Colbobs.bsky.social "Col" he/him/his
@colbobs.bsky.social
Sonographer. MSK Trainee.
Sentientist - humanist.
Call me Col.
LGBTQIA+ he/him.
Science fan 🗿 Green Party member. Pro-EU and NHS. NW UK.
纯素 Vegan from '21
Posts include thoughts out loud, not always endorsements, or pinned to flags or employer.
Sentientist - humanist.
Call me Col.
LGBTQIA+ he/him.
Science fan 🗿 Green Party member. Pro-EU and NHS. NW UK.
纯素 Vegan from '21
Posts include thoughts out loud, not always endorsements, or pinned to flags or employer.
Pinned
@thegreenparty.bsky.social
"The Green Party completely rejects privatisation and fragmentation of the NHS. Private companies are focused on creaming off profits which can result in degraded services and more people not getting the treatment they need from the NHS. "
"The Green Party completely rejects privatisation and fragmentation of the NHS. Private companies are focused on creaming off profits which can result in degraded services and more people not getting the treatment they need from the NHS. "
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A campaign against an estate's 'unacceptable' banning of walkers from accessing four popular Munros at one of Scotland's 'most beautiful glens' has been launched
Campaign against estate's 'unacceptable' banning of walkers from four Munros launches
www.thenational.scot
November 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A campaign against an estate's 'unacceptable' banning of walkers from accessing four popular Munros at one of Scotland's 'most beautiful glens' has been launched
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The Times reports that the think tank has become "directionless" due to the leadership of Jonathan Ashworth.
Still an incompetent fuck then.
Still an incompetent fuck then.
June 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The Times reports that the think tank has become "directionless" due to the leadership of Jonathan Ashworth.
Still an incompetent fuck then.
Still an incompetent fuck then.
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“Mr. President, if your handling of the economy is so great, why aren’t these numbers being released & celebrated?”
If we had a press corps with integrity & grit, they’d ALL be asking him this question nonstop until he answered.
If we had a press corps with integrity & grit, they’d ALL be asking him this question nonstop until he answered.
November 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
“Mr. President, if your handling of the economy is so great, why aren’t these numbers being released & celebrated?”
If we had a press corps with integrity & grit, they’d ALL be asking him this question nonstop until he answered.
If we had a press corps with integrity & grit, they’d ALL be asking him this question nonstop until he answered.
From Quackometer
www.quackometer.net/blog/2012/10...
www.quackometer.net/blog/2012/10...
November 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
From Quackometer
www.quackometer.net/blog/2012/10...
www.quackometer.net/blog/2012/10...
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Hope is here.
Help us beat Labour and the Lib Dems. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Labour and the Lib Dems. Donate today ⤵️
November 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Hope is here.
Help us beat Labour and the Lib Dems. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Labour and the Lib Dems. Donate today ⤵️
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Don’t forget to support your local party too! Any contributions will helps us spread the hope even further!
bsky.app/profile/camb...
bsky.app/profile/camb...
Hope is here.
Help us beat Labour and the Lib Dems. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Labour and the Lib Dems. Donate today ⤵️
November 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Don’t forget to support your local party too! Any contributions will helps us spread the hope even further!
bsky.app/profile/camb...
bsky.app/profile/camb...
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Moving towards our stretch target of £200,000!
A huge thank you to everyone who's donated - we're gonna challenge Labour and take the fight to Reform!
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
A huge thank you to everyone who's donated - we're gonna challenge Labour and take the fight to Reform!
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Green Party raises more in a day than they did in six months
Green Party supporters are here to do two things: fundraise for the local elections and suck humbug, and they're all out of humbug
www.thecanary.co
November 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Moving towards our stretch target of £200,000!
A huge thank you to everyone who's donated - we're gonna challenge Labour and take the fight to Reform!
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
A huge thank you to everyone who's donated - we're gonna challenge Labour and take the fight to Reform!
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
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I've been watching Prisoner 951, a dramatisation of the incarceration of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. I'm finding it extremely hard to watch a woman being sp subjugated. It's a difficult watch.
November 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I've been watching Prisoner 951, a dramatisation of the incarceration of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. I'm finding it extremely hard to watch a woman being sp subjugated. It's a difficult watch.
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Join me from 6pm on @lbc.co.uk (Sat 29th November)
- Do you agree with Lammy’s plans to reduce jury use?
- What’s behind the Tories’ small poll surge (coinciding with a dip for reform)?
- Denmark are banning social media for under 15s. Should we do the same.
Plus - more Your Party drama 🙄
- Do you agree with Lammy’s plans to reduce jury use?
- What’s behind the Tories’ small poll surge (coinciding with a dip for reform)?
- Denmark are banning social media for under 15s. Should we do the same.
