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Shikhar Talwar

@tinklepingu.bsky.social
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Student of Politics and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social | Ex-reporter Ipswich Star and East Anglian Daily Times | All views are my own | He/Him

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Shikhar Talwar @tinklepingu.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
What is the binevitablity of what is happening rn?
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Binface vs Farage: Who is the establishment and who is the "people"?
How have we gotten to this point? We have a man leading the polls calling an by-election on himself where his only oppontent is a man with a bin on his head.
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Shikhar Talwar @tinklepingu.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
open.substack.com/pub/tinklepi... Just a new article on substack
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What is up with the Farage AI ads, and why is there a cartoon bear behind it?
The deepfake ads flooding X are a financial scam. But the accounts running them are wearing a very specific costume.
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Shikhar Talwar @tinklepingu.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Burnham won... What's next? open.substack.com/pub/tinklepi...
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Burnham won... What's next?
Andy Burnham saw a decisive victory at the Makerfield by-election, but his victory speech said everything execpt for asking Starmer to step aside.
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Shikhar Talwar @tinklepingu.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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Is your university going broke?
The funding model of UK universities is being stretched quite a bit, with many operating in deficits
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Shikhar Talwar @tinklepingu.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
How a TikTok on a café shows larger issues with gentrification open.substack.com/pub/tinklepi...
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How a TikTok on a café shows a larger issues with gentrification
Combe's TikTok on Jolene's shows some of the issues that gentrification itself raises
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Shikhar Talwar @tinklepingu.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Burnham's pitch is real. Whether it travels is a different question. 👇 open.substack.com/pub/tinklepi...
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What is Manchesterism? Can the real Burnham please stand up
Blairite, Brownite, Corbynite – who is Andy Burnham?
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Shikhar Talwar @tinklepingu.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Who could replace Keir Starmer?: Just thought to make a quick Substack article saying who all seem to be in this race to fight with Starmer 👇 open.substack.com/pub/tinklepi...
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Who could replace Keir Starmer?
With pressure mounting, and enough numbers calling for Starmer to resign, if a leadership bid is triggered who are the likely contenders?
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Shikhar Talwar @tinklepingu.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
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Reform’s night, Labour’s nightmare: Making sense of the elections
What just happened? Could this be it for Starmer?
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Shikhar Talwar @tinklepingu.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Successfully attempted another Substack article open.substack.com/pub/tinklepi...
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What happened to cities being characters in stories
I know this is very different to what I write, but Google doesn't know this Substack exists yet, so I can just do whatever I feel like. So here is a long rant rather than a tought out piece
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Shikhar Talwar @tinklepingu.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Tried to write an article defining Starmerism 👇 open.substack.com/pub/tinklepi...
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What is Starmerism? The quest to define it.
With the end of Starmer’s premiership being a hotly debated topic, I thought I’d take a moment to explore what Starmerism actually is — and whether anyone can truly define it.
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Shikhar Talwar @tinklepingu.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
New substack article... open.substack.com/pub/tinklepi...
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Introduction to the major five parities ahead of the local elections
Political history could be made in England's local elections with five major parties polling quite closely, giving voters a real choice rather than a protest vote.
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Shikhar Talwar @tinklepingu.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Wrote a new article on GPC payments, and how they cover everything from £3,000 Tate phitographers to website subscription. 👇 open.substack.com/pub/tinklepi...
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From dinners to website subscriptions, how questions are rasied over government spending
GPCs have been an instrumental part of government funding, but there are several questions over how it is being used to dodge public scrunity and bypass traditional routes
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Shikhar Talwar @tinklepingu.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Britain's infrastructure problem is highly dominated by planning bureaucracy open.substack.com/pub/tinklepi...
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Britain's infrastructure problem is highly dominated by planning bureaucracy
With homes almost being rejected due to shadows over a playing field there are several restrictions to building better infrastructure in the UK
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Shikhar Talwar @tinklepingu.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Can Labour's 10 Year Plan fix the postcode lottery baked into the NHS open.substack.com/pub/tinklepi...
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Can Labour's 10 Year Plan fix the postcode lottery baked into the NHS
With 7million people waiting for tratement across the UK can Labour's plan to shift to community-based healthcare really work for everyone?
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Shikhar Talwar @tinklepingu.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
What does the Gorton and Denton result mean for Labour's left-wing vote open.substack.com/pub/tinklepi...
