Jock Coats 🔰🏴⩜
@freetobealiberal.blog
Georgist, free-market anarchist, Oxford, UK
Also, Moodler, #HigherEd, #EdTech for work
#abolishtaxes
#sharetherents
#makepovertyhistory
#superchargetheeconomy
#valueourplanet
Also, Moodler, #HigherEd, #EdTech for work
#abolishtaxes
#sharetherents
#makepovertyhistory
#superchargetheeconomy
#valueourplanet
Received an extraordinary letter from the British Red Cross today (see image) about the domestic policy of a British Labour government. I'll bet they didn't foresee having to write this. It appears we have to go back as far as Ken Clarke or Roy Jenkins to find a decent liberal Home Secretary.
November 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Received an extraordinary letter from the British Red Cross today (see image) about the domestic policy of a British Labour government. I'll bet they didn't foresee having to write this. It appears we have to go back as far as Ken Clarke or Roy Jenkins to find a decent liberal Home Secretary.
Simply lovely, as someone says...
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Simply lovely, as someone says...
Not been a member of the Lib Dems for a couple of years but I keep an eye out for what they have to say. Monday/Tuesday were the culmination of their annual conference so I expected to see at least *some* coverage of the UK's largest party. But no! Monday - Farage for 24 hours! #TheTimes
September 24, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Not been a member of the Lib Dems for a couple of years but I keep an eye out for what they have to say. Monday/Tuesday were the culmination of their annual conference so I expected to see at least *some* coverage of the UK's largest party. But no! Monday - Farage for 24 hours! #TheTimes
Map of the world, for about 98% of the history of Homo Sapiens Sapiens and in many cases/places until even more recently than that. Then in the last 2% we have become so divided that 1% of us owns more of it than half of the rest. Something went wrong. #respectnoborders
September 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Map of the world, for about 98% of the history of Homo Sapiens Sapiens and in many cases/places until even more recently than that. Then in the last 2% we have become so divided that 1% of us owns more of it than half of the rest. Something went wrong. #respectnoborders
After a thousand years, the Cnuts finally made it as far as Hwicce
August 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
After a thousand years, the Cnuts finally made it as far as Hwicce
The flag of St Edmund the Martyr, an English king & patron saint before long before a French monarch foisted on us St George as a way of sucking up to another foreign prince. Because it is the flag of the county of Suffolk, we are allowed to fly it just like the St George's cross. #reclaimStEdmund
August 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The flag of St Edmund the Martyr, an English king & patron saint before long before a French monarch foisted on us St George as a way of sucking up to another foreign prince. Because it is the flag of the county of Suffolk, we are allowed to fly it just like the St George's cross. #reclaimStEdmund
Wait till he sees what the Great Satan built in London: media.cnn.com/api/v1/image...
July 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Wait till he sees what the Great Satan built in London: media.cnn.com/api/v1/image...
Apparently, according to The Sunday Times, people get signed off sick for this:
July 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Apparently, according to The Sunday Times, people get signed off sick for this:
Crikey. You don't see that very often:
July 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Crikey. You don't see that very often:
Oh-ho! Looks like an "unsettled" weekend for motor racing in Belgium coming up:
July 23, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Oh-ho! Looks like an "unsettled" weekend for motor racing in Belgium coming up:
Joined up government. Why should some of the best paid careers get a tax cut?
July 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Joined up government. Why should some of the best paid careers get a tax cut?
Rumours of "County Lines" hosepipe dealers abound:
July 15, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Rumours of "County Lines" hosepipe dealers abound:
The Times seems to imply that these are Iranian Revolutionary Guardsmen getting "more oppressive" presumably by emulating their American counterparts!
June 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The Times seems to imply that these are Iranian Revolutionary Guardsmen getting "more oppressive" presumably by emulating their American counterparts!
There's a really simple rule of event planning: if you think it won't be heavily attended don't put out seats because then however many do show up you can press release it as "standing room only"
June 15, 2025 at 9:14 AM
There's a really simple rule of event planning: if you think it won't be heavily attended don't put out seats because then however many do show up you can press release it as "standing room only"
So do I understand...#labour government is caving into the divisive rhetoric from #reform ranters under #turqouisetaint #nigel by making care at the end of lives of British mainly pensioners harder and by taxing one of our most successful export industries to curb a few thousand temporary visas?
May 13, 2025 at 3:18 AM
So do I understand...#labour government is caving into the divisive rhetoric from #reform ranters under #turqouisetaint #nigel by making care at the end of lives of British mainly pensioners harder and by taxing one of our most successful export industries to curb a few thousand temporary visas?
The little things that bring me joy 😆
March 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The little things that bring me joy 😆
Having myself a cheeky little G&T in recognition of the start of the 241st month of my 38th year:
February 28, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Having myself a cheeky little G&T in recognition of the start of the 241st month of my 38th year:
I checked Bing yesterday as well and at that stage they hadn't changed it. For us international users it appears Google is hedging its bets still:
February 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I checked Bing yesterday as well and at that stage they hadn't changed it. For us international users it appears Google is hedging its bets still:
Can you imagine the reaction of the RMT and ASLEF if he were:
February 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Can you imagine the reaction of the RMT and ASLEF if he were:
I'm so fed up of 2025 already. I have a sense of dark foreboding for this year. One of these years these people are going to be right, and I feel the auguries are right for it to be soon:
January 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I'm so fed up of 2025 already. I have a sense of dark foreboding for this year. One of these years these people are going to be right, and I feel the auguries are right for it to be soon:
Of course the "system is broken" - it's a feature not a bug of the way things have worked for more or less as long as there have been governments. Here's how to fix it - as explained 150 years ago:
#abolishtaxes
#sharetherents
#makepovertyhistory
#superchargetheeconomy
#valueourplanet
#abolishtaxes
#sharetherents
#makepovertyhistory
#superchargetheeconomy
#valueourplanet
December 12, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Of course the "system is broken" - it's a feature not a bug of the way things have worked for more or less as long as there have been governments. Here's how to fix it - as explained 150 years ago:
#abolishtaxes
#sharetherents
#makepovertyhistory
#superchargetheeconomy
#valueourplanet
#abolishtaxes
#sharetherents
#makepovertyhistory
#superchargetheeconomy
#valueourplanet
And where did using a private monopoly and army really get started, and whose fault is it that African ex-colonies still need so much help instead of being able to rely on often their own natural wealth to develop? Oh, yeah...The John Company
December 7, 2024 at 7:59 PM
And where did using a private monopoly and army really get started, and whose fault is it that African ex-colonies still need so much help instead of being able to rely on often their own natural wealth to develop? Oh, yeah...The John Company