Flora Coleman
Global financial services and tech policy, regulation, & growth
Formerly known as Flora-from-the-Lords in Westminster, and @floetry in ‘the bad place’.
Interested in global politics, tech, payments, banking, feminism, female health, DEI, AI, and dogs.
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- It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
- Omg I don’t understand why Harriet didn’t play it stupid?
- Reposted by Flora Coleman❤️🔥Tory sources confirm that Nadhim Zahawi made approaches to senior members of Kemi Badenoch's team about getting a peerage just weeks before defecting to Reform UK - but was turned down.
- Sometimes you read something so gloriously absurd you can't quite believe your eyes: Virtually anything you can think of qualify as “commodity futures contracts,” with three important exceptions: Securities Futures on “motion picture box office receipts” Onion HT @matt-levine.bsky.social
- Marty supreme - while a pretty compelling movie - I just couldn’t bear to finish it. TBH it started badly with the visual representation of conception. Not my cup of tea.
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- Watching the PM’s speech with Startup Coalition
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- Final full day at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.
- Watching Mrs America (which is UNMISSABLE btw) I’m reminded the US is only 250 years old - next year.
- ‘Too Much’ locations are outrageously stressful. Hoxton flat - Peckham rye pub - outside scene London Bridge Gah
- SXSW London: Here we go
- PSA nemaslug finally back in stock in the UK
- This is why I never fly the Irish budget airline, delayed flight yet they rack up about 10x £75 hand luggage check fees at the gate by squeezing the measurements 1cm. Priority though mandatory for overhead cabin luggage is pointless.
- Rewatching Hacks from the beginning so @guyopperman.bsky.social can catch up, so so so good.
- Thank you again @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com for the recco. 🙏🏼
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- Gosh this has been a lovely one! Happy Easter. X
- What is the point of the Oyster card readers when changing from the overground (windrush!) at either Whitechapel or Canada Water? Does it make a difference where you are coming from/going to?
- I know I’m late to the party, but by golly do I love Severance. It’s even held me up from starting the latest season of Hacks
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- Today’s connections? Pleasing.
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- Sunny spring seaside
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- Still obsessed with the fact that you can buy digital stamps in Ireland with no printing/collection needed, you just write a little code in the place where the stamp goes: www.anpost.com/Post-Parcels... Come on Royal Mail! HT to @finnmcredmond.bsky.social for this incredible info
- Spurred on by a post here, today I celebrated my baby making it to six months by donating blood. Thankfully due to having useful blood I get badgered quite a bit (ro antibodies are v useful for sickle cell) but hopefully this is your reminder to #giveblood
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- I just had my first MRI, boy they are scary until you remember you’re really f**king tired from a nearly 6 month old and a toddler so you just basically sleep
- Reposted by Flora ColemanWired has been fantastic recently. It’s really interesting that much of the best *political* reporting in the US is coming from tech journalists and tech-savvy reporters. Sort of reminds me of 2008-10 when a lot of the best political news was being broken by finance-savvy reporters.
- Update from WIRED head @katie-drummond.bsky.social. We're hosting a webinar for subscribers w/ our reporters and editors next Thursday, Feb 13 @ 1pm ET.
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- I’m booked in for an appointment three days after my c section exemption expires!
- 🚨🚨🚨 (Don't usually do this kinda thing BUT) BLOOD STOCKS ARE CRITICALLY LOW. If you can, give blood. ❤️ www.blood.co.uk/news-and-cam...
- You get to find out interesting things like this: www.blood.co.uk/why-give-blo...
- Reposted by Flora ColemanCostco is a warning to other corporations that the anti DEI drive would put them out of step with their shareholders, let alone their customers. Costco, thankfully, have their head screwed on right.
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- be more 'masculine' they said: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5qC...
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- I believe this needs regulation. Genuinely. It’s obscene, especially how it is advertised at purchase, and how suppliers can apply a subscription post purchase.
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- Yayyyy they fixed the mobile network on the Lizzie line (And yes I may be late to the party but I’m on parental leave….)
- On 30 December 2024 my amazing Mum, Her Honour Isobel Plumstead, died after a short but ferocious illness. She was an exceptional woman, both professionally and personally, who had a huge impact on so many people. We miss her very much.
- Times obituary: Her Honour Isobel Plumstead obituary: Leading family judge known for divorce case www.thetimes.com/article/2f57...
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- Reposted by Flora ColemanReally interesting long essay on Netflix & the streamers. www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
- Forgive the tmi but too often the reality of (female) life is not shared. I’m facing the reality of caring for my mother (in a wider amazing team!) whilst looking after my nearly five month old and enjoying the horrific deluge of my first post partum period which. It’s a privilege, and a curse.
- Thankfully I’m not working and my husband is doing a great job of holding the fort with the toddler, cat, and dog.
- But my golly. Happy holidays……..
- Happy Christmas. Predictably these are some of Kit’s favourite presents this year.
- Reposted by Flora ColemanWe have reached the “dressing up the dog” stage of Christmas 🎅 #zola #uptosnowgood
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- podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s... This episode is delightful, for those of you in need of some good distracting content
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- Reposted by Flora ColemanI'm still struggling to formulate the thought process where you have six peerages you can give to anyone wiling to sit for your party and you choose Toby Young.
- On my way to winter wonderland to go to Justin’s Christmas Singalong….
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- This makes me so mad: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...
- Reminds me of the time that I tried to cancel my Which? subscription. It was so freaking hard. I remember thinking, if the UK statutory consumer agency is so bad, there is no hope for any of us…
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- Yup.
- I go back to my strong call for a fast lane in London
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- Caring up and caring down is a privilege and a curse
