Matt Patterson
@mattpattv1.bsky.social
Mainly care about politics, diplomacy and SEND kids.
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Exactly - here’s what the summary text says: “This agreement will operate on similar principles to the UK’s other Social Security Agreements (SSA) with the EU and countries such as Switzerland, Norway, Canada, Japan, Chile and South Korea.“
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
UK-India trade deal: conclusion summary
www.gov.uk
May 7, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Exactly - here’s what the summary text says: “This agreement will operate on similar principles to the UK’s other Social Security Agreements (SSA) with the EU and countries such as Switzerland, Norway, Canada, Japan, Chile and South Korea.“
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Stop accepting the premise of Farage's never ending grifting quest to demand something, then scream about betrayal when it happens.
All trade deals are involve trade offs, but they produce a benefit for both sides that is worth those trade offs.
This is what you asked for Nigel, do shut up.
All trade deals are involve trade offs, but they produce a benefit for both sides that is worth those trade offs.
This is what you asked for Nigel, do shut up.
“It is scandalous beyond belief.”
Nigel Farage insists the UK’s trade deal with India ‘discriminates against British workers’.
@nickferrarilbc.bsky.social
Nigel Farage insists the UK’s trade deal with India ‘discriminates against British workers’.
@nickferrarilbc.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Stop accepting the premise of Farage's never ending grifting quest to demand something, then scream about betrayal when it happens.
All trade deals are involve trade offs, but they produce a benefit for both sides that is worth those trade offs.
This is what you asked for Nigel, do shut up.
All trade deals are involve trade offs, but they produce a benefit for both sides that is worth those trade offs.
This is what you asked for Nigel, do shut up.
New square based moto incoming @sixdiceskills.bsky.social?
We're getting pizza and I'm obsessed with this slightly broken mural that used to be about eating with your hands but now it reads like Saruman's manifesto
April 29, 2025 at 7:09 AM
New square based moto incoming @sixdiceskills.bsky.social?
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The earthquake’s epicentre is a part of Mandalay where the main business district, Zegyo market, and my aunt lives - we’ve been trying to call her for the last hour
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
March 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
The earthquake’s epicentre is a part of Mandalay where the main business district, Zegyo market, and my aunt lives - we’ve been trying to call her for the last hour
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Starting to feel HM King Charles III is almost trolling Trump now…?
Who’s he going to invite up to Balmoral next?
The President of Mexico and Hunter Biden’s laptop?
Who’s he going to invite up to Balmoral next?
The President of Mexico and Hunter Biden’s laptop?
King Charles ‘determined to play part’ in diplomacy as he welcomes Trudeau
King Charles ‘determined to play part’ in diplomacy as he welcomes Trudeau
Monarch keen to put his soft power to use amid Trump’s incendiary rhetoric on Canada and tension over Ukraine
King Charles is “very conscious” of his global responsibility and unique diplomatic role, and is determined to put that to use, a royal source…
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Starting to feel HM King Charles III is almost trolling Trump now…?
Who’s he going to invite up to Balmoral next?
The President of Mexico and Hunter Biden’s laptop?
Who’s he going to invite up to Balmoral next?
The President of Mexico and Hunter Biden’s laptop?
Is anyone gonna get that mad if playing Celine Dion and Bryan Adams’ music get a little more expensive?
Nb: no Alanis Morissette’s, Arcade Fire’s or Neil Young’s were harmed in the making of this joke… obvs Buble and Nickleback can do one.
Nb: no Alanis Morissette’s, Arcade Fire’s or Neil Young’s were harmed in the making of this joke… obvs Buble and Nickleback can do one.
Americans, I hope you’re well stocked up on **frantically Googles Canadian things** maple syrup
March 3, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Is anyone gonna get that mad if playing Celine Dion and Bryan Adams’ music get a little more expensive?
Nb: no Alanis Morissette’s, Arcade Fire’s or Neil Young’s were harmed in the making of this joke… obvs Buble and Nickleback can do one.
