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Jamie Cooke

@jamiecooke.bsky.social
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Exec Director at Inclusion International - working with and for our Council, members and staff team to drive inclusion across the world. Ramblings my own not my org

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Scottish Parliament Futures Team @spfuturesteam.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Just wrapping up #VoteChatbot 🤖 at the Scottish Parliament. A recording will be available in the coming weeks. 👇 Keep the conversation alive 👇 Can AI make democracy more accessible? What ethical frameworks do we need to build protect it? #FestivalOfPolitics #FoP2025
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Jamie Cooke @jamiecooke.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Love this quote from Abraham Lincoln in the offices we share in London - the world would be a better place if we followed this advice.
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Jamie Cooke @jamiecooke.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
I am honoured to share that I have been appointed as the next Executive Director of Inclusion International and will be starting in August. This is an incredibly exciting time to be joining such a vital global movement - reach out to explore collaboration inclusion-international.org/news-item/ja...
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Jamie Cooke to Join Inclusion International as New Executive Director - Inclusion International
We are pleased to announce that Jamie Cooke will soon be joining Inclusion International as our new Executive Director. Jamie brings more than 15 years of experience working on inclusion, social polic...
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Pittsburgh Pirates @pirates.com · 02/07/2025
It's getting hot in herre. #RaiseIt 🏴‍☠️
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
60% of American households can’t afford a minimal quality of life. Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever. Our problem isn't a lack of resources. Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
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Jamie Cooke @jamiecooke.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Horrific news, hope injuries aren't too severe. And huge thanks and credit to the police and other first responders for dealing with things so quickly
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
BREAKING: new DWP figures show PIP fraud is still virtually zero Liz Kendall thinks people are 'taking the mickey' out of the DWP - but once again, her own figures on PIP show this is a lie. @rachelcdailey.bsky.social has the story www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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BREAKING: new DWP figures show PIP fraud is still virtually zero
Liz Kendall thinks people are 'taking the mickey' out of the DWP - but once again, her own figures on PIP show this is a lie
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
With the current local & general election franchise involving Commonwealth citizens, the proposal for 10 years for settlement (11 years for citizenship) directly affects many voters in London, as @stephenkb.bsky.social notes today. Across the GB population, 6/10 people think 5 years or below
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/05/2025
Here’s what to know about the new pope, Robert Francis Prevost, who was elected on Thursday. He is the first American pope and will be known as Leo XIV. nyti.ms/43kapNM
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost is on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica. A headline reads: "Who Is Robert Francis Prevost, the New Pope?" Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
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UofG Centre for Public Policy @uofgpolicy.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Deadline extended!❗📣 We're looking for a Research Associate with expertise in economics to come and join us at the Centre for Public Policy @uofglasgow.bsky.social. 🗓️Deadline 30 April 2025 Find out more and apply: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
University of Glasgow and Centre for Public Policy logos, with image of the University cloisters. Text reads We're hiring! Research Associate.
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Jamie Cooke @jamiecooke.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Really powerful article about how democracy can be eroded by those who have seen it first hand. Currently sitting waiting for an event with the Scottish Government to start on this very topic
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
NEW: John Swinney has paid tribute to Pope Francis following his death 🗣️ 'He was a voice for peace, tolerance and reconciliation in our society. He brought comfort, assurance and hope to many'
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Jamie Cooke @jamiecooke.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Sad news, Francis was a pioneering Pontiff and a voice for the poor
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Jamie Cooke @jamiecooke.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Beautiful morning in #Stirling
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Jamie Cooke @jamiecooke.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Taking a brief hiatus of my holiday to head to #Stirling for @scottishgreens.org Spring Conference, which I am attending as an observer. Give me a shout if you are around and fancy a catch up/to say hi! #sgpconf #Policy #SocialCare
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Jamie Cooke @jamiecooke.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Was lucky enough to visit #Sacramento in 2023 for the first time- I'll admit I didn't expect much, but really loved the city and its folk. One of the fascinating aspects of the US is that state capitals tend to be overlooked, but I'd recommend Sacramento and hope I get a chance to return
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Do follow @jemimaolchawski.bsky.social new to BlueSky; ex-Fawcett ceo, leading on social change at Mind Fantastic profile picture from Jemima's portrait in an exhibition on 50 years of women at Jesus College, Oxford. (A fellow PPEist, but a few years after me!) www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/fifty-years-...
