Jake Cohen
@sjakeco.bsky.social
Policy, ecosystems, low-brow cultural commentary and terminally online humour.
Currently at UCL Policy Lab, recovering civil servant 🇬🇧🇿🇦🏳️🌈
Currently at UCL Policy Lab, recovering civil servant 🇬🇧🇿🇦🏳️🌈
Reposted by Jake Cohen
The education system is failing too many working-class pupils, but we can turn it around.
Jonathan Slater, Former Perm Sect at the Department for Education on BBC Radio 4 Today, discussing a new report from the UCL Policy Lab on how we can improve standards for poorer pupils.
Jonathan Slater, Former Perm Sect at the Department for Education on BBC Radio 4 Today, discussing a new report from the UCL Policy Lab on how we can improve standards for poorer pupils.
October 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The education system is failing too many working-class pupils, but we can turn it around.
Jonathan Slater, Former Perm Sect at the Department for Education on BBC Radio 4 Today, discussing a new report from the UCL Policy Lab on how we can improve standards for poorer pupils.
Jonathan Slater, Former Perm Sect at the Department for Education on BBC Radio 4 Today, discussing a new report from the UCL Policy Lab on how we can improve standards for poorer pupils.
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Really interesting piece by James Baggaley on the dangers of policy without people - and the real divide within Labour:
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
Steve Reed’s Yimbyism can’t win
To connect to voters, politics needs to be rooted in place and community
www.newstatesman.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Really interesting piece by James Baggaley on the dangers of policy without people - and the real divide within Labour:
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
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We were joined by leaders from across Britain for a celebration of what brings us together.
In partnership with @citizensuk.org @moreincommonuk.bsky.social and @belongnetwork.bsky.social. Thank you to all those who came along.
In partnership with @citizensuk.org @moreincommonuk.bsky.social and @belongnetwork.bsky.social. Thank you to all those who came along.
September 30, 2025 at 8:16 AM
We were joined by leaders from across Britain for a celebration of what brings us together.
In partnership with @citizensuk.org @moreincommonuk.bsky.social and @belongnetwork.bsky.social. Thank you to all those who came along.
In partnership with @citizensuk.org @moreincommonuk.bsky.social and @belongnetwork.bsky.social. Thank you to all those who came along.
Anyone at labour conference, come down to camp and furnace for Campaign Lab Fringe @campaignlabscrape.bsky.social to learn from some of the best campaigners in the game!
September 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Anyone at labour conference, come down to camp and furnace for Campaign Lab Fringe @campaignlabscrape.bsky.social to learn from some of the best campaigners in the game!
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What's Nigel Farage's problem with solar panels?
September 6, 2025 at 9:21 AM
What's Nigel Farage's problem with solar panels?
We're hiring 🚨
Join the team as our new Project Network Coordinator (Community-led Public Service Reform).
Help us build the movement for putting communities at the centre of public service innovation!
You can read more about the role and apply here 👉
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Join the team as our new Project Network Coordinator (Community-led Public Service Reform).
Help us build the movement for putting communities at the centre of public service innovation!
You can read more about the role and apply here 👉
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL hiring Project Network Coordinator (Community-led Public Service Reform) in City Of London, England, United Kingdom | LinkedIn
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September 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We're hiring 🚨
Join the team as our new Project Network Coordinator (Community-led Public Service Reform).
Help us build the movement for putting communities at the centre of public service innovation!
You can read more about the role and apply here 👉
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Join the team as our new Project Network Coordinator (Community-led Public Service Reform).
Help us build the movement for putting communities at the centre of public service innovation!
You can read more about the role and apply here 👉
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
I am running the Hackney Half for Summer Hype in just 1 week! I know there are lots of requests for sponsoring atm but I would be so appreciative if you could spare just a little bit - this will be the best money you spend all month!
May 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I am running the Hackney Half for Summer Hype in just 1 week! I know there are lots of requests for sponsoring atm but I would be so appreciative if you could spare just a little bit - this will be the best money you spend all month!