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What does the Gorton and Denton result mean for Labour's left-wing vote
The recent by-election saw a 12,000 vote swing in favour of the Green's which could mean huge consequences for the Labour Party
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Shikhar Talwar @tinklepingu.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Another Substack piece... :) open.substack.com/pub/tinklepi...
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Why the world's most expensive transport system keeps seeing price rises
The tube has seen another 5.8% price rise, but this is set to continue, as commuter numbers fail to recover completely post-COVID
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Shikhar Talwar @tinklepingu.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
New substack post 👇👇 open.substack.com/pub/tinklepi...
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Is devolution the solution to England's regional inequality
With six regions currently being on the devolution fast-track, what exactly is the benefit of doing it?
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Shikhar Talwar @tinklepingu.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
My personal email is now getting the random press-relases from PR emailers, so I thought it's time to start writing again. So here is my new Substack, it has two articles on there, hopefully it's interesting enough to you! open.substack.com/pub/tinklepi...
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I am here now <3
Was not planning on starting a Substack bus since the spam PR emailers have found my personal email, might as well get back into it
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Shikhar Talwar @tinklepingu.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
If anyone wants to employ me as a journalist, here is my video work 🫡 youtu.be/AfCXP6Scv6Y?...
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Shikhar Talwar's showreel of on-screen work
YouTube video by shikhar talwar
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Shikhar Talwar @tinklepingu.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
The Prime Minister says that Sizewell C is the future for young people www.eadt.co.uk/news/2522817...
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What does Sizewell C mean for Suffolk? 'Good jobs and fantastic futures' says PM
Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke at Suffolk New College in Ipswich about the investment going to Sizewell C.
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Shikhar Talwar @tinklepingu.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Fire safety issues on a town centre apartment block were known 10 months before a flat went up in flames, it has emerged. www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/2505036...
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Fire safety issues 'were known 10 months before flat went up in flames'
A residential property tribunal heard that fire safety issues in Focus Apartments, Carr Street in Ipswich were known 10 months before a flat went up…
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Shikhar Talwar @tinklepingu.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
A homeowner and community leader in Ipswich has welcomed the planned new changes to the leasehold and commonhold system www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/2498687...
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Plans for commonhold welcomed but more work needed to avoid 'two-tier system'
A homeowner and leader in Ipswich has welcomed the new changes by the government to the residential system but said more needs to be done.
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Shikhar Talwar @tinklepingu.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
A former councillor who was suspended over accusations of pro-Russian social media posts is now Ipswich's Reform UK chair. www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/2496141...
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Ex-Tory councillor is now Ipswich's Reform UK chair
A former Conservative Ipswich borough councillor who was suspended for social media posts is now Reform UK's chair for Ipswich.
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Shikhar Talwar @tinklepingu.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Community leaders in Kesgrave say they are not keen on joining the mooted 'Greater Ipswich' council as part of the devolution plans. www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/2493341...
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Kesgrave not keen on idea of joining new 'Greater Ipswich' council
Community leaders in Kesgrave and Felixstowe have reacted to plans to form a 'Greater Ipswich' unitary authority.
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Shikhar Talwar @tinklepingu.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Plans are in the works to potentially make the town the UK's cultural capital🎵 www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/2489147...
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Could Ipswich be the next 'city' of culture?
Ipswich MP Jack Abbott has had conversations with relevant ministers as he eyes a possible bid to make the Suffolk town the UK's City of Culture…
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Shikhar Talwar @tinklepingu.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
This decision will affect 1,100 people. www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/2478165...
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Hospital trust confirms move to outsource jobs of cleaners, porters and housekeepers
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) has decided to privatise some roles at hospitals in Ipswich, Colchester and elsewhere.
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Shikhar Talwar @tinklepingu.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
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Shikhar Talwar @tinklepingu.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
:) www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/2476140...
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OPINION: Completely awe-struck by going to Westminster for the first time
Ipswich Star reporter Shikhar Talwar has written about his visit to House of Commons in Westminster.
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Ipswich Star @ipswichstar.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
We have arrived! Ipswich Star is officially on Bluesky🙌
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Shikhar Talwar @tinklepingu.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
An Ipswich-based taxi company at loggerheads with a fare comparison app over withheld payments say they have now been hit by fines. www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/2473265...
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Taxi firm accuses app of 'daylight robbery' after being issued seven fines
An Ipswich taxi company that raised concerns about withheld fares from a fare comparison app say they have now been issued with fines.
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Shikhar Talwar @tinklepingu.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I am easily influenced by whatever bandwagon is going on 🫡
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