Linda L
@lawlerlj.bsky.social
MBA and MRes in entrepreneurship. Now spend a lot of time on trains and planes.
County Dublin/London
County Dublin/London
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I feel something stronger than unease that this person has a lifetime membership of the legislature
Mone company liquidated and unlikely ever to repay money obtained for supply of defective surgical gowns sold during the pandemic
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Michelle Mone-linked PPE firm liquidated and unlikely to repay £148m
The firm led by Baroness Mone's husband Douglas Barrowman breached a contract to supply surgical gowns during the Covid pandemic.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I feel something stronger than unease that this person has a lifetime membership of the legislature
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🚨 Muslim Migrant Hero risked his life to disarm a gunman murdering people at Bondi Beach, and undoubtedly saved lives 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
A headline Far Right anti migrant, Islamophobe Racists will choke on so please repost to share 🙏🏼👍🏼
A headline Far Right anti migrant, Islamophobe Racists will choke on so please repost to share 🙏🏼👍🏼
Ahmed al Ahmed, a Lebanese Muslim who owns a Sydney fruit shop, risked his life to disarm one of the Bondi Beach shooters.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
December 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🚨 Muslim Migrant Hero risked his life to disarm a gunman murdering people at Bondi Beach, and undoubtedly saved lives 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
A headline Far Right anti migrant, Islamophobe Racists will choke on so please repost to share 🙏🏼👍🏼
A headline Far Right anti migrant, Islamophobe Racists will choke on so please repost to share 🙏🏼👍🏼
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One Russian paper today sees "a split in the Western camp. This is objectively good for Russia.” Other papers: “crisis” in metals industry & “more than 40% of working Russians surveyed have barely enough/not enough money before payday for food & essential goods.” #ReadingRussia
Russian paper: "We see a split in the Western camp. This is objectively good for Russia."
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
One Russian paper today sees "a split in the Western camp. This is objectively good for Russia.” Other papers: “crisis” in metals industry & “more than 40% of working Russians surveyed have barely enough/not enough money before payday for food & essential goods.” #ReadingRussia
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OUTRAGED minority still can’t cope with the idea that Brexit was tried, tested… and failed. 🤦♂️
📊 Polling:
• 5 million Leave voters passed
• Youth voters back Rejoin
• 1/3 of Leave now wants back in
🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺Britain is pro-EU.
❌ The only people still keeping Brexit alive are the ones making money off it.
📊 Polling:
• 5 million Leave voters passed
• Youth voters back Rejoin
• 1/3 of Leave now wants back in
🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺Britain is pro-EU.
❌ The only people still keeping Brexit alive are the ones making money off it.
December 11, 2025 at 6:45 AM
OUTRAGED minority still can’t cope with the idea that Brexit was tried, tested… and failed. 🤦♂️
📊 Polling:
• 5 million Leave voters passed
• Youth voters back Rejoin
• 1/3 of Leave now wants back in
🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺Britain is pro-EU.
❌ The only people still keeping Brexit alive are the ones making money off it.
📊 Polling:
• 5 million Leave voters passed
• Youth voters back Rejoin
• 1/3 of Leave now wants back in
🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺Britain is pro-EU.
❌ The only people still keeping Brexit alive are the ones making money off it.
Back in fabulous London after managing to dodge the rain and wind for a flight. A few things to do then it’s back to Ireland. @metoffice.gov.uk any tips for 2 hour slots of low wind and rain over the west - in the next week? Any days which aren’t stormy?
December 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Back in fabulous London after managing to dodge the rain and wind for a flight. A few things to do then it’s back to Ireland. @metoffice.gov.uk any tips for 2 hour slots of low wind and rain over the west - in the next week? Any days which aren’t stormy?
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Prime Minister of Poland. 🇵🇱
December 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Prime Minister of Poland. 🇵🇱
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I thought than one lesson we might all have learned from the COVID pandemic was that people should isolate when they have a cold. Sadly this has not happened.
Can confirm we’re admitting lots of flu and RSV patients this week. If you have symptoms but don’t need medical care, please don’t mix and spread your virus. Some of those you infect may come to harm. It’s not ok to work or party while infectious.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hospitals facing unprecedented flu season, say NHS bosses
Record number of patients in hospital in England with flu for this time of year, figures show.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I thought than one lesson we might all have learned from the COVID pandemic was that people should isolate when they have a cold. Sadly this has not happened.