Nb: no Alanis Morissette’s, Arcade Fire’s or Neil Young’s were harmed in the making of this joke… obvs Buble and Nickleback can do one.
I find it so odd that the “New World Order” birthed in the 1990’s that’s so despised by the American right and being dismantled by Trump and Musk was crafted by George HW Bush.
Only 2 republican presidents away from the incumbent and the one in between was the son of the first.
Only 2 republican presidents away from the incumbent and the one in between was the son of the first.
February 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I find it so odd that the “New World Order” birthed in the 1990’s that’s so despised by the American right and being dismantled by Trump and Musk was crafted by George HW Bush.
Only 2 republican presidents away from the incumbent and the one in between was the son of the first.
Only 2 republican presidents away from the incumbent and the one in between was the son of the first.
Heartbreaking from @francesryan.bsky.social
We use continuing care for our son, wouldn't function as a family without it.
Too see a family broken and somone suffering because they're not being given good care is appalling.
Good palliative must be a minimum.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We use continuing care for our son, wouldn't function as a family without it.
Too see a family broken and somone suffering because they're not being given good care is appalling.
Good palliative must be a minimum.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A reader with a terminal illness emailed in despair. What she told me should shock us all | Frances Ryan
Rosy is unable to move, breathe or eat unassisted. Yet NHS assessors think it’s fine to leave her alone for hours at a time, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Heartbreaking from @francesryan.bsky.social
We use continuing care for our son, wouldn't function as a family without it.
Too see a family broken and somone suffering because they're not being given good care is appalling.
Good palliative must be a minimum.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We use continuing care for our son, wouldn't function as a family without it.
Too see a family broken and somone suffering because they're not being given good care is appalling.
Good palliative must be a minimum.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I get that leaving twitter is hard, beyond the time and energy invested it’s addictive.
I've not used the site for months but only deleted my account a few weeks ago.
But surely now, if you’re still on there you need to get off.
Otherwise, you’re just handing this guy cash and power.
#twexit
I've not used the site for months but only deleted my account a few weeks ago.
But surely now, if you’re still on there you need to get off.
Otherwise, you’re just handing this guy cash and power.
#twexit
January 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I get that leaving twitter is hard, beyond the time and energy invested it’s addictive.
I've not used the site for months but only deleted my account a few weeks ago.
But surely now, if you’re still on there you need to get off.
Otherwise, you’re just handing this guy cash and power.
#twexit
I've not used the site for months but only deleted my account a few weeks ago.
But surely now, if you’re still on there you need to get off.
Otherwise, you’re just handing this guy cash and power.
#twexit
Imagine the level of thought and planning that has gone into that hat, then consider the amount of antipathy there must be to motivate and justify the scale of the whole enterprise.
Oh, now the wide brim pulled right down makes sense
Let the memes begin! #Trump
January 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Imagine the level of thought and planning that has gone into that hat, then consider the amount of antipathy there must be to motivate and justify the scale of the whole enterprise.
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Oh, now the wide brim pulled right down makes sense
January 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Oh, now the wide brim pulled right down makes sense
"So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings".
January 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings".
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It's so weird that in the end Twitter became state media
January 15, 2025 at 6:54 AM
It's so weird that in the end Twitter became state media
We need to stop the use of the nonsense phrase "sniff test".
It's a risk free way to make allegations without evidence and allows journalists and insiders to cast dispersions and, crucially, generate heat around a story.
It's smearing even if it’s done off the record and opaquely.
It's a risk free way to make allegations without evidence and allows journalists and insiders to cast dispersions and, crucially, generate heat around a story.
It's smearing even if it’s done off the record and opaquely.
January 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
We need to stop the use of the nonsense phrase "sniff test".
It's a risk free way to make allegations without evidence and allows journalists and insiders to cast dispersions and, crucially, generate heat around a story.
It's smearing even if it’s done off the record and opaquely.
It's a risk free way to make allegations without evidence and allows journalists and insiders to cast dispersions and, crucially, generate heat around a story.
