David Cook
@cookcdj.bsky.social
39 years working for the government. It's been quite the ride. Anti-fash progressive.
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This is a Brexit fallout that is enraging, deeply undemocratic and damaging for the whole country.
Tories, Reform and Labour have all decided that their stereotype of the brexity social conservative red wall voter is the *only* voter worth bothering with. The rest of us can go to hell.
Tories, Reform and Labour have all decided that their stereotype of the brexity social conservative red wall voter is the *only* voter worth bothering with. The rest of us can go to hell.
It is genuinely astounding how Reform, Labour and the Tories have decided to fight tooth-and-nail for the votes of the same 30-35 percent of the electorate and completely ignore everyone else.
Badenoch's strategic genius on full display here, telling centrist voters to fuck off, including in the 60+ seats the party lost to the Lib Dems, so she can focus on competing with an extreme right party ahead of her in the polls.
January 28, 2026 at 2:51 PM
This is a Brexit fallout that is enraging, deeply undemocratic and damaging for the whole country.
Tories, Reform and Labour have all decided that their stereotype of the brexity social conservative red wall voter is the *only* voter worth bothering with. The rest of us can go to hell.
Tories, Reform and Labour have all decided that their stereotype of the brexity social conservative red wall voter is the *only* voter worth bothering with. The rest of us can go to hell.
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In Minneapolis, far-right influencers posing as journalists are casting themselves as victims and labeling ICE-watch groups “terrorists.” Their big new evidence—“infiltrated” Signal chats—isn’t a secret, had no calls for violence and urged people to witness, not interfere.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
In Minneapolis, far-right influencers frame ICE resistance as terrorism
As communities organize against Trump's federal crackdown, a network of pundits is building an "insurrectionist" narrative against them.
www.ms.now
January 28, 2026 at 2:01 PM
In Minneapolis, far-right influencers posing as journalists are casting themselves as victims and labeling ICE-watch groups “terrorists.” Their big new evidence—“infiltrated” Signal chats—isn’t a secret, had no calls for violence and urged people to witness, not interfere.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
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Living and breathing this right now. m.youtube.com/watch?v=mL65...
Friends Again - State Of Art (1983) (Video)
YouTube video by tangkad99
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January 28, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Living and breathing this right now. m.youtube.com/watch?v=mL65...
Trapped & Unwrapped is a Scottish pop masterclass, and State of Art and Honey at the Core are the icing on that very fancy cake.
Living and breathing this right now. m.youtube.com/watch?v=mL65...
Friends Again - State Of Art (1983) (Video)
YouTube video by tangkad99
m.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Trapped & Unwrapped is a Scottish pop masterclass, and State of Art and Honey at the Core are the icing on that very fancy cake.
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Asked about events in Minneapolis Reform chair David Bull says the UK shouldn't be involved in US domestic affairs & likewise the US shouldn't be involved in UK domestic affairs, apart from...
That's what Reforms 'patriotism' means, subservience to the United States.
That's what Reforms 'patriotism' means, subservience to the United States.
January 28, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Asked about events in Minneapolis Reform chair David Bull says the UK shouldn't be involved in US domestic affairs & likewise the US shouldn't be involved in UK domestic affairs, apart from...
That's what Reforms 'patriotism' means, subservience to the United States.
That's what Reforms 'patriotism' means, subservience to the United States.
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Buzzcocks - What Do I Get? (Official Video)
YouTube video by Domino Recording Co.
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January 28, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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"Every day I have got more right wing!" Is a really fun companion to "going from 30% to 15% in the polls"
January 28, 2026 at 12:11 PM
"Every day I have got more right wing!" Is a really fun companion to "going from 30% to 15% in the polls"
Reform will be salivating at emulating this horror show.
January 28, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Reform will be salivating at emulating this horror show.
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"Life During Wartime" (1979) - Talking Heads - Live performance "Stop Making Sense" (1984) 🎶🎧 #coffeebreak
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn62...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn62...
𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 - 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 - 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟒 - 𝟒𝐊 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 #talkingheads #stopmakingsense
YouTube video by Austech
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January 27, 2026 at 8:21 PM
"Life During Wartime" (1979) - Talking Heads - Live performance "Stop Making Sense" (1984) 🎶🎧 #coffeebreak
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn62...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn62...
They hit the funk motherlode with this. Just magnificent.
"Life During Wartime" (1979) - Talking Heads - Live performance "Stop Making Sense" (1984) 🎶🎧 #coffeebreak
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn62...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn62...
𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 - 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 - 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟒 - 𝟒𝐊 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 #talkingheads #stopmakingsense
YouTube video by Austech
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January 28, 2026 at 12:38 PM
They hit the funk motherlode with this. Just magnificent.
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RIP Sly Dunbar. Here's a lovely edition of the South Bank Show all about the wonderful Sly and Robbie. A few people were asking to see it, so I've uploaded it to YouTube and I'll leave it there until Monday. Hopefully it'll get a proper repeat soon.
youtu.be/M-cuOdr6DpQ
youtu.be/M-cuOdr6DpQ
South Bank Show - Sly & Robbie
YouTube video by Salvage Operation
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 7:56 AM
RIP Sly Dunbar. Here's a lovely edition of the South Bank Show all about the wonderful Sly and Robbie. A few people were asking to see it, so I've uploaded it to YouTube and I'll leave it there until Monday. Hopefully it'll get a proper repeat soon.
youtu.be/M-cuOdr6DpQ
youtu.be/M-cuOdr6DpQ
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Badenoch's strategic genius on full display here, telling centrist voters to fuck off, including in the 60+ seats the party lost to the Lib Dems, so she can focus on competing with an extreme right party ahead of her in the polls.
