Martin Cook
@duntweeting.bsky.social
Retired senior exec and non exec; amateur musician; student of art history; kent county cricket club member.
Its only a matter of time before I have to give up on sky international cricket coverage: commentators hyperventilating constantly, awful triumphal music and that ruddy dog. Especially the ruddy dog. Aaarrrgghhh.
October 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Its only a matter of time before I have to give up on sky international cricket coverage: commentators hyperventilating constantly, awful triumphal music and that ruddy dog. Especially the ruddy dog. Aaarrrgghhh.
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Every word.
Starmer and Badenoch are handling the far-right march all wrong on.ft.com/4pq97dk | opinion
Starmer and Badenoch are handling the far-right march all wrong
A look back to the days of Enoch Powell suggests a better model
on.ft.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Every word.
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Starmer and Badenoch are handling the far-right march all wrong on.ft.com/4pq97dk | opinion
Starmer and Badenoch are handling the far-right march all wrong
A look back to the days of Enoch Powell suggests a better model
on.ft.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Starmer and Badenoch are handling the far-right march all wrong on.ft.com/4pq97dk | opinion
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superb column from @stephenkb.bsky.social
“racism does not diminish through rising GDP but through the willingness of politicians to argue against it….”
www.ft.com/content/fbbd...
“racism does not diminish through rising GDP but through the willingness of politicians to argue against it….”
www.ft.com/content/fbbd...
Starmer and Badenoch are handling the far-right march all wrong
A look back to the days of Enoch Powell suggests a better model
www.ft.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
superb column from @stephenkb.bsky.social
“racism does not diminish through rising GDP but through the willingness of politicians to argue against it….”
www.ft.com/content/fbbd...
“racism does not diminish through rising GDP but through the willingness of politicians to argue against it….”
www.ft.com/content/fbbd...
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I do think it's weird that the Sunday shows are still talking about the people on the Tommy Robinson march yesterday as if they're regular, concerned people who might have been infiltrated by a few extremists and not, as we can all see tanked up racists following Tommy Robinson!
September 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I do think it's weird that the Sunday shows are still talking about the people on the Tommy Robinson march yesterday as if they're regular, concerned people who might have been infiltrated by a few extremists and not, as we can all see tanked up racists following Tommy Robinson!
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Everyone saying PM shd condemn far right violence in London yday (Shabana Mahmood already has)/ leave X is right. But same for Kemi Badenoch. No Conservative Party can condone thugs attacking police horses & calls for violent uprising. Even Farage has gone up against Yaxley-Lennon ffs.
September 14, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Everyone saying PM shd condemn far right violence in London yday (Shabana Mahmood already has)/ leave X is right. But same for Kemi Badenoch. No Conservative Party can condone thugs attacking police horses & calls for violent uprising. Even Farage has gone up against Yaxley-Lennon ffs.
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That feeling of desperately wanting your elected government to loudly call out racism & far right violent extremists...
And nothing.
Labour so afraid to lose power, it has forgotten both how to use it & that with power comes responsibility.
As America gets ever darker, too little light here.
And nothing.
Labour so afraid to lose power, it has forgotten both how to use it & that with power comes responsibility.
As America gets ever darker, too little light here.
September 14, 2025 at 8:17 AM
That feeling of desperately wanting your elected government to loudly call out racism & far right violent extremists...
And nothing.
Labour so afraid to lose power, it has forgotten both how to use it & that with power comes responsibility.
As America gets ever darker, too little light here.
And nothing.
Labour so afraid to lose power, it has forgotten both how to use it & that with power comes responsibility.
As America gets ever darker, too little light here.
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It says a lot about how degenerate Labour hss become that no one sees the problem in attacking the most diverse part of the country and concocting a conspiracy theory that it benefits from special treatment!
Anti-#London populism isn't confined to Tories & (Far)age Right. A different version, the Northern grievance variety, is a stock Andy Burnham tactic. He desisted after the GE, but has lately revived it and is now deploying it against Reform UK, perhaps to boost his #Labour leadership ambitions. 🧵
September 14, 2025 at 8:27 AM
It says a lot about how degenerate Labour hss become that no one sees the problem in attacking the most diverse part of the country and concocting a conspiracy theory that it benefits from special treatment!
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A Labour government that does not fight back against the far right, racism and extremism fundamentally misunderstands the nature of its electoral support.
September 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A Labour government that does not fight back against the far right, racism and extremism fundamentally misunderstands the nature of its electoral support.
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@stephenkb.bsky.social @Nicovel0 Wilson’s statement was strong.
September 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
@stephenkb.bsky.social @Nicovel0 Wilson’s statement was strong.
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I left Labour over antisemitism and I will leave Labour again if we have a *Labour PM* who can't even stand up to a group of knuckle dragging racists on our streets and a drug addled tech bro. I genuinely do not understand what they are playing at.
September 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I left Labour over antisemitism and I will leave Labour again if we have a *Labour PM* who can't even stand up to a group of knuckle dragging racists on our streets and a drug addled tech bro. I genuinely do not understand what they are playing at.
