Matthew Stadlen
@matthewstadlen.bsky.social
Left-leaning political commentator, TV and radio presenter
Is there any growth on this site?
November 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Is there any growth on this site?
Reform have peaked too soon, no? Their hybrid of economic illiteracy and grievance politics risks wearing thinner and thinner.
November 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Reform have peaked too soon, no? Their hybrid of economic illiteracy and grievance politics risks wearing thinner and thinner.
Has Nigel Farage just invented a new form of racism? A racism that isn’t communicated in a “hurtful or insulting way”?
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Has Nigel Farage just invented a new form of racism? A racism that isn’t communicated in a “hurtful or insulting way”?
I will likely have to pay a lot more tax because of tomorrow’s Budget. Happy to. I just hope the tax rises have been properly thought through and that they don’t hamper growth. If you ask people to pay more, they can reasonably expect to be contributing to an improving society.
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I will likely have to pay a lot more tax because of tomorrow’s Budget. Happy to. I just hope the tax rises have been properly thought through and that they don’t hamper growth. If you ask people to pay more, they can reasonably expect to be contributing to an improving society.
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Enjoyed stepping back from the news agenda and reflecting on some enduring questions with popular philosopher Alain de Botton.
You can listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/5r84...
You can listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/5r84...
20 Questions With Alain de Botton
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November 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Enjoyed stepping back from the news agenda and reflecting on some enduring questions with popular philosopher Alain de Botton.
You can listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/5r84...
You can listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/5r84...
**NEW*
A podcast for your weekend.
I caught up with popular philosopher Alain de Botton about love, life, death, success, meaning, anger, ignorance, and the application of philosophy in modern society.
open.spotify.com/episode/5r84...
A podcast for your weekend.
I caught up with popular philosopher Alain de Botton about love, life, death, success, meaning, anger, ignorance, and the application of philosophy in modern society.
open.spotify.com/episode/5r84...
20 Questions With Alain de Botton
open.spotify.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
**NEW*
A podcast for your weekend.
I caught up with popular philosopher Alain de Botton about love, life, death, success, meaning, anger, ignorance, and the application of philosophy in modern society.
open.spotify.com/episode/5r84...
A podcast for your weekend.
I caught up with popular philosopher Alain de Botton about love, life, death, success, meaning, anger, ignorance, and the application of philosophy in modern society.
open.spotify.com/episode/5r84...
The Covid Inquiry concludes that it was, essentially, a catastrophic failure of government not to have acted sooner.
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The Covid Inquiry concludes that it was, essentially, a catastrophic failure of government not to have acted sooner.
Enjoyed stepping back from the news agenda and reflecting on some enduring questions with popular philosopher Alain de Botton.
You can listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/5r84...
You can listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/5r84...
20 Questions With Alain de Botton
open.spotify.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Enjoyed stepping back from the news agenda and reflecting on some enduring questions with popular philosopher Alain de Botton.
You can listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/5r84...
You can listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/5r84...
Reposted by Matthew Stadlen
*NEW**
Alain de Botton on philosophy in contemporary society, life, death, love, anger, success, pleasure, happiness, and ignorance.
open.spotify.com/episode/5r84...
Alain de Botton on philosophy in contemporary society, life, death, love, anger, success, pleasure, happiness, and ignorance.
open.spotify.com/episode/5r84...
20 Questions With Alain de Botton
open.spotify.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
*NEW**
Alain de Botton on philosophy in contemporary society, life, death, love, anger, success, pleasure, happiness, and ignorance.
open.spotify.com/episode/5r84...
Alain de Botton on philosophy in contemporary society, life, death, love, anger, success, pleasure, happiness, and ignorance.
open.spotify.com/episode/5r84...
*NEW**
Alain de Botton on philosophy in contemporary society, life, death, love, anger, success, pleasure, happiness, and ignorance.
open.spotify.com/episode/5r84...
Alain de Botton on philosophy in contemporary society, life, death, love, anger, success, pleasure, happiness, and ignorance.
open.spotify.com/episode/5r84...
20 Questions With Alain de Botton
open.spotify.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
*NEW**
Alain de Botton on philosophy in contemporary society, life, death, love, anger, success, pleasure, happiness, and ignorance.
open.spotify.com/episode/5r84...
Alain de Botton on philosophy in contemporary society, life, death, love, anger, success, pleasure, happiness, and ignorance.
open.spotify.com/episode/5r84...
Whatever you make of Labour’s new policies, the recent dehumanisation of asylum seekers - and indeed illegal migrants - is a sickness that has been taking root in our society. It needs to stop.
November 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Whatever you make of Labour’s new policies, the recent dehumanisation of asylum seekers - and indeed illegal migrants - is a sickness that has been taking root in our society. It needs to stop.
Well done to the BBC for standing up to Donald Trump and refusing to pay him compensation.
November 13, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Well done to the BBC for standing up to Donald Trump and refusing to pay him compensation.
