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Prof Colin Talbot
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Prof of Government (Emeritus) Manchester ▪️co-ops and cooperation ▪️progressive pluralism▪️ex Aikidoka ▪️Arsenal ▪️Born Dover (that's my Castle)
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Third how the virus travelled so easily (as Foot and Mouth did earlier)…..

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Have Virus, Will Travel?
Colin Talbot After Dominic Cumming’s Rose Garden press conference I tweeted this.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Third how the virus travelled so easily (as Foot and Mouth did earlier)…..

statecraft.blog/2020/06/05/h...
Have Virus, Will Travel?
Colin Talbot After Dominic Cumming’s Rose Garden press conference I tweeted this.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Second, the over centralisation of Govt response

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/governm...
Government has centralised the coronavirus response – but there's a role for the local too | King's College London
COLIN TALBOT: One-size-fits-all solutions imposed from Whitehall are not enough
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November 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Delayed to 11.30
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Second, the over centralisation of Govt response

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/governm...
Government has centralised the coronavirus response – but there's a role for the local too | King's College London
COLIN TALBOT: One-size-fits-all solutions imposed from Whitehall are not enough
www.kcl.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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You are moving towards a more centralised control system. At least be honest about it.
November 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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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?
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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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?
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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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...
USS Enterprise (CVN-65) - Wikipedia
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November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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If they really believed this then presumably we should be sending Alf Dubs back to Prague?
November 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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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...
USS Enterprise (CVN-65) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM