PWCoghlan
@pwc50.bsky.social
Old school bits, bytes and (r)aging optimist...
And it's not "unparliamentary" speech either...
Well, I certainly didn't have 'sharing clip of the Tory Shadow Leader of the House' on my to-do-list today.
But here he is absolutely going for Farage!
And managing to use the word 'bullshiterati' while doing it.
It had to be shared!
But here he is absolutely going for Farage!
And managing to use the word 'bullshiterati' while doing it.
It had to be shared!
January 22, 2026 at 8:57 PM
And it's not "unparliamentary" speech either...
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Tuesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
January 19, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Tuesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
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The problem when trying to rehabilitate Trump’s attachment to old European alliances is that his politics and character are aligned with the dark forces that had to be defeated for those alliances to exist. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Donald Trump is not forgetting America’s old alliances – his goal is to destroy them | Rafael Behr
European leaders who know their continent’s history must now see that the US president is siding with the forces of tyranny, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:23 AM
The problem when trying to rehabilitate Trump’s attachment to old European alliances is that his politics and character are aligned with the dark forces that had to be defeated for those alliances to exist. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Brilliant piece as standard from Phil here, on the unexpected origins (and rather shocking initial findings) of one of the most widely used tools in modern government - broad based cost/benefit analysis
Latest piece for @thehousemag.bsky.social, on the 1954 British government report estimating that the deaths of women in road traffic accidents had benefited the UK to the tune of just over £1.2m.
Yes, benefitted.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Yes, benefitted.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
The Professor Will See You Now: Road deaths
Lessons in political science. This week: road deaths
www.politicshome.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Brilliant piece as standard from Phil here, on the unexpected origins (and rather shocking initial findings) of one of the most widely used tools in modern government - broad based cost/benefit analysis
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Trump versus reality on the Chagos Islands:
1. UK is not ‘giving away’ the Chagos Islands. It is restoring them to Mauritius having split them off from the former colony when it became independent in 1965.
2. There is a very compelling reason: in 1965 the UN objected …
1. UK is not ‘giving away’ the Chagos Islands. It is restoring them to Mauritius having split them off from the former colony when it became independent in 1965.
2. There is a very compelling reason: in 1965 the UN objected …
January 20, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Trump versus reality on the Chagos Islands:
1. UK is not ‘giving away’ the Chagos Islands. It is restoring them to Mauritius having split them off from the former colony when it became independent in 1965.
2. There is a very compelling reason: in 1965 the UN objected …
1. UK is not ‘giving away’ the Chagos Islands. It is restoring them to Mauritius having split them off from the former colony when it became independent in 1965.
2. There is a very compelling reason: in 1965 the UN objected …
Carla Sands US ex-ambo talking absolute irrational bollocks on @channel4news.bsky.social in support of Trump’s descent into further lunacy and now implying the Faroe Islands might be on the menu
Madness
The Mar a Lago look doesn’t help her make Trump’s case either…
Madness
The Mar a Lago look doesn’t help her make Trump’s case either…
January 19, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Carla Sands US ex-ambo talking absolute irrational bollocks on @channel4news.bsky.social in support of Trump’s descent into further lunacy and now implying the Faroe Islands might be on the menu
Madness
The Mar a Lago look doesn’t help her make Trump’s case either…
Madness
The Mar a Lago look doesn’t help her make Trump’s case either…
Interesting item🙏on Parakeets grinding thru mortar on the side of a barn to get minerals & salts
We've had same here in Dorset (no Parakeets) with sparrows doing the same to the extent that we've had to repoint the brickwork bcos of the damage
@jabaddams.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
We've had same here in Dorset (no Parakeets) with sparrows doing the same to the extent that we've had to repoint the brickwork bcos of the damage
@jabaddams.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Parakeets feeding on Welwyn barn wall display Amazonian behaviour
Ornithologist Jack Baddams says the video is
www.bbc.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Interesting item🙏on Parakeets grinding thru mortar on the side of a barn to get minerals & salts
We've had same here in Dorset (no Parakeets) with sparrows doing the same to the extent that we've had to repoint the brickwork bcos of the damage
@jabaddams.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
We've had same here in Dorset (no Parakeets) with sparrows doing the same to the extent that we've had to repoint the brickwork bcos of the damage
@jabaddams.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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We love to highlight incredible hispanic contributors to our country and the world. If you haven’t heard of Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski you are in for a treat as you begin your journey to learn more about her. She’s a first generation Cuban American, and has been dubbed the next Albert Einstein /1
Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski: The Young Woman Dubbed the “Next Albert Einstein” | Capitol Technology University
Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski’s interest in STEM began early in her life–at age 9, to be exact–during her first flight in an airplane1. This interest quickly graduated to a hands-on hobby when she built...
www.captechu.edu
January 18, 2026 at 9:07 AM
We love to highlight incredible hispanic contributors to our country and the world. If you haven’t heard of Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski you are in for a treat as you begin your journey to learn more about her. She’s a first generation Cuban American, and has been dubbed the next Albert Einstein /1
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I think the White House badly underestimates the strength of the pan-European folk memory of 1930s appeasement, and how deep it still cuts. I suppose this is what happens when you learn in school that WW2 started in 1941 in Hawaii.
