Matt Wright
@matt-wr.bsky.social
Software guy. Woke, environmentally conscious, liberal dad. LGBTQIA+ ally
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Liz Truss is in Hungary.
And she tweeted this without a shred of apparent irony.
It's her friends and family I feel sorry for.
And she tweeted this without a shred of apparent irony.
It's her friends and family I feel sorry for.
June 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Liz Truss is in Hungary.
And she tweeted this without a shred of apparent irony.
It's her friends and family I feel sorry for.
And she tweeted this without a shred of apparent irony.
It's her friends and family I feel sorry for.
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May 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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This is an incredible story when you read it and discover what actually happened was:
- Lammy paid in advance
- The driver tried to extort him for a massive tip
- Drove off with his luggage
- At somepoint clocked he was a VIP
- Is now selling the story to The Sun.
- Lammy paid in advance
- The driver tried to extort him for a massive tip
- Drove off with his luggage
- At somepoint clocked he was a VIP
- Is now selling the story to The Sun.
May 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This is an incredible story when you read it and discover what actually happened was:
- Lammy paid in advance
- The driver tried to extort him for a massive tip
- Drove off with his luggage
- At somepoint clocked he was a VIP
- Is now selling the story to The Sun.
- Lammy paid in advance
- The driver tried to extort him for a massive tip
- Drove off with his luggage
- At somepoint clocked he was a VIP
- Is now selling the story to The Sun.
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Reform is a Limited Company
Farage owns 53%
It was formed in 2019 to push for a “no-deal Brexit”
It wants to reintroduce the Liz Truss budget
It wants to privatise the NHS
& invest in fossil fuels
Close the BBC
& break International law
It’s a scam
Please retweet widely
Farage owns 53%
It was formed in 2019 to push for a “no-deal Brexit”
It wants to reintroduce the Liz Truss budget
It wants to privatise the NHS
& invest in fossil fuels
Close the BBC
& break International law
It’s a scam
Please retweet widely
May 16, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Reform is a Limited Company
Farage owns 53%
It was formed in 2019 to push for a “no-deal Brexit”
It wants to reintroduce the Liz Truss budget
It wants to privatise the NHS
& invest in fossil fuels
Close the BBC
& break International law
It’s a scam
Please retweet widely
Farage owns 53%
It was formed in 2019 to push for a “no-deal Brexit”
It wants to reintroduce the Liz Truss budget
It wants to privatise the NHS
& invest in fossil fuels
Close the BBC
& break International law
It’s a scam
Please retweet widely
100%. I expected so much better. There is no justification for this right wing crap. I voted for labour hoping for more compassion than the tories gave us, but this is as bad or worse
Hard to say how disappointing this morning‘s speech really was. Morally AND intellectually.
Agree with every line here by @iandunt.bsky.social 👇
Agree with every line here by @iandunt.bsky.social 👇
Starmer is as bad as those who came before him. What a bitter disappointment
Echoing the far right on immigration, his moral and intellectual stature has fallen away
inews.co.uk
May 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
100%. I expected so much better. There is no justification for this right wing crap. I voted for labour hoping for more compassion than the tories gave us, but this is as bad or worse
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1. This is Piles Copse, the largest remaining fragment of high-ground temperate rainforest on Dartmoor. It’s a tiny speck of green in a dismal, human-made desert. Prepare yourselves for a story of breathtaking perversity, told in this thread. (There’s a one-page version at the bottom). 🧵
May 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
1. This is Piles Copse, the largest remaining fragment of high-ground temperate rainforest on Dartmoor. It’s a tiny speck of green in a dismal, human-made desert. Prepare yourselves for a story of breathtaking perversity, told in this thread. (There’s a one-page version at the bottom). 🧵
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Here's Gary Stevenson calling for a return to the 1970s, when the top rate of tax was 98%. But did the rich ever pay it?
We spoke to 1970s tax dodgers and ex-HMRC staff & and crunched the data.