It's smearing even if it’s done off the record and opaquely.
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📢Today, MPs debated the Children’s Wellbeing & Schools Bill – a huge opportunity to reform child welfare!
It includes families having the opportunity to come up with solutions before children enter care & a new local kinship care offer.
Our analysis 👇
frg.org.uk/policy-and-c...
It includes families having the opportunity to come up with solutions before children enter care & a new local kinship care offer.
Our analysis 👇
frg.org.uk/policy-and-c...
January 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
📢Today, MPs debated the Children’s Wellbeing & Schools Bill – a huge opportunity to reform child welfare!
It includes families having the opportunity to come up with solutions before children enter care & a new local kinship care offer.
Our analysis 👇
frg.org.uk/policy-and-c...
It includes families having the opportunity to come up with solutions before children enter care & a new local kinship care offer.
Our analysis 👇
frg.org.uk/policy-and-c...
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winter on the river Thames
January 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
winter on the river Thames
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Congratulations to Beverley Campbell who has received an MBE in His Majesty’s New Years Honours 🎖️
Beverley is our family participation officer & one of our expert advisers. One mother Beverley advised described her as “an angel in disguise.”
Read more:
frg.org.uk/news-blogs-a...
Beverley is our family participation officer & one of our expert advisers. One mother Beverley advised described her as “an angel in disguise.”
Read more:
frg.org.uk/news-blogs-a...
January 2, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Congratulations to Beverley Campbell who has received an MBE in His Majesty’s New Years Honours 🎖️
Beverley is our family participation officer & one of our expert advisers. One mother Beverley advised described her as “an angel in disguise.”
Read more:
frg.org.uk/news-blogs-a...
Beverley is our family participation officer & one of our expert advisers. One mother Beverley advised described her as “an angel in disguise.”
Read more:
frg.org.uk/news-blogs-a...
“You’ll be visited by three spirits”
The three spirits…
The three spirits…
December 24, 2024 at 3:00 PM
“You’ll be visited by three spirits”
The three spirits…
The three spirits…
The leader of the opposition reads like she's just spent far too much time online and is now regurgutating random memes as political commentary.
It really would explain a lot, for example her hacking a government ministers website and her "odd for a politician" Christmas movie choices.
It really would explain a lot, for example her hacking a government ministers website and her "odd for a politician" Christmas movie choices.
December 12, 2024 at 1:52 PM
The leader of the opposition reads like she's just spent far too much time online and is now regurgutating random memes as political commentary.
It really would explain a lot, for example her hacking a government ministers website and her "odd for a politician" Christmas movie choices.
It really would explain a lot, for example her hacking a government ministers website and her "odd for a politician" Christmas movie choices.
Great idea but @freezemysnowball1.bsky.social not very accessible to insist on IOS 17 or higher for your app.
People with older phones, or those who don't want to lose functionality from updates that throttle capacity can't use your app.
People with older phones, or those who don't want to lose functionality from updates that throttle capacity can't use your app.
November 28, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Great idea but @freezemysnowball1.bsky.social not very accessible to insist on IOS 17 or higher for your app.
People with older phones, or those who don't want to lose functionality from updates that throttle capacity can't use your app.
People with older phones, or those who don't want to lose functionality from updates that throttle capacity can't use your app.
That Tory MPs are taking seriously something they really should just ignore is stagering, especially as it's based on a very dumb premise, which is: lets overturn hundreds of years of our constitutional settlement because people signed a petition.
Every government since 2010 has had clear potential to collapse. This one doesn't and, after 14 years of drama, people haven't quite got their heads around that yet.
November 25, 2024 at 10:28 AM
That Tory MPs are taking seriously something they really should just ignore is stagering, especially as it's based on a very dumb premise, which is: lets overturn hundreds of years of our constitutional settlement because people signed a petition.
Far too proud of my now dormant twitter accounts new profile pic, banner and text.
November 19, 2024 at 9:41 AM
Far too proud of my now dormant twitter accounts new profile pic, banner and text.