen this? Burnham really isn’t a traditional tax and spend Labour politician with better Tik Toks but someone with a (not entirely developed) alternative theory of politics and power, who has a tendency to say things without always thinking through the consequences.

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Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I left school at 16 and worked for over 20 years before I became an academic. Including technician, manual and white collar jobs. I went into teaching to convey some of what I’d learnt from practical experience. All of which is easily discoverable. So nice try but wrong again.

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Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Thanks for proving my point. Just another one too lazy to find out what he’s really about. Making superficial “hot takes” rather then bother to try and understand.

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Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Not deliberately. It just gets totally ignored by the political commentariat. And I have to say also mostly by political science academia.

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Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Yep. Been like that since 1927. Interestingly current PM is one. One previous PM was a member of both Parties but only a candidate for one.

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Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

PS You’re in good company. Try and find an article in any MSN that mention the Party. Or any academic work on the Party. There is some. But not much. Even tho it’s been around for a century.

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Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Confession. I’m also a member of said Party. And no other.

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Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Clue - the Party concerned has 43 MPs - including the PM

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Laura @justbrowsingthanks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Independents are fourth in number; Reform with 8 MPs tie with SNP, if info I'm looking at is not updated, then it's potentially Sinn Fein?

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Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sorry. No. One Party is often not listed (eg on the official Parliament website). But it is there.

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Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

As I far too often had to say to students - read the question. It’s not a trick. It’s intended to Illuminate a little known fact. Clue - not all MPs are sponsored by only one Party.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 25/09/2026

Co-operative Party.

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Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Which political party (registered with the Electoral Commission as such) has the 4th highest representation in the House of Commons?

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Christopher Alderton @alderton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It’s a tie between the SNP and Reform UK…

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coenpad.bsky.social @coenpad.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

SNP

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Huw Marshall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @huwmarshall.substack.com · 25/09/2026

SDP?

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Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Most of them seem to be struggling to adapt to Burnham cos his political agenda is so far outside the WH/WM bubble. Far easier to fall back on gossip and speculation games.

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