Prof Colin Talbot
@colintalbot.bsky.social
Prof of Government (Emeritus) Manchester ▪️co-ops and cooperation ▪️progressive pluralism▪️ex Aikidoka ▪️Arsenal ▪️Born Dover (that's my Castle)
Pinned
Just how co-operative do we want the economy, state and society to be?
Colin Talbot turns to the work of John Restakis as he considers efforts to grow the co-op sector and rethink and revive struggling economies
www.thenews.coop
Just how co-operative do we want the economy, state and society to be?
Colin Talbot turns to the work of John Restakis as he considers efforts to grow the co-op sector and rethink and revive struggling economies
www.thenews.coop/just-how-co-...
Colin Talbot turns to the work of John Restakis as he considers efforts to grow the co-op sector and rethink and revive struggling economies
www.thenews.coop/just-how-co-...
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‘Ukrainians would be mad to accept Trump deal’, says John Bolton
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‘Ukrainians would be mad to accept Trump deal’, says John Bolton
We spoke to John Bolton who used to advise Donald Trump but who has turned into a fierce critic.
www.channel4.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
‘Ukrainians would be mad to accept Trump deal’, says John Bolton
www.channel4.com/news/ukraini...
www.channel4.com/news/ukraini...
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Third how the virus travelled so easily (as Foot and Mouth did earlier)…..
statecraft.blog/2020/06/05/h...
statecraft.blog/2020/06/05/h...
Have Virus, Will Travel?
Colin Talbot After Dominic Cumming’s Rose Garden press conference I tweeted this.
statecraft.blog
November 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Third how the virus travelled so easily (as Foot and Mouth did earlier)…..
statecraft.blog/2020/06/05/h...
statecraft.blog/2020/06/05/h...
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Reposted by Prof Colin Talbot
COVID - lots of accusations of 20/20 hindsight?
Here’s some examples of what I was saying at the time in 2020
First, before the first shutdown
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-e...
Here’s some examples of what I was saying at the time in 2020
First, before the first shutdown
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-e...
'Vulnerable' man self-isolates over coronavirus risk
A man with health conditions says he is self-isolating in his home for the foreseeable future.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
COVID - lots of accusations of 20/20 hindsight?
Here’s some examples of what I was saying at the time in 2020
First, before the first shutdown
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-e...
Here’s some examples of what I was saying at the time in 2020
First, before the first shutdown
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-e...
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A New Jersey fraudster who was pardoned by President Trump in 2021 was sentenced to 37 years in prison this month for running a $44 million Ponzi scheme, one of a growing number of people granted clemency by Trump only to be charged with new crimes.
A Fraudster Pardoned by Trump Gets 37 Years for Running Ponzi Scheme
A New Jersey man convicted of defrauding investors of roughly a quarter-billion dollars is among a growing number of people granted clemency only to to be charged with new crimes.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
A New Jersey fraudster who was pardoned by President Trump in 2021 was sentenced to 37 years in prison this month for running a $44 million Ponzi scheme, one of a growing number of people granted clemency by Trump only to be charged with new crimes.
COVID - lots of accusations of 20/20 hindsight?
Here’s some examples of what I was saying at the time in 2020
First, before the first shutdown
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-e...
Here’s some examples of what I was saying at the time in 2020
First, before the first shutdown
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-e...
'Vulnerable' man self-isolates over coronavirus risk
A man with health conditions says he is self-isolating in his home for the foreseeable future.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
COVID - lots of accusations of 20/20 hindsight?
Here’s some examples of what I was saying at the time in 2020
First, before the first shutdown
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-e...
Here’s some examples of what I was saying at the time in 2020
First, before the first shutdown
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-e...
COVID & BJ
I’ll be on Times Radio just after 10 tonight talking about today’s report and Johnson.
I’ll be on Times Radio just after 10 tonight talking about today’s report and Johnson.
November 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
COVID & BJ
I’ll be on Times Radio just after 10 tonight talking about today’s report and Johnson.
I’ll be on Times Radio just after 10 tonight talking about today’s report and Johnson.
ASYLUM SEEKERS?
If they only ever have 30 month visas how are they supposed to:
👉🏼Get anything other than temporary jobs?
👉🏼Rent or buy property?
👉🏼Undertake education courses?
👉🏼Integrate into their communities?
👉🏼Learn English?
Think about it? Because they will still come.
