Prof Colin Talbot
@colinrtalbot
Prof of Government (Emeritus) Manchester ▪️also everything co-ops and cooperation ▪️ex Aikidoka ▪️Arsenal ▪️Born Dover (that's my Castle) ▪️Call sign: Rusty
Co-ops and rebalancing society: A story in numbers - Co-operative News (my latest) thenews.coop/co-ops-and-reb…
Nigel Farage doesn't respect the police,he doesn't respect the law,he undermines our legal system.He can't claim to want to halve crime when he provokes it.Our legal & prisons system are in a critical situation after 14yrs of Conservative govt,Farage would completely destroy it.
Farage says Reform will halve crime in Britain. Here’s why his policies would only make things worse bigissue.com/opinion/reform…
How brilliant is this?
More than 25 years ago, Michel Guyot, the owner of a French château, launched an experimental castle-building project. Collected here are images of workers using tools and techniques from the 13th century to complete most of Guédelon Castle: theatlantic.com/photography/ar…
More than 25 years ago, Michel Guyot, the owner of a French château, launched an experimental castle-building project. Collected here are images of workers using tools and techniques from the 13th century to complete most of Guédelon Castle: theatlantic.com/photography/ar…
Our little plot is doing OK. About to start work on beds in the other half we’ve left covered in black plastic until now. Disappointingly there were no snakes hiding under the plastic - even tho we had two shed snakes skins left on the plot.
Good morning and Happy Friday to everyone who finds it strange that trump called Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Warren and more "nasty woman," but all he said about child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell was "I wish her well." Strange.
Well done BBC North West, exposing the liar Sarah Pochin. Farage, Pochin and the rest of the Reform crew shouldn’t be allowed to spew lies all summer. #FarageRiots #arrestfarage #arrestpochin
Surprise, surprise it turns out Sarah Pochin(Reform MP) was lying about a street in her Runcorn constituency.
🌍 Another big moment for the global #CooperativeMovement at the UN! 📅 28 July 🕔 8:30–10:00 PM IST 📍 UN HQ, New York 🎥 Live: lnkd.in/e9epn8Uz Theme: Cooperatives & Sustainable Development Speakers from 🇮🇳 🇰🇪 🇲🇳, ILO & NAFED India #IYC2025 #CoopsYear
A few days ago the Trump WH had supposedly decided the best thing to do was totally ignore the whole Epstein story. Keep quiet. Might even have worked, if it wasn’t for Donald Trump. He just can’t help himself…. Now he’s even talking about “I’ll give you a list” ?!?
Trump, angry about media revelations of his close association with Jeffrey Epstein: “You should focus on Clinton. You should focus on the president of Harvard…You should focus on some of the hedge fund guys. I'll give you a list”
Q: Did you write a letter for Jeffrey Epstein's birthday? Trump: “Somebody could've written a letter and used my name. That's happened a lot.”🤡🤡
I had my age verified by BlueSky today (by photo age check)
Today, Ofcom, the communications regulator, begins enforcing new rules to protect the UK's children online. Sky's @MickeyCarroll0 ⬇️
Norway just launched a damless river turbine that generates power without blocking water Norwegian engineers have created a breakthrough in hydroelectric design — a river turbine system that generates power without any dams, barriers, or concrete channels. Installed in the…
The damage caused by russia already amounts to at least 500 billion euros. And whenever the question comes up – who should pay for rebuilding and arming Ukraine? The answer is clear: russians should.
Icelandic women's strike, 1975, when 90% of Icelandic women went on strike to show the undervalued indispensable work of women #WomensArt 🧡
APPLICATIONS to live in @GSHCoop are NOW LIVE! Inc x1 immediate vacancy. forms.gle/y4CvageWWfgXfb…
#UPDATE Co-owners of GB "News" (billionaire Paul Marshall & Dubai-based investment firm Legatum) now employ 3 (75%) of Reform UK's 4 MPs.
🧵 There are 650 MPs, Reform UK have 5 (0.8%). Richard Tice is on #bbcqt for the eighth time. He hasn't been on since 6th March - five episodes ago. Co-owners of GB "News" (billionaire Paul Marshall & Dubai-based investment firm Legatum) employ 3 (60%) of Reform UK's 5 MPs.
Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than its median employee in 2024. And we're supposed to believe that the company can't afford to bargain a fair contract for its unionized workers?
What this article doesn’t say is that on its own figures this is about 8% of asylum seekers who have these cards have been used in this way. 👇🏽 Politics Home Article | Asylum Seekers Using Taxpayer-Funded Payment Cards To Gamble politicshome.com/news/article/a…
