Paul Cotterill
@bickerrecord.bsky.social
Nurse by training. Vagabond by nature. Imposter by syndrome.
A Habermas-influenced English pluralist, if that's a thing. An organiser of things, which are definitely things.
He/him/ally
A Habermas-influenced English pluralist, if that's a thing. An organiser of things, which are definitely things.
He/him/ally
Summary on Darlington nurse from BBC looks to be pretty dodgy, because para 1 is not in line with para i.e. judgment summary does not say Rose couldn't use her gender appropriate changing room, but does say other staff should not have been forced to use it.
January 16, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Summary on Darlington nurse from BBC looks to be pretty dodgy, because para 1 is not in line with para i.e. judgment summary does not say Rose couldn't use her gender appropriate changing room, but does say other staff should not have been forced to use it.
Death by infuriation in 2025 Minnesota is a bit the same as death by affrightenment in 1632 England.
January 11, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Death by infuriation in 2025 Minnesota is a bit the same as death by affrightenment in 1632 England.
I do wonder if there's a bit of freestyle aggravation to be given to Elon Musk here, given the location of his firm's London offices: 20 Air Street, Piccadilly (quite a plush place) 1/n
January 10, 2026 at 1:44 PM
I do wonder if there's a bit of freestyle aggravation to be given to Elon Musk here, given the location of his firm's London offices: 20 Air Street, Piccadilly (quite a plush place) 1/n
I think the MiC 'headline' method to get that is, erm,debatable. The voting intention for 18-24yrs gets them to 14%, but they near double it via 25% of undecideds "if forced to vote" Q goinig Tory, where n=18. In same table the 'if forced to vote' Q garners exactly 0% from the 25-34 yrs undecideds.
January 8, 2026 at 1:48 PM
I think the MiC 'headline' method to get that is, erm,debatable. The voting intention for 18-24yrs gets them to 14%, but they near double it via 25% of undecideds "if forced to vote" Q goinig Tory, where n=18. In same table the 'if forced to vote' Q garners exactly 0% from the 25-34 yrs undecideds.
Just been invited to the 40th, as in 40th, anniversary thing of my group starting nurse training. Not seen any of them for 30+ years but, heh, I think I'm going to go.
Please try to talk me out of it before it's too late.
Please try to talk me out of it before it's too late.
January 7, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Just been invited to the 40th, as in 40th, anniversary thing of my group starting nurse training. Not seen any of them for 30+ years but, heh, I think I'm going to go.
Please try to talk me out of it before it's too late.
Please try to talk me out of it before it's too late.
Soory, it happened
Could I suggest you contact Jon Trotter, Sacramento Bee photojournalist who got beaten unconscious while out reporting in 1997, to maybe compare experience & recovery? Google him.
He took this photo (Bangladesh, 1991) and it means a lot to me.
Decent bloke. Think he'd love it.
Could I suggest you contact Jon Trotter, Sacramento Bee photojournalist who got beaten unconscious while out reporting in 1997, to maybe compare experience & recovery? Google him.
He took this photo (Bangladesh, 1991) and it means a lot to me.
Decent bloke. Think he'd love it.
January 6, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Soory, it happened
Could I suggest you contact Jon Trotter, Sacramento Bee photojournalist who got beaten unconscious while out reporting in 1997, to maybe compare experience & recovery? Google him.
He took this photo (Bangladesh, 1991) and it means a lot to me.
Decent bloke. Think he'd love it.
Could I suggest you contact Jon Trotter, Sacramento Bee photojournalist who got beaten unconscious while out reporting in 1997, to maybe compare experience & recovery? Google him.
He took this photo (Bangladesh, 1991) and it means a lot to me.
Decent bloke. Think he'd love it.
The most brilliant bit of Popper's (1945) Open Society is where he critiques the "aren't-I-so-logical" anti-scientific tendency to demand ever narrower definition of terms, shows how this tactic fosters intolerance over progress, and can lead to fascism.
January 2, 2026 at 2:39 PM
The most brilliant bit of Popper's (1945) Open Society is where he critiques the "aren't-I-so-logical" anti-scientific tendency to demand ever narrower definition of terms, shows how this tactic fosters intolerance over progress, and can lead to fascism.
The Chief Whip for Reform on Lancashire County Council with an interesting interpretation of freedom of speech.
December 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The Chief Whip for Reform on Lancashire County Council with an interesting interpretation of freedom of speech.
Any discussion on why Starmer has tanked so badly that doesn't compare that tanking with the tanking of Hollande 2012-2014 and the near demise of the PS in 2017 isn't give you the full tanking picture.
Yes, it's the economy. Yes it's policy. Yes it's toxic social media. But it's also his vibes.
Yes, it's the economy. Yes it's policy. Yes it's toxic social media. But it's also his vibes.
December 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Any discussion on why Starmer has tanked so badly that doesn't compare that tanking with the tanking of Hollande 2012-2014 and the near demise of the PS in 2017 isn't give you the full tanking picture.
Yes, it's the economy. Yes it's policy. Yes it's toxic social media. But it's also his vibes.
Yes, it's the economy. Yes it's policy. Yes it's toxic social media. But it's also his vibes.