If they only ever have 30 month visas how are they supposed to:
👉🏼Get anything other than temporary jobs?
👉🏼Rent or buy property?
👉🏼Undertake education courses?
👉🏼Integrate into their communities?
👉🏼Learn English?
Think about it? Because they will still come.
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
ASYLUM SEEKERS?
If they only ever have 30 month visas how are they supposed to:
👉🏼Get anything other than temporary jobs?
👉🏼Rent or buy property?
👉🏼Undertake education courses?
👉🏼Integrate into their communities?
👉🏼Learn English?
Think about it? Because they will still come.
If they only ever have 30 month visas how are they supposed to:
👉🏼Get anything other than temporary jobs?
👉🏼Rent or buy property?
👉🏼Undertake education courses?
👉🏼Integrate into their communities?
👉🏼Learn English?
Think about it? Because they will still come.
Has “the other place” fallen over for everyone or is it just me?
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Has “the other place” fallen over for everyone or is it just me?
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Reposted by Prof Colin Talbot
Interesting question: why now?
Just as Labour is desperate to present a united front around the Budget? Why launch another divisive policy battle?
Which tactical genius came up with this cunning plan I wonder?
Just as Labour is desperate to present a united front around the Budget? Why launch another divisive policy battle?
Which tactical genius came up with this cunning plan I wonder?
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Interesting question: why now?
Just as Labour is desperate to present a united front around the Budget? Why launch another divisive policy battle?
Which tactical genius came up with this cunning plan I wonder?
Just as Labour is desperate to present a united front around the Budget? Why launch another divisive policy battle?
Which tactical genius came up with this cunning plan I wonder?
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We’ve had ships powered by small nuclear reactors for decades. I went alongside the USS Enterprise (commissioned 1958) in the channel in about 1963. In my Dad’s boat, delivering a Trinity House pilot.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ent...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ent...
USS Enterprise (CVN-65) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
We’ve had ships powered by small nuclear reactors for decades. I went alongside the USS Enterprise (commissioned 1958) in the channel in about 1963. In my Dad’s boat, delivering a Trinity House pilot.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ent...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ent...
Plugging the Energy Gaps: The (Small) Nuclear Option?
I wrote this in 2020. Thought I’d re post it today
statecraft.blog/2020/03/10/p...
I wrote this in 2020. Thought I’d re post it today
statecraft.blog/2020/03/10/p...
Plugging the Energy Gaps: The (Small) Nuclear Option?
By Colin Talbot I was recently asked to provide some comments on the issue of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs). These are small reactors built in a factory and shipped to where they will be us…
statecraft.blog
November 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Plugging the Energy Gaps: The (Small) Nuclear Option?
I wrote this in 2020. Thought I’d re post it today
statecraft.blog/2020/03/10/p...
I wrote this in 2020. Thought I’d re post it today
statecraft.blog/2020/03/10/p...
www.uk.coop
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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SPEAKING OFFER:
My periodic offer to do (online) sessions for schools, universities or any other interested group. Free.
My main topics are around government and public admin; the evolution of cooperation; the cooperative movement. And lots more - so just ask. 😃
Engaged in politics since 1967!
My periodic offer to do (online) sessions for schools, universities or any other interested group. Free.
My main topics are around government and public admin; the evolution of cooperation; the cooperative movement. And lots more - so just ask. 😃
Engaged in politics since 1967!
November 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
SPEAKING OFFER:
My periodic offer to do (online) sessions for schools, universities or any other interested group. Free.
My main topics are around government and public admin; the evolution of cooperation; the cooperative movement. And lots more - so just ask. 😃
Engaged in politics since 1967!
My periodic offer to do (online) sessions for schools, universities or any other interested group. Free.
My main topics are around government and public admin; the evolution of cooperation; the cooperative movement. And lots more - so just ask. 😃
Engaged in politics since 1967!
SPEAKING OFFER:
My periodic offer to do (online) sessions for schools, universities or any other interested group. Free.
My main topics are around government and public admin; the evolution of cooperation; the cooperative movement. And lots more - so just ask. 😃
Engaged in politics since 1967!
My periodic offer to do (online) sessions for schools, universities or any other interested group. Free.
My main topics are around government and public admin; the evolution of cooperation; the cooperative movement. And lots more - so just ask. 😃
Engaged in politics since 1967!