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Listening to one interview after another, capsized by the subject of who can use which public toilet. This question is purpose-built to wrong-foot trans allies, but the anti-trans position is absurd. For the love of God, please, someone make them spell out what they want
April 22, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Listening to one interview after another, capsized by the subject of who can use which public toilet. This question is purpose-built to wrong-foot trans allies, but the anti-trans position is absurd. For the love of God, please, someone make them spell out what they want
I keep coming back to this. The chair of our equalities watchdog saying that having somewhere to go to the toilet should be dependent on "powers of advocacy" rather than a right.
After years of people delegitimising trans advocacy orgs as malign influences, this phrasing is particularly striking.
After years of people delegitimising trans advocacy orgs as malign influences, this phrasing is particularly striking.
April 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I keep coming back to this. The chair of our equalities watchdog saying that having somewhere to go to the toilet should be dependent on "powers of advocacy" rather than a right.
After years of people delegitimising trans advocacy orgs as malign influences, this phrasing is particularly striking.
After years of people delegitimising trans advocacy orgs as malign influences, this phrasing is particularly striking.
Really brilliant report from @annacmcshane.bsky.social and New Britain, well timed for having just spent twenty minutes on the phone trying to book a follow-up appointment with my GP!
www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
The real broken Britain: Bad customer service and shoddy systems make Brits wonder if the government can do anything at all
“We are experiencing high call volumes at the moment. Your call is important to us.”
www.lbc.co.uk
April 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Really brilliant report from @annacmcshane.bsky.social and New Britain, well timed for having just spent twenty minutes on the phone trying to book a follow-up appointment with my GP!
www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
"In the think tank project titles and the briefings and the MP op-eds, a world that ultimately not that many people pay attention to, this habit of posing with the language of the right does nothing but signal a crushing lack of ideological self-confidence, and not a hint of desperation."
I'm in LabourList, writing about Project Chainsaw, Scottish DOGE, and Labour talking about making Britain great again, all of which does nothing but signal desperation and a clanging lack of ideological self confidence.
labourlist.org/2025/03/labo...
labourlist.org/2025/03/labo...
‘Labour should drop the chainsaw rhetoric and stop trying to impress journalists' - LabourList
Morgan Jones argues that Labour does not need to riff on Milei and Musk.
labourlist.org
March 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
"In the think tank project titles and the briefings and the MP op-eds, a world that ultimately not that many people pay attention to, this habit of posing with the language of the right does nothing but signal a crushing lack of ideological self-confidence, and not a hint of desperation."
Given we're discussing how to 'get Britain building again' will raise my smallest policy grudge.
Putting a skip on the kerb anywhere in London for a month costs ~£1.3k-£2k in permits and fees to the local council.
Yet we're supposedly serious about retrofit and building more housing!
Putting a skip on the kerb anywhere in London for a month costs ~£1.3k-£2k in permits and fees to the local council.
Yet we're supposedly serious about retrofit and building more housing!
March 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Given we're discussing how to 'get Britain building again' will raise my smallest policy grudge.
Putting a skip on the kerb anywhere in London for a month costs ~£1.3k-£2k in permits and fees to the local council.
Yet we're supposedly serious about retrofit and building more housing!
Putting a skip on the kerb anywhere in London for a month costs ~£1.3k-£2k in permits and fees to the local council.
Yet we're supposedly serious about retrofit and building more housing!
Really cogent and clarifying piece.
The distinction between a loneliness epidemic and a solitude one feels vital.
Also that we are often crap at choosing what will make us feel better (dopamine is not a virtue).
Also enjoyed the exploration of the peculiar solitude of wellness man-fluencers.
The distinction between a loneliness epidemic and a solitude one feels vital.
Also that we are often crap at choosing what will make us feel better (dopamine is not a virtue).
Also enjoyed the exploration of the peculiar solitude of wellness man-fluencers.
I wrote the latest cover story for The Atlantic. It's about the far-ranging implications of one simple statistic: Americans have never spent so much time alone, and surging solitude is warping our society.
I'm really proud of it, and I hope you read it.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
I'm really proud of it, and I hope you read it.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
January 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Really cogent and clarifying piece.
The distinction between a loneliness epidemic and a solitude one feels vital.
Also that we are often crap at choosing what will make us feel better (dopamine is not a virtue).
Also enjoyed the exploration of the peculiar solitude of wellness man-fluencers.
