Matthew Mckew
@matthewmckew.bsky.social
FND disabled. Journalist. Documentary Maker. Comedian. Play/screenwriter
Just a thought, but maybe 15 years of cuts are not helping growth.... maybe. Just flippin's maybe.
Chancellor says public finances have deteriorated by £14bn since the budget last autumn - hence here come the cuts... #springstatement
March 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Just a thought, but maybe 15 years of cuts are not helping growth.... maybe. Just flippin's maybe.
This is social murder. The media cannot allow Reeves to get away with this. And centrist commentators who called Reeves and Starmer the "grown ups" need to pul their heads out of the sand.
Welfare reforms/cuts:
• 370,000 people on PIP now, will lose it - *average* loss £4500 pa
• 2.25m on UC Health affected by a freeze - *average* loss £500 pa
• 3.9m on UC only (without health element) better off by £265 pa on average
• 370,000 people on PIP now, will lose it - *average* loss £4500 pa
• 2.25m on UC Health affected by a freeze - *average* loss £500 pa
• 3.9m on UC only (without health element) better off by £265 pa on average
March 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This is social murder. The media cannot allow Reeves to get away with this. And centrist commentators who called Reeves and Starmer the "grown ups" need to pul their heads out of the sand.
Reposted by Matthew Mckew
The White House has said that any of Elon Musk's conflicts of interest regarding his work with DOGE will be monitored and addressed by....Elon Musk.
He's determining which government contracts are "fraud" while he himself has billions in government contracts.
Hello?
He's determining which government contracts are "fraud" while he himself has billions in government contracts.
Hello?
White House Says Musk Will Police His Own Conflicts of Interest
The White House said Elon Musk, the billionaire leading President Donald Trump’s government cost-cutting efforts, will determine if there are conflicts of interest between his work reviewing federal s...
www.bloomberg.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The White House has said that any of Elon Musk's conflicts of interest regarding his work with DOGE will be monitored and addressed by....Elon Musk.
He's determining which government contracts are "fraud" while he himself has billions in government contracts.
Hello?
He's determining which government contracts are "fraud" while he himself has billions in government contracts.
Hello?
Reposted by Matthew Mckew
Since Monday, Trump has:
-Halted civil rights investigations
-Suspended public health advisories
-Frozen infrastructure spending on roads and bridges
-Rescinded an executive order prohibiting discrimination by federal contractors
How does this help working people?
-Halted civil rights investigations
-Suspended public health advisories
-Frozen infrastructure spending on roads and bridges
-Rescinded an executive order prohibiting discrimination by federal contractors
How does this help working people?
January 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Since Monday, Trump has:
-Halted civil rights investigations
-Suspended public health advisories
-Frozen infrastructure spending on roads and bridges
-Rescinded an executive order prohibiting discrimination by federal contractors
How does this help working people?
-Halted civil rights investigations
-Suspended public health advisories
-Frozen infrastructure spending on roads and bridges
-Rescinded an executive order prohibiting discrimination by federal contractors
How does this help working people?
Reposted by Matthew Mckew
If your Christianity causes you to be offended by someone asking the most powerful person in the country to be merciful towards the powerless, then you have profoundly misunderstood the teachings of Jesus Christ.
January 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
If your Christianity causes you to be offended by someone asking the most powerful person in the country to be merciful towards the powerless, then you have profoundly misunderstood the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Reposted by Matthew Mckew
Looking for a hotel (arguable) near Kidderminster? Your search is over
January 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Looking for a hotel (arguable) near Kidderminster? Your search is over
Reposted by Matthew Mckew
NEW: A Jan. 6 defendant who threw an explosive into a Capitol tunnel packed with cops — freed this week by President Trump — has been re-arrested on a felony gun charge that has been pending since 2023.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
January 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
NEW: A Jan. 6 defendant who threw an explosive into a Capitol tunnel packed with cops — freed this week by President Trump — has been re-arrested on a felony gun charge that has been pending since 2023.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
What a brilliant and brave woman.
Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
January 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
What a brilliant and brave woman.