Rupert Matthews
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Rupert Matthews
@rupertmatthews.bsky.social
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I am an historian who is currently ReformUK Police & Crime Commissioner for Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland. Keen on history & breakfast. This a personal account which contains my own views not the official account of the Police nor of the OPCC.
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The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 took a dramatic turn on this date when Bela Kiraly led the Hungarian militia in an assault on Communist Party HQ. In response the Soviets invad Hungary. Kiraly escaped to USA. He returned in 1990s to become an MP. www.theguardian.com/world/2009/j...
Obituary: Béla Király
Obituary: Hungarian army chief turned scholar, he tried to resist the 1956 Soviet invasion
www.theguardian.com
An enjoyable & rewarding evening speaking at this evening’s meeting of @ReformHaB. Some great questions & responses to my speech calling for a restoration of Sir Robert Peel’s principles of policing 👍🏻
The final stretch of the M25 (the section between junctions 22 to 23) was opened on 29October 1986 by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. www.m25traffic.co.uk/maps/map-of-...
Map of All M25 Motorway Junctions
M25 Maps. Map of all M25 motorway junctions.
www.m25traffic.co.uk
You go to the wrong sort of pub.
28 October - On this day in 1940 Italy invaded Greece, which began the Balkan campaigns of World War II. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-I...
Greco-Italian War - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
The problem with labelling clumsy wording of a legitimate view as “racism” is that when real racism comes along you will have no words left to describe it.
The first battleship sunk in World War I went down in this day in 1914 when the war was not yet 3 months old - HMS Audacious, the Royal Navy’s newest battleship. m.youtube.com/watch?v=OaA3...
The Sinking of the battleship HMS Audacious
YouTube video by Coast Monkey
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It was an honour today to attend the Justice Service for #Rutland and subsequent crown court session. Great to hear so many readings from #MagnaCarta, the foundation stone of English Liberty 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
24 October - Supersonic airliner Concorde made its final commercial flight on this day in 2003. Concorde remains the only viable supersonic passenger aircraft ever to take to the skies. www.concordesst.com
CONCORDE SST - The Definitive Concorde Aircraft Site on the Internet
www.concordesst.com
I think Commando War Library did a special on the subject once.
22 October - Thomas Edison demonstrated his electric light bulb for the first time on this date in 1879. www.fi.edu/en/history-r...
www.fi.edu
Finally today to the fine Coach & Horses in Briton Street London W1 to meet the redoubtable Bill Cash (former MP for Stone) to ask about the degree of wokeness in UK policing. www.coachandhorsesmayfair.co.uk
And so to Parliament for a meeting with @BenMaguireMP (LibDem shadow attorney general) to discuss police disciplinary procedures. @LibDems
Digital IDs are a cynical attempt to fool the voters that the government is doing something about illegal immigration
In reality, digital IDs will have zero impact on illegal migration or illegal working.
This will only impinge on the freedoms of law-abiding Brits
News that HMP #Leicester is the 5th most overcrowded prison in the country underscores the failure of successive governments to get to grips with our crumbling criminal justice system. Or even decided what prisons are for - punishment or rehabilitation. howardleague.org/prisons/leic...
The Howard League | Leicester
Information about Leicester prison
howardleague.org
Trafalgar Day. On this date in 1805 Admiral Horacio Nelson crushed a combined Franco-Spanish Fleet st the Battle of Trafalgar, but was killed doing so. www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-lat...
www.royalnavy.mod.uk
I’ve had an Enjoyable #Diwali2025 🪔 on Belgrave Road in #Leicester. A shame that safety concerns led to the lack of fireworks but the crowds seemed to be having plenty of fun. My thanks to the organisers & Radio Utsav. Also thanks to the officers & PCSOs of @leicspolice
The end of an era! On this date in 1827 was fought the Battle of Navarino - the last battle between wooden ships of war. It saw the defeat of a Turkish fleet by a UK-French-Russian squadron and led to the independence of Greece 🇬🇷

www.rmg.co.uk/collections/...
The Battle of Navarino, 20 October 1827 | Royal Museums Greenwich
www.rmg.co.uk
Walking through #London on my way to a conference on the important subject of Public Trust & Confidence in 🇬🇧 Police, and I see #Chinatown is looking good for the breakfast crowd.
A tornado ripped through the city of London On this date in 1091. It came from the southwest to destroy 600 houses and two churches in a matter of minutes.
londonist.com/london/histo...
Ever Heard Of The Great Tornado Of London?
600 houses destroyed.
londonist.com