Matthew Thompson
@mattuthompson.bsky.social
Recovering journalist. Formerly of Sky News, LBC & BBC.
Norn Irish, girl dad, linguist.
DMs open.
Norn Irish, girl dad, linguist.
DMs open.
I keep playing this over in my head 😂
You can take the man out of politics…
You can take the man out of politics…
June 9, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I keep playing this over in my head 😂
You can take the man out of politics…
You can take the man out of politics…
And that, as they say, is that.
It’s been a hell of a ride.
You stay classy, Bluesky.
It’s been a hell of a ride.
You stay classy, Bluesky.
June 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
And that, as they say, is that.
It’s been a hell of a ride.
You stay classy, Bluesky.
It’s been a hell of a ride.
You stay classy, Bluesky.
The Irish Daily Star wins.
April 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The Irish Daily Star wins.
Incredible timing as Sky News throw to Katie Barnfield in Newcastle just seconds before Newcastle United score.
Couldn’t make it up.
Couldn’t make it up.
March 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Incredible timing as Sky News throw to Katie Barnfield in Newcastle just seconds before Newcastle United score.
Couldn’t make it up.
Couldn’t make it up.
Watching my daughter build precarious towers of wooden blocks, and seeing analogies for the Liberal International Order.
I think that might be enough internet for today…
I think that might be enough internet for today…
March 1, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Watching my daughter build precarious towers of wooden blocks, and seeing analogies for the Liberal International Order.
I think that might be enough internet for today…
I think that might be enough internet for today…
Ain’t nobody got time for that
February 14, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Ain’t nobody got time for that
Who’s with me?
February 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Who’s with me?
Update. Makeup artists are miracle workers.
January 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Update. Makeup artists are miracle workers.
Jean Marie Le Pen, the right wing firebrand who did more than any other to bring the far right into the mainstream in France, has died age 96.
I once interviewed him at his house, beside a life size oil painting… of himself dressed as some kind of pirate.
I once interviewed him at his house, beside a life size oil painting… of himself dressed as some kind of pirate.
January 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Jean Marie Le Pen, the right wing firebrand who did more than any other to bring the far right into the mainstream in France, has died age 96.
I once interviewed him at his house, beside a life size oil painting… of himself dressed as some kind of pirate.
I once interviewed him at his house, beside a life size oil painting… of himself dressed as some kind of pirate.
Just the incoming US President’s closest advisor openly mulling an invasion of Britain. Totally normal state of affairs.
January 6, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Just the incoming US President’s closest advisor openly mulling an invasion of Britain. Totally normal state of affairs.
Like Saturn, the revolution devours its children.
January 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Like Saturn, the revolution devours its children.
Carols at Kings and a dirty Chinese. Name me a more festive combo. I’ll wait.
December 24, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Carols at Kings and a dirty Chinese. Name me a more festive combo. I’ll wait.
“Hope is a strange thing when you’re dying.”
On a day of very powerful interviews, on both sides of the assisted dying debate, this one stood out.
With thanks to Nathaniel for taking the time to speak to me.
On a day of very powerful interviews, on both sides of the assisted dying debate, this one stood out.
With thanks to Nathaniel for taking the time to speak to me.
November 29, 2024 at 6:32 PM
“Hope is a strange thing when you’re dying.”
On a day of very powerful interviews, on both sides of the assisted dying debate, this one stood out.
With thanks to Nathaniel for taking the time to speak to me.
On a day of very powerful interviews, on both sides of the assisted dying debate, this one stood out.
With thanks to Nathaniel for taking the time to speak to me.
NEW: Keir Starmer’s statement on the death of John Prescott.
November 21, 2024 at 8:28 AM
NEW: Keir Starmer’s statement on the death of John Prescott.
NEW: Ukraine has fired British long-range missiles into Russia for the first time.
Details from Sky News:
Details from Sky News:
November 20, 2024 at 3:29 PM
NEW: Ukraine has fired British long-range missiles into Russia for the first time.
Details from Sky News:
Details from Sky News:
Post you from a different era?
Fresh from gap year/channelling Jesus
Fresh from gap year/channelling Jesus
November 20, 2024 at 12:39 PM
Post you from a different era?
Fresh from gap year/channelling Jesus
Fresh from gap year/channelling Jesus
NEW: Russia’s defence ministry says Ukraine has already fired American long range missiles at Russian territory.
Details from Sky News:
Details from Sky News:
November 19, 2024 at 12:26 PM
NEW: Russia’s defence ministry says Ukraine has already fired American long range missiles at Russian territory.
Details from Sky News:
Details from Sky News:
Scottish Labour has announced that it would reinstate the winter fuel allowance.
Pledging to reverse a cut made by Labour in Westminster.
Cat, meet pigeons.
Pledging to reverse a cut made by Labour in Westminster.
Cat, meet pigeons.
November 19, 2024 at 12:03 PM
Scottish Labour has announced that it would reinstate the winter fuel allowance.
Pledging to reverse a cut made by Labour in Westminster.
Cat, meet pigeons.
Pledging to reverse a cut made by Labour in Westminster.
Cat, meet pigeons.
NEW: Putin has signed off on a change to Russia’s nuclear doctrine stating it could consider a nuclear response to an attack by conventional missiles.
Details via Sky News below.
Details via Sky News below.
November 19, 2024 at 9:37 AM
NEW: Putin has signed off on a change to Russia’s nuclear doctrine stating it could consider a nuclear response to an attack by conventional missiles.
Details via Sky News below.
Details via Sky News below.
Interesting line in Playbook this morning.
Whilst we all wait on tenterhooks for the UK to grant Ukraine permission to fire Storm
Shadow missiles into Russia, it may be that the decision is already made. And the first we’ll hear is after they’ve been launched.
Whilst we all wait on tenterhooks for the UK to grant Ukraine permission to fire Storm
Shadow missiles into Russia, it may be that the decision is already made. And the first we’ll hear is after they’ve been launched.
November 19, 2024 at 8:47 AM
Interesting line in Playbook this morning.
Whilst we all wait on tenterhooks for the UK to grant Ukraine permission to fire Storm
Shadow missiles into Russia, it may be that the decision is already made. And the first we’ll hear is after they’ve been launched.
Whilst we all wait on tenterhooks for the UK to grant Ukraine permission to fire Storm
Shadow missiles into Russia, it may be that the decision is already made. And the first we’ll hear is after they’ve been launched.
Yes. Because Stalin was of course infamous for his decision to tax all kulaks with over £1m in assets.
November 18, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Yes. Because Stalin was of course infamous for his decision to tax all kulaks with over £1m in assets.
They’re not even trying to be subtle.
November 18, 2024 at 3:17 PM
They’re not even trying to be subtle.
Dublin-bound. I know you’ve all got that Irish general election fever 😉
Hopefully a fascinating piece up our sleeves. Hitting your screens later this week.
Hopefully a fascinating piece up our sleeves. Hitting your screens later this week.
November 18, 2024 at 6:35 AM
Dublin-bound. I know you’ve all got that Irish general election fever 😉
Hopefully a fascinating piece up our sleeves. Hitting your screens later this week.
Hopefully a fascinating piece up our sleeves. Hitting your screens later this week.
Bluesky now has 19 million users.
Growing by around a million people every day, at the moment 😲
Growing by around a million people every day, at the moment 😲
November 18, 2024 at 5:28 AM
Bluesky now has 19 million users.
Growing by around a million people every day, at the moment 😲
Growing by around a million people every day, at the moment 😲