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Given the context and the crowd, despite Musk’s weasel words, this was a call for violence against the British state, from a foreign national who controls a major propaganda engine, and has engineered it to monetise hate
September 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Given the context and the crowd, despite Musk’s weasel words, this was a call for violence against the British state, from a foreign national who controls a major propaganda engine, and has engineered it to monetise hate
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When Ted Heath sacked Enoch Powell he was acting in the face of a majority in favour. Harold Wilson backed him up and called the speech “evil”. Long past time for Keir and Kemi to do the same.
September 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
When Ted Heath sacked Enoch Powell he was acting in the face of a majority in favour. Harold Wilson backed him up and called the speech “evil”. Long past time for Keir and Kemi to do the same.
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I am less optimistic than you Fiona.
Can’t see them stepping up now even in the face of this provocation.
bsky.app/profile/kity...
Can’t see them stepping up now even in the face of this provocation.
bsky.app/profile/kity...
Expect more silence from the Royal Society in the face of their most notorious fellow advocating for the overthrow of the democratically elected government of a country he is neither a citizen nor a resident of (yet he is a fellow of their most prestigious learned society).
September 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I am less optimistic than you Fiona.
Can’t see them stepping up now even in the face of this provocation.
bsky.app/profile/kity...
Can’t see them stepping up now even in the face of this provocation.
bsky.app/profile/kity...
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Labour wants to speak for "ordinary working people". It wants to be the party of patriotism & "national renewal". It badly needs a purpose & a moral mission.
Well here it is.
It is way past time to "speak for Britain" against billionaire-backed movements that want to terrorise ordinary Britons.
Well here it is.
It is way past time to "speak for Britain" against billionaire-backed movements that want to terrorise ordinary Britons.
September 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Labour wants to speak for "ordinary working people". It wants to be the party of patriotism & "national renewal". It badly needs a purpose & a moral mission.
Well here it is.
It is way past time to "speak for Britain" against billionaire-backed movements that want to terrorise ordinary Britons.
Well here it is.
It is way past time to "speak for Britain" against billionaire-backed movements that want to terrorise ordinary Britons.
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Rothko Chapel #artbots #rothko
https://botfrens.com/collections/25/contents/4920
https://botfrens.com/collections/25/contents/4920
August 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Rothko Chapel #artbots #rothko
https://botfrens.com/collections/25/contents/4920
https://botfrens.com/collections/25/contents/4920
@charlesdagnall.bsky.social gilchrist is not an overseas player
September 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
@charlesdagnall.bsky.social gilchrist is not an overseas player
September 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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US Gov proudly presents… Huckabee
July 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
US Gov proudly presents… Huckabee
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This was rolled out amid escalating underage drinking...
Read the full story here: www.kentonline.co.uk/herne-bay/ne...
Read the full story here: www.kentonline.co.uk/herne-bay/ne...
July 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This was rolled out amid escalating underage drinking...
Read the full story here: www.kentonline.co.uk/herne-bay/ne...
Read the full story here: www.kentonline.co.uk/herne-bay/ne...
Is there any chance Vitality will drop that ruddy irritating dachshund from its cricket ads? Watching the test on Sky is a real test of endurance.
July 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Is there any chance Vitality will drop that ruddy irritating dachshund from its cricket ads? Watching the test on Sky is a real test of endurance.
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No one wants to say it, but the gap between T1 and T2 (apart from Yorkshire… maaaaybe) is going to be huuuuge.
April 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
No one wants to say it, but the gap between T1 and T2 (apart from Yorkshire… maaaaybe) is going to be huuuuge.
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”[Trump] is running a crypto scam where he can receive millions of dollars anonymously. Meanwhile the DOJ has shut down the crypto investigations unit. Truly no corruption scheme like this in our history — at least out of the White House.”
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@thebulwark.bsky.social
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@thebulwark.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
”[Trump] is running a crypto scam where he can receive millions of dollars anonymously. Meanwhile the DOJ has shut down the crypto investigations unit. Truly no corruption scheme like this in our history — at least out of the White House.”
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@thebulwark.bsky.social
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Bye, Starlink.
* EXCLUSIVE -- GERMANY FUNDS UKRAINE ACCESS TO SATELLITE INTERNET SERVICE EUTELSAT - CEO SAYS
* EXCLUSIVE -- EUTELSAT COULD ADD 5,000 TO 10,000 MORE TERMINALS TO UKRAINE WITHIN WEEKS
@reuters.com
* EXCLUSIVE -- GERMANY FUNDS UKRAINE ACCESS TO SATELLITE INTERNET SERVICE EUTELSAT - CEO SAYS
* EXCLUSIVE -- EUTELSAT COULD ADD 5,000 TO 10,000 MORE TERMINALS TO UKRAINE WITHIN WEEKS
@reuters.com
April 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Bye, Starlink.
* EXCLUSIVE -- GERMANY FUNDS UKRAINE ACCESS TO SATELLITE INTERNET SERVICE EUTELSAT - CEO SAYS
* EXCLUSIVE -- EUTELSAT COULD ADD 5,000 TO 10,000 MORE TERMINALS TO UKRAINE WITHIN WEEKS
@reuters.com
* EXCLUSIVE -- GERMANY FUNDS UKRAINE ACCESS TO SATELLITE INTERNET SERVICE EUTELSAT - CEO SAYS
* EXCLUSIVE -- EUTELSAT COULD ADD 5,000 TO 10,000 MORE TERMINALS TO UKRAINE WITHIN WEEKS
@reuters.com
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