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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 17h

If Badenoch & Griffith get their way and scrap these watchdogs then DEFRA officials better brush up fast on flood defences, housing targets... and legal challenges. #r4today #bbcbreakfast

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 17h

Andrew Griffith conveniently forgets his party cut the budgets of the Environment Agency & Natural England to the bone and now wants to fold them into DEFRA, ditching their legal independence... #r4today #bbcbreakfast

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 19h

Starve the Environment Agency of funding for years until it's on its knees, then claim it's so broken and useless that you have to abolish it entirely. Truly a Tory masterclass in conservation... #r4today #bbcbreakfast

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 19h

Kemi Badenoch’s grand rebrand is quite the road to Damascus - except instead of a blinding flash of divine light leading to a new path, it’s just the exact same old policies driving us straight back to the same old destination... #r4today #bbcbreakfast

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 19h

Badenoch's "Conservatism" only conserves one thing - the interests of the rich and the entitled, to the absolute detriment of everyone else... #r4today www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England

Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

#r4today talking about areas in Middlesbrough which none of their presenters have any idea about. BBCNewsnight did a show years ago on Grangetown - these areas are now dumping grounds for untouchable scum - god help the residents that cannot get out and who dare not complain...

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

"No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched..." #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Why does RAM, GPUs and NPUs cost so much... why can't I run a good local LLM properly... why do we need that datacentre? #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Jeremy Bowen said something pertinent - all of which will be lost, in seconds, like tears in rain... #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

#r4today plays "Fanfare For the Common Man" - yet are totally unable to walk a mile in their shoes...

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

#r4today laying the groundwork for others to prop up the Conservative Party in the next general election...

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

This morning, I'm mostly listening to "the establishment" - protecting the establishment on #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I went to a comprehensive school where there were kids naturally gifted at tennis, golf, and cricket, but none of them ever got the chance to play these sports at any recognisable level... #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

When are members of the Labour Party going to get a chance to vote for their new leader or is "doing a Sunak" ok now? #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The public clings to the words of those in the establishment who brand themselves as “anti-establishment,” supporting them regardless of evidence to the contrary. It’s as if the working-class hero meant to lead us out of this mess could never shatter the glass ceiling... #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I have no confidence - whatsoever - that this government can reform PIP in a way that does not significantly increase the hardship that our most vulnerable are already enduring. #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

TFTD - autism has many layers, but using those with severe autism as scapegoats for a historically underfunded national defence strategy or social care system might not be the best way forward... #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Many things start in the U.S. and end up in the U.K. Funny thing is - Farage is about to find out that Trump is widely ignored and is effectively already "in the bin"... #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Today it's the autistic - yesterday it was the anxious & depressed, tomorrow it will be whoever else they need to throw under the bus to protect their wealth. #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Who would have thought that a veterinary sector run by corporations and vulture capital would end up screwing over pets and their owners? #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The #FIFAWorldCup has been a nice break from all the efforts to prop up the Conservative Party... to the point where I even tuned in to @talkSPORT radio... only to realise there’s more politics in sport than on #r4today... which, tbh, isn’t difficult...

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Labour hasn’t learned a single thing from the Conservative Party constantly changing leaders - not one thing. #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Restore is cutting into Reform votes and Wes Streeting wants a Labour leadership contest... This is a dangerous way to try and increase the standing of the Conservative Party... #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Wes Streeting and Burnham are being used & praised by hacks whose only goal is to promote and protect the Conservative Party... if one of these lightweights becomes PM then they will be shot down in flames. #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Streeting is a prime example of why promoting someone beyond their abilities can backfire - it only inflates their sense of self-importance. #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Google is integrating AI into Android phones and Google Workspace apps at a rate that is astonishing... even Android Auto integration - the more we ask - the more they know what we 'want' - security around this is a concern though... #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I don't hear anyone saying that AI will bring a net gain in jobs... #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Streeting had a bit to do with Mandelson didn't he? Ends x #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Turley had a lot of good things to say but she talks so fast that her message is lost... #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Surely we should be adding such issues into our equality laws & not 'scrapping' them? #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Tell me, given the reported extent of "cuckooing," - are vulnerable people who are being exploited by it being effectively monitored & safeguarded by social services & similar groups? #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Here's the analysis bit in which Jeremy Bowen adds some proper journalism & insight on #r4today only to be forgotten by the BBC, in its entirety, 5 seconds later...

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Liz Kendall knows as much about AI as Trump knows about making "great deals"... #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Here's the analysis bit in which Jeremy Bowen adds some proper journalism & insight on #r4today only to be forgotten by the BBC, in its entirety, 5 seconds later...

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Surely we should be adding such issues into our equality laws & not 'scrapping' them? #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Badenoch using the same the 'white working class' are 'disadvantaged' fact that Trevor Philips highlighted in his "Things We Won't Say About Race That Are True" program. Is this is a solid basis to scrap the legal equality duty for public services? #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Tell me, given the reported extent of "cuckooing," - are vulnerable people who are being exploited by it being effectively monitored & safeguarded by social services & similar groups? #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

A.I. will generate more wealth for the already wealthy. #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Trump has just admitted that he’s lost whatever “control” over BN he thought he had, and that their respective states’ goals don’t align at all. Meanwhile, the BBC simply reports his words verbatim without insight or evidence. #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

How did we get into this horrific position in which a vulnerable person's home is taken over by criminals - it's almost as if we have no control over drug importation and that social care checks on those affected have been non existent... #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Once again, Badenoch attempts to reinvent the party she has supported through 14 years of abject failure... #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I listen to the "markets/economics section" of #r4today and often feel like I’ve missed out on something by having to work myself into the ground just to make an "honest" living...

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Did I accidentally tune in to GBNews? #bbclaurak

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Streeting, Burnham and Rayner are perfect examples of people who have been promoted beyond their abilities and now, wrongly, believe they can do better... #bbclaurak

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Streeting, Burnham, Rayner - meet the continuity establishment easy prey... #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

It’s clear that Darren Jones has been sent out to push the idea that a “managed transition” beats a mismanaged one… cue the chaos... #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

You seriously have to wonder about the cognitive abilities of Labour MPs talking openly with Nick Robinson... "Tempting though it is to get into the problems of the Conservative Party- I don't think we want to do that right now..." #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

It's apparent that Nick Robinson isn't getting the answers HE wants to the questions HE is framing... #r4today

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

The timing of these stories has always fascinated me – it’s like someone is intentionally trying to suppress democracy, keeping us stuck in a state of political & democratic stagnation forever... #r4today

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