Colin Talbot

Prof Colin Talbot

@colintalbot.bsky.social

SUMO at the Royal Albert Hall.

I was there in 1991 for the first ever SUMO tournament outside of Japan. It was awesome.

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by Colin Talbot

Prof Colin Talbot

@colintalbot.bsky.social

BTW thats my personal view, based on my engagement with the issue for nearly half a century now. Including two visits to Israel, and the West Bank and Lebanon. And meetings with leaders from all sides.

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by Colin Talbot

Prof Colin Talbot

@colintalbot.bsky.social

OK. Well to start with “Gaza” is not possible to discuss without a much broader discussion about Israel and Palestine.

In brief, I support the Two States solution.

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by Colin Talbot

Prof Colin Talbot

@colintalbot.bsky.social

PS I am not a spokesperson for the Cooperative Party. Like any sensible Party affiliation should be, I don’t necessarily agree 100% with everything they advocate.

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by Colin Talbot

Prof Colin Talbot

@colintalbot.bsky.social

Sorry but I am not sure where this interrogation of my personal views on a range of issues is coming from?

And neither Gaza nor Climate Change are simple issues to address.

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by Colin Talbot

Prof Colin Talbot

@colintalbot.bsky.social

None of the above. Promoting the co-operative and social economy isn’t on the narrow Left-Right, Public-Private, spectrum.

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by Colin Talbot

Prof Colin Talbot

@colintalbot.bsky.social

OK. The Co-op Party does not stand independent candidates. It endorses some Labour candidates, who become Lab & Co-op. There are just over 40 such MPs in Parliament (1 in 10).

This arrangement has been in place for about a century.

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by Colin Talbot

Prof Colin Talbot

@colintalbot.bsky.social

You can find out about the Cooperative Party here

party.coop/about/

About the Party

party.coop

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Sam Maclaine

@sammaclaine.bsky.social

I don't think anyone is proposing larger charges for the majority of people. Both from an economic (inflationary) and popularity point of view that wouldn't work. Surely the purpose is to make someone with a £10m house pay more than £1m house ? Would have the same right of appeal as anyone else 🤔

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by Colin Talbot

Prof Colin Talbot

@colintalbot.bsky.social

Excellent. If you can access it try resin Co-op News. My 5th article for them is appearing next month.

by Colin Talbot

Prof Colin Talbot

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No problem Marty

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by Colin Talbot

Prof Colin Talbot

@colintalbot.bsky.social

True. But in many cases relative land values in an area will remain the same in respect to one another. So collective re-valuations could be done?

Whether it’s council or land value, at some point valuations are going to have to be done somehow.

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HumphsDad

@hunphreysdad.bsky.social

You've just spurred me on to join, Colin.

It's something I've toyed with in the past during my 35+ year on & off membership of the Labour Party.

I was going to do it back in May when I left the LP but never got round to it.

Cheers.

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by Colin Talbot

Prof Colin Talbot

@colintalbot.bsky.social

A land value tax would combine stamp duty and council tax.

Every property revalued every 5 (?) years on a rolling programme (ie 20% a year). Smooth out the effect?

Done by the Valuation Agency?

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by Colin Talbot

Prof Colin Talbot

@colintalbot.bsky.social

For those who don’t know, the Co-op Party is an independent registered Party that’s been in an electoral pact with Labour since the 1920s. It currently has 41 Lab & Co-op MPs.

You can be a member of the Co-op Party without joining Labour (like me), or t’other way round.

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by Colin Talbot — Reposted by Colin Talbot

Prof Colin Talbot

@colintalbot.bsky.social

Personal news: I’m now Chair of Luton & Beds branch of the Co-operative Party.

Given how invisible the Party, and Co-ops in general, are, it’s going to be interesting to see if we can generate more engagement? Our Beds PCC, John Tizard, is a member. But not our 5 Beds Labour MPs.

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by Colin Talbot

Prof Colin Talbot

@colintalbot.bsky.social

But what about downsizing? We could accept a lower price for our (now too large house) if we weren’t then going have to pay considerable stamp duty on something smaller?

This isn’t just a pure economic transaction. Houses have uses too.

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by Colin Talbot — Reposted by Colin Talbot

Prof Colin Talbot

@colintalbot.bsky.social

Einstein: it’s all relative

Freud: no, it’s all relatives

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Alma Katsu (FIEND is out now)

@almakatsu.bsky.social

New Yorker, naturally

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by Colin Talbot

Prof Colin Talbot

@colintalbot.bsky.social

Slip of the tongue? I guess he meant national socialists?

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Ryan Enos

@ryanenos.bsky.social

The executive branch calling the enforcement of the law by judges "insurrection" is a five-alarm fire for democracy.

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Otto English

@ottoenglish.bsky.social

Nathan Gill is no fringe politician.

He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales.

A Brexit Party MEP.

A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him:

"terrific," and "as honest as the day is long."

This is a MASSIVE story

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery

Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Ruth Fox

@ruthfox.bsky.social

7/ Digital ID may or may not be the right call.

But this is not the best way to make public policy that affects all our lives.

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Oz Katerji

@ozkaterji.bsky.social

Kind of feels like a big deal that a Reform/Brexit Party former MEP has been convicted of taking bribes to promote Russian interests in Ukraine, and it feels like a bigger deal that this isn’t being treated as the major scandal that it clearly is.