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Paul Cotterill

Carers’ Agency: Five years on

[I wrote this five year ago today. A heavily sanitized form of it was published in Tortoise, though it’s now gone. So I thought I’d put the…

8h ago

8h ago

In praise of The Peasants (for World Book Day)

There are some books that stay with you for a long time, maybe for ever, because something about them makes your fingers tingle as you turn…

Mar 6

Mar 6

On ‘grooming gangs’

Ten years ago, when I was working directly in child safeguarding and the fostering of racial hatred was still a minority sport linited to…

Jan 5

Jan 5

A note on becoming a footnote to an endnote

Update 05/01/2024:

Jan 3

A note on becoming a footnote to an endnote

Jan 3

On the Byline Times ‘A Class’ shares offer

I was interested to get an email on Christmas Eve asking if I wanted to buy newly “diluted” ordinary shares in Byline Times, the (mostly)…

Dec 26, 2024

Dec 26, 2024

The strange case of the Shops Act 1950 and the Sunday Trading Act 1994

In strange but true news….

Dec 1, 2024

The strange case of the Shops Act 1950 and the Sunday Trading Act 1994

Dec 1, 2024

How we might get back to freedom of movement

[Expanded a bit from tweet thread]

Aug 29, 2024

How we might get back to freedom of movement

Aug 29, 2024

Letter to OFCOM re: Online Safety Act 2023 use(draft)

As is my standard, I will send this letter myself if nobody with a better profile than me chooses to do so (with any edits they wish)…

Aug 19, 2024

Aug 19, 2024

The future of the post-Corbyn left (part 1 of 4): From free hit to free ride

The Ming Vase has nearly crossed the floor

Jul 4, 2024

Jul 4, 2024

Good skills (May 2020)

A frontline care worker sends a letter from lockdown, on the quiet vow he has made that his work matters

May 23, 2024

May 23, 2024

Paul Cotterill

Paul Cotterill

Secretary General, Habermasian Labour (UK). Indefatigably focused on the promotion of ethical discourse in the public sphere, except when there's cricket.

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