Indeed. King's advice in that is, messily maybe, what's driven the current English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, but you can feel their heart's not really in it
December 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Indeed. King's advice in that is, messily maybe, what's driven the current English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, but you can feel their heart's not really in it
We (as in they) have been here before. Some of it is just persona. And glasses.
December 31, 2025 at 9:52 AM
We (as in they) have been here before. Some of it is just persona. And glasses.
It's shame about Zarah. Could have been good with decent mentoring. But in terms of Your Party, I think this comment on her Facebook post is the most striking.
December 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
It's shame about Zarah. Could have been good with decent mentoring. But in terms of Your Party, I think this comment on her Facebook post is the most striking.
Christmas, and that bloody toilet's misbehaving again.
December 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Christmas, and that bloody toilet's misbehaving again.
Lovely new diary for Christmas, from a publisher clearly well-versed in the uncertainties of the French revolution and such, and taking no chances.
December 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Lovely new diary for Christmas, from a publisher clearly well-versed in the uncertainties of the French revolution and such, and taking no chances.
My favourite shop in Skem. No frills, decent prices, always friendly and always open. Now with an added green thing outside.
December 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
My favourite shop in Skem. No frills, decent prices, always friendly and always open. Now with an added green thing outside.
Here's my first draft of sample proposal to central govt from a local authority under the Sustainable Communities Act 2007, seeking exemption from provisions of the Equality Act 2010 where those provisions could now discriminate against trans & non-binary people
www.scribd.com/document/970... 1/n
www.scribd.com/document/970... 1/n
December 22, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Here's my first draft of sample proposal to central govt from a local authority under the Sustainable Communities Act 2007, seeking exemption from provisions of the Equality Act 2010 where those provisions could now discriminate against trans & non-binary people
www.scribd.com/document/970... 1/n
www.scribd.com/document/970... 1/n
Of course you want to see the Big Pipe. What beauty.
December 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Of course you want to see the Big Pipe. What beauty.
Winter solstice sunset duly celebrated at 3.53pm at the Big (Sewage) Pipe, Skelmersdale's top visitor attraction on Tripadvisor.
The Big Pipe aligns precisely with solstice sunset at 229 degrees, as its ancient builders intended & we always offer our thanks before going to the Miner's Peg for one
The Big Pipe aligns precisely with solstice sunset at 229 degrees, as its ancient builders intended & we always offer our thanks before going to the Miner's Peg for one
December 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Winter solstice sunset duly celebrated at 3.53pm at the Big (Sewage) Pipe, Skelmersdale's top visitor attraction on Tripadvisor.
The Big Pipe aligns precisely with solstice sunset at 229 degrees, as its ancient builders intended & we always offer our thanks before going to the Miner's Peg for one
The Big Pipe aligns precisely with solstice sunset at 229 degrees, as its ancient builders intended & we always offer our thanks before going to the Miner's Peg for one
I'm thinking of this passage (p.241) in Modernity & Self-Identity and Streeting';s political formation in the Blairite Progress Group, where everything good was cast as post-struggle & those who still saw emancipation as a task should "get out of the way", as Josh McAllister put it to social workers
December 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I'm thinking of this passage (p.241) in Modernity & Self-Identity and Streeting';s political formation in the Blairite Progress Group, where everything good was cast as post-struggle & those who still saw emancipation as a task should "get out of the way", as Josh McAllister put it to social workers
Frankly, that sounds like a form of AI not just to me, but also to contemporaneous observers and participants, one of whose eyes literally popped out of their head in shock at this apparent 'miracle' 4/n
December 21, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Frankly, that sounds like a form of AI not just to me, but also to contemporaneous observers and participants, one of whose eyes literally popped out of their head in shock at this apparent 'miracle' 4/n
Take, for example, the miracle of St Alban (Bk 1, Ch 7) where some kind of oligarchic force diverts a massive body of water without community consultation so as to allow, at quite some distance, the creation of a 'finding' strangely in line with that oligarch's apparent desire to display control 3/n
December 21, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Take, for example, the miracle of St Alban (Bk 1, Ch 7) where some kind of oligarchic force diverts a massive body of water without community consultation so as to allow, at quite some distance, the creation of a 'finding' strangely in line with that oligarch's apparent desire to display control 3/n
Pretty disgraceful emoji attack on my good name from @jowilliams.bsky.social of the Liverpudlian watery science community here, in response to my caveat on whether the Venerable Bede had access to AI for the compilation of his History of the English Church & People, to which I need to respond 1/n
December 21, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Pretty disgraceful emoji attack on my good name from @jowilliams.bsky.social of the Liverpudlian watery science community here, in response to my caveat on whether the Venerable Bede had access to AI for the compilation of his History of the English Church & People, to which I need to respond 1/n
It's less a choice, more a falling obediently in line with the 'critique' offered by too-extremist-even-for-Reform MP Rupert Lowe.
December 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
It's less a choice, more a falling obediently in line with the 'critique' offered by too-extremist-even-for-Reform MP Rupert Lowe.
Mirrors Rupert Lowe from last week quite closely.
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Mirrors Rupert Lowe from last week quite closely.