November 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
SPEAKING OFFER:
My periodic offer to do (online) sessions for schools, universities or any other interested group. Free.
My main topics are around government and public admin; the evolution of cooperation; the cooperative movement. And lots more - so just ask. 😃
Engaged in politics since 1967!
My periodic offer to do (online) sessions for schools, universities or any other interested group. Free.
My main topics are around government and public admin; the evolution of cooperation; the cooperative movement. And lots more - so just ask. 😃
Engaged in politics since 1967!
Co-operative enterprises are a significant part of the global economy.
Yet business schools, especially in the UK, largely ignore them.
Why?
(graphic from International Cooperative Alliance)
Yet business schools, especially in the UK, largely ignore them.
Why?
(graphic from International Cooperative Alliance)
November 5, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Co-operative enterprises are a significant part of the global economy.
Yet business schools, especially in the UK, largely ignore them.
Why?
(graphic from International Cooperative Alliance)
Yet business schools, especially in the UK, largely ignore them.
Why?
(graphic from International Cooperative Alliance)
Reposted by Prof Colin Talbot
Just how co-operative do we want the economy, state and society to be?
Colin Talbot turns to the work of John Restakis as he considers efforts to grow the co-op sector and rethink and revive struggling economies
www.thenews.coop/just-how-co-...
Colin Talbot turns to the work of John Restakis as he considers efforts to grow the co-op sector and rethink and revive struggling economies
www.thenews.coop/just-how-co-...
Just how co-operative do we want the economy, state and society to be?
Colin Talbot turns to the work of John Restakis as he considers efforts to grow the co-op sector and rethink and revive struggling economies
www.thenews.coop
November 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Just how co-operative do we want the economy, state and society to be?
Colin Talbot turns to the work of John Restakis as he considers efforts to grow the co-op sector and rethink and revive struggling economies
www.thenews.coop/just-how-co-...
Colin Talbot turns to the work of John Restakis as he considers efforts to grow the co-op sector and rethink and revive struggling economies
www.thenews.coop/just-how-co-...
This looks interesting. How care and solidarity can emerge amidst disaster….
November 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
This looks interesting. How care and solidarity can emerge amidst disaster….
Just how co-operative do we want the economy, state and society to be?
Colin Talbot turns to the work of John Restakis as he considers efforts to grow the co-op sector and rethink and revive struggling economies
www.thenews.coop/just-how-co-...
Colin Talbot turns to the work of John Restakis as he considers efforts to grow the co-op sector and rethink and revive struggling economies
www.thenews.coop/just-how-co-...
Just how co-operative do we want the economy, state and society to be?
Colin Talbot turns to the work of John Restakis as he considers efforts to grow the co-op sector and rethink and revive struggling economies
www.thenews.coop
November 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Just how co-operative do we want the economy, state and society to be?
Colin Talbot turns to the work of John Restakis as he considers efforts to grow the co-op sector and rethink and revive struggling economies
www.thenews.coop/just-how-co-...
Colin Talbot turns to the work of John Restakis as he considers efforts to grow the co-op sector and rethink and revive struggling economies
www.thenews.coop/just-how-co-...
Reminded of this
"Some party hack decreed that the people had lost the government's confidence
and could only regain it with redoubled effort.
If that is the case, would it not be simpler,
If the government simply dissolved the people
And elected another?"
"Some party hack decreed that the people had lost the government's confidence
and could only regain it with redoubled effort.
If that is the case, would it not be simpler,
If the government simply dissolved the people
And elected another?"
November 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Reminded of this
"Some party hack decreed that the people had lost the government's confidence
and could only regain it with redoubled effort.
If that is the case, would it not be simpler,
If the government simply dissolved the people
And elected another?"
"Some party hack decreed that the people had lost the government's confidence
and could only regain it with redoubled effort.
If that is the case, would it not be simpler,
If the government simply dissolved the people
And elected another?"
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This would be great, if only to watch Fox et al explain ever so seriously why it was fine for Trump to run again but not Obama.
If Trump can run for a third term, so could Obama.
Obama: I believe in an America where we don't fear each other. But look out for each other. And if we want that story to continue. If we believe in that better story. We need leaders who believe in it too.
November 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This would be great, if only to watch Fox et al explain ever so seriously why it was fine for Trump to run again but not Obama.
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What he said: 💯 🎯
November 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
What he said: 💯 🎯