Dr. Matt Hanley
@matthanley42.bsky.social
Political scientist academic in critical conservation and political ecology. Cycling fan, triathlete, indie lover, LFC & TRFC forever. Amateur scouser.
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Dr. Matt Hanley
@matthanley42.bsky.social
· Feb 24
The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters
This is my probably wild 1st attempt at developing an applied political ecology framework to UK politics, finding its expression in Green politics and providing a much needed challenge to destructive neoliberal assumptions.
open.substack.com/pub/greenisl...
open.substack.com/pub/greenisl...
November 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This is my probably wild 1st attempt at developing an applied political ecology framework to UK politics, finding its expression in Green politics and providing a much needed challenge to destructive neoliberal assumptions.
open.substack.com/pub/greenisl...
open.substack.com/pub/greenisl...
This is my probably wild 1st attempt at developing an applied political ecology framework to UK politics, finding its expression in Green politics and providing a much needed challenge to destructive neoliberal assumptions.
New post: Political ecology shaped my PhD, and the more I learned, the clearer it became: it underpins Green politics. It exposes who holds power over resources, who profits, and who pays. In an age of climate breakdown & inequality, Greens need this lens to challenge the neoliberal status quo.
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This is my probably wild 1st attempt at developing an applied political ecology framework to UK politics, finding its expression in Green politics and providing a much needed challenge to destructive neoliberal assumptions.
It's out! My first @green-isles post proper.
People think that Green politics is just woolly liberalism, doing nice things and recycling. But it shows how the many crises we are battling today are many faces of one assault on our communities across the UK.
open.substack.com/pub/greenisl...
People think that Green politics is just woolly liberalism, doing nice things and recycling. But it shows how the many crises we are battling today are many faces of one assault on our communities across the UK.
open.substack.com/pub/greenisl...
November 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
It's out! My first @green-isles post proper.
People think that Green politics is just woolly liberalism, doing nice things and recycling. But it shows how the many crises we are battling today are many faces of one assault on our communities across the UK.
open.substack.com/pub/greenisl...
People think that Green politics is just woolly liberalism, doing nice things and recycling. But it shows how the many crises we are battling today are many faces of one assault on our communities across the UK.
open.substack.com/pub/greenisl...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
November 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A thing that I'm doing. The application of Green politics, ecosocialism and political ecology in the UK 💚
Would appreciate a follow 😁
Would appreciate a follow 😁
Environmentalism without class struggle is just gardening! 🌱✊
The application of Green politics and ecosocialism in the UK 🇬🇧
Launching on Wednesday 12th November. A place for radical thinking for an ecosocialist island.
instagram.com/green.isles
greenisles.substack.com
(website coming soon)
The application of Green politics and ecosocialism in the UK 🇬🇧
Launching on Wednesday 12th November. A place for radical thinking for an ecosocialist island.
instagram.com/green.isles
greenisles.substack.com
(website coming soon)
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A thing that I'm doing. The application of Green politics, ecosocialism and political ecology in the UK 💚
Would appreciate a follow 😁
Would appreciate a follow 😁
A thing that I'm doing. The application of political ecology and Green politics in the UK. Would appreciate a follow 💚
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A thing that I'm doing. The application of political ecology and Green politics in the UK. Would appreciate a follow 💚
Reposted by Dr. Matt Hanley
More than $8 million from Mike Bloomberg.
$3 million from Airbnb's co-founder.
$3 million from the Estée Lauder family.
$2 million from Bill Ackman.
$1 million from DoorDash.
$200K from Walmart's heiress.
Zohran didn't just beat Andrew Cuomo. He beat the elite.
$3 million from Airbnb's co-founder.
$3 million from the Estée Lauder family.
$2 million from Bill Ackman.
$1 million from DoorDash.
$200K from Walmart's heiress.
Zohran didn't just beat Andrew Cuomo. He beat the elite.
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
More than $8 million from Mike Bloomberg.
$3 million from Airbnb's co-founder.
$3 million from the Estée Lauder family.
$2 million from Bill Ackman.