A 🧵, but here's a spoiler: the rich pay more tax *now*.
We spoke to 1970s tax dodgers and ex-HMRC staff & and crunched the data.
A 🧵, but here's a spoiler: the rich pay more tax *now*.
May 8, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Here's Gary Stevenson calling for a return to the 1970s, when the top rate of tax was 98%. But did the rich ever pay it?
We spoke to 1970s tax dodgers and ex-HMRC staff & and crunched the data.
A 🧵, but here's a spoiler: the rich pay more tax *now*.
We spoke to 1970s tax dodgers and ex-HMRC staff & and crunched the data.
A 🧵, but here's a spoiler: the rich pay more tax *now*.
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The BBC is institutionally biased towards the right and the far right, and here's the proof: the results of an almost perfect before-and-after experiment.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC is utterly beholden to the right. Why else would it fear a podcast about heat pumps? | George Monbiot
The broadcaster behaves like Starmer’s government: suppress the left, cave to your critics, and undermine your own survival, writes Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The BBC is institutionally biased towards the right and the far right, and here's the proof: the results of an almost perfect before-and-after experiment.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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1. There has been a major effort by that old combination – big business and the far right – to diss foods derived from plants. The meat lobby invests big time in misinformation. And the far right hates “soyboys”, while associating itself with red meat-eating. It's a match made in hell. 🧵
April 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
1. There has been a major effort by that old combination – big business and the far right – to diss foods derived from plants. The meat lobby invests big time in misinformation. And the far right hates “soyboys”, while associating itself with red meat-eating. It's a match made in hell. 🧵
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“Isn’t it obvious?” The history of defining the sexes
As arguments continue over how to define a woman, we look at the history of identifying and distinguishing genders in the British Isles
@northeastbylines.co.uk
As arguments continue over how to define a woman, we look at the history of identifying and distinguishing genders in the British Isles
@northeastbylines.co.uk
“Isn’t it obvious?” The history of defining the sexes
As arguments continue over how to define a woman, we look at the history of identifying and distinguishing genders in the British Isles
northeastbylines.co.uk
April 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“Isn’t it obvious?” The history of defining the sexes
As arguments continue over how to define a woman, we look at the history of identifying and distinguishing genders in the British Isles
@northeastbylines.co.uk
As arguments continue over how to define a woman, we look at the history of identifying and distinguishing genders in the British Isles
@northeastbylines.co.uk
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The government has been busy making new laws.
Lots of them. Across rail, education, planning, environment, housing...
But most people have not noticed. So, here’s a very handy roundup of progress/changes, including a full list of those new laws and which ones have already had royal assent. 👇
Lots of them. Across rail, education, planning, environment, housing...
But most people have not noticed. So, here’s a very handy roundup of progress/changes, including a full list of those new laws and which ones have already had royal assent. 👇
Nine months in power: how does Labour’s legislative plan look?
Since the election, the government has been busy making new laws, but most people have not noticed. So, here’s a roundup of progress.
eastangliabylines.co.uk
April 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The government has been busy making new laws.
Lots of them. Across rail, education, planning, environment, housing...
But most people have not noticed. So, here’s a very handy roundup of progress/changes, including a full list of those new laws and which ones have already had royal assent. 👇
Lots of them. Across rail, education, planning, environment, housing...
But most people have not noticed. So, here’s a very handy roundup of progress/changes, including a full list of those new laws and which ones have already had royal assent. 👇
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✍️ Rebuilding politics: countering the far right with community empowerment
Empowering young people, building communities and engaging with politics at the local level are key to addressing the UK’s wealth inequality
By Brian McDaid
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Empowering young people, building communities and engaging with politics at the local level are key to addressing the UK’s wealth inequality
By Brian McDaid
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Rebuilding politics: countering the far right with community empowerment
Empowering young people, building communities and engaging with politics at the local level are key to addressing the UK’s wealth inequality
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
April 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
✍️ Rebuilding politics: countering the far right with community empowerment
Empowering young people, building communities and engaging with politics at the local level are key to addressing the UK’s wealth inequality
By Brian McDaid
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Empowering young people, building communities and engaging with politics at the local level are key to addressing the UK’s wealth inequality
By Brian McDaid
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
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London’s diversity is not a weakness, it’s one of our greatest strengths.