The distinction between a loneliness epidemic and a solitude one feels vital.
Also that we are often crap at choosing what will make us feel better (dopamine is not a virtue).
Also enjoyed the exploration of the peculiar solitude of wellness man-fluencers.
Just under five days left to apply to work in one of the best teams in politics and policy!
Email us for more details and a call 🙌
Email us for more details and a call 🙌
Come work with the brilliant team at UCL Policy Lab and help support think tanks, campaign groups and charities collaborate and build their influence: www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/univers...
Project Manager (Progressive Ecosystems) | University College London | CharityJob
Apply now for Project Manager (Progressive Ecosystems). , £43124 - £49003 per annum + including London Allowance, find a career with meaning today
www.charityjob.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Just under five days left to apply to work in one of the best teams in politics and policy!
Email us for more details and a call 🙌
Email us for more details and a call 🙌
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Great job, great people, massively important work building movement generosity and cross org cross issue thinking to win stuff for all of us on the progressive side of things - do apply!
Come work with the brilliant team at UCL Policy Lab and help support think tanks, campaign groups and charities collaborate and build their influence: www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/univers...
Project Manager (Progressive Ecosystems) | University College London | CharityJob
Apply now for Project Manager (Progressive Ecosystems). , £43124 - £49003 per annum + including London Allowance, find a career with meaning today
www.charityjob.co.uk
December 18, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Great job, great people, massively important work building movement generosity and cross org cross issue thinking to win stuff for all of us on the progressive side of things - do apply!
Come join me as we take the ecosystem project into an exciting new year.
Great opportunity to spend your days with some of the most inspiring people in the country helping them to collaborate and reflect on pivotal issues, strategy, leadership and more!
Great opportunity to spend your days with some of the most inspiring people in the country helping them to collaborate and reflect on pivotal issues, strategy, leadership and more!
Come work with the brilliant team at UCL Policy Lab and help support think tanks, campaign groups and charities collaborate and build their influence: www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/univers...
Project Manager (Progressive Ecosystems) | University College London | CharityJob
Apply now for Project Manager (Progressive Ecosystems). , £43124 - £49003 per annum + including London Allowance, find a career with meaning today
www.charityjob.co.uk
December 18, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Come join me as we take the ecosystem project into an exciting new year.
Great opportunity to spend your days with some of the most inspiring people in the country helping them to collaborate and reflect on pivotal issues, strategy, leadership and more!
Great opportunity to spend your days with some of the most inspiring people in the country helping them to collaborate and reflect on pivotal issues, strategy, leadership and more!
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Our year in review and finding hope in the politics of connection.
@jimbaggaley.bsky.social provides reflections from a year of activity at the UCL Policy Lab and the role connection plays in building a better world in 2025. www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
@jimbaggaley.bsky.social provides reflections from a year of activity at the UCL Policy Lab and the role connection plays in building a better world in 2025. www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
Our year in review and finding hope in the politics of connection
James Baggaley provides reflections from a year of activity at the UCL Policy Lab, and the role connection plays in building a better world.
www.ucl.ac.uk
December 18, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Our year in review and finding hope in the politics of connection.
@jimbaggaley.bsky.social provides reflections from a year of activity at the UCL Policy Lab and the role connection plays in building a better world in 2025. www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
@jimbaggaley.bsky.social provides reflections from a year of activity at the UCL Policy Lab and the role connection plays in building a better world in 2025. www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
Moving to hear the PM introduced by an early years worker, cancer survivor and heat pump plumber (one of those much vaunted green jobs!).
Beyond the buzzwords and metrics the missions touch on people's ordinary hopes, ambitions and perseverance.
They're most meaningful when we remember that!
Beyond the buzzwords and metrics the missions touch on people's ordinary hopes, ambitions and perseverance.
They're most meaningful when we remember that!
December 5, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Moving to hear the PM introduced by an early years worker, cancer survivor and heat pump plumber (one of those much vaunted green jobs!).
Beyond the buzzwords and metrics the missions touch on people's ordinary hopes, ambitions and perseverance.
They're most meaningful when we remember that!
Beyond the buzzwords and metrics the missions touch on people's ordinary hopes, ambitions and perseverance.
