Matthew Sherrington
@msherrington.bsky.social
Charity consultant/coach (strategy, comms & leadership stuff). People Power, Quirks, Wows & Bitter Irony. It's all personal.
Top presidential trolling from the Oxford Times this week.
October 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Top presidential trolling from the Oxford Times this week.
A manifesto I’d get behind. I mean, FFS, it’s not hard.
My bit on my parents who, like so many, worked like hell & bought a house…
Now?
That dream’s a lie told by those who flog the idea that we live in a meritocracy or call people lazy
It's not laziness
It’s a rigged system
Read it - and try not to scream into a cushion
Link 👇
Now?
That dream’s a lie told by those who flog the idea that we live in a meritocracy or call people lazy
It's not laziness
It’s a rigged system
Read it - and try not to scream into a cushion
Link 👇
July 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
A manifesto I’d get behind. I mean, FFS, it’s not hard.
Nigel Farage says abortion laws are “utterly ludicrous.”
MPs are watching.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
MPs are watching.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
Decriminalise abortion and make it a protected human right.
Women’s rights are under threat from the far right.
Nigel Farage just called our current abortion provisions “utterly ludicrous” – and others in power are paying attention.
A vote in Parliament could ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
June 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Nigel Farage says abortion laws are “utterly ludicrous.”
MPs are watching.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
MPs are watching.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
If you’d thought what’s happening Gaza couldn’t get any worse. Israel using food and starvation as a tool of oppression, and militarising their performative humanitarian aid, killing people in the process.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
Doctor describes 'total carnage' as 27 reported killed by Israeli fire at Gaza aid centre - live updates
For a third day running, Palestinians have been killed while collecting aid - the IDF confirms it fired shots and is investigating.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
If you’d thought what’s happening Gaza couldn’t get any worse. Israel using food and starvation as a tool of oppression, and militarising their performative humanitarian aid, killing people in the process.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
Leaving France behind.
June 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Leaving France behind.
Nice few days in France.
June 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Nice few days in France.
Free speech ‘as long as it agrees with us’ ain’t free speech. It’s pretty fash, actually.
Linda McMahon: "Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as they're abiding by the laws and in sync, I think, with the administration and what the administration is trying to accomplish."
May 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Free speech ‘as long as it agrees with us’ ain’t free speech. It’s pretty fash, actually.
Oh FFS, dealing with child poverty should not be a political calculation, just the right thing to do. And what we expect of a Labour government. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
No 10 delays child poverty strategy with tens of thousands more facing hardship
Exclusive: Flagship policy put back until at least autumn amid fears cost of removing two-child benefit cap will outweigh political benefit
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Oh FFS, dealing with child poverty should not be a political calculation, just the right thing to do. And what we expect of a Labour government. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
WHAT. TOOK. YOU. SO. LONG?
I mean, 70% of the 50,000 killed in Gaza so far are women and children. Indiscriminate bombs ok, starvation not?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
I mean, 70% of the 50,000 killed in Gaza so far are women and children. Indiscriminate bombs ok, starvation not?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
UK suspends trade talks with Israel and attacks ‘repellent’ extremism
Foreign secretary, David Lammy, condemns blocking of aid trucks and calls by Israeli ministers to ‘purify Gaza’
www.theguardian.com
May 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
WHAT. TOOK. YOU. SO. LONG?
I mean, 70% of the 50,000 killed in Gaza so far are women and children. Indiscriminate bombs ok, starvation not?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
I mean, 70% of the 50,000 killed in Gaza so far are women and children. Indiscriminate bombs ok, starvation not?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Allowing minimum levels of food into Gaza to prevent a ‘starvation situation’, having blockaded all food and supplies for ten weeks, says everything about Israel’s disdain for Palestinian life.
Withholding food from a civilian population is a war crime.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Withholding food from a civilian population is a war crime.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel says it will allow 'basic amount of food into Gaza' to prevent hunger crisis
Israel gave the update shortly after announcing a new ground offensive in Gaza.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 20, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Allowing minimum levels of food into Gaza to prevent a ‘starvation situation’, having blockaded all food and supplies for ten weeks, says everything about Israel’s disdain for Palestinian life.