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“Subsidising the spread of COVID: Evidence from the UK’S Eat-Out-to-Help-Out Scheme”
“Areas with higher take-up saw notable increase in new COVID-19 infection clusters within a week…& deceleration in infections within two weeks of the program ending.” #CovidInquiry
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“Areas with higher take-up saw notable increase in new COVID-19 infection clusters within a week…& deceleration in infections within two weeks of the program ending.” #CovidInquiry
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Subsidising the spread of COVID-19: Evidence from the UK’S Eat-Out-to-Help-Out Scheme*
Abstract. This paper documents that a large-scale government subsidy aimed at encouraging people to eat out in restaurants in the wake of the first 2020 CO
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November 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
“Subsidising the spread of COVID: Evidence from the UK’S Eat-Out-to-Help-Out Scheme”
“Areas with higher take-up saw notable increase in new COVID-19 infection clusters within a week…& deceleration in infections within two weeks of the program ending.” #CovidInquiry
academic.oup.com/ej/article/1...
“Areas with higher take-up saw notable increase in new COVID-19 infection clusters within a week…& deceleration in infections within two weeks of the program ending.” #CovidInquiry
academic.oup.com/ej/article/1...
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Since the Nathan Gill conviction, a lot of people seem to be waking up to Putin's meddling in British politics
Here's a handy primer from me and @goldbergradio.bsky.social
A Beginner's Guide to Russian Influence: Brexit and Beyond
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Here's a handy primer from me and @goldbergradio.bsky.social
A Beginner's Guide to Russian Influence: Brexit and Beyond
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
A Beginners Guide to Russian Influence: Brexit and Beyond
Podcast Episode · Byline Podcast · 29/11/2025 · 31m
podcasts.apple.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Since the Nathan Gill conviction, a lot of people seem to be waking up to Putin's meddling in British politics
Here's a handy primer from me and @goldbergradio.bsky.social
A Beginner's Guide to Russian Influence: Brexit and Beyond
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Here's a handy primer from me and @goldbergradio.bsky.social
A Beginner's Guide to Russian Influence: Brexit and Beyond
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
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This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 26,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 26,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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🚨BREAKING NEWS
Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform UK in Wales, has been sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for taking bribes as part of a pro-Russian influence campaign. He admitted to eight counts of bribery committed between 2018 and 2019.
(📷 Alamy/PA Images/Yui Mok)
Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform UK in Wales, has been sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for taking bribes as part of a pro-Russian influence campaign. He admitted to eight counts of bribery committed between 2018 and 2019.
(📷 Alamy/PA Images/Yui Mok)
November 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🚨BREAKING NEWS
Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform UK in Wales, has been sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for taking bribes as part of a pro-Russian influence campaign. He admitted to eight counts of bribery committed between 2018 and 2019.
(📷 Alamy/PA Images/Yui Mok)
Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform UK in Wales, has been sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for taking bribes as part of a pro-Russian influence campaign. He admitted to eight counts of bribery committed between 2018 and 2019.
(📷 Alamy/PA Images/Yui Mok)
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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Applications are now open for our new MPhil in Digital Policy starting Oct 2026.
The course will draw on the latest Bennett research & close collaboration with policymakers, business leaders, & civil society to address key challenges.
Find out more: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/study/mphil-...
The course will draw on the latest Bennett research & close collaboration with policymakers, business leaders, & civil society to address key challenges.
Find out more: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/study/mphil-...
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Applications are now open for our new MPhil in Digital Policy starting Oct 2026.
The course will draw on the latest Bennett research & close collaboration with policymakers, business leaders, & civil society to address key challenges.
Find out more: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/study/mphil-...
The course will draw on the latest Bennett research & close collaboration with policymakers, business leaders, & civil society to address key challenges.
Find out more: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/study/mphil-...
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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“Hardly any of the newly-elected Reform councillors had experience of local government…a surprising number list no other source of income at all – they are not retirees but people of working age. They found themselves overseeing a council budget of £2.6bn.”
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ed-jennings-...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ed-jennings-...
Reform’s shambolic Kent experiment
The catastrophic mess at Kent County Council shows what happens when a populist party, with no idea how government works, gets into power
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
“Hardly any of the newly-elected Reform councillors had experience of local government…a surprising number list no other source of income at all – they are not retirees but people of working age. They found themselves overseeing a council budget of £2.6bn.”
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ed-jennings-...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ed-jennings-...
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Nigel Farage says this summer’s Raise the Colours movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. Our reporters in five cities had a look and that’s not what we found.
November 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Nigel Farage says this summer’s Raise the Colours movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. Our reporters in five cities had a look and that’s not what we found.
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It's not a grassroots working class movement.
"Wherever we looked for prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
"Wherever we looked for prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 7:58 AM
It's not a grassroots working class movement.
"Wherever we looked for prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
"Wherever we looked for prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
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Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The value of public R&D
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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How to spot fake AI-written press releases: Reporters are being bombarded with millions of press releases from virtual PR agencies pressgazette.co.uk/news/how-to-...
How to spot fake AI-written press releases
Reporters are being bombarded with millions of press releases from virtual PR agencies.
pressgazette.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
How to spot fake AI-written press releases: Reporters are being bombarded with millions of press releases from virtual PR agencies pressgazette.co.uk/news/how-to-...