Plus - more Your Party drama 🙄
November 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Join me from 6pm on @lbc.co.uk (Sat 29th November)
- Do you agree with Lammy’s plans to reduce jury use?
- What’s behind the Tories’ small poll surge (coinciding with a dip for reform)?
- Denmark are banning social media for under 15s. Should we do the same.
Plus - more Your Party drama 🙄
- Do you agree with Lammy’s plans to reduce jury use?
- What’s behind the Tories’ small poll surge (coinciding with a dip for reform)?
- Denmark are banning social media for under 15s. Should we do the same.
Plus - more Your Party drama 🙄
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Nigel Farage ‘was my vicious, persistent tormentor’ at school
Nigel Farage ‘was my vicious, persistent tormentor’ at school
Reform UK’s reaction to claims by former schoolmates about its leader’s alleged racism during his days at Dulwich College raises questions
www.thetimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Nigel Farage ‘was my vicious, persistent tormentor’ at school
💯this, and recognise colonial history has a lot to do with everything, e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g!
If the west doesn't want refugees, the west should stop creating refugees
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Donald Trump says airspace above and around Venezuela is closed
President made declaration in a social media post, after FAA last week warned airlines of ‘worsening security situation’
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
💯this, and recognise colonial history has a lot to do with everything, e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g!
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If the west doesn't want refugees, the west should stop creating refugees
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Donald Trump says airspace above and around Venezuela is closed
President made declaration in a social media post, after FAA last week warned airlines of ‘worsening security situation’
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
If the west doesn't want refugees, the west should stop creating refugees
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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We’re excited 🏳️⚧️ 🎶
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/nov/28/sugababes-sophie-ellis-bextor-wolf-alice-and-more-to-play-all-star-charity-concert-for-trans-rights
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/nov/28/sugababes-sophie-ellis-bextor-wolf-alice-and-more-to-play-all-star-charity-concert-for-trans-rights
Sugababes, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Wolf Alice and more to play all-star charity concert for trans rights
Organised by Olly Alexander and the Mighty Hoopla festival to ‘fight back against the politics of fear and exclusion’, Trans Mission will take place at Wembley Arena in March
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"Freeports offer a comprehensive package of tax reliefs unavailable elsewhere in the UK:"
(read for details of what)
"These aren’t available anywhere else in the UK. This is textbook regulatory arbitrage – the very thing the government claims doesn’t exist."
(read for details of what)
"These aren’t available anywhere else in the UK. This is textbook regulatory arbitrage – the very thing the government claims doesn’t exist."
Of course, the Government's response to my petition asking for a full transparency review of UK free zones was always going to be one of immense gaslighting.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
open.substack.com/pub/european...
EXPOSED: The Government’s Freeport Con Trick – A Forensic Takedown of Their Insulting Response
The government just responded to my petition about Industrial Strategy Zones. What they said was a masterclass in gaslighting.
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"Freeports offer a comprehensive package of tax reliefs unavailable elsewhere in the UK:"
(read for details of what)
"These aren’t available anywhere else in the UK. This is textbook regulatory arbitrage – the very thing the government claims doesn’t exist."
(read for details of what)
"These aren’t available anywhere else in the UK. This is textbook regulatory arbitrage – the very thing the government claims doesn’t exist."
More Labour lies:
"Government Claim:
“All ISZs are subject to the same laws and regulations as the rest of the UK.”[1]
What That Actually Means:
Absolutely nothing.
If these zones operated under identical rules to the rest of the country, they would be pointless."
"Government Claim:
“All ISZs are subject to the same laws and regulations as the rest of the UK.”[1]
What That Actually Means:
Absolutely nothing.
If these zones operated under identical rules to the rest of the country, they would be pointless."
Of course, the Government's response to my petition asking for a full transparency review of UK free zones was always going to be one of immense gaslighting.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
open.substack.com/pub/european...
EXPOSED: The Government’s Freeport Con Trick – A Forensic Takedown of Their Insulting Response
The government just responded to my petition about Industrial Strategy Zones. What they said was a masterclass in gaslighting.
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
More Labour lies:
"Government Claim:
“All ISZs are subject to the same laws and regulations as the rest of the UK.”[1]
What That Actually Means:
Absolutely nothing.
If these zones operated under identical rules to the rest of the country, they would be pointless."
"Government Claim:
“All ISZs are subject to the same laws and regulations as the rest of the UK.”[1]
What That Actually Means:
Absolutely nothing.
If these zones operated under identical rules to the rest of the country, they would be pointless."
"The government’s response? “We don’t believe a further independent review is required.”
Let that sink in. £560 million of public money disappeared into one freeport alone. And they don’t think we need to look into it."