They're most meaningful when we remember that!
It's that time of the year, looking for some holiday cards for a good cause! If you know of any small charities/community orgs selling Christmas cards leave a reply...
November 28, 2024 at 2:25 PM
It's that time of the year, looking for some holiday cards for a good cause! If you know of any small charities/community orgs selling Christmas cards leave a reply...
5 days left to apply! Be in touch if you have any questions
We're hiring a Project Manager (Progressive Ecosystems) to join our team!
The role will help lead the Progressive Ecosystem project, fostering the skills, networks and ideas that social changemakers need to transform our politics and policy.
Deadline: 1 December 2024. More info ⤵️
bit.ly/3V1z1Xg
The role will help lead the Progressive Ecosystem project, fostering the skills, networks and ideas that social changemakers need to transform our politics and policy.
Deadline: 1 December 2024. More info ⤵️
bit.ly/3V1z1Xg
November 26, 2024 at 3:12 PM
5 days left to apply! Be in touch if you have any questions
"Belonging comes before belief" Fantastic to hear from @hahrie.bsky.social alongside a brilliant room of organisers, campaigners and changemakers.
Vital reflections on how we bring more people, regardless of our differences, into the work of social and economic transformation.
Vital reflections on how we bring more people, regardless of our differences, into the work of social and economic transformation.
November 21, 2024 at 11:42 AM
"Belonging comes before belief" Fantastic to hear from @hahrie.bsky.social alongside a brilliant room of organisers, campaigners and changemakers.
Vital reflections on how we bring more people, regardless of our differences, into the work of social and economic transformation.
Vital reflections on how we bring more people, regardless of our differences, into the work of social and economic transformation.
Come join me @uclpolicylab.bsky.social! We're hiring another Project Manager for the Progressive Ecosystem project.
If supporting pioneering changemakers to collaborate for impact and develop their leadership sounds right up your street, we want you to apply👇
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...
If supporting pioneering changemakers to collaborate for impact and develop their leadership sounds right up your street, we want you to apply👇
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...
November 19, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Come join me @uclpolicylab.bsky.social! We're hiring another Project Manager for the Progressive Ecosystem project.
If supporting pioneering changemakers to collaborate for impact and develop their leadership sounds right up your street, we want you to apply👇
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...
If supporting pioneering changemakers to collaborate for impact and develop their leadership sounds right up your street, we want you to apply👇
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...
Thanks @jimbaggaley.bsky.social for the recommendation.
Great reflection that the route to progressive leadership has shifted from leading mass membership orgs (unions, religious communities etc.) to being successful at securing grant funding and this distances changemakers from everyday concerns.
Great reflection that the route to progressive leadership has shifted from leading mass membership orgs (unions, religious communities etc.) to being successful at securing grant funding and this distances changemakers from everyday concerns.
Opinion | The End of the Obama Coalition
Michael Lind on why Democrats are losing the core of their base.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Thanks @jimbaggaley.bsky.social for the recommendation.
Great reflection that the route to progressive leadership has shifted from leading mass membership orgs (unions, religious communities etc.) to being successful at securing grant funding and this distances changemakers from everyday concerns.
Great reflection that the route to progressive leadership has shifted from leading mass membership orgs (unions, religious communities etc.) to being successful at securing grant funding and this distances changemakers from everyday concerns.
Now feels as good a time as any to make sure Maya Rudolph as Dionne Warwick is on this site for all eternity
November 15, 2024 at 12:36 PM
Now feels as good a time as any to make sure Maya Rudolph as Dionne Warwick is on this site for all eternity
my deja vu being live tweeting from jewish youth movement/yachad/UJS and other communal politics settings...
luckily for all that too has passed/please don't make me go back
luckily for all that too has passed/please don't make me go back
Weird deja vu being on a platform that looks like the other place 15 years ago when it’s just taking off. I feel like I should be live tweeting from a Stockport council planning meeting
November 15, 2024 at 10:05 AM
my deja vu being live tweeting from jewish youth movement/yachad/UJS and other communal politics settings...
luckily for all that too has passed/please don't make me go back
luckily for all that too has passed/please don't make me go back