January 18, 2026 at 1:04 PM
I think the White House badly underestimates the strength of the pan-European folk memory of 1930s appeasement, and how deep it still cuts. I suppose this is what happens when you learn in school that WW2 started in 1941 in Hawaii.
Force feeding bread, and a circus…
January 18, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Force feeding bread, and a circus…
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A fine example putting principles into
practice When will Irish universities follow suit?!
Get off this platform now
Seriously @ucddublin.bsky.social can we show a modicum of leadership here - at least follow @unioflimerick.bsky.social and suspend our account.
practice When will Irish universities follow suit?!
Get off this platform now
Seriously @ucddublin.bsky.social can we show a modicum of leadership here - at least follow @unioflimerick.bsky.social and suspend our account.
Last year, we made the decision to step away from X.
The Royal Irish Academy is committed to creating, convening, and sharing knowledge for the public good and as an organisation we value Independence; Integrity; Curiosity; Openness and Rigour.
In our view, X no longer aligns with these values
The Royal Irish Academy is committed to creating, convening, and sharing knowledge for the public good and as an organisation we value Independence; Integrity; Curiosity; Openness and Rigour.
In our view, X no longer aligns with these values
January 17, 2026 at 12:06 PM
A fine example putting principles into
practice When will Irish universities follow suit?!
Get off this platform now
Seriously @ucddublin.bsky.social can we show a modicum of leadership here - at least follow @unioflimerick.bsky.social and suspend our account.
practice When will Irish universities follow suit?!
Get off this platform now
Seriously @ucddublin.bsky.social can we show a modicum of leadership here - at least follow @unioflimerick.bsky.social and suspend our account.
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Katelyn Cummins is believed to be planning to gift President Trump the Rose of Tralee crown
January 16, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Katelyn Cummins is believed to be planning to gift President Trump the Rose of Tralee crown
If Machado really believes she can win over the Orange dude by handing over her gong to him, she hasn’t really done her homework
#nobel
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
#nobel
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
María Corina Machado says she presented Trump with her Nobel peace prize medal
The Venezuelan opposition leader did not confirm whether the US president accepted the award
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:19 PM
If Machado really believes she can win over the Orange dude by handing over her gong to him, she hasn’t really done her homework
#nobel
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
#nobel
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Farage says "a well-known Labour figure" will join Reform next week. Labour aides scramble to see if it's too late to get Maurice Glasman's wife to have sex with him.
January 15, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Farage says "a well-known Labour figure" will join Reform next week. Labour aides scramble to see if it's too late to get Maurice Glasman's wife to have sex with him.
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🚨🚨Breaking: "Sweden has sent military to Greenland".
Denmark's message: The Kingdom's soldiers will shoot back if Greenland is attacked.
"It is at the request of Denmark," writes PM Ulf Kristersson. 🧵
www.expressen.se/nyheter/varl...
Denmark's message: The Kingdom's soldiers will shoot back if Greenland is attacked.
"It is at the request of Denmark," writes PM Ulf Kristersson. 🧵
www.expressen.se/nyheter/varl...
JUST NU: Danska beskedet – skjuter tillbaka vid attack
Danmarks besked: Kungarikets soldater skjuter tillbaka om Grönland attackeras. Sverige har skickat militär till ön – mitt i den inflammerade dragkampen om den. ”Det är på förfrågan från Danmark”, skri...
www.expressen.se
January 14, 2026 at 5:25 PM
🚨🚨Breaking: "Sweden has sent military to Greenland".
Denmark's message: The Kingdom's soldiers will shoot back if Greenland is attacked.
"It is at the request of Denmark," writes PM Ulf Kristersson. 🧵
www.expressen.se/nyheter/varl...
Denmark's message: The Kingdom's soldiers will shoot back if Greenland is attacked.
"It is at the request of Denmark," writes PM Ulf Kristersson. 🧵
www.expressen.se/nyheter/varl...
Relieved to see I'm not alone in wondering if John Le Carré is spinning in his grave especially at the end of the most recent episode (risk of elaboration spoiler) of the #BBC #nightmanager
eu.usatoday.com/story/entert...
eu.usatoday.com/story/entert...
Tom Hiddleston and 'The Night Manager' make a sad return
Ten years after its first season, spy-caper "The Night Manager" returns with Tom Hiddleston, but without the thrills.
eu.usatoday.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Relieved to see I'm not alone in wondering if John Le Carré is spinning in his grave especially at the end of the most recent episode (risk of elaboration spoiler) of the #BBC #nightmanager
eu.usatoday.com/story/entert...
eu.usatoday.com/story/entert...
