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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I'm somewhat reluctant to watch it as I loved the book, albeit last time I read it was a scary number of tens of years ago and I'm not sure I really remember it beyond the basic premise.

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Especially cruel when the evidence shows it damaged the economy last time they did it.

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Thoroughly enjoyed, as usual - thank you - see you next year!

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Net Zero is important, but the conversation should also be about mitigations, on which insufficient political and monetary capital is being expended. That is the lesson we must learn from this summer.

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I can't understand why they're doing it without Cox and Ince - their chemistry was a large part of why it was so good. Better to do something different IMO.

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I'm really pleased it looks like our new PM is as good as his word on cross party collaboration - I've long felt a lack of it is the biggest thing wrong with our politics. Thank you for engaging with him. Enjoy your holiday!

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

As things stand, England will be playing Ecuador in the next round. If they play like they did tonight, they'll be very tough to beat.

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

True enough that N Korea hasn't attacked another nation, but for all we know they're committing genocide on their own populace.

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I'm not sure there is a more useless regulator than IPSO, and that's against some stiff competition.

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Sue Wilson MBE @suewilson91.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I've been very critical of this government but happy to share stuff they've done well. Except I shouldn't have to. But as Dominic says, their comms have been "woeful", so like many I suspect, I was unaware of most of the things on this list.

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

From the outside it does sound like communication has been a big problem. I was amazed to hear that AM has only recently sent people over to be based at Honda's R&D centre - they should have been in there from day one.

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Surprisingly close to what they do, plus they don't recruit from outside Honda as a rule...contrast with RB/Ford and Audi who recruited heavily from existing F1 PU manufacturers.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Your regular reminder that the UK is in fact a high trust society and anyone who implies it isn’t is either selling you a pup or has bought one.

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Please make sure you read the whole thread!

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

As always I'm behind the curve, but really disappointed to hear @djdebgrant.bsky.social isn't the permanent replacement for Huey Morgan - she's been superb on Saturday mornings. Her choice of music embodies 6 Music at its best - a huge variety of old and new, weird and wonderful, known and unknown.

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

People are in the mood for a protest vote, and if you don't want Reform then there's only one logical choice - Green. I wouldn't want a Green government, but this is one MP at a by-election. Who knows, the BBC and other media might give Reform a little less airtime if the Greens win.

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Karen Newton, 65, retired admin assistant at a primary school A valid British passport, a tourist visa and no criminal record Handcuffed, shackled and locked up for 6 weeks, mostly sleeping on the floor After trying to leave the US after a trip of a lifetime - @jennykleeman.bsky.social

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‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks

Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Agree that the anti Reform vote should be going to the Greens. Labour was right to block Burnham though - he committed to be Manchester mayor, and jumping ship mid-term to become a backbench MP wasn't out of a sense of duty to Gorton & Denton, which would have been at the bottom of his priority list

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Stiùbhart mac an t-Sealgair @manormoose.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Hannah Fry on our accelerating relationship with AI: ‘So far, society has been based on exchanging labour for money. Our tax system is based on taxing income, not wealth. I think those two things are going to have to change.’ www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...

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Hannah Fry: 'AI can do some superhuman things – but so can forklifts'

Mathematician Hannah Fry travels to the front lines of AI in her new BBC documentary AI Confidential with Hannah Fry. She talks to Bethan Ackerley about what the technology is doing to us – for better...

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Gone now, before I could report. Reassuring that Bluesky actually does take action, unlike the other place.

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Into that interminable period of the year between the end of F1 preseason testing and the real thing, in Australia in two weeks' time. This season more than ever it's very hard to tell who will be quickest, but equally easy to tell who won't be. #F1 #FormulaOne

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

I thought for a moment there it was Mandelson being compared to standing in dog crap - an entirely appropriate simile. Why he was even considered for US ambassador is beyond me: we all knew he was dodgy as Del Boy's merchandise before the Epstein files were released.