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Fifty Years of Women at Jesus 1974-2024 Photographic Exhibition – Jesus College
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Basic Income Earth Network @basicincomeearth.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Delighted seeing the team at @northumbriauni.bsky.social examining the link between a #BasicIncome and better health outcomes zurl.co/wF3MM
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New research will examine the use of welfare reform to tackle health inequalities
As debate over changes to Britain’s welfare system continues to dominate the news, members of a multidisciplinary team of researchers are beginning a...
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Jamie Cooke @jamiecooke.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Incredibly powerful piece from @francesryan.bsky.social - these cuts are not about abstract numbers on a spreadsheet, they are real lives and real suffering. Incredibly desperate times for so many people
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
“Eight months on from being elected on the promise of “change”, we’re beginning to see what Labour’s version of that looks like: sweeping cuts to disabled people’s social security. Change, it seems, isn’t coming for everyone.” My col. in today’s paper: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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These cruel benefit cuts will rob security from so many – but Labour will lose something crucial too | Frances Ryan
The worst reforms since George Osborne will teach voters that politicians really are all the same. Is it worth it? asks Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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Simon Duffy @simonduffy.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Nothing about yesterday’s benefits announcements gives me reason to believe that we won’t continue to see torment and suicide caused by the DWP. We need a much more radical approach - #basicincome and #neighbourhoodcare @citizennetwork.bsky.social citizen-network.org/library/disa...
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Citizen Network: Disability Benefits and Suicide
A Channel Four documentary has revealed the cruel nature of the UK's disability system.
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Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
What does the Pathways to Work green paper actually mean, who might be affected, how much could they lose, what are the good and worrying bits of planned changes to support & assessments? A long 🧵 ...
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Jamie Cooke @jamiecooke.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I'm a proud Scot, but there is nothing in world rugby to match the Welsh fans and team singing their anthem, Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau, in #Cardiff - absolutely stunning and spinetingling #6Nations #WalEng
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Basic Income Earth Network @basicincomeearth.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
7-day countdown for submission deadline to this year's BIEN Congress is officially on If you've got a #BasicIncome story, concept or research piece to share, now is the time to get involved zurl.co/DDsEo
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Jamie Cooke @jamiecooke.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Excellent piece from Frances Ryan highlighting, challenging and eviscerating the underlying premise of paid labour being the sole purpose and definition of lives.
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Jamie Cooke @jamiecooke.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Now this is a nice way to be welcomed home from Vienna, Toby had made it for me outside! 😍
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Jamie Cooke @jamiecooke.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Final day of #ZeroCon25, my colleagues Joe and Matthew back up on stage sharing their journies into work, including the barriers they had to overcome
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Jamie Cooke @jamiecooke.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Day 2 of #ZeroCon25, still buzzing from all the incredible conversations from yesterday - so much to learn from this gathering of inspirational global change makers
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Jamie Cooke @jamiecooke.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Over in Vienna for #ZeroCon25, fascinating gathering of #inclusion and #disability activists, researchers and leaders from around the world, hosted at the UN
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Jamie Cooke @jamiecooke.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
"The failure to prioritise social care funding is not just an economic decision – it is a moral failing. It is a failure to recognise that the right to live with dignity, to access essential care, and to participate fully in society are not privileges to be rationed, but fundamental human rights."
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Jamie Cooke @jamiecooke.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Amazing thread
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Jamie Cooke @jamiecooke.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Enjoying a day off work doing science experiments at home with Toby, so energising to share in his enthusiasm and curiosity!
