Matt Birnie
@mattbirnie.bsky.social
Drummer, gamer, politics nerd
Labour boy🌹
Labour boy🌹
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That's now 23 ex-Tory MPs who have joined Nigel Farage’s Reform...
January 15, 2026 at 12:35 PM
That's now 23 ex-Tory MPs who have joined Nigel Farage’s Reform...
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Starmer should try this as the communications strategy after the next relaunch.
The interview with Legend in the Radio Times is absolutely brilliant
January 13, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Starmer should try this as the communications strategy after the next relaunch.
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🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer has been boycotting X since the Government intervened in the Grok row
He has been posting consistently on Facebook and Instagram, but hasn't posted on X since 8 January
He has been posting consistently on Facebook and Instagram, but hasn't posted on X since 8 January
January 12, 2026 at 8:21 PM
🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer has been boycotting X since the Government intervened in the Grok row
He has been posting consistently on Facebook and Instagram, but hasn't posted on X since 8 January
He has been posting consistently on Facebook and Instagram, but hasn't posted on X since 8 January
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I find the endless, often pointless drama that has typified UK politics coverage for a decade as draining & unedifying as anyone. But, *as of now* & by every relevant measure, Starmer’s position is perilously close to untenable. Of course people are planning for a future where he’s no longer leader.
November 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I find the endless, often pointless drama that has typified UK politics coverage for a decade as draining & unedifying as anyone. But, *as of now* & by every relevant measure, Starmer’s position is perilously close to untenable. Of course people are planning for a future where he’s no longer leader.
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Have written about Liz Truss, the free speech warrior, threatening to sue Keir Starmer for defamation.
That’s actually good news for No10. What’s bad, is that the bond markets appear to be back in their 1970s role: a sword of Damocles over a Labour government.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
That’s actually good news for No10. What’s bad, is that the bond markets appear to be back in their 1970s role: a sword of Damocles over a Labour government.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
Liz Truss- freedom of speech warrior- threatens to sue Keir Starmer for defamation.
More importantly, Rachel Reeves' problems are getting worse: it's starting to feel a bit 70s.
open.substack.com
January 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Have written about Liz Truss, the free speech warrior, threatening to sue Keir Starmer for defamation.
That’s actually good news for No10. What’s bad, is that the bond markets appear to be back in their 1970s role: a sword of Damocles over a Labour government.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
That’s actually good news for No10. What’s bad, is that the bond markets appear to be back in their 1970s role: a sword of Damocles over a Labour government.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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just another concerned patriotic Brit signing the petition
November 25, 2024 at 12:35 PM
just another concerned patriotic Brit signing the petition
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November 22, 2024 at 9:57 AM
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Reform MP James McMurdock (won his seat by 98 votes) didn't disclose his conviction for assaulting his partner before the GE
He went on to describe it as a "teenage indiscretion"
The Times now reveals he "kicked his girlfriend" repeatedly
Thoughts?
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
He went on to describe it as a "teenage indiscretion"
The Times now reveals he "kicked his girlfriend" repeatedly
Thoughts?
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
Reform UK MP jailed for 'repeatedly kicking his ex girlfriend'
He had not publicly disclosed the conviction before he was elected as an MP and downplayed the attack as a “teenage indiscretion”.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 22, 2024 at 9:49 AM
Reform MP James McMurdock (won his seat by 98 votes) didn't disclose his conviction for assaulting his partner before the GE
He went on to describe it as a "teenage indiscretion"
The Times now reveals he "kicked his girlfriend" repeatedly
Thoughts?
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
He went on to describe it as a "teenage indiscretion"
The Times now reveals he "kicked his girlfriend" repeatedly
Thoughts?
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget
November 23, 2024 at 12:34 PM
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget
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John Prescott was a politician both behind and ahead of his time. Considered too bluff and old Labour to reach to the very top in the 90s, today his authenticity and class credentials would have been perfect to fight Farage and populism. Labour needs more like him.
November 21, 2024 at 9:31 AM
John Prescott was a politician both behind and ahead of his time. Considered too bluff and old Labour to reach to the very top in the 90s, today his authenticity and class credentials would have been perfect to fight Farage and populism. Labour needs more like him.
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🥳 10,000 Followers on Bluesky 🥳
To say thank you, I'll be giving away a 2024 General Election poster to one winner who reposts this (and is following) in the next 24 hours!
Best of luck :)
To say thank you, I'll be giving away a 2024 General Election poster to one winner who reposts this (and is following) in the next 24 hours!
Best of luck :)
November 20, 2024 at 4:20 PM
🥳 10,000 Followers on Bluesky 🥳
To say thank you, I'll be giving away a 2024 General Election poster to one winner who reposts this (and is following) in the next 24 hours!
Best of luck :)
To say thank you, I'll be giving away a 2024 General Election poster to one winner who reposts this (and is following) in the next 24 hours!
Best of luck :)
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Updated cabinet views on assisted dying docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 17, 2024 at 12:52 PM
Updated cabinet views on assisted dying docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Just realised have started to instinctively open this site first when a bit bored, in a queue etc. Sure am not alone. Sign of success…
November 18, 2024 at 11:59 AM
Just realised have started to instinctively open this site first when a bit bored, in a queue etc. Sure am not alone. Sign of success…
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"Farmers should suck it up."
@matthew-wright.bsky.social doesn't hold back in his debate with the head of the National Farmers' Union.
@matthew-wright.bsky.social doesn't hold back in his debate with the head of the National Farmers' Union.
November 17, 2024 at 1:51 PM
"Farmers should suck it up."
@matthew-wright.bsky.social doesn't hold back in his debate with the head of the National Farmers' Union.
@matthew-wright.bsky.social doesn't hold back in his debate with the head of the National Farmers' Union.
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