Prof Colin Talbot (@colinrtalbot) 's Twitter Profile
Prof Colin Talbot

@colinrtalbot

Prof of Government (Emeritus) Manchester ▪️public service▪️humanology and cooperation ▪️ex Aikidoka ▪️Arsenal ▪️Born and bred in Dover (that's my Castle)

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Lee Dillon, MP for Newbury 🔶 (@leerjdillon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I’ve signed a joint letter with Liberal Democrats MPs calling for @ThamesWater to become a public benefit company. After today’s £122m fine, enough is enough. Newbury’s rivers have paid the price. It’s time to clean up the mess. #ThamesWater #Newbury #ChalkStreams

I’ve signed a joint letter with <a href="/LibDems/">Liberal Democrats</a> MPs calling for @ThamesWater to become a public benefit company.

After today’s £122m fine, enough is enough. Newbury’s rivers have paid the price. It’s time to clean up the mess.

#ThamesWater #Newbury #ChalkStreams
Stephen Griffin (@sgriffin_lab) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Toyingwithfools Prof Colin Talbot Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK FTTIS is about more than just testing, as the acronym suggests. Local PHE/NHS would have been excellent finders, improving isolation. PHE turned down an offer from dozens of universities and other labs in favour of the private sector. Imagine dozens of Cricks from the start...

Stephen Griffin (@sgriffin_lab) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Toyingwithfools Prof Colin Talbot Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK Relying on private sector to supply and to coordinate things meant we weren't ready until May. 1st wave had passed. Deloitte etc required education before they could move, NHS wouldn't have required this. University labs were then, ironically, asked to lend their PCR machines...

Stephen Griffin (@sgriffin_lab) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Toyingwithfools Prof Colin Talbot Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK And before you start questioning credentials, Colin is an expert on this, and I was part of the first govt committee planning home testing in March 2020... Lastly, preparedness was all their in successive pandemic exercises over more than a decade. They simply chose to ignore.

Republicans against Trump (@rpsagainsttrump) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨BREAKING: In a devastating loss for Trump, a federal court has just invalidated his tariffs, ruling that he lacked the authority to impose them unilaterally without congressional approval. So. Much. Winning.

Adam Bienkov (@adambienkov) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Fare evasion has been falling on London's transport network for years. A reminder that one of the times evasion actually did rise in recent years was when the last Conservative mayor spent hundreds of millions of pounds building a fleet of new buses with entirely open backs

Fare evasion has been falling on London's transport network for years.

A reminder that one of the times evasion actually did rise in recent years was when the last Conservative mayor spent hundreds of millions of pounds building a fleet of new buses with entirely open backs
Martin Barrow (@martinbarrow) 's Twitter Profile Photo

So many disputed planning applications for children’s homes concern companies with no trading record and directors with no discernible experience of running homes. Aspire and Nurture Care was set up last year. kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/25195831.…

International Cooperative Alliance (@icacoop) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Coops strategising for #WSS2025! At Mondragon, we discussed the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives & how to amplify our role at the Summit in Doha this November. Following #CM50 in Madrid, leaders are shaping a joint commitment plan. #coops4dev🌎 #CoopsBuildABetterWorld

Coops strategising for #WSS2025! At Mondragon, we discussed the <a href="/UN/">United Nations</a>  International Year of Cooperatives &amp; how to amplify our role at the Summit in Doha this November.

Following #CM50 in Madrid, leaders are shaping a joint commitment plan.

#coops4dev🌎 #CoopsBuildABetterWorld
Robert Reich (@rbreich) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A recent report found that Elon Musk faced at least $2.37B in potential legal liability from 11 fed agencies as of Inauguration Day. As he exits, these agencies are still on DOGE's chopping block or have dropped investigations into his corporations. See what this was about?

Byline Times (@bylinetimes) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Private Correspondence Reveals How David Cameron Helped Old Etonian School Friend Fast-Track COVID Testing Firm bylinetimes.com/2025/05/01/dav…

Private Correspondence Reveals How David Cameron Helped Old Etonian School Friend Fast-Track COVID Testing Firm bylinetimes.com/2025/05/01/dav…
Belfast News Letter (@news_letter) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Employee Ownership Ireland strengthens board with senior appointments from Northern Ireland newsletter.co.uk/business/forme…

Phillips P. OBrien (@phillipspobrien) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There is literally nothing but Trump's desire to protect Putin which is keeping the USA from levelling harsh sanctions on Russia, providing Ukraine more weapons, and helping Ukraine win its war against a sub-par Russian military. The Senate supports this, the House would support

Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING: Last night Trump announced that he's doubling steel tariffs from 25% to 50%. This morning the EU just announced that they are preparing "countermeasures". Who wants to bet that the TACO posts made him do this? Note that Steel-using jobs outnumber steel-making jobs

Prof Colin Talbot (@colinrtalbot) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Isn’t it amazing how all the “I’ve been using the Tube/Buses in London since Roman times and never seen a ticket inspector” accounts are …. anonymous? Wonder why?

Prof Colin Talbot (@colinrtalbot) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Tariffs are a sub-category of taxes. Just like income tax, or wealth tax, or purchase tax? It’s not hard. Unless you are hard of thinking?

Tariffs are a sub-category of taxes.

Just like income tax, or wealth tax, or purchase tax?

It’s not hard. Unless you are hard of thinking?