Reposted by Matthew Stadlen
*NEW* On the eve of the hotly anticipated Ashes in Australia, I chatted to triple Ashes winner, Steven Finn, who also won series in India and South Africa and counts Steve Smith (twice in a game), Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers among his Test wickets.
open.spotify.com/episode/2L0Q...
open.spotify.com/episode/2L0Q...
20 Questions With Steven Finn
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November 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
*NEW* On the eve of the hotly anticipated Ashes in Australia, I chatted to triple Ashes winner, Steven Finn, who also won series in India and South Africa and counts Steve Smith (twice in a game), Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers among his Test wickets.
open.spotify.com/episode/2L0Q...
open.spotify.com/episode/2L0Q...
*NEW* On the eve of the hotly anticipated Ashes in Australia, I chatted to triple Ashes winner, Steven Finn, who also won series in India and South Africa and counts Steve Smith (twice in a game), Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers among his Test wickets.
open.spotify.com/episode/2L0Q...
open.spotify.com/episode/2L0Q...
20 Questions With Steven Finn
open.spotify.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
*NEW* On the eve of the hotly anticipated Ashes in Australia, I chatted to triple Ashes winner, Steven Finn, who also won series in India and South Africa and counts Steve Smith (twice in a game), Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers among his Test wickets.
open.spotify.com/episode/2L0Q...
open.spotify.com/episode/2L0Q...
The Telegraph appearing to side with a foreign President over British licence fee payers
November 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The Telegraph appearing to side with a foreign President over British licence fee payers
The BBC is worth defending. Without BBC News, in a world increasingly at the mercy of AI and mis and disinformation, and with Elon Musk presiding over X, democracy in Britain would be challenged even more than it already is.
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The BBC is worth defending. Without BBC News, in a world increasingly at the mercy of AI and mis and disinformation, and with Elon Musk presiding over X, democracy in Britain would be challenged even more than it already is.
Some on the right have a visceral hatred of the BBC. Not because it’s biased, but because it isn’t.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Some on the right have a visceral hatred of the BBC. Not because it’s biased, but because it isn’t.
Anyone else spot the profound irony of Donald Trump accusing others of dishonesty and of undermining democracy?
November 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Anyone else spot the profound irony of Donald Trump accusing others of dishonesty and of undermining democracy?
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'Robert Jenrick playing around with AI in this way sets a very dangerous precedent for our politics.'
@matthewstadlen.bsky.social explains the seriousness of the Shadow Justice Secretary sharing an AI video of David Lammy dressing up as a clown after the prison releases.
@matthewstadlen.bsky.social explains the seriousness of the Shadow Justice Secretary sharing an AI video of David Lammy dressing up as a clown after the prison releases.
November 8, 2025 at 10:58 AM
'Robert Jenrick playing around with AI in this way sets a very dangerous precedent for our politics.'
@matthewstadlen.bsky.social explains the seriousness of the Shadow Justice Secretary sharing an AI video of David Lammy dressing up as a clown after the prison releases.
@matthewstadlen.bsky.social explains the seriousness of the Shadow Justice Secretary sharing an AI video of David Lammy dressing up as a clown after the prison releases.
Reposted by Matthew Stadlen
**NEW EPISODE**
20 questions With Mariella Frostrup.
Listen right here:
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20 questions With Mariella Frostrup.
Listen right here:
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20 Questions With Mariella Frostrup
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November 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
**NEW EPISODE**
20 questions With Mariella Frostrup.
Listen right here:
open.spotify.com/episode/37uP...
20 questions With Mariella Frostrup.
Listen right here:
open.spotify.com/episode/37uP...
**NEW EPISODE**
20 questions With Mariella Frostrup.
Listen right here:
open.spotify.com/episode/37uP...
20 questions With Mariella Frostrup.
Listen right here:
open.spotify.com/episode/37uP...
20 Questions With Mariella Frostrup
open.spotify.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
**NEW EPISODE**
20 questions With Mariella Frostrup.
Listen right here:
open.spotify.com/episode/37uP...
20 questions With Mariella Frostrup.
Listen right here:
open.spotify.com/episode/37uP...
**NEW**
Physics "rockstar" Paul Davies on progress in quantum mechanics, the future of AI, and colonising Mars.
Listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/0NIw...
Physics "rockstar" Paul Davies on progress in quantum mechanics, the future of AI, and colonising Mars.
Listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/0NIw...
20 Questions With Paul Davies
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November 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
**NEW**
Physics "rockstar" Paul Davies on progress in quantum mechanics, the future of AI, and colonising Mars.
Listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/0NIw...
Physics "rockstar" Paul Davies on progress in quantum mechanics, the future of AI, and colonising Mars.
Listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/0NIw...
Elon Musk’s X specialises in radicalisation.
November 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Elon Musk’s X specialises in radicalisation.
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Elon Musk’s trash-talking of Britain and his incitement to violence on British streets is dangerous and disgraceful.
October 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Elon Musk’s trash-talking of Britain and his incitement to violence on British streets is dangerous and disgraceful.
Reposted by Matthew Stadlen