Martin Cook
@duntweeting.bsky.social
Retired senior exec and non exec; amateur musician; student of art history; kent county cricket club member.
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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.
I would Love to agree with your positivity Sam; but in the 70s and early 80s the right could not mobilise 100k plus. The world has shifted on its axis and it is going to take a lot of courage and commitment to turn it around.
September 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I would Love to agree with your positivity Sam; but in the 70s and early 80s the right could not mobilise 100k plus. The world has shifted on its axis and it is going to take a lot of courage and commitment to turn it around.
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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.
Well of course it is. Dont you know that its different for girls? (We saw Joe in Birmingham a few years ago. Great gig in that the whole audience seemed to sing along to every song )
September 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Well of course it is. Dont you know that its different for girls? (We saw Joe in Birmingham a few years ago. Great gig in that the whole audience seemed to sing along to every song )
Bound to be trolls though, surely?
June 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Bound to be trolls though, surely?
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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.