Matt Yeo
@mattjyeo.bsky.social
Labour Cllr, Reading Borough Council. Lead Cllr for Housing Used to be an Elections manager. PhD in Sports Economics from Univ of Reading.
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I disagree on the grounds that Rogue One makes me, the viewer, feel feelings effectively. Is it a messy chop-job rescued in the edit that is often disjointed?
Yeah, but it works - for me, but also clearly for a lot of audiences. And that's all that matters.
Yeah, but it works - for me, but also clearly for a lot of audiences. And that's all that matters.
rogue one is bad folks. i have believed this since i saw it in theaters and no subsequent rewatch has changed my mind. basically a chop job until the final sequence, which is good (for star wars)
November 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I disagree on the grounds that Rogue One makes me, the viewer, feel feelings effectively. Is it a messy chop-job rescued in the edit that is often disjointed?
Yeah, but it works - for me, but also clearly for a lot of audiences. And that's all that matters.
Yeah, but it works - for me, but also clearly for a lot of audiences. And that's all that matters.
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Bayer Leverkusen were able to cut through Manchester City with ease.
The defeat for Pep Guardiola’s team is the first time they have lost a Champions League group or league-phase match at the Etihad since the 2-1 defeat by Lyon in 2018, ending a run of 23 games.
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...
The defeat for Pep Guardiola’s team is the first time they have lost a Champions League group or league-phase match at the Etihad since the 2-1 defeat by Lyon in 2018, ending a run of 23 games.
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...
November 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Bayer Leverkusen were able to cut through Manchester City with ease.
The defeat for Pep Guardiola’s team is the first time they have lost a Champions League group or league-phase match at the Etihad since the 2-1 defeat by Lyon in 2018, ending a run of 23 games.
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...
The defeat for Pep Guardiola’s team is the first time they have lost a Champions League group or league-phase match at the Etihad since the 2-1 defeat by Lyon in 2018, ending a run of 23 games.
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...
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Ewww. Johnathan Pie being a text book misogynist. His reaction rather proves her point. She was aiming it at people like him, who make a living out criticising others without the credentials to do so. That aside, "sugar tits" is a phrase that makes me want to projectile vomit.
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Ewww. Johnathan Pie being a text book misogynist. His reaction rather proves her point. She was aiming it at people like him, who make a living out criticising others without the credentials to do so. That aside, "sugar tits" is a phrase that makes me want to projectile vomit.
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Never underestimate the hypocrisy of the Greens
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Never underestimate the hypocrisy of the Greens
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1000 victims helped by the domestic abuse protection orders in a year - incredible
November 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
1000 victims helped by the domestic abuse protection orders in a year - incredible
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Under a proposal to be voted on at Your Party conference in Liverpool this weekend, MPs could be blocked from leading the party and ordinary members put in charge, PolHome can reveal
YP members will also be given control of how MPs are whipped, reports colleague @siennarodgers.bsky.social
YP members will also be given control of how MPs are whipped, reports colleague @siennarodgers.bsky.social
‘Your Party’ Could Be Led By Ordinary Members With MPs Barred From Running
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
‘Your Party’ Could Be Led By Ordinary Members With MPs Barred From Running
Exclusive: ‘Your Party’, the new political party being started by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, could be led by ordinary members rather than any...
www.politicshome.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Under a proposal to be voted on at Your Party conference in Liverpool this weekend, MPs could be blocked from leading the party and ordinary members put in charge, PolHome can reveal
YP members will also be given control of how MPs are whipped, reports colleague @siennarodgers.bsky.social
YP members will also be given control of how MPs are whipped, reports colleague @siennarodgers.bsky.social
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1 in 10 women have experienced stalking, sexual assault or relationship abuse in the past year alone, according to the ONS. The government has set itself the mission of halving that figure in a decade. To do so, we have to make sure women’s voices are heard. (1/2)
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
1 in 10 women have experienced stalking, sexual assault or relationship abuse in the past year alone, according to the ONS. The government has set itself the mission of halving that figure in a decade. To do so, we have to make sure women’s voices are heard. (1/2)
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Expanding free school meals is an anti-poverty, pro-learning, properly Labour policy.
We're setting up children to give school everything they've got, no matter their background.
We're setting up children to give school everything they've got, no matter their background.
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Expanding free school meals is an anti-poverty, pro-learning, properly Labour policy.
We're setting up children to give school everything they've got, no matter their background.
We're setting up children to give school everything they've got, no matter their background.
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This is who she was.
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This is who she was.
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
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In the end, when I walked from my X account, the waves of racists and bots that were always invoking the same phrases and talking points made it clear that the thing was just a hall of mirrors, that it had been crudely rigged for political fraud. Never thought Musk would admit it all in a self-own.
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
In the end, when I walked from my X account, the waves of racists and bots that were always invoking the same phrases and talking points made it clear that the thing was just a hall of mirrors, that it had been crudely rigged for political fraud. Never thought Musk would admit it all in a self-own.
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Not to go all sic transit gloria mundi and all that, but there was a time when the Guardian’s sub editors would have known their Kenneth Clark from their Kenneth Clarke.
November 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Not to go all sic transit gloria mundi and all that, but there was a time when the Guardian’s sub editors would have known their Kenneth Clark from their Kenneth Clarke.
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Sometimes I think about how many people were convinced that the Vice President of the United States lost the presidential election because she didn’t contort herself to do this show.
If it’s true it says a lot about this country.
If it’s true it says a lot about this country.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 25, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Sometimes I think about how many people were convinced that the Vice President of the United States lost the presidential election because she didn’t contort herself to do this show.
If it’s true it says a lot about this country.
If it’s true it says a lot about this country.
