Matt Mert Somcag
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Matt Mert Somcag
@mertsomcag.bsky.social
· Jan 11
"We are all vulnerable, ı am extremely so and naturally have tried not show it for my own self-preservation. My shyness and insecurity have often made me seem arrogant- its a form of self-protection of timid people." Maria Callas
December 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Reposted by Matt Mert Somcag
Farage has vowed to cut funding to universities that undermine ‘free speech’. This is just the beginning of the Trump playbook and we know from Johnson’s time there are few constitutional guardrails to stop the abuse of power. Cosying up isn’t going to cut it.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Cambridge University cosies up to Reform
The vice-chancellor expects Nigel Farage to model his policies on Trump and says other Russell Group members are meeting his allies
www.thetimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Farage has vowed to cut funding to universities that undermine ‘free speech’. This is just the beginning of the Trump playbook and we know from Johnson’s time there are few constitutional guardrails to stop the abuse of power. Cosying up isn’t going to cut it.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Shirley MacLaine as Coco Chanel
October 24, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Shirley MacLaine as Coco Chanel
Reposted by Matt Mert Somcag
New post just out:
The relationship between Russia and the European radical right goes well beyond Reform's Nathan Gill being bribed.
In this post I trace the history back to the 1990s and look at the threat it poses now.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/r...
The relationship between Russia and the European radical right goes well beyond Reform's Nathan Gill being bribed.
In this post I trace the history back to the 1990s and look at the threat it poses now.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/r...
Russia and the rise of the radical right
Marine Le Pen meets with Putin before the 2017 French Presidential election (Photo credit Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP via Getty Images)
open.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
New post just out:
The relationship between Russia and the European radical right goes well beyond Reform's Nathan Gill being bribed.
In this post I trace the history back to the 1990s and look at the threat it poses now.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/r...
The relationship between Russia and the European radical right goes well beyond Reform's Nathan Gill being bribed.
In this post I trace the history back to the 1990s and look at the threat it poses now.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/r...
"Nothing last forever"
Opening of House of Cards UK🇬🇧
Our Maggie 💙
One of the most dramatic events of 20th century
@expremiers.bsky.social
Opening of House of Cards UK🇬🇧
Our Maggie 💙
One of the most dramatic events of 20th century
@expremiers.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"Nothing last forever"
Opening of House of Cards UK🇬🇧
Our Maggie 💙
One of the most dramatic events of 20th century
@expremiers.bsky.social
Opening of House of Cards UK🇬🇧
Our Maggie 💙
One of the most dramatic events of 20th century
@expremiers.bsky.social
Callas and Churchill
September 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Callas and Churchill
"if the right honorable gentleman is suggesting that we ever get to a position when you can not return illegal immigrants to their country of origin, then he is proposing international chaos."
1989 Nov 30 Th
1989 Nov 30 Th
September 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"if the right honorable gentleman is suggesting that we ever get to a position when you can not return illegal immigrants to their country of origin, then he is proposing international chaos."
1989 Nov 30 Th
1989 Nov 30 Th