But there are some who seek to sow division and spread hate in our city.
This is what we’re doing about it ⬇️
But there are some who seek to sow division and spread hate in our city.
This is what we’re doing about it ⬇️
April 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
London’s diversity is not a weakness, it’s one of our greatest strengths.
But there are some who seek to sow division and spread hate in our city.
This is what we’re doing about it ⬇️
But there are some who seek to sow division and spread hate in our city.
This is what we’re doing about it ⬇️
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Labour voters aren’t just disappointed – they feel gaslit. From Europe to benefits, the party speaks in riddles. Is it time to walk away? But where do their disillusioned voters go now – left, right or out?
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @peterthurlow.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @peterthurlow.bsky.social
Show us some love, Labour, or it’s all over between us
Starmer's caution frustrates Labour’s base – timid policies, broken promises, and no bold vision in sight
eastangliabylines.co.uk
April 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Labour voters aren’t just disappointed – they feel gaslit. From Europe to benefits, the party speaks in riddles. Is it time to walk away? But where do their disillusioned voters go now – left, right or out?
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @peterthurlow.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @peterthurlow.bsky.social
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💥 There will be a debate in parliament on 24th April, on the trading relationship with EU, exquisitely timed to be a month before the big summit between VdL and Starmer. Please share if you feel you can (or simply write to your own MP!). hey-mp.uk?c=debate 🇪🇺🇬🇧
Hey MP! 🙋 from Best for Britain
Reach out to your MP quickly and easily.
hey-mp.uk
April 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
💥 There will be a debate in parliament on 24th April, on the trading relationship with EU, exquisitely timed to be a month before the big summit between VdL and Starmer. Please share if you feel you can (or simply write to your own MP!). hey-mp.uk?c=debate 🇪🇺🇬🇧
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I want to say this again, and clearly.
I spoke to three KCs, and we were formally advised by two, at Premier League sets who said FWS's case was clearly wrong, and one said not even arguable. 1/2
I spoke to three KCs, and we were formally advised by two, at Premier League sets who said FWS's case was clearly wrong, and one said not even arguable. 1/2
April 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I want to say this again, and clearly.
I spoke to three KCs, and we were formally advised by two, at Premier League sets who said FWS's case was clearly wrong, and one said not even arguable. 1/2
I spoke to three KCs, and we were formally advised by two, at Premier League sets who said FWS's case was clearly wrong, and one said not even arguable. 1/2
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🚨 We need your help! A debate on our trading relationship with the EU has been secured by Andrew Lewin MP.
We need your MP to attend and drive our message home that closer ties with the EU should be the government’s priority.
Email yours now 👇
We need your MP to attend and drive our message home that closer ties with the EU should be the government’s priority.
Email yours now 👇
Hey MP! 🙋 from Best for Britain
Reach out to your MP quickly and easily.
buff.ly
April 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
🚨 We need your help! A debate on our trading relationship with the EU has been secured by Andrew Lewin MP.
We need your MP to attend and drive our message home that closer ties with the EU should be the government’s priority.
Email yours now 👇
We need your MP to attend and drive our message home that closer ties with the EU should be the government’s priority.
