Matt Erskine
@matt72423.bsky.social
Socialist, anti-Zionist, anti-NATO, ex-Labour, now Green. MMT. Unsure about EU...too many pros and cons. Indy for Wales & Scotland. Abolish royalty and House of Lords. Sunderland, England. Sunderland FC.
Why are we still talking about who is in the Epstein Files?
For fucks sake, believe the victims' testimonies, start legal proceedings and lock the bastards up.
For fucks sake, believe the victims' testimonies, start legal proceedings and lock the bastards up.
February 8, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Why are we still talking about who is in the Epstein Files?
For fucks sake, believe the victims' testimonies, start legal proceedings and lock the bastards up.
For fucks sake, believe the victims' testimonies, start legal proceedings and lock the bastards up.
It was known by the British government that Mandelson was using a private email address - now deactivated - and private devices, for government business.
Yeah, nothing dodgy there, Starmer.
Yeah, nothing dodgy there, Starmer.
February 8, 2026 at 9:57 AM
It was known by the British government that Mandelson was using a private email address - now deactivated - and private devices, for government business.
Yeah, nothing dodgy there, Starmer.
Yeah, nothing dodgy there, Starmer.
Until we get our heads around the fact that taxes are not a source of 'income' for the government, we will continue to have a tax regime not fit for purpose. We need to understand the roles of taxation.
UK has regressive taxes.
National Insurance is no exception. Employees pay 8% on earnings between £12,570 and £50,270, and 2% on earnings above £50,270.
Net result is that basic rate taxpayers pay higher proportion of their income in NIC than those on higher incomes.
No govt listens to the people
National Insurance is no exception. Employees pay 8% on earnings between £12,570 and £50,270, and 2% on earnings above £50,270.
Net result is that basic rate taxpayers pay higher proportion of their income in NIC than those on higher incomes.
No govt listens to the people
National Insurance is a regressive tax that hits the less well-off hardest
Compared to income tax, national insurance contributions attract little sustained scrutiny even though they provide large amounts to the public purse.
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February 8, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Until we get our heads around the fact that taxes are not a source of 'income' for the government, we will continue to have a tax regime not fit for purpose. We need to understand the roles of taxation.
100%
I would like to ask a journalist why an enabler of genocide hasn't been run out of office and held accountable.
February 7, 2026 at 6:05 PM
100%
I'd like a journalist to ask Starmer if he ever had an off-the-record meeting with Peter Thiel.
February 7, 2026 at 5:21 PM
I'd like a journalist to ask Starmer if he ever had an off-the-record meeting with Peter Thiel.
The notion that Starmer didn't know about the history and activities of Mandelson is so absurd that it's laughable. Starmer is 'angry' cos the whole campaign to destroy the left, a campaign of which he is a central part, is unravelling.
February 7, 2026 at 4:54 PM
The notion that Starmer didn't know about the history and activities of Mandelson is so absurd that it's laughable. Starmer is 'angry' cos the whole campaign to destroy the left, a campaign of which he is a central part, is unravelling.
So, US, no impeachment today? No? Maybe tomorrow?
February 2, 2026 at 6:24 PM
So, US, no impeachment today? No? Maybe tomorrow?
The only time I want to hear Mandelson's name again is during his court hearing.
February 2, 2026 at 12:37 PM
The only time I want to hear Mandelson's name again is during his court hearing.
The naïve me of years ago thought that most politicians and public figures were basically decent human beings and wanted the best for people, albeit with different ideas of how to do it. Not any more. There are some brilliant people in public life and they're not 'all the same', but...
February 2, 2026 at 10:15 AM
The naïve me of years ago thought that most politicians and public figures were basically decent human beings and wanted the best for people, albeit with different ideas of how to do it. Not any more. There are some brilliant people in public life and they're not 'all the same', but...
Should he not be testifying in a court of law?
I just signed the petition demanding Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor stops hiding and FINALLY testifies to US Congress about his relationship with Epstein. The victims of this abuse must come first. Add your name now.
February 1, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Should he not be testifying in a court of law?
It has to be said, though, Mehdi, that if Biden and Garland had incriminating evidence of wrongdoing, they shouldn't have sat on it, cynical or ruthless or not.
The thing that shocks me most is that all of this incriminating stuff was sitting at the DOJ for 4 years and Biden & Garland were not cynical or ruthless enough to use it against Trump & Musk in the run up to 2024.
If only they were the evil ‘weaponizers of government’ that MAGA claimed they were!
If only they were the evil ‘weaponizers of government’ that MAGA claimed they were!
January 31, 2026 at 1:21 PM
It has to be said, though, Mehdi, that if Biden and Garland had incriminating evidence of wrongdoing, they shouldn't have sat on it, cynical or ruthless or not.
So the bookies are offering 5/1 or 11/2 on Labour winning Gorton and Denton. The best you'll get on the Greens is 11/10. Tell me who's 'enabling Farage'. Tell me who has 'no chance' in G&D. Tell me who's splitting the anti-Reform vote.
Voting green at Gorton & Denton is enabling Farage.
Only Labour can keep the grifting crooks out!
Only Labour can keep the grifting crooks out!