$1 million from DoorDash.
$200K from Walmart's heiress.
Zohran didn't just beat Andrew Cuomo. He beat the elite.
$3 million from Airbnb's co-founder.
$3 million from the Estée Lauder family.
$2 million from Bill Ackman.
$1 million from DoorDash.
$200K from Walmart's heiress.
Zohran didn't just beat Andrew Cuomo. He beat the elite.
There it is. They can't take it away from me now! Doctor of Philosophy in Geography 😁.
As a cis adult man, this is one of the few events that legitimately changes how I can present myself to the world, and how the world sees me (should I choose) - the change from Mr. to Dr.
Dr. Matt!
As a cis adult man, this is one of the few events that legitimately changes how I can present myself to the world, and how the world sees me (should I choose) - the change from Mr. to Dr.
Dr. Matt!
November 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
There it is. They can't take it away from me now! Doctor of Philosophy in Geography 😁.
As a cis adult man, this is one of the few events that legitimately changes how I can present myself to the world, and how the world sees me (should I choose) - the change from Mr. to Dr.
Dr. Matt!
As a cis adult man, this is one of the few events that legitimately changes how I can present myself to the world, and how the world sees me (should I choose) - the change from Mr. to Dr.
Dr. Matt!
Reposted by Dr. Matt Hanley
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Deliberately alienating left & liberal voters who will now happily vote Green/LD/Corbyn, chasing Reform voters who are just going to vote Tory/Reform regardless of how inhumane Labour positions itself on immigration, McSweeney must go down as one of the worst political strategists in recent history.
October 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Deliberately alienating left & liberal voters who will now happily vote Green/LD/Corbyn, chasing Reform voters who are just going to vote Tory/Reform regardless of how inhumane Labour positions itself on immigration, McSweeney must go down as one of the worst political strategists in recent history.
This arrived today 😁. Even up to this moment there's this lurking voice in the back of my mind that the uni will eventually catch up with me and realise that this idiot has been blagging it all along, and there's no way his shoddy thesis is phd-worthy.
But they can't take it back now!!
But they can't take it back now!!
October 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This arrived today 😁. Even up to this moment there's this lurking voice in the back of my mind that the uni will eventually catch up with me and realise that this idiot has been blagging it all along, and there's no way his shoddy thesis is phd-worthy.
But they can't take it back now!!
But they can't take it back now!!
Last Thursday, after years of steady decline, Tinks finally succumbed. She just became too ill. After 19 years together we're devastated. It's true that that decision you need to make at the end is the terrible price you have to pay for decades of love & company. So long, Tinks. You were best.
October 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Last Thursday, after years of steady decline, Tinks finally succumbed. She just became too ill. After 19 years together we're devastated. It's true that that decision you need to make at the end is the terrible price you have to pay for decades of love & company. So long, Tinks. You were best.
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If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.
September 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.
The challenge I see for the new leadership is to not allow the vote to coalesce around one type of voter (urban, progressive, uni town), but use the non-sectarian goodwill the Greens have across most voting blocks to show how we're ALL being screwed - working class, middle class, farmers, urban etc
So, a London Jewish former actor, a northern Muslim gardener, and a community arts and conservation champion from the midlands are the new Green Party leadership team. If nothing else, this is going to absolutely annoy all the right people! greenparty.org.uk/members/inte...
September 3, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The challenge I see for the new leadership is to not allow the vote to coalesce around one type of voter (urban, progressive, uni town), but use the non-sectarian goodwill the Greens have across most voting blocks to show how we're ALL being screwed - working class, middle class, farmers, urban etc
Reposted by Dr. Matt Hanley
September 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
So, a London Jewish former actor, a northern Muslim gardener, and a community arts and conservation champion from the midlands are the new Green Party leadership team. If nothing else, this is going to absolutely annoy all the right people! greenparty.org.uk/members/inte...
September 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
So, a London Jewish former actor, a northern Muslim gardener, and a community arts and conservation champion from the midlands are the new Green Party leadership team. If nothing else, this is going to absolutely annoy all the right people! greenparty.org.uk/members/inte...
