Mattmoo
@mattmoo16.bsky.social
Yorkshireman, Englishman, Brit, European. Nil illegitimi carborundum
Hi, I'm being made redundant by the University of Southampton at the end of this month. I'm desperately looking for work. I'll consider all offers but have particular skills in policy, strategy and research. I also have a consultancy service I offer. Please let me know if you hear of anything
Once again Trump is doing exactly what he would be doing if Putin had grotesque photos of Trump in compromising positions.
CNBC@cnbc.com · 2d agoU.S. has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Reuters
Bloody hell! The same age as me. I was the opposite of what you would call an admirer but that is young. Let the hagiographies commence. 'Newspaper columnist and broadcaster Rod Liddle has died aged 66 after a short illness.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Newspaper columnist and broadcaster Rod Liddle dies aged 66
The columnist died in hospital in Middlsbrough on Sunday.
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Fascinating change in BBC news bulletins about Reform. Farage announcement on small boats only gets the third spot and is balanced by critics saying he's trying to distract from allegations over his finances. Quite the change from the uncritical coverage earlier this year.
I can’t believe that Reform UK turned out to be financed by a bunch of money laundering fronts for Russia. It’s just so unexpected.
LIVE SHOW PART ONE Is out now. We talk all things Trump, tariffs, bridges, explosive diarrhoea, and more with Rick Wilson and Maya May. 🎧👇 open.spotify.com/episode/0Vhv...
The Authoritarian Playbook LIVE: Part 1
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Reform's vote share in Greater Manchester went from 31% in the local elections in May to 21% in the Mayoral election. I can only think of five million reasons for this.
The good news is that people really love the audiobook version of Notorious. The even better news is that as of today, it's an absolute flipping bargain! www.audible.co.uk/pd/Notorious...
Greater Manchester Mayoral by-election: Final result after both rounds of voting: Bev Craig (Labour): 309,525 (66.3%) SIan Astley (ReformUK ): 157,178 (33.7%) The Right really don’t do well with proportional representation.
It's my birthday on Sunday and my 12 year old nephew made me this excellent Lego scene. Now we're going to watch Backrooms. Happy days.
The FIFA proposals are so bad that even Lisa Nandy has issued a statement!! 😳
We only rate dogs. This is a bed bug. She's very cute, and we actually wouldn't mind an infestation of this particular bed bug. But please only send dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (TT: lekik25)
I believe this as well and it has changed profoundly how I see various periods in history, too.
The Fig Economy@figgityfigs.bsky.social · last wk.One of my Crank Theories of Everything, at least of Everything in the Recent Past, is that we are dealing (badly) with COVID trauma we’d mostly prefer to pretend never happened.
If they took him hostage, would anyone pay the ransom?
Henry Mance@henrymance.ft.com · last wk.update: Chris Philp has invaded France.
As though Farage has any worthwhile contribution to offer to the social care debate. Might as well ask my gerbil to answer the Schleswig Holstein question.
Sensible policy klaxon 🚨 Currently, if a 16 year old chooses to stay in school/college, their family can keep claiming benefits as before (notably child benefit). If they opt for an apprenticeship, the benefits stop. The system discourages apprenticeships. The DWP just announced a fix 🧵
Re the Emily Wilson discourse - her Dad (A N Wilson) was the king of literary feuds. A good family tradition. Best one was his feud with Bevis Hillier who hoaxed him into including a fake letter in his biography of Bejteman where the first letter of each sentence spelt "AN Wilson is a shit".
2019 - Boris Johnson announced his 'ready made plan for social care'. 2019 - No tax rises in Tory manifesto. 2021 - Johnson to increase NI by 1.25% to fund social care 2022 - Truss cancels NI increase 2024 - Tories leave social care problem to Labour to sort out 2026 - Tories whine over cost.
2. Law of Gravity - Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible place in the universe.
the oval office looks like it was molested by liberace’s bedroom.
This remains the greatest video on the internet. youtu.be/aGguPXnnw6E?...
Black history month on BT sport
YouTube video by Sultan Iqbal
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