January 31, 2026 at 11:51 AM
So the bookies are offering 5/1 or 11/2 on Labour winning Gorton and Denton. The best you'll get on the Greens is 11/10. Tell me who's 'enabling Farage'. Tell me who has 'no chance' in G&D. Tell me who's splitting the anti-Reform vote.
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C. 20500 U.S.
Coordinates 38°53′52″N 77°02′11″W
Dear friends in the US, please arrest the occupants of the above address as there is indisputable evidence of multiple felonies over many years.
Coordinates 38°53′52″N 77°02′11″W
Dear friends in the US, please arrest the occupants of the above address as there is indisputable evidence of multiple felonies over many years.
January 31, 2026 at 10:03 AM
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C. 20500 U.S.
Coordinates 38°53′52″N 77°02′11″W
Dear friends in the US, please arrest the occupants of the above address as there is indisputable evidence of multiple felonies over many years.
Coordinates 38°53′52″N 77°02′11″W
Dear friends in the US, please arrest the occupants of the above address as there is indisputable evidence of multiple felonies over many years.
Given that the bookies are making the Greens favourites for Gorton and Denton, or joint favourites with Reform, is it not now time for Labour's social media apparatchiks to shut the fuck up about the Greens 'splitting the Labour vote'?
January 31, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Given that the bookies are making the Greens favourites for Gorton and Denton, or joint favourites with Reform, is it not now time for Labour's social media apparatchiks to shut the fuck up about the Greens 'splitting the Labour vote'?
I would make 3 points on this:
(i) Education improves the lives of everyone.
(ii) No-one 'bears the cost' of publicly-provided education, 'cos public spending doesn't work like that in a fiat currency regime such as ours.
(iii) Labour, Tories, Reform and LibDems don't understand the above 2 points.
(i) Education improves the lives of everyone.
(ii) No-one 'bears the cost' of publicly-provided education, 'cos public spending doesn't work like that in a fiat currency regime such as ours.
(iii) Labour, Tories, Reform and LibDems don't understand the above 2 points.
2026: Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves, "It is not right that people who don't go to university bear the cost for others to"
2020: That time Labour leader Keir Starmer said he would scrap university tuition fees
2020: That time Labour leader Keir Starmer said he would scrap university tuition fees
January 29, 2026 at 9:36 AM
I would make 3 points on this:
(i) Education improves the lives of everyone.
(ii) No-one 'bears the cost' of publicly-provided education, 'cos public spending doesn't work like that in a fiat currency regime such as ours.
(iii) Labour, Tories, Reform and LibDems don't understand the above 2 points.
(i) Education improves the lives of everyone.
(ii) No-one 'bears the cost' of publicly-provided education, 'cos public spending doesn't work like that in a fiat currency regime such as ours.
(iii) Labour, Tories, Reform and LibDems don't understand the above 2 points.
Train me to uninstall it.
Free AI training to be offered to every adult in the UK
Free AI training to be offered to every adult in the UK
Free AI training to be offered to every adult in the UK
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January 28, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Train me to uninstall it.
This makes no sense to me. The report cites two reasons for selling US Treasuries: Firstly, 'poor' US government finances. The US can not default on its commitment to honour its Treasury bonds, regardless of the state of its finances. Secondly..
Danish pension fund to sell $100 million in Treasurys, citing 'poor' U.S. government finances
AkademikerPension's move comes amid increasing tensions between Denmark and the U.S. over Greenland.
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January 27, 2026 at 3:40 PM
This makes no sense to me. The report cites two reasons for selling US Treasuries: Firstly, 'poor' US government finances. The US can not default on its commitment to honour its Treasury bonds, regardless of the state of its finances. Secondly..
It's been interesting to see lots of obedient Labour apparatchiks active on social media over the last few days, talking up Starmer and talking down the Greens. Labour knows where its real opposition is coming from.
January 26, 2026 at 11:48 AM
It's been interesting to see lots of obedient Labour apparatchiks active on social media over the last few days, talking up Starmer and talking down the Greens. Labour knows where its real opposition is coming from.
Good people of the USofA, surely it's time for action, not words.
January 26, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Good people of the USofA, surely it's time for action, not words.
The World's biggest criminals are trying to set up a 'Board of Peace'. We are at a dangerous, absurd and terrifying point in human history.
January 23, 2026 at 10:17 AM
The World's biggest criminals are trying to set up a 'Board of Peace'. We are at a dangerous, absurd and terrifying point in human history.
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January 22, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
Dear decent Americans, why the fuck has the US military not broken down the doors of the White House and taken that MFer into custody? How many laws does he have to break? How much of your beloved Constitution does he have to destroy? How much..
January 23, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Dear decent Americans, why the fuck has the US military not broken down the doors of the White House and taken that MFer into custody? How many laws does he have to break? How much of your beloved Constitution does he have to destroy? How much..
Rain Town - Deacon Blue
Name a song with the word "Rain" in the title or lyrics...🎶
December 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Rain Town - Deacon Blue
This person has rightly been arrested. Throw the book at him. Now...about those water companies illegally dumping shit in rivers...what action is going to be taken?
November 28, 2025 at 9:17 AM
This person has rightly been arrested. Throw the book at him. Now...about those water companies illegally dumping shit in rivers...what action is going to be taken?