Finally finished submitted PhD thesis revisions. Now with added Foucault! 6 months of revisions has transformed my thesis from a shoddy mess into something that actually isn't too bad (I hope). Spending the rest of the day reading *fiction* (vaguely remember that!) in the corner of a cosy pub.
August 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Finally finished submitted PhD thesis revisions. Now with added Foucault! 6 months of revisions has transformed my thesis from a shoddy mess into something that actually isn't too bad (I hope). Spending the rest of the day reading *fiction* (vaguely remember that!) in the corner of a cosy pub.
Watching the Proms playing John Williams'woderful film music on BBC4.
I always imagine how the Jurassic Park conversation went between Williams and Steven Spielberg:
I always imagine how the Jurassic Park conversation went between Williams and Steven Spielberg:
August 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Watching the Proms playing John Williams'woderful film music on BBC4.
I always imagine how the Jurassic Park conversation went between Williams and Steven Spielberg:
I always imagine how the Jurassic Park conversation went between Williams and Steven Spielberg:
This is a dark, long night. We think Tinks is fading fast - this evening she started staggering around, banging into things, staring at the wall for ages, looks really confused & a bit scared. So I'm standing vigil tonight to make sure she's comfortable until we take her to the vet in the morning...
Our Tinkerbell turns 19 this year. Born in 2006. She was alive when Milosovich & Saddam were, when you could still smoke in pubs, Blair was still PM, Obama was still a Chicago senator, financial markets hadn't crashed. She's older than the iPhone. She's... seen things other cats wouldn't believe!
August 19, 2025 at 1:33 AM
This is a dark, long night. We think Tinks is fading fast - this evening she started staggering around, banging into things, staring at the wall for ages, looks really confused & a bit scared. So I'm standing vigil tonight to make sure she's comfortable until we take her to the vet in the morning...
The Trevor Francis of women's football (if you know, you know!). Positive news, I suppose, raising the profile of women's football & valuing the player's worth in the hyper-capitalist f/ball market. Just bummed it had to be my beloved LFC losing an amazing player
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Arsenal complete world-record £1m Olivia Smith signing from Liverpool
The first £1m transfer in women’s football has been completed by the Canada forward Olivia Smith, who has described joining Arsenal as ‘an honour’
www.theguardian.com
July 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The Trevor Francis of women's football (if you know, you know!). Positive news, I suppose, raising the profile of women's football & valuing the player's worth in the hyper-capitalist f/ball market. Just bummed it had to be my beloved LFC losing an amazing player
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Has...has anyone congratulated @zaltzcricket.bsky.social on his sterling cover star turn on indie royalty Half Man Half Biscuit's new album All Asimov and No Fresh Air? Talk about hiding your light under a bushel, Andy. @thebugle.bsky.social @lastweektonight.com
June 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Has...has anyone congratulated @zaltzcricket.bsky.social on his sterling cover star turn on indie royalty Half Man Half Biscuit's new album All Asimov and No Fresh Air? Talk about hiding your light under a bushel, Andy. @thebugle.bsky.social @lastweektonight.com
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Guess the Britpop song from the intro in as few tries as possible.
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May 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Ever since I joined the Greens (20-odd years ago) I've always argued that we are unique in having the policies and vocabulary to talk & appeal to all working people in all areas: farmers, small businesses, uni grads, minimum wage workers, public & private sector employees, & even environmentalists!
The Greens are the only leftist party with any traction in rural England. They could (and in my opinion, should) be the ones to actually bring the country together.
While I'm not involved in any political party, I think @zackpolanski.bsky.social's analysis is correct. Thanks to Labour's multiple, infuriating failures, the Greens could become huge here, but only if they are bolder, more assertive and, yes, "eco-populist". www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
May 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Ever since I joined the Greens (20-odd years ago) I've always argued that we are unique in having the policies and vocabulary to talk & appeal to all working people in all areas: farmers, small businesses, uni grads, minimum wage workers, public & private sector employees, & even environmentalists!