Matthew Turner
@matthewturnerlaw.bsky.social
Human rights lawyer.
Fighting injustices. Holding the state to account. Expert in medical malpractice, police, and prison law. Specialist in wrongful death cases.
Labour activist. Chair of the Labour Campaign for Human Rights.
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Fighting injustices. Holding the state to account. Expert in medical malpractice, police, and prison law. Specialist in wrongful death cases.
Labour activist. Chair of the Labour Campaign for Human Rights.
⚖️🌹
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Jimmy Carter cast his first vote in 1944 for Franklin D. Roosevelt (born 1882) and his last in 2024 for Kamala Harris (born 1964).
December 30, 2024 at 10:45 AM
Jimmy Carter cast his first vote in 1944 for Franklin D. Roosevelt (born 1882) and his last in 2024 for Kamala Harris (born 1964).
Ah yes.
The US must invade Greenland to provide it with better defences so that it can better prevent…
…and invasion.
🙈
The US must invade Greenland to provide it with better defences so that it can better prevent…
…and invasion.
🙈
December 29, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Ah yes.
The US must invade Greenland to provide it with better defences so that it can better prevent…
…and invasion.
🙈
The US must invade Greenland to provide it with better defences so that it can better prevent…
…and invasion.
🙈
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One month ago.
December 28, 2024 at 8:04 PM
One month ago.
Yes! Here we are!
Goodbye to the cesspit that is X…
Goodbye to the cesspit that is X…
25 Million People, including 'Twitter Quitters,' Are Trying Bluesky: Should You?
Star Wars star Mark Hamill is one of the 25 million Bluesky users.
www.cnet.com
December 27, 2024 at 11:15 PM
Yes! Here we are!
Goodbye to the cesspit that is X…
Goodbye to the cesspit that is X…
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With senior Tories now calling for a policy to leave the ECHR here is a reminder of why joining Russia and Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR is a very bad idea
As we inch closer to 2025, a good time to remind ourselves (and everyone else) of the importance & benefits of membership of the ECHR
youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY?...
youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY?...
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says public want to leave the ECHR - let’s put the record straight
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
December 27, 2024 at 8:16 PM
With senior Tories now calling for a policy to leave the ECHR here is a reminder of why joining Russia and Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR is a very bad idea
Being #NeverTrump is brave, principled, and - ultimately - will be the right side of history.
We love you Never Trumpers. Stay strong! 💪🏼
We love you Never Trumpers. Stay strong! 💪🏼
December 25, 2024 at 12:41 AM
Being #NeverTrump is brave, principled, and - ultimately - will be the right side of history.
We love you Never Trumpers. Stay strong! 💪🏼
We love you Never Trumpers. Stay strong! 💪🏼
Grapevine, Texas.
The Christmas capital of Texas, and one of the Christmas capitals of America.
Apparently…
The Christmas capital of Texas, and one of the Christmas capitals of America.
Apparently…
December 24, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Grapevine, Texas.
The Christmas capital of Texas, and one of the Christmas capitals of America.
Apparently…
The Christmas capital of Texas, and one of the Christmas capitals of America.
Apparently…
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We’re so sorry, rest of the world.
December 23, 2024 at 10:30 PM
We’re so sorry, rest of the world.
What is it that makes billionaires so villainous? Seriously, why do they become so selfish, narcissistic, and malevolent?
Where are all the benevolent billionaires?!
Where are all the benevolent billionaires?!
December 23, 2024 at 2:58 PM
What is it that makes billionaires so villainous? Seriously, why do they become so selfish, narcissistic, and malevolent?
Where are all the benevolent billionaires?!
Where are all the benevolent billionaires?!
When life initiates art…
This unserious “President” continues to make unserious appointments.
He’s turning the US Government into a circus.
What a joke and what an insult to the UK!
This unserious “President” continues to make unserious appointments.
He’s turning the US Government into a circus.
What a joke and what an insult to the UK!
December 23, 2024 at 2:37 PM
When life initiates art…
This unserious “President” continues to make unserious appointments.
He’s turning the US Government into a circus.
What a joke and what an insult to the UK!
This unserious “President” continues to make unserious appointments.
He’s turning the US Government into a circus.
What a joke and what an insult to the UK!
We lose so much of ourselves if we don’t stand by our principles.
That’s why it’s so galling to see all these businesses and business leaders flock to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the ring of someone they despise.
How embraced will they feel after these four years have passed and Trump is history?
That’s why it’s so galling to see all these businesses and business leaders flock to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the ring of someone they despise.
How embraced will they feel after these four years have passed and Trump is history?
December 23, 2024 at 12:46 PM
We lose so much of ourselves if we don’t stand by our principles.
That’s why it’s so galling to see all these businesses and business leaders flock to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the ring of someone they despise.
How embraced will they feel after these four years have passed and Trump is history?
That’s why it’s so galling to see all these businesses and business leaders flock to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the ring of someone they despise.
How embraced will they feel after these four years have passed and Trump is history?
Bloody hell just look at this. The richest get a huge tax handout, and the poor pay more. Welcome to MAGA - a government of billionaires for billionaires.
Well, you get what you vote for…
#OwnGoal
Well, you get what you vote for…
#OwnGoal
Under Trump’s new tax plan, 95% of Americans will pay more in taxes.
That means 73 million+ people who voted for Donald Trump expecting to get a tax cut will see a tax increase instead.
Inevitably, they will find a way to blame Biden.
That means 73 million+ people who voted for Donald Trump expecting to get a tax cut will see a tax increase instead.
Inevitably, they will find a way to blame Biden.
December 19, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Bloody hell just look at this. The richest get a huge tax handout, and the poor pay more. Welcome to MAGA - a government of billionaires for billionaires.
