Michelle Cook Author
@cookiem72.bsky.social
Eco worrier | novelist | Co-Editor-in-Chief @westenglandbylines.co.uk | Debut novel Tipping Point Genre Winner 2022 Page Turner Awards. Views my own. https://www.michellecookauthor.com
Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none.
There are a few hilarious aspects to this article, the first of which is that it’s filed under ‘health’. People are going to nail salons, spending time and money ‘with the goal of looking as if they'd never been there at all’. Peak 2026 human… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Classy or classist? How bare nails became a hot issue
Bare nails - or nails that appear that way - are a growing trend. But is it as innocent as it seems?
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K. Off you pop, then Billionaire Man United owner says he has lost confidence in the UK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Big Oil, with help from ‘conservatives’ is covering its arse on climate change youtu.be/J-CjaGC2hmE?...
The $50 Billion Lawsuit Big Oil Doesn't Want You To See
YouTube video by Status Coup News
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Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
"Coming over here and taking our wickets" is fucking brilliant patter. Also, fuck racists. ✌️
Michelle Cook Author@cookiem72.bsky.social · last mo.How it’s going… www.lbc.co.uk/article/port...
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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People who don’t know the difference between ‘entomology’ and ‘etymology’ bug us in ways we cannot put into words.
Back in the 1980s as a young idealistic student, I believed in the power of rational democratic politics to make the world a better place. Today I find myself cheering on a man dressed as a bin in a by-election.
Count Binface on the Clacton by-election on US TV, "If Nigel Farage strikes me down electorally I will become more powerful than he can possibly imagine" "Because the parliamentary committee will look into his £5 million unconditional gift" "But he didn't declare it"
A few years ago, I wrote some books about what it might be like if the world was on fire. Now the world (at least, my world) is on fire, I have complicated feelings about them. Here’s the first book. amzn.eu/d/08oKrUmb
Tipping Point
Tipping Point eBook : Cook, Michelle: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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Reform council tells volunteers to leave Durham park “None of us ever imagined that caring for a public park would lead to the threat of legal action” northeastbylines.co.uk/region/count...
Reform council tells volunteers to leave Durham park
“None of us ever imagined that caring for a public park would lead to the threat of legal action ”
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I know he has a lot on, but in the midst of a ferocious drought, fires, heat events and severe threats to food production, it would be quite edifying to hear Andy Burnham mention climate breakdown.
Well, if Burnham hasn’t yet, he just needs one conversation with this guy about storytelling youtu.be/GK24thp_2Qo?...
A New American Dream: James Talarico's Full Policy Address
YouTube video by James Talarico
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I’d like to ask Burnham what the fuck is ‘pragmatic’ about throwing out more fossil fuels when the world is already on fire???
Furious that Chris Nolan would disregard historical accuracy in adapting The Odyssey by making a "movie" with "cameras" instead of memorizing the entire story and then going on a nationwide tour to sing it to us while tripping on ergotized barley
Nigel Farage's press conference is just a whole lot of crying about how he's "the real victim" despite his long, long, long history of publicly dehumanizing minorities and fighting to strip away their civil rights. What a weiner. What a small, pathetic man.
Congratulations @andyburnham.bsky.social! 🎉🎉🎉 Now for electoral reform. If you don’t change the way the sausage is made you just keep on getting the same sausages
I have many issues with Keir Starmer. But his response to Nigel Farage in the House of Commons today was dignified, firm and quietly powerful. It exposed Farage for the shallow and heartless opportunist he is. Could we please see much more like this from the government.