Matt
@mattdg.bsky.social
Lfc fan, likes hiking, reading, podcasts, and politics.
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“and in other news, President Trump has ordered the bombing of Venezuela”
“Caracas?”
“not according to his doctors”
“Caracas?”
“not according to his doctors”
January 3, 2026 at 8:10 AM
“and in other news, President Trump has ordered the bombing of Venezuela”
“Caracas?”
“not according to his doctors”
“Caracas?”
“not according to his doctors”
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Charlotte Nichols MP (Labour, Warrington North) says AI-generated sexual harassment must be the final straw for the UK government using X
A growing number of Labour MPs thought this needed a proper review last year: next week may see this cut through
Misogyny is an official priority of this gvt
A growing number of Labour MPs thought this needed a proper review last year: next week may see this cut through
Misogyny is an official priority of this gvt
There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
NEW: People are using Elon Musk's chatbot, Grok, to alter images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
January 2, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Charlotte Nichols MP (Labour, Warrington North) says AI-generated sexual harassment must be the final straw for the UK government using X
A growing number of Labour MPs thought this needed a proper review last year: next week may see this cut through
Misogyny is an official priority of this gvt
A growing number of Labour MPs thought this needed a proper review last year: next week may see this cut through
Misogyny is an official priority of this gvt
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Having had a day to think through everything about El-Fattah, here's where I stand. Yes, it's possible to believe all of these things at once! In fact, it really shouldn't be that hard.
December 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Having had a day to think through everything about El-Fattah, here's where I stand. Yes, it's possible to believe all of these things at once! In fact, it really shouldn't be that hard.
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Snow in Llanfair-Dyffryn-Clwyd, Denbighshire, 2024, photo by Ruth Davies.
December 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Snow in Llanfair-Dyffryn-Clwyd, Denbighshire, 2024, photo by Ruth Davies.
Oh dear, nodded off with aus 6 wickets down and woke up to eng 4 wickets down.
December 26, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Oh dear, nodded off with aus 6 wickets down and woke up to eng 4 wickets down.
Excellent bowling from tongue, glad I've stayed up for this.
December 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Excellent bowling from tongue, glad I've stayed up for this.
Watching ashes in bed, 3 times eyes start to close 3 times wicket falls.
December 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Watching ashes in bed, 3 times eyes start to close 3 times wicket falls.
@duncanweldon.bsky.social you watching this good start by england?
December 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
@duncanweldon.bsky.social you watching this good start by england?
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What has the Labour Government ever done for us?
Well - read on 👇
A very Merry Christmas 🎄 and a peaceful New Year to all.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Well - read on 👇
A very Merry Christmas 🎄 and a peaceful New Year to all.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Let me tell you the good things the government has done in 2025 – because it certainly won’t | Polly Toynbee
It’s all there: more apprenticeships, more rights for workers and renters – and most of all, a focus on children. What a shame Labour wavers about saying so, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
What has the Labour Government ever done for us?
Well - read on 👇
A very Merry Christmas 🎄 and a peaceful New Year to all.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Well - read on 👇
A very Merry Christmas 🎄 and a peaceful New Year to all.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Musk talking about fighting falsehoods on his platform. One hour before he'd amplified a falsehood to millions of people. Nobody died in that incident, caused by a drunk driver. No community note, no correction.
December 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Musk talking about fighting falsehoods on his platform. One hour before he'd amplified a falsehood to millions of people. Nobody died in that incident, caused by a drunk driver. No community note, no correction.
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'We have historically high welfare spending.' No we don't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
'We have historically high welfare spending.' No we don't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
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Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
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Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
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Labour's Budget is for every street in Britain.
👉 Cutting energy bills
👉 Lifting children out of poverty
👉 Rebuilding public services
While our opponents hide behind cheap, divisive politics, we're getting on with the job: changing Britain.
👉 Cutting energy bills
👉 Lifting children out of poverty
👉 Rebuilding public services
While our opponents hide behind cheap, divisive politics, we're getting on with the job: changing Britain.
November 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Labour's Budget is for every street in Britain.
👉 Cutting energy bills
👉 Lifting children out of poverty
👉 Rebuilding public services
While our opponents hide behind cheap, divisive politics, we're getting on with the job: changing Britain.
👉 Cutting energy bills
👉 Lifting children out of poverty
👉 Rebuilding public services
While our opponents hide behind cheap, divisive politics, we're getting on with the job: changing Britain.
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Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.
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Speaker Mike Johnson vs Sergeant Schultz from Hogan's Heroes -- who knows less about what's going on?
November 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Speaker Mike Johnson vs Sergeant Schultz from Hogan's Heroes -- who knows less about what's going on?
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Proud of our diverse country.
And all the people working hard to overturn 14 years of Tory misrule, whatever their background.
❤️🇬🇧
And all the people working hard to overturn 14 years of Tory misrule, whatever their background.
❤️🇬🇧
October 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Proud of our diverse country.
And all the people working hard to overturn 14 years of Tory misrule, whatever their background.
❤️🇬🇧
And all the people working hard to overturn 14 years of Tory misrule, whatever their background.
❤️🇬🇧
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Byline has become one of the most important sources of news in the country! Amazing what a difference it makes when you're not owned/controlled by a foreign billionaire x
October 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Byline has become one of the most important sources of news in the country! Amazing what a difference it makes when you're not owned/controlled by a foreign billionaire x
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Can someone ask Farage or Zia Yusuf why, if they're so concerned about incitement to violence, they had Lucy Connolly as a guest star at their conference?
October 1, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Can someone ask Farage or Zia Yusuf why, if they're so concerned about incitement to violence, they had Lucy Connolly as a guest star at their conference?
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If you don’t like being called a racist, maybe don’t make a career of saying things that appeal to racists, don’t create a political party that keeps attracting racist candidates, don’t fawn over racist world leaders, and don’t make a convicted racist the guest of honour at your party conference.
September 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
If you don’t like being called a racist, maybe don’t make a career of saying things that appeal to racists, don’t create a political party that keeps attracting racist candidates, don’t fawn over racist world leaders, and don’t make a convicted racist the guest of honour at your party conference.
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Snowflake. Farage doesn’t like to be held to account for his racist policies, his divisive rhetoric and his grifter politics - well bad luck because there is lots more to come www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Nigel Farage: Labour rhetoric incites violence against Reform
The party leader will claim today that Keir Starmer’s labelling of his migrant plan as ‘racist’ has endangered the safety of his candidates and activists
www.thetimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Snowflake. Farage doesn’t like to be held to account for his racist policies, his divisive rhetoric and his grifter politics - well bad luck because there is lots more to come www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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September 29, 2025 at 10:54 PM