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Unfortunately the European armed forces put together still don't have the strength of the US, though it's likely plenty to keep Russia at bay.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

The Bayeux Tapestry, a 70 meter long medieval masterpiece created by artisan women, is actually an embroidery in crewel (wool yarn) on a linen ground. Depicting the Norman conquest of England, it was made in the 11th century & will be displayed at the British Museum this year. #WomensArt

Four images of the Bayeux Tapestry showing embroidered scenes of soldiers, horses and other figures

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it

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T-Rexit @t-rexit.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Chortle 🤭

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Simon Berriman 🎮 👣 @simon.berrimansbareall.uk · 28/12/2025

Anatomy of a Moral Panic - How the Daily Mail Turns Assault Victims into Villains. An analysis of manufactured outrage, and the weaponisation of child safety rhetoric. open.substack.com/pub/berriman...

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Anatomy of a Moral Panic - How the Daily Mail Turns Assault Victims into Villains

An evidence-based analysis of manufactured outrage, and the weaponisation of child safety rhetoric

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

I'm more disturbed that they have three belly buttons!

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

They've got to stop leaking and briefing. They need to run the government more like a business, not like some weird undergraduate social science experiment or to provide material for 24h news. It's absolutely crazy.

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

On politics though, that's simply not true. If it was, you'd never see Farage or Reform, never have had that awful puff piece that Chris Mason did from the Reform conference, never have had Laura Kuenssberg fawning over Boris Johnson. In contrast, the Lib Dems and Greens get very little coverage.

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

That's the model for all sorts of businesses now. The parent company locates itself in a more favourable tax regime and then makes huge loans to the companies it owns - in less favourable countries - in order to avoid paying taxes.

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

The reason I left is because I *really* don't share Elon Musk's views. I wouldn't knowingly use or buy goods or services from a company owned by an individual with his world view.

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Go - it's absolutely stunning. Madder Valley is a proper piece of history, the Dartmoor and Seawall scenes are brilliant, but the main event (Pendon) is mind-blowingly good, with a really interesting audio tour.

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

@chelmsfordcityfc.bsky.social come on City - time to move with the times and start posting here!

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The Dangerous Ones @thedangerousones.com · 04/10/2025

This. Is. Brilliant.

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

We have absolutely pissed away the last ten years on bloody Brexit. If Labour wants to stop Farage, there's the line of attack. It was his policy, he needs to own the abject failure.

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Sadly many of them are real people, living in places like Thurrock and Basildon. It's truly depressing.

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

So do you support violent direct action of the sort Palestine Action has carried out? Like I said (and you ignored) I think there's no doubt it's genocide - the government has been far too slow to call it out, and has not done anything like enough.

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

You can be opposed to the genocide without supporting Palestine Action. Don't portray this as something it isn't.

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Security massively increased there, and at the ferry ports, plus the hauliers themselves. Very difficult to hitch a lift in an HGV like they used to, though it does still happen - but in the low hundreds per year, not thousands.

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LaindonFeminist @viviane49.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Just watched the last of The Hack. I wasn’t sure it was worth opening up Leveson 2. But I do now. Murdoch won’t be here much longer. He needs to feel the full justice of the law.They all should. If there was one plague we could get rid of it’s the Murdochs.

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

The government has to learn how to lead public opinion, rather than chase it. Leaving X is a no-brainer when the algorithm is stacked in favour of extremists.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Fascists don’t like learning they are fascists.

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

I've a theory that they actually don't want a safe route. The unsafe and expensive boat crossings are probably perceived as limiting the numbers attempting to claim asylum. Who knows whether they really do limit numbers - I do know it's inhumane to let them continue.

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Just abolish NI altogether and reform income tax. NI is pretty meaningless anyway - it doesn't fund the state pension, benefits, or the NHS on its own. It's an unnecessary complication.

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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

By 2050, the UK is predicted to be short an estimated 4-5 billion litres of water a day. Clearly, Thames Water's desalination plant hasn't proven an efficient way of making us water secure. But which approaches might work? 🧵 1/10 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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£500m Thames Water desalination plant has provided just seven days’ water over 15 years

Plant in Beckton has run only five times and has been beset by multiple problems since it was built

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Paul Cole @paulcole.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Doesn't that figure also include "cash in hand" or other off-the-books work by businesses, as well as illegal workers?

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