Keith Matthews
@si1versurfer.bsky.social
Riffs, gigs, Bengals, Dons, Blue Brazil and dogs. Sometimes science.
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That time when, two months into World War 1, the FT asked its readers to predict the impact the conflict would have on the map of Europe. As a game. With cash prizes: great @ftweekend.com piece by @theboysmithy.ft.com www.ft.com/content/79a4...
February 14, 2026 at 9:54 AM
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Whatever could Thomas Massie be worried about? Oh, right.
February 13, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Whatever could Thomas Massie be worried about? Oh, right.
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The mark of any true patriot is their willingness to lie about personal safety in their beloved nation's capital.
Nadhim Zahawi thinks London is now unsafe, because the other day a tired-looking man walked past him during the morning rush hour.
February 13, 2026 at 3:52 PM
The mark of any true patriot is their willingness to lie about personal safety in their beloved nation's capital.
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"... as soon as you shift the frame to, these are politicians who've been bought & paid for by oil & gas, arms trade companies, private healthcare companies, gambling companies, their behaviour makes absolute sense"
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on Labour. Spot on.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on Labour. Spot on.
February 13, 2026 at 8:43 AM
"... as soon as you shift the frame to, these are politicians who've been bought & paid for by oil & gas, arms trade companies, private healthcare companies, gambling companies, their behaviour makes absolute sense"
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on Labour. Spot on.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on Labour. Spot on.
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BREAKING: In a massive blow to the Home Office, the High Court has ruled that the ban of Palestine Action under terrorism legislation is unlawful
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful but group remains proscribed for now - live updates
Three judges rule against the Home Office in a massive blow to the government, but say the ban must remain until a further hearing.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 11:41 AM
BREAKING: In a massive blow to the Home Office, the High Court has ruled that the ban of Palestine Action under terrorism legislation is unlawful
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
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The Trump administration is literally going to kill its supporters, and still they cheer the circus.
February 13, 2026 at 7:31 AM
The Trump administration is literally going to kill its supporters, and still they cheer the circus.
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The Today programme this morning interviewed Diana Furchgott-Roth, a senior staff member at the Heritage Foundation, about Trump's climate policies, during which she came out with the zinger: “a lot of people like it a bit warmer.”
How is it in the public interest to platform anti-science tripe?
How is it in the public interest to platform anti-science tripe?
February 13, 2026 at 9:20 AM
The Today programme this morning interviewed Diana Furchgott-Roth, a senior staff member at the Heritage Foundation, about Trump's climate policies, during which she came out with the zinger: “a lot of people like it a bit warmer.”
How is it in the public interest to platform anti-science tripe?
How is it in the public interest to platform anti-science tripe?
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Absobloodylutely!
How long are we going to hear about “legitimate debates and concerns about immigration?” It’s time we told the truth and deal with it. Net migration is low, we need more migrants, we are an ageing population. Highly skilled and low paid jobs are dependent on migrants. We need safe and legal routes.
February 12, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Absobloodylutely!
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"I used to snort cocaine off toilet seats."
Republican Americans must be soooooo proud...
Republican Americans must be soooooo proud...
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 12, 2026 at 8:12 PM
"I used to snort cocaine off toilet seats."
Republican Americans must be soooooo proud...
Republican Americans must be soooooo proud...
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Very good from @verybrexitproblems.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Very good from @verybrexitproblems.bsky.social
Scots say NO to this 💩 👇🏻
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Scots say NO to this 💩 👇🏻
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Left: Former Conservative Home Secretary now Reform UK supporter Suella Braverman says we need to leave the ECHR because the ECHR stopped the Rwanda plan
Right: BBC News, "The Conservative's Rwanda plan announced 18 months ago has been ruled unlawful by 5 Justices here at the UK's Supreme Court"
Right: BBC News, "The Conservative's Rwanda plan announced 18 months ago has been ruled unlawful by 5 Justices here at the UK's Supreme Court"
February 12, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Left: Former Conservative Home Secretary now Reform UK supporter Suella Braverman says we need to leave the ECHR because the ECHR stopped the Rwanda plan
Right: BBC News, "The Conservative's Rwanda plan announced 18 months ago has been ruled unlawful by 5 Justices here at the UK's Supreme Court"
Right: BBC News, "The Conservative's Rwanda plan announced 18 months ago has been ruled unlawful by 5 Justices here at the UK's Supreme Court"
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People Keir Starmer has hired, then fired for stuff he knew about when he hired them, a thread and a list:
1. Tulip Siddiq, given the economic crime brief, despite her aunt being PM of Bangladesh and mired in corruption allegations. Siddiq herself had faced questions over London properties.