@boldpolitics.bsky.social
This topic has a LOT of legs to it!
Let that sink in. £560 million of public money disappeared into one freeport alone. And they don’t think we need to look into it."
@boldpolitics.bsky.social
This topic has a LOT of legs to it!
Of course, the Government's response to my petition asking for a full transparency review of UK free zones was always going to be one of immense gaslighting.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
open.substack.com/pub/european...
EXPOSED: The Government’s Freeport Con Trick – A Forensic Takedown of Their Insulting Response
The government just responded to my petition about Industrial Strategy Zones. What they said was a masterclass in gaslighting.
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"The government’s response? “We don’t believe a further independent review is required.”
Let that sink in. £560 million of public money disappeared into one freeport alone. And they don’t think we need to look into it."
@boldpolitics.bsky.social
This topic has a LOT of legs to it!
Let that sink in. £560 million of public money disappeared into one freeport alone. And they don’t think we need to look into it."
@boldpolitics.bsky.social
This topic has a LOT of legs to it!
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Of course, the Government's response to my petition asking for a full transparency review of UK free zones was always going to be one of immense gaslighting.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
open.substack.com/pub/european...
EXPOSED: The Government’s Freeport Con Trick – A Forensic Takedown of Their Insulting Response
The government just responded to my petition about Industrial Strategy Zones. What they said was a masterclass in gaslighting.
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Of course, the Government's response to my petition asking for a full transparency review of UK free zones was always going to be one of immense gaslighting.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
open.substack.com/pub/european...
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@martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com explained it neatly that several budget announcements represent fiscal drag, and others such as @nojusticemtg.bsky.social and @richardjmurphy.bsky.social have also lead me to believe how this is more austerity (and in my words - on the sly).
November 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
@martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com explained it neatly that several budget announcements represent fiscal drag, and others such as @nojusticemtg.bsky.social and @richardjmurphy.bsky.social have also lead me to believe how this is more austerity (and in my words - on the sly).
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The nation’s immune system has been compromised.
US CDC: a public health agency in critical condition
For almost 80 years, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been
the nation's immune system, detecting threats early, coordinating rapid responses,
and safeguarding population hea...
www.thelancet.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The nation’s immune system has been compromised.
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Read here without registration.
November 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Read here without registration.
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Source: The Guardian
search.app/wDeVC
search.app/wDeVC
November 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Source: The Guardian
search.app/wDeVC
search.app/wDeVC
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I do my best to write about Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) in plain language. It’s not always possible - so for that reason I wrote my ‘jargon buster’ documents – where I define any jargon I use.
You will find part 1 here: tinyurl.com/yman37m2
Parts 2, 3 and 4 are linked.
You will find part 1 here: tinyurl.com/yman37m2
Parts 2, 3 and 4 are linked.
MMT Economics Jargon Buster - Part 1 (A Thu to F)
If you’re new to MMT, you’ll need a reference. In this series of articles, I define the most commonly used terms.
tinyurl.com
May 15, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I do my best to write about Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) in plain language. It’s not always possible - so for that reason I wrote my ‘jargon buster’ documents – where I define any jargon I use.
You will find part 1 here: tinyurl.com/yman37m2
Parts 2, 3 and 4 are linked.
You will find part 1 here: tinyurl.com/yman37m2
Parts 2, 3 and 4 are linked.
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5. Both currency depreciation and geopolitical shocks that raise the price of imports are examples of what economists call 'importing inflation'.
Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) versus Orthodox Economists on Inflation — Who’s Right?
tinyurl.com/yfcd3j89
Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) versus Orthodox Economists on Inflation — Who’s Right?
tinyurl.com/yfcd3j89
Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) versus Orthodox Economists on Inflation — Who’s Right?
A plain language introduction to understanding inflation. Comparing mainstream and MMT approaches.
tinyurl.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
5. Both currency depreciation and geopolitical shocks that raise the price of imports are examples of what economists call 'importing inflation'.
Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) versus Orthodox Economists on Inflation — Who’s Right?
tinyurl.com/yfcd3j89
Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) versus Orthodox Economists on Inflation — Who’s Right?
tinyurl.com/yfcd3j89
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Six years ago today, I was trying to get a single health policy idea out of the longest serving Shadow Health secretary in history.
He was more up for selfies.
He is, of course, famous for clogging up TV sofas after losing his seat.
He was more up for selfies.
He is, of course, famous for clogging up TV sofas after losing his seat.
June 10, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Six years ago today, I was trying to get a single health policy idea out of the longest serving Shadow Health secretary in history.
He was more up for selfies.
He is, of course, famous for clogging up TV sofas after losing his seat.
He was more up for selfies.
He is, of course, famous for clogging up TV sofas after losing his seat.