Charlie Matthews
@charliematthews.bsky.social
Moderately online geriatric millennial. Political strategy consultant mainly in the development / humanitarian sector.
Based in Brighton, UK
Based in Brighton, UK
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Bluesky GMT schedule:
7am-9am: What did He do while we were asleep?
9am-10am: Complaining about NYT games
10am-2pm: Remember when that kid called Matt Bianco a bunch of wankers?
2pm: The horrors recommence
7am-9am: What did He do while we were asleep?
9am-10am: Complaining about NYT games
10am-2pm: Remember when that kid called Matt Bianco a bunch of wankers?
2pm: The horrors recommence
February 5, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Bluesky GMT schedule:
7am-9am: What did He do while we were asleep?
9am-10am: Complaining about NYT games
10am-2pm: Remember when that kid called Matt Bianco a bunch of wankers?
2pm: The horrors recommence
7am-9am: What did He do while we were asleep?
9am-10am: Complaining about NYT games
10am-2pm: Remember when that kid called Matt Bianco a bunch of wankers?
2pm: The horrors recommence
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Nothing like enjoying your slightly cheaper pint while imagining the toddler crying from hunger that paid for it.
Reform UK says it would re-impose two-child benefit cap for most families to fund £3bn support package for pubs - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
February 3, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Nothing like enjoying your slightly cheaper pint while imagining the toddler crying from hunger that paid for it.
So pleased to see he got his hat and backpack back - the detail that he was asking for them absolutely broke me the other day
Liam is home now and we are grateful to @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for traveling to Minneapolis with him and his dad.
Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️
Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️
February 1, 2026 at 7:57 PM
So pleased to see he got his hat and backpack back - the detail that he was asking for them absolutely broke me the other day
I realise this may seem like a sci fi dream but I would love it if one day someone invented a printer that worked
February 1, 2026 at 12:00 PM
I realise this may seem like a sci fi dream but I would love it if one day someone invented a printer that worked
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"average New Labour minister causes 3 scandals" factoid actualy just statistical error. average minister causes 0 scandals. Scandals Peter, who lives in cave & causes over 10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted
January 31, 2026 at 7:29 PM
"average New Labour minister causes 3 scandals" factoid actualy just statistical error. average minister causes 0 scandals. Scandals Peter, who lives in cave & causes over 10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted
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A thought: what's happening in the US shows that the somewheres/anywheres thing is bollocks. Most of the people mobilising, Goodhart would call Anywheres. And they're mobilising specifically to protect their neighbours and their neighbourhoods.
January 27, 2026 at 3:53 PM
A thought: what's happening in the US shows that the somewheres/anywheres thing is bollocks. Most of the people mobilising, Goodhart would call Anywheres. And they're mobilising specifically to protect their neighbours and their neighbourhoods.
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📢 JOB ALERT! Postdoc opportunity in Political Behaviour & Political Economy (UKRI‑funded) - Please do share with anyone who might be a great fit. If you’re interested or would like to know more, please feel free to get in touch!! jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Quantitative Political Behaviour and Political Economy:Whiteknights Reading UK
The closing date for applications is 23.59 on 22nd February 2026
jobs.reading.ac.uk
January 26, 2026 at 4:37 PM
📢 JOB ALERT! Postdoc opportunity in Political Behaviour & Political Economy (UKRI‑funded) - Please do share with anyone who might be a great fit. If you’re interested or would like to know more, please feel free to get in touch!! jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Despite the focus on small boats, most refugees stay in poor countries.
I went to Sudan, where nearly 1/3 of the population has left their homes, to see how the UN is coping with Trump's cuts and the west's retreat.
Sudan is a brutal, forgotten war. Please do read: as.ft.com/r/7db76b9a-8...
I went to Sudan, where nearly 1/3 of the population has left their homes, to see how the UN is coping with Trump's cuts and the west's retreat.
Sudan is a brutal, forgotten war. Please do read: as.ft.com/r/7db76b9a-8...
Adapt, shrink or die: the global crisis in humanitarian aid
[FREE TO READ] The UN’s outgoing High Commissioner for Refugees on the west’s retreat in Sudan, the folly of abandoning state-building and ‘necessary anger’
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January 26, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Despite the focus on small boats, most refugees stay in poor countries.
I went to Sudan, where nearly 1/3 of the population has left their homes, to see how the UN is coping with Trump's cuts and the west's retreat.
Sudan is a brutal, forgotten war. Please do read: as.ft.com/r/7db76b9a-8...
I went to Sudan, where nearly 1/3 of the population has left their homes, to see how the UN is coping with Trump's cuts and the west's retreat.
Sudan is a brutal, forgotten war. Please do read: as.ft.com/r/7db76b9a-8...
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I know some people are cynical about everything now and just say “eh, what do you expect” at every new low, but really this is just astonishing and outrageous, and I don’t think we should shrug at that www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:32 AM
I know some people are cynical about everything now and just say “eh, what do you expect” at every new low, but really this is just astonishing and outrageous, and I don’t think we should shrug at that www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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This intro to David Frost's Telegraph column sums up so much that is wrong with British politics.