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I’ve written for @financialtimes.com about the need for belief in the future to get things built on.ft.com/47cO3Qs Why optimists build better infrastructure
Why optimists build better infrastructure
History credits the Victorians for their grand — and enduring — schemes but we need our eyes on the future to emulate them
on.ft.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I’ve written for @financialtimes.com about the need for belief in the future to get things built on.ft.com/47cO3Qs Why optimists build better infrastructure
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Very much looking forward to discussing my book ‘Your Life is Manufactured’ with the wonderful Professor Sharon Peacock on 4th November at Churchill College.
Tickets are free -book via www.chu.cam.ac.uk/event/10570/
#booksky #making #manufacturing
@churchillcol.bsky.social
@faberbooks.bsky.social
Tickets are free -book via www.chu.cam.ac.uk/event/10570/
#booksky #making #manufacturing
@churchillcol.bsky.social
@faberbooks.bsky.social
The Master's Book Club - Churchill College
Join us to hear from Churchill College Fellow Prof. Tim Minshall in conversation with the Master of Churchill College, Prof. Sharon Peacock, as they discuss his book: Your Life is Manufactured: How We...
www.chu.cam.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Very much looking forward to discussing my book ‘Your Life is Manufactured’ with the wonderful Professor Sharon Peacock on 4th November at Churchill College.
Tickets are free -book via www.chu.cam.ac.uk/event/10570/
#booksky #making #manufacturing
@churchillcol.bsky.social
@faberbooks.bsky.social
Tickets are free -book via www.chu.cam.ac.uk/event/10570/
#booksky #making #manufacturing
@churchillcol.bsky.social
@faberbooks.bsky.social
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A resounding win for Catherine Connolly, President-Elect of Ireland!
After 14y of a socialist president, Michael D Higgins, the public has chosen another socialist.
After 14y of a socialist president, Michael D Higgins, the public has chosen another socialist.
Final result of #aras25:
Electorate: 3,614,450
Votes cast: 1,656,436 (45.8%)
Spoilt: 213,738 (12.9%)
Valid poll: 1,442,698
Connolly: 914,143 (63.3%)
Humphreys: 424,987 (29.5%)
Gavin: 103,568 (7.2%)
Catherine Connolly is elected the tenth President of Ireland.
Electorate: 3,614,450
Votes cast: 1,656,436 (45.8%)
Spoilt: 213,738 (12.9%)
Valid poll: 1,442,698
Connolly: 914,143 (63.3%)
Humphreys: 424,987 (29.5%)
Gavin: 103,568 (7.2%)
Catherine Connolly is elected the tenth President of Ireland.
October 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A resounding win for Catherine Connolly, President-Elect of Ireland!
After 14y of a socialist president, Michael D Higgins, the public has chosen another socialist.
After 14y of a socialist president, Michael D Higgins, the public has chosen another socialist.
Irish Presidential election: Deeper reflection' needed after record spoiled votes www.rte.ie/news/preside...
'Deeper reflection' needed after record spoiled votes
An Coimisiún Toghcháin has said there "will clearly be a need for deeper and further reflection" after a record number of nearly 13% of voters spoiled their ballots in the 2025 Presidential Election.
www.rte.ie
October 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Irish Presidential election: Deeper reflection' needed after record spoiled votes www.rte.ie/news/preside...
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Nigel Farage promised that Reform councils would cut local government "waste" in order to slash taxes.
Now the party's flagship Kent administration is set to actually raise taxes and has just started asking opposition parties for help after failing to identify the millions in savings they promised
Now the party's flagship Kent administration is set to actually raise taxes and has just started asking opposition parties for help after failing to identify the millions in savings they promised
Reform Council Asks Opposition for Help Making Cuts After ‘Desperate’ Search for Savings Falls Short
Exclusive: Nigel Farage's struggling flagship Kent administration is now reaching out to other parties, after failing to identify the millions of pounds in savings they promised
bylinetimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Nigel Farage promised that Reform councils would cut local government "waste" in order to slash taxes.
Now the party's flagship Kent administration is set to actually raise taxes and has just started asking opposition parties for help after failing to identify the millions in savings they promised
Now the party's flagship Kent administration is set to actually raise taxes and has just started asking opposition parties for help after failing to identify the millions in savings they promised
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open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... Biggest ever audit of Parkinson’s in the UK says there’s a diagnosis crisis with a shortage of neurologists leaving thousands waiting up to 5 years to see a specialist
Parkinson's - the diagnosis crisis
UK's neurologist shortage continues to bite, says biggest PD audit
open.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:26 AM
open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... Biggest ever audit of Parkinson’s in the UK says there’s a diagnosis crisis with a shortage of neurologists leaving thousands waiting up to 5 years to see a specialist