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Paul Nightingale @paulnightingale.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
This is an important paper. There is a big debate on small firms and SME policy. One side think new start ups and entrepreneurs are the best thing since sliced bread. And we have more of them. The other side think there are big differences in the quality of start ups and most start ups are....
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Stephen Boyd @stephenboydippr.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Essential threads ( @paulnightingale.bsky.social and linked @coad.bsky.social )! No area of economic policy more distorted by bias and lazy assumption than new/small business formation/growth. Scotland's obsession with the rate of business formation is, frankly, ludicrous bsky.app/profile/paul...
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Jamie Cooke @jamiecooke.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Absolutely harrowing and essential piece from Dani - please read, but be aware it is shocking, a source of shame for Scotland
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
“William’s story was one of intergenerational trauma & of the lies Scotland tells itself about its treatment of its most vulnerable children.” My @londonreview.bsky.social longread on the Polmont suicides & our failing youth justice system is the culmination of 6 years’ work & means a lot to me.
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Dani Garavelli · Jailed, Failed, Forgotten: Deaths in Custody
William had spent most of his life in the care of the state. His story was one of intergenerational trauma, common to...
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Fraser Gilmore @fraserg.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Have a read of this fabulous blog from our friends @careopinioncanada.bsky.social. Its from a Healthcare providers experience and titled "A Journey Of Coordinated Care" www.careopinion.ca/blogposts/6/... #PatientExperience #PatientFeedback #HealthCare #HealthcareJourney
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A Journey of Coordinated Care: A Provider's Experience
Update from Care Opinion Canada
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Liz @whichliz.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Same with elderly seeking discharg from hospital with no social care support? Can't just fix nhs in isolation
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Jamie Cooke @jamiecooke.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Great blog, really punchy analysis from Siva Anandaciva - and love the Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG), had never heard of that! We definitely some ambition and audacity in how we address the challenges that health and social care faces
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UBI Lab Network 🌍🌎🌏 @ubilabnetwork.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
This morning, we launched a groundbreaking proposal for a #BasicIncome pilot for Greater #Manchester targeting homelessness Designed in partnership with @northumbriauni.bsky.social, it would be England's first-ever trial if @andyburnham.bsky.social chooses to go ahead ✅ Read more⬇️ #BasicIncomeMCR
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Proposal launched for groundbreaking Basic Income pilot in Greater Manchester
A new pilot proposal has been launched for a groundbreaking scheme which experts say could eventually end absolute poverty in Greater Manchester, as well as...
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Jamie Cooke @jamiecooke.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Fantastic to see from @ubilabnetwork.bsky.social, great opportunity to build renewed energy for #BasicIncome - although we have demonstrated its impact through other trials/research, so at some point we need policy action rather than more piloting!
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10/02/2025
Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22. apnews.com/live/super-b...
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Jamie Cooke @jamiecooke.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Josh Sweat should be #SuperbowlLIX MVP
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Jamie Cooke @jamiecooke.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
What a performance from the Eagles so far, incredible #SuperbowlLIX
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Jamie Cooke @jamiecooke.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
It's Superbowl Sunday! Can't wait, here's to a cracking game #SuperbowlLIX
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Ramandeep Kaur @mumof3amigos.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Having spent the last few weeks talking to voluntary and community groups about the importance of Annual Health Checks for people with #LearningDisabilities, it’s incredibly hard to understand why the NHS have removed the 75% target. Folks, the check is still available. Go get it done.
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Scottish Learning Disabilities Observatory @uofglasgowsldo.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
🧵1/9 Today is #WorldCancerDay, a global day to raise awareness about cancer and to advocate for equal access to cancer care. People with #learningdisabilities face significant inequalities in relation to #cancer deaths, incidence and screening.
10 differently coloured ribbons forming a circle around the words 'World Cancer Day 4 February'
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 04/02/2025
More evidence that a universal basic income would significantly reduce child abuse and neglect. This is a universal payment in NZ to parents with kids under age 1.
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Jamie Cooke @jamiecooke.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Excellent article from Andrew, lots of learning for all organisations and businesses in this, not just big firms
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