January 28, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Badenoch's strategic genius on full display here, telling centrist voters to fuck off, including in the 60+ seats the party lost to the Lib Dems, so she can focus on competing with an extreme right party ahead of her in the polls.
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If Matthew Goodwin is the very best Reform can muster for an eminently winnable by-election, the unfeasibly warm welcomes for the worst of Johnson & Truss's flotsam & jetsam suddenly make much more sense.
January 28, 2026 at 8:58 AM
If Matthew Goodwin is the very best Reform can muster for an eminently winnable by-election, the unfeasibly warm welcomes for the worst of Johnson & Truss's flotsam & jetsam suddenly make much more sense.
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Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Swift bricks to be installed in all new buildings in Scotland after Holyrood backs ruling
Swift bricks to be installed in all new buildings in Scotland after Holyrood backs ruling
Rest of UK has so far resisted calls to make it mandatory for developers to install bricks that provide nesting for swifts and other endangered birds
Swift bricks will be installed in all new buildings in Scotland after the Scottish parliament voted in favour of a law to help endangered cavity-nesting birds.
The Scottish government and MSPs across the parties backed an amendment by Scottish Green Mark Ruskell to make swift bricks mandatory for all new dwellings “where reasonably practical and appropriate”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Swift bricks to be installed in all new buildings in Scotland after Holyrood backs ruling
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“No progress at all was made in reducing overall levels of relative hardship”
Misery caused by Tory austerity and failures of governance; prioritising ruinous ideology over social investment.
Reform wants voters to be angry, but plans more of exactly the same.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Misery caused by Tory austerity and failures of governance; prioritising ruinous ideology over social investment.
Reform wants voters to be angry, but plans more of exactly the same.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on deepening poverty in the UK: a catastrophic Tory legacy has cut millions adrift | Editorial
Editorial: A new Joseph Rowntree report underlines the corrosive impact of years of anti-welfare rhetoric. A reframing of the debate is urgently needed
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:38 AM
“No progress at all was made in reducing overall levels of relative hardship”
Misery caused by Tory austerity and failures of governance; prioritising ruinous ideology over social investment.
Reform wants voters to be angry, but plans more of exactly the same.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Misery caused by Tory austerity and failures of governance; prioritising ruinous ideology over social investment.
Reform wants voters to be angry, but plans more of exactly the same.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Happy 40th birthday to Prefab Sprout's Johnny Johnny (AKA Lucile #1), which was released as a single on this day in 1986. Here's a great live performance on the Whistle Test
youtu.be/iZIknAn2Mnc
youtu.be/iZIknAn2Mnc
Prefab Sprout Goodbye Lucille #1 (Johnny Johnny) OGWT
YouTube video by bisonrav
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January 27, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Happy 40th birthday to Prefab Sprout's Johnny Johnny (AKA Lucile #1), which was released as a single on this day in 1986. Here's a great live performance on the Whistle Test
youtu.be/iZIknAn2Mnc
youtu.be/iZIknAn2Mnc
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🎵I think I’ve seen this film before, and I didn’t like the ending…🎶
The people who broke our country are the same people Nigel Farage is now relying on to fix it.
It couldn’t be clearer: Reform UK are simply the Conservatives with a new logo.
The people who broke our country are the same people Nigel Farage is now relying on to fix it.
It couldn’t be clearer: Reform UK are simply the Conservatives with a new logo.
January 27, 2026 at 1:16 PM
🎵I think I’ve seen this film before, and I didn’t like the ending…🎶
The people who broke our country are the same people Nigel Farage is now relying on to fix it.
It couldn’t be clearer: Reform UK are simply the Conservatives with a new logo.
The people who broke our country are the same people Nigel Farage is now relying on to fix it.
It couldn’t be clearer: Reform UK are simply the Conservatives with a new logo.
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Bravo 👏
Bloody time this was said frequently and with this level of clarity and honesty. By our politicians.
Very sick of being trapped by the relentless dishonesty, failure, costs and risks that make Brexit such an immense fuck-up.
Bloody time this was said frequently and with this level of clarity and honesty. By our politicians.
Very sick of being trapped by the relentless dishonesty, failure, costs and risks that make Brexit such an immense fuck-up.
January 27, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Bravo 👏
Bloody time this was said frequently and with this level of clarity and honesty. By our politicians.
Very sick of being trapped by the relentless dishonesty, failure, costs and risks that make Brexit such an immense fuck-up.
Bloody time this was said frequently and with this level of clarity and honesty. By our politicians.
Very sick of being trapped by the relentless dishonesty, failure, costs and risks that make Brexit such an immense fuck-up.
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Full EU membership should be put to the public at the next election. It's time to return home.
inews.co.uk/opinion/rejo...
inews.co.uk/opinion/rejo...
Rejoining the EU is the only way to stop Trump
It is time to return home
inews.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Full EU membership should be put to the public at the next election. It's time to return home.
inews.co.uk/opinion/rejo...
inews.co.uk/opinion/rejo...
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This week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:02 PM
This week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Telegraph’s political editor is saying, more subtly, what others are saying brutally.
January 27, 2026 at 12:55 PM
The Telegraph’s political editor is saying, more subtly, what others are saying brutally.
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The defection of Suella Braverman, who was sacked twice from Government in disgrace, spent £700m of taxpayers' money to send four volunteers to Rwanda on a deportation scheme that was then scrapped and has a public approval rating of minus 32 is currently being described as a "major coup" for Reform
January 26, 2026 at 2:39 PM
The defection of Suella Braverman, who was sacked twice from Government in disgrace, spent £700m of taxpayers' money to send four volunteers to Rwanda on a deportation scheme that was then scrapped and has a public approval rating of minus 32 is currently being described as a "major coup" for Reform