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presents Oh God What Now, The Bunker and More Jam Tomorrow; writer & editor; author, The Future of Trust (Melville House). ‘The most calming voice in the podcast world’ https://rostaylor.me https://morejamtomorrow.com https://rostaylor240051.substack.com

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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 6d

OUT NOW: More Jam Tomorrow MILTON KEYNES

It’s built for cars. The buses are baffling. But it’s got the most energy efficient housing in Britain. What did it take to build a city from almost nothing?

Listen now at

morejamtomorrow.com/episode/milt...

Milton Keynes

It’s built for cars. The buses are baffling. But it’s got the most energy efficient housing in Britain. What did it take to build a city from almost nothing?...

morejamtomorrow.com

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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 18h

More Beer Tomorrow? More Lentils Tomorrow?

No! It’s MORE JAM TOMORROW!

www.jamtomorrow.com

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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 19h

Got a first in English so at least I can recognise irony when I see it.

Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21h

Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.

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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 1d

Put the wig on the fish. Do it

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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 1d

You could take a photo of it on your laptop screen, I guess.

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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 1d

Look at this. Apparently it enables you to follow me on Instagram. But surely you need to use the camera to do that, and you can’t do that to something ON a phone?

God knows. I did warn you I was rubbish at this.

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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 1d

On my Instagram - yes, I know - you will find a reel with pix of MK from my day trip there.

It’s the first time I’ve meddled in this business so don’t expect too much. I bollocksed up some video. But feel free to follow me for more MJT extras. It’s rosamundmtaylor

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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 1d

It’s not all lovely though. 1991, please have your ecumenical church back.

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Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 1d

There's always a good excuse for another chat about MK.

This time it's @rostaylor.bsky.social serving up another juicy deep dive.

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 6d

Milton Keynes

It’s built for cars. The buses are baffling. But it’s got the most energy efficient housing in Britain. What did it take to build a city from almost nothing?...

morejamtomorrow.com

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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 1d

It’s very green. But it also feels very 80s. Probably because I grew up not far from Telford. I must admit I don’t like the US-style mall/ business units thing. But the amount of parkland and woodland is amazing and it’s nice not to wait to cross roads.

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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 1d

Chiefly the first one. Though he was certainly inconsistent.

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 1d

It's fascinating how she got into environmentalism just before she was removed.

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 1d

Since everything's about Robert Jenrick today, I'll add that he wants to (re)open coal mines and says solar is despoiling the countryside.

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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 1d

Going to channel Tory conference* and say: just rejoice.

(*Thatcher was a great admirer of James Lovelock.)

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 2d

'Globalisation means that, as an individual, you need to trust many more companies, institutions, and people than you did before because your contacts with the world are multiplied and spread geographically and culturally wider. You have to trust things you may only have a very abstract idea about.'

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 2d

Spoke to i by IMD magazine about why trust in institutions is faltering, and the temptation to turn to charismatic individuals instead

www.imd.org/ibyimd/caree...

The Crisis of Trust - Globalization - I by IMD

Ros Taylor, author of ‘The Future of Trust’, explores how globalization has fractured trust in institutions and led to a renewed faith in the individual.

www.imd.org

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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 3d

I have never seen ET.

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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 3d

When I think about restrictions on protest, I try to imagine both people I support and people I loathe carrying out the same action, and how I respond to each. It’s difficult but a useful exercise.

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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 3d

They may well see it that way, but is that enough of a justification for jailing the protestors?

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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 3d

a man is crawling out of a hole in the sand on a beach .

ALT: a man is crawling out of a hole in the sand on a beach .

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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 3d

As ever, it never seems to occur to the government that protest - of all kinds - can act as a safety valve for public anger, rather than a sign the protestor means to do something violent.

Police to get broader powers to restrict repeated protests www.bbc.com/news/article...

Police to get broader powers to crack down on repeated protests

Officers will be able to tell organisers to move demonstrations if protests have caused "repeated disorder".

www.bbc.com

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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks David!

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 5d

Brilliant to hear

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 5d

Researching the latest More Jam Tomorrow, I was struck by what an amazing thing it was for the Home Office to support prisoners who wanted to study – which was impossible before the Open University was founded.

Just the most decent and humanitarian thing to do.

morejamtomorrow.com/episode/milt...

Milton Keynes

It’s built for cars. The buses are baffling. But it’s got the most energy efficient housing in Britain. What did it take to build a city from almost nothing?...

morejamtomorrow.com

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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 5d

Showing how the tabloid press plays with its prey would have been enough. But The Hack wanted a hero.

The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 5d

Mr Bates vs The Post Office touched a nerve among the public with its revelation of the suffering of ordinary people who lost everything. ITV’s new drama lacks suitably likeable victims

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What The Hack lacks

Mr Bates vs The Post Office touched a nerve among the public with its revelation of the suffering of ordinary people who lost everything. ITV’s new drama lacks suitably likeable victims