Email yours now 👇
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‘The Culture War is Dead: Long Live the Culture War’
Julian Petley explains why the University of Sussex 'freedom of expression' case is so concerning
Julian Petley explains why the University of Sussex 'freedom of expression' case is so concerning
‘The Culture War is Dead: Long Live the Culture War’
Julian Petley explains why the University of Sussex 'freedom of expression' case is so concerning
bylinetimes.com
April 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
‘The Culture War is Dead: Long Live the Culture War’
Julian Petley explains why the University of Sussex 'freedom of expression' case is so concerning
Julian Petley explains why the University of Sussex 'freedom of expression' case is so concerning
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So on March 9, a French scientist, on a visa to attend a conference in Houston, was denied entry to the US and subsequently expelled because his phone had messages decrying scientific policies put forward by the Trump administration: www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
Etats-Unis : un chercheur français refoulé pour avoir exprimé « une opinion personnelle sur la politique menée par l’administration Trump »
Le ministre de la recherche français a dit sa « préoccupation », mercredi, après cette décision des autorités américaines. Le chercheur du CNRS aurait subi un contrôle aléatoire à son arrivée, avant q...
www.lemonde.fr
March 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
So on March 9, a French scientist, on a visa to attend a conference in Houston, was denied entry to the US and subsequently expelled because his phone had messages decrying scientific policies put forward by the Trump administration: www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
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⛔️ BREAKING: Yet Another Celeb Writes Lazy Children's Book.
👇🏻 Please watch, like and share this important update using the hashtag #BrokenNews.
youtu.be/MHNhvA9nL4I?...
👇🏻 Please watch, like and share this important update using the hashtag #BrokenNews.
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Another Celeb Writes Lazy Children's Book - #BrokenNews
YouTube video by Larry & Paul
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March 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
⛔️ BREAKING: Yet Another Celeb Writes Lazy Children's Book.
👇🏻 Please watch, like and share this important update using the hashtag #BrokenNews.
youtu.be/MHNhvA9nL4I?...
👇🏻 Please watch, like and share this important update using the hashtag #BrokenNews.
youtu.be/MHNhvA9nL4I?...
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Terrific resignation letter by Anneliese Dodds, this.
February 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Terrific resignation letter by Anneliese Dodds, this.
My grandpa read the Telegraph every day. I think he'd be ashamed of what it's become.
The Daily Trumpygraph reports after an exhausting day of Trump,
Good morning.
Good morning.
January 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
My grandpa read the Telegraph every day. I think he'd be ashamed of what it's become.
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To me the cool thing about this image is that the sprinkling of blue stars are in the foreground, some 5 million light years away, while all those gorgeous colorful swirly galaxies are almost unimaginably more distant, out in the far depths of the cosmos. More info: www.stsci.edu/contents/med...
Oh come ON now. This new JWST image is just ASTOUNDING.
I feel like I’m falling looking into it, and that I would fall forever, and that I would enjoy it.
NASA, ESA, CSA, K. McQuinn (STScI), J. DePasquale (STScI)
I feel like I’m falling looking into it, and that I would fall forever, and that I would enjoy it.
NASA, ESA, CSA, K. McQuinn (STScI), J. DePasquale (STScI)
January 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
To me the cool thing about this image is that the sprinkling of blue stars are in the foreground, some 5 million light years away, while all those gorgeous colorful swirly galaxies are almost unimaginably more distant, out in the far depths of the cosmos. More info: www.stsci.edu/contents/med...
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@iandunt.bsky.social @dorianlynskey.bsky.social thought you'd enjoy this: a YouTube video investigating Elon Musk's Diablo character being ranked one of the best in the world. Bet you can't guess the conclusion. (Who are we kidding, course you can)
youtu.be/FmEe3eUPWq4?...
youtu.be/FmEe3eUPWq4?...
Elon Musk is Lying About Being Good at Video Games
YouTube video by Quin69TV
youtu.be
January 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
@iandunt.bsky.social @dorianlynskey.bsky.social thought you'd enjoy this: a YouTube video investigating Elon Musk's Diablo character being ranked one of the best in the world. Bet you can't guess the conclusion. (Who are we kidding, course you can)
youtu.be/FmEe3eUPWq4?...
youtu.be/FmEe3eUPWq4?...