January 16, 2026 at 8:46 AM
This intro to David Frost's Telegraph column sums up so much that is wrong with British politics.
Calling any Parisian locals or frequent visitors - I'm looking for recommendations for a fun/ atmospheric - but not crazy expensive - restaurant in Montmartre or Pigalle. TIA!
January 14, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Calling any Parisian locals or frequent visitors - I'm looking for recommendations for a fun/ atmospheric - but not crazy expensive - restaurant in Montmartre or Pigalle. TIA!
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This is almost unbelievably evil (and the article is even worse than the headline, since it claims that at least some of the “mercenaries” were lured to Russia with the promise of normal jobs in civilian industries).
January 14, 2026 at 9:46 AM
This is almost unbelievably evil (and the article is even worse than the headline, since it claims that at least some of the “mercenaries” were lured to Russia with the promise of normal jobs in civilian industries).
Currently looking up “milk chocolate coin” in my calorie counting app, which says all you need to know about how the new years diet is going
January 5, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Currently looking up “milk chocolate coin” in my calorie counting app, which says all you need to know about how the new years diet is going
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December 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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I’m teaming up with Milton Keynes Food Bank to invite you to spread the festive cheer a little further to those in need this Winter
For just £20, you can donate a food parcel and help someone living in food poverty
Please consider donating at localgiving.org/fundraising/...
#givingtuesday
For just £20, you can donate a food parcel and help someone living in food poverty
Please consider donating at localgiving.org/fundraising/...
#givingtuesday
December 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I’m teaming up with Milton Keynes Food Bank to invite you to spread the festive cheer a little further to those in need this Winter
For just £20, you can donate a food parcel and help someone living in food poverty
Please consider donating at localgiving.org/fundraising/...
#givingtuesday
For just £20, you can donate a food parcel and help someone living in food poverty
Please consider donating at localgiving.org/fundraising/...
#givingtuesday
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www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Such a terrible idea, both on principle it is precisely what good aid and diplomacy should be for, but also short sighted as it will foster greater costs and pressures in the future.
Such a terrible idea, both on principle it is precisely what good aid and diplomacy should be for, but also short sighted as it will foster greater costs and pressures in the future.
Fears for UK security as Foreign Office moves to scrap unit on conflict and refugee crises
MPs warn axing FCDO’s migration and conflict directorate amid staff cuts risks undermining peace work and expertise
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Such a terrible idea, both on principle it is precisely what good aid and diplomacy should be for, but also short sighted as it will foster greater costs and pressures in the future.
Such a terrible idea, both on principle it is precisely what good aid and diplomacy should be for, but also short sighted as it will foster greater costs and pressures in the future.
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Thrilled to offer this fully funded PhD opportunity with a focus on outcomes-oriented approaches to green industrial strategy.
Be a part of challenging dominant economic narratives with researchers in heterodox economics, putting theory into practice.
Apply by December 14 ➡️ buff.ly/26IhPxr
Be a part of challenging dominant economic narratives with researchers in heterodox economics, putting theory into practice.
Apply by December 14 ➡️ buff.ly/26IhPxr
November 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Thrilled to offer this fully funded PhD opportunity with a focus on outcomes-oriented approaches to green industrial strategy.
Be a part of challenging dominant economic narratives with researchers in heterodox economics, putting theory into practice.
Apply by December 14 ➡️ buff.ly/26IhPxr
Be a part of challenging dominant economic narratives with researchers in heterodox economics, putting theory into practice.
Apply by December 14 ➡️ buff.ly/26IhPxr
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And honestly I don't give a fuck if it's popular or not. It's going to make a lot of kids' lives better. That's the point of government. Not an opinion poll.
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
And honestly I don't give a fuck if it's popular or not. It's going to make a lot of kids' lives better. That's the point of government. Not an opinion poll.
wtf are we doing here, guys www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
wtf are we doing here, guys www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
I’m sorry but it is just not supposed to be this warm in November
November 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I’m sorry but it is just not supposed to be this warm in November
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Creative pals, we need you! A group of us are running an auction to raise funds for the Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan. Sudanese people are dealing with the worst humanitarian crisis since records began. Can you donate mentoring/art/signed books etc? SIGN UP HERE: www.sudancoup.com/auction
Creatives4Sudan Fundraising Auction — Keep Eyes On Sudan
Creatives coming together to raise life-saving funds for the people escaping genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan
www.sudancoup.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Creative pals, we need you! A group of us are running an auction to raise funds for the Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan. Sudanese people are dealing with the worst humanitarian crisis since records began. Can you donate mentoring/art/signed books etc? SIGN UP HERE: www.sudancoup.com/auction
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A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
I am a big Mamdani fan but honestly I feel like Brad Lander is the (other) breakout star of this election
Brad Lander is at the victory party and, folks, he has the custom one-of-one “GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE” shirt.
November 5, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I am a big Mamdani fan but honestly I feel like Brad Lander is the (other) breakout star of this election
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God love Kew, this is incredible
October 12, 2025 at 8:59 AM
God love Kew, this is incredible