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Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
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"My beloved working class" - i.e. the one that exists in his head, but in real life has always rejected this particularly ugly strain of 'you don't deserve commercial television, nice holidays or little luxuries' whenever Labour have taken it to the public.
November 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"My beloved working class" - i.e. the one that exists in his head, but in real life has always rejected this particularly ugly strain of 'you don't deserve commercial television, nice holidays or little luxuries' whenever Labour have taken it to the public.
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I'm hardly the only one, but I've been warning against the 'warrior' language and symbolism for years (foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/19/u...)
November 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I'm hardly the only one, but I've been warning against the 'warrior' language and symbolism for years (foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/19/u...)
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This whole grubby saga with Nathan Gill shows how Russia-friendly Reform are, and that they should be nowhere near our national security.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This whole grubby saga with Nathan Gill shows how Russia-friendly Reform are, and that they should be nowhere near our national security.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Minister confirming that voter ID law will be reformed to permit use of bank cards issued by UK-regulated banks.
November 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Minister confirming that voter ID law will be reformed to permit use of bank cards issued by UK-regulated banks.
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NEW: Nigel Farage is facing renewed calls to explain why he repeatedly aired tropes and conspiracy theories associated with antisemitism during interviews, after claims the Reform UK leader used racist language in his teens.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage urged to explain conspiracy theories linked to antisemitism he voiced in US media
Exclusive: The Reform UK leader discussed far-right talking points in web TV and radio appearances between 2009 and 2018
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
NEW: Nigel Farage is facing renewed calls to explain why he repeatedly aired tropes and conspiracy theories associated with antisemitism during interviews, after claims the Reform UK leader used racist language in his teens.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...
Turning Point leader, former GOP Rep pleads guilty to attempted election fraud | Arizona Mirror
Austin Smith election fraud guilty plea: Former GOP Rep admits forging 100+ signatures on ballot petitions in Arizona
azmirror.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...
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I think the reason Trump is so bad at peace making is he can't understand why people fight wars - because he can't comprehend why people are willing to die for a cause greater than themselves. He doesn't get why an (apparently) weaker party (eg Ukraine) won't just concede (eg give up the Donbas).
A US framework to end war in Ukraine would leave it more vulnerable to Russian aggression, if it restricts Kyiv's army, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned today.
EU rules out restrictions on Ukraine’s army in rebuke to Trump plan
Allowing Russia to change borders by force or letting Moscow veto Kyiv’s future membership in the EU are red lines, Brussels warns.
www.politico.eu
November 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I think the reason Trump is so bad at peace making is he can't understand why people fight wars - because he can't comprehend why people are willing to die for a cause greater than themselves. He doesn't get why an (apparently) weaker party (eg Ukraine) won't just concede (eg give up the Donbas).
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It's also vastly easier and cheaper for media outlets to produce culture war content than policy stuff.
With policy, you have to find actual experts that are available and willing, then pray they're good entertaining communicators.
On culture shit, you start with a talking head and work backwards.
With policy, you have to find actual experts that are available and willing, then pray they're good entertaining communicators.
On culture shit, you start with a talking head and work backwards.
This chart (which applies even more to social media than it did to TV) lives in my head rent free.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
November 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It's also vastly easier and cheaper for media outlets to produce culture war content than policy stuff.
With policy, you have to find actual experts that are available and willing, then pray they're good entertaining communicators.
On culture shit, you start with a talking head and work backwards.
With policy, you have to find actual experts that are available and willing, then pray they're good entertaining communicators.
On culture shit, you start with a talking head and work backwards.
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While I’m glad lots of people are reacting to the ‘news’ lots of major MAGA accounts on X are based overseas:
1. The X location tool is unreliable
2. There’s been *loads* of reporting that major MAGA accounts were overseas already. Like, nice you noticed now, but people worked *hard* to warn you.
1. The X location tool is unreliable
2. There’s been *loads* of reporting that major MAGA accounts were overseas already. Like, nice you noticed now, but people worked *hard* to warn you.
November 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
While I’m glad lots of people are reacting to the ‘news’ lots of major MAGA accounts on X are based overseas:
1. The X location tool is unreliable
2. There’s been *loads* of reporting that major MAGA accounts were overseas already. Like, nice you noticed now, but people worked *hard* to warn you.
1. The X location tool is unreliable
2. There’s been *loads* of reporting that major MAGA accounts were overseas already. Like, nice you noticed now, but people worked *hard* to warn you.
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I flew to Canada this week to go to a Paul McCartney concert and I wrote about it here:
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
going through hell, keeping going
on art, grief, and the emotional heroism of just bloody keeping on making your work
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I flew to Canada this week to go to a Paul McCartney concert and I wrote about it here:
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
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Strong relationships like Canada and the UK’s are fundamental to economic growth and security.
Today, Keir Starmer and I met to discuss new opportunities in energy, technology, and critical minerals — as well as next steps toward a just and lasting peace for Ukraine and Europe.
Today, Keir Starmer and I met to discuss new opportunities in energy, technology, and critical minerals — as well as next steps toward a just and lasting peace for Ukraine and Europe.
November 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Strong relationships like Canada and the UK’s are fundamental to economic growth and security.
Today, Keir Starmer and I met to discuss new opportunities in energy, technology, and critical minerals — as well as next steps toward a just and lasting peace for Ukraine and Europe.
Today, Keir Starmer and I met to discuss new opportunities in energy, technology, and critical minerals — as well as next steps toward a just and lasting peace for Ukraine and Europe.
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There you have it.
The Green Party wants to leave NATO.
Completely unserious and downright dangerous.
The Green Party wants to leave NATO.
Completely unserious and downright dangerous.
November 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
There you have it.
The Green Party wants to leave NATO.
Completely unserious and downright dangerous.
The Green Party wants to leave NATO.
Completely unserious and downright dangerous.