1. Tulip Siddiq, given the economic crime brief, despite her aunt being PM of Bangladesh and mired in corruption allegations. Siddiq herself had faced questions over London properties.
February 11, 2026 at 1:37 PM
People Keir Starmer has hired, then fired for stuff he knew about when he hired them, a thread and a list:
1. Tulip Siddiq, given the economic crime brief, despite her aunt being PM of Bangladesh and mired in corruption allegations. Siddiq herself had faced questions over London properties.
1. Tulip Siddiq, given the economic crime brief, despite her aunt being PM of Bangladesh and mired in corruption allegations. Siddiq herself had faced questions over London properties.
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🇺🇦 Zelensky: Sport shouldn’t mean amnesia, and the Olympic movement should help stop wars, not play into the hands of aggressors.
Unfortunately, the decision of the International Olympic Committee to disqualify Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych says otherwise.
Unfortunately, the decision of the International Olympic Committee to disqualify Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych says otherwise.
February 12, 2026 at 12:15 PM
🇺🇦 Zelensky: Sport shouldn’t mean amnesia, and the Olympic movement should help stop wars, not play into the hands of aggressors.
Unfortunately, the decision of the International Olympic Committee to disqualify Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych says otherwise.
Unfortunately, the decision of the International Olympic Committee to disqualify Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych says otherwise.
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Imagine being anti immigration and working in *football*.
Politics for idiots.
Politics for idiots.
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Britain has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, one of the country's richest and most influential men, has told Sky News.
news.sky.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Imagine being anti immigration and working in *football*.
Politics for idiots.
Politics for idiots.
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It's almost like being fabulously rich doesn't make you happy or well adjusted. It's almost like it makes you sad and lonely. And leaves you forever casting about for scapegoats to offset your deep self-loathing. Thank you Jim Ratcliffe and Elon Musk for these important life lessons.
February 12, 2026 at 7:51 AM
It's almost like being fabulously rich doesn't make you happy or well adjusted. It's almost like it makes you sad and lonely. And leaves you forever casting about for scapegoats to offset your deep self-loathing. Thank you Jim Ratcliffe and Elon Musk for these important life lessons.
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Well, at least she’s incapable of even pretending to be anything other than a corrupt sycophant tool for protecting pedophiles. That inevitable walk of shame can’t get here fast enough.
February 11, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Well, at least she’s incapable of even pretending to be anything other than a corrupt sycophant tool for protecting pedophiles. That inevitable walk of shame can’t get here fast enough.
Considered rage-posting after watching the Ratcliffe interview, but this thread says everything I wanted to. More eloquently too 🤔👇🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Man who moved abroad to avoid hundreds of millions of pounds of tax and whose business have benefited from hundreds of millions of pounds of public funds believes that, 'Britain has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state.'
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
February 11, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Considered rage-posting after watching the Ratcliffe interview, but this thread says everything I wanted to. More eloquently too 🤔👇🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise.
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
February 11, 2026 at 6:28 PM
NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise.
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
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One of the maddest elements of Brexit - and there are *many* - is the rewards that continue to be lavished on the blithering idiots who sold it & continue to be proved wrong about everything every day…
Ex Tory MP John Redwood has been made a peer, as Lord Redwood on 31 January, and was formally introduced in the Lords on Tuesday
February 11, 2026 at 8:34 AM
One of the maddest elements of Brexit - and there are *many* - is the rewards that continue to be lavished on the blithering idiots who sold it & continue to be proved wrong about everything every day…
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Mandelson has long cultivated a reputation as a master PR spinner. In reality, he’s mostly succeeded in repeatedly turning himself into a symbol of corrupt politics.
➡️ Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnCe...
➡️ Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnCe...
February 11, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Mandelson has long cultivated a reputation as a master PR spinner. In reality, he’s mostly succeeded in repeatedly turning himself into a symbol of corrupt politics.
➡️ Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnCe...
➡️ Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnCe...
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February 10, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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