As a cyclist, it’s this behaviour that gets us all a bad name😡
A dark morning at 6am he “conceded he had not been wearing a helmet or high-vis vest, had no lights & had not given any signal before turning out of a bus and cycle lane into the path of traffic”
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
A dark morning at 6am he “conceded he had not been wearing a helmet or high-vis vest, had no lights & had not given any signal before turning out of a bus and cycle lane into the path of traffic”
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
‘Cyclists have become a nightmare in Dublin’: Judge reduces €50,000 damages award by 80%
Court finds cyclist was mainly responsible for collision with motorbike in which he suffered brain and soft-tissue injuries
www.irishtimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
As a cyclist, it’s this behaviour that gets us all a bad name😡
A dark morning at 6am he “conceded he had not been wearing a helmet or high-vis vest, had no lights & had not given any signal before turning out of a bus and cycle lane into the path of traffic”
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
A dark morning at 6am he “conceded he had not been wearing a helmet or high-vis vest, had no lights & had not given any signal before turning out of a bus and cycle lane into the path of traffic”
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
I might be missing something, but this does not seem anything other than Middle Ages, state-sanctioned piracy
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Two oil tankers under US sanctions sailing through Channel towards Russia
Aria and Tia both south of Britain after US-UK seizure of Marinera, deemed to be part of Moscow’s ‘shadow fleet’
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:43 PM
I might be missing something, but this does not seem anything other than Middle Ages, state-sanctioned piracy
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Yesterday I posted my last ever Tweet and called on the Government to do the same.
Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
It is time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter
Grok is just one of many reasons why Westminster should finally get off the website.
www.politicshome.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Yesterday I posted my last ever Tweet and called on the Government to do the same.
Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
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NEW
Death in Minnesota
The significance of the reaction to the killing of Renee Nicole Good
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Death in Minnesota
The significance of the reaction to the killing of Renee Nicole Good
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
January 9, 2026 at 12:33 PM
NEW
Death in Minnesota
The significance of the reaction to the killing of Renee Nicole Good
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Death in Minnesota
The significance of the reaction to the killing of Renee Nicole Good
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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Not everyone believed me when I wrote that Trump wants Greenland becuase it would make him feel important, but that's what he told the NYT:
When asked why he needed to possess the territory, he said: “Because that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
When asked why he needed to possess the territory, he said: “Because that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Not everyone believed me when I wrote that Trump wants Greenland becuase it would make him feel important, but that's what he told the NYT:
When asked why he needed to possess the territory, he said: “Because that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
When asked why he needed to possess the territory, he said: “Because that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
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EXCLUSIVE
Following the news that one of the first things a Nigel Farage Reform government would do is ensure that “the young are taught correctly about our history”, I have been passed these leaked pages from Reform’s proposed GCSE history textbook.
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
Following the news that one of the first things a Nigel Farage Reform government would do is ensure that “the young are taught correctly about our history”, I have been passed these leaked pages from Reform’s proposed GCSE history textbook.
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
EXCLUSIVE - Leaked pages from Reform's proposed UK history textbook
Including Zia of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae
mrhenrymorris.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:39 AM
EXCLUSIVE
Following the news that one of the first things a Nigel Farage Reform government would do is ensure that “the young are taught correctly about our history”, I have been passed these leaked pages from Reform’s proposed GCSE history textbook.
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
Following the news that one of the first things a Nigel Farage Reform government would do is ensure that “the young are taught correctly about our history”, I have been passed these leaked pages from Reform’s proposed GCSE history textbook.
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
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My assessment of Starmer's latest EU gambit. His rhetoric on "alignment" may be getting bolder but the trade-offs remain the same.
The UK will not get much closer alignment with the single market unless it accepts free movement + budget contributions.
ukandeu.ac.uk/new-year-sam...
The UK will not get much closer alignment with the single market unless it accepts free movement + budget contributions.
ukandeu.ac.uk/new-year-sam...
New year, same old Brexit trade-offs - UK in a changing Europe
Joël Reland argues that while the UK has indicated that it is keen to align more closely with the EU, the inherent tradeoffs remain the same as the EU will not allow the UK to 'cherry pick' further ac...
ukandeu.ac.uk
January 6, 2026 at 10:51 AM
My assessment of Starmer's latest EU gambit. His rhetoric on "alignment" may be getting bolder but the trade-offs remain the same.
The UK will not get much closer alignment with the single market unless it accepts free movement + budget contributions.
ukandeu.ac.uk/new-year-sam...
The UK will not get much closer alignment with the single market unless it accepts free movement + budget contributions.
ukandeu.ac.uk/new-year-sam...
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This explains so much.
People with psychopathic traits and low cognitive ability are over-represented in online political activity.
If someone is being cruel, obnoxious and ridiculous, don't try to reason with them. Chances are you won't get anywhere. Just block.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
People with psychopathic traits and low cognitive ability are over-represented in online political activity.
If someone is being cruel, obnoxious and ridiculous, don't try to reason with them. Chances are you won't get anywhere. Just block.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dark personalities in the digital arena: how psychopathy and narcissism shape online political participation - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Dark personalities in the digital arena: how psychopathy and narcissism shape online political participation
www.nature.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:05 AM
This explains so much.
People with psychopathic traits and low cognitive ability are over-represented in online political activity.
If someone is being cruel, obnoxious and ridiculous, don't try to reason with them. Chances are you won't get anywhere. Just block.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
People with psychopathic traits and low cognitive ability are over-represented in online political activity.
If someone is being cruel, obnoxious and ridiculous, don't try to reason with them. Chances are you won't get anywhere. Just block.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...