Well, you get what you vote for…
#OwnGoal
Well, you get what you vote for…
#OwnGoal
Am I being naive to think that, even if the Government passes a law prohibiting this kind of foreign interference, these rich crooks would just find a way to obscure where the funds came from? 🙈
Starmer must protect elections from foreign interference, says watchdog
Exclusive: Electoral Commission wants law changed amid concern over Elon Musk’s plan to donate to Reform UK
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Am I being naive to think that, even if the Government passes a law prohibiting this kind of foreign interference, these rich crooks would just find a way to obscure where the funds came from? 🙈
Another tragic and avoidable prison death. Good work by my colleagues in Chambers in fighting for justice and accountability for Haydar.
And I am so glad the new Labour government is taking real steps to improve the safety of our prisons.
And I am so glad the new Labour government is taking real steps to improve the safety of our prisons.
Delays and neglect led to death of prisoner serving IPP sentence, jury finds
Delays and neglect led to death of prisoner serving IPP sentence, jury finds
Inquest concludes that Haydar Jefferies took his own life after prison’s ‘serious failure’ to put him in place of safety
A prisoner serving an indeterminate sentence killed himself after delays to a parole hearing contributed to psychosis, and prison…
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Another tragic and avoidable prison death. Good work by my colleagues in Chambers in fighting for justice and accountability for Haydar.
And I am so glad the new Labour government is taking real steps to improve the safety of our prisons.
And I am so glad the new Labour government is taking real steps to improve the safety of our prisons.
Agreed. And UK Labour has all the power to stop this! The richest man in the world has no right to interfere in British politics.
The top of British politics needs to wake up to what's coming.
Victoria Derbyshire, "What is Nigel Farage's strategy? Why is Elon Musk so interested in Britain?"
Lewis Goodall, The rise of Reform will be a dominant theme in our politics next year.. The populist right doing well in Europe.. There is no reason to suggest Britain will be immune to that"
Lewis Goodall, The rise of Reform will be a dominant theme in our politics next year.. The populist right doing well in Europe.. There is no reason to suggest Britain will be immune to that"
December 18, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Agreed. And UK Labour has all the power to stop this! The richest man in the world has no right to interfere in British politics.
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The top of British politics needs to wake up to what's coming.
Victoria Derbyshire, "What is Nigel Farage's strategy? Why is Elon Musk so interested in Britain?"
Lewis Goodall, The rise of Reform will be a dominant theme in our politics next year.. The populist right doing well in Europe.. There is no reason to suggest Britain will be immune to that"
Lewis Goodall, The rise of Reform will be a dominant theme in our politics next year.. The populist right doing well in Europe.. There is no reason to suggest Britain will be immune to that"
December 18, 2024 at 10:45 AM
The top of British politics needs to wake up to what's coming.
What I don’t understand is how anyone really believes that the likes of Trump, Musk, Farage etc. will do anything to actually help ordinary, working people?
They are millionaires and billionaires FOR millionaires and billionaires.
And couldn’t give a toss about anyone else…
They are millionaires and billionaires FOR millionaires and billionaires.
And couldn’t give a toss about anyone else…
December 17, 2024 at 6:56 PM
What I don’t understand is how anyone really believes that the likes of Trump, Musk, Farage etc. will do anything to actually help ordinary, working people?
They are millionaires and billionaires FOR millionaires and billionaires.
And couldn’t give a toss about anyone else…
They are millionaires and billionaires FOR millionaires and billionaires.
And couldn’t give a toss about anyone else…
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The Prime Minister urgently needs to close any loophole’s that might allow foreign billionaires like Elon Musk to bankroll British political parties
NEW: Clacton MP Nigel Farage, along with party treasurer Nick Candy, meet Elon Musk in what is believed to be Reform UK leader’s fourth trip to US since UK election.
December 17, 2024 at 4:01 PM
The Prime Minister urgently needs to close any loophole’s that might allow foreign billionaires like Elon Musk to bankroll British political parties
“Elon Musk has met Nigel Farage and Nick Candy, Reform UK’s new treasurer, at Donald Trump’s home, Mar-a-Largo,”
What a disgusting line to read. And what a disgusting photo.
Hard-right billionaires and millionaires cosplaying at world-domination.
🤮
What a disgusting line to read. And what a disgusting photo.
Hard-right billionaires and millionaires cosplaying at world-domination.
🤮
Elon Musk and Farage meeting renews reports he could fund Reform UK
Reform treasurer also joins talks at Donald Trump’s home as far-right party says ‘we can do great things together’
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2024 at 6:17 PM
“Elon Musk has met Nigel Farage and Nick Candy, Reform UK’s new treasurer, at Donald Trump’s home, Mar-a-Largo,”
What a disgusting line to read. And what a disgusting photo.
Hard-right billionaires and millionaires cosplaying at world-domination.
🤮
What a disgusting line to read. And what a disgusting photo.
Hard-right billionaires and millionaires cosplaying at world-domination.
🤮
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Whilst X drowns in bots, extreme content, misinformation & its own vomit Bluesky Hits 25 Million Users👏
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
Bluesky Hits 25M Users As Exodus From X Continues
The social media platform has added over 10 million users since U.S. Election Day.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 14, 2024 at 7:37 AM
Whilst X drowns in bots, extreme content, misinformation & its own vomit Bluesky Hits 25 Million Users👏
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
They don’t even try to hide it anymore. If they ever really did.
Remember when conflicts of interest used to matter
Financed by the Saudis.
December 11, 2024 at 5:32 PM
They don’t even try to hide it anymore. If they ever really did.
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Remember when conflicts of interest used to matter
December 11, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Remember when conflicts of interest used to matter
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Very happy to be here! X is dead / dying and the good ol' Twitter is back!
December 11, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Very happy to be here! X is dead / dying and the good ol' Twitter is back!