Withholding food from a civilian population is a war crime.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Withholding food from a civilian population is a war crime.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A ‘freedom zone’? What, like recognising the State of Palestine? www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Middle East crisis live: Trump says US should turn Gaza into ‘freedom zone’ as more than 90 killed in Israeli strikes
US president’s reported comments in Qatar come as dozens killed in a second consecutive night of heavy bombing
www.theguardian.com
May 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
A ‘freedom zone’? What, like recognising the State of Palestine? www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Good morning from Hanoi. Vietnam flying the flags to mark 50 years of liberation of the south, and national unification. Work trip, jammy, eh?
May 7, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Good morning from Hanoi. Vietnam flying the flags to mark 50 years of liberation of the south, and national unification. Work trip, jammy, eh?
Seized the day. Frittata and cider mid-stream in a perfect quiet spot. Saw a kingfisher, heard a nightingale.
May 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Seized the day. Frittata and cider mid-stream in a perfect quiet spot. Saw a kingfisher, heard a nightingale.
Whereas the more heroin you get, you know, the less actual science you need … 🙄
RFK Jr: "We found that there's a direct inverse correlation between fluoride exposure and low IQ in children. So the more you get, the stupider you are."
April 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Whereas the more heroin you get, you know, the less actual science you need … 🙄
Reposted by Matthew Sherrington
We live in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, and yet 1 in 7 people in the UK are facing hunger.
This isn't right. Repost if you agree
This isn't right. Repost if you agree
April 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
We live in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, and yet 1 in 7 people in the UK are facing hunger.
This isn't right. Repost if you agree
This isn't right. Repost if you agree
Reposted by Matthew Sherrington
Having waited so long for a govt strategy for child poverty, please don’t rush it out with half-funded policy ideas as a political tactic to enable wider social welfare cuts
Our children deserve better than this
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Our children deserve better than this
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘The whole policy is wrong’: rebellion among Labour MPs grows over £5bn benefits cut
Dozens of MPs are angry at their party, despite frantic efforts by whips and government ministers to assuage them
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Having waited so long for a govt strategy for child poverty, please don’t rush it out with half-funded policy ideas as a political tactic to enable wider social welfare cuts
Our children deserve better than this
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Our children deserve better than this
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Fascinating, the key scientific advancements since I was at school.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
What I’ve learned after 40 years as the Observer’s science editor
Almost as amazing as the knowledge we have gained in the past four decades is the fact that some people continue to deny the damage we are doing to our world
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Fascinating, the key scientific advancements since I was at school.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Who wants to hear a nightingale?
Of course you do. Sound on.
Of course you do. Sound on.
April 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Who wants to hear a nightingale?
Of course you do. Sound on.
Of course you do. Sound on.
Is your MP’s email in your contacts? Because it’s so easy to write when something’s on your mind.
I wrote to mine (Lab) about the disability benefit cuts. She forwarded it on and I got a reply from the DWP Minister. Generic empty words, obvs, but at least they hear what you think. #CantDoNothing
I wrote to mine (Lab) about the disability benefit cuts. She forwarded it on and I got a reply from the DWP Minister. Generic empty words, obvs, but at least they hear what you think. #CantDoNothing
April 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Is your MP’s email in your contacts? Because it’s so easy to write when something’s on your mind.
I wrote to mine (Lab) about the disability benefit cuts. She forwarded it on and I got a reply from the DWP Minister. Generic empty words, obvs, but at least they hear what you think. #CantDoNothing
I wrote to mine (Lab) about the disability benefit cuts. She forwarded it on and I got a reply from the DWP Minister. Generic empty words, obvs, but at least they hear what you think. #CantDoNothing
Learn from my experience.
Today is definitely the day to stick your head in the sand about the state of your pension.
Today is definitely the day to stick your head in the sand about the state of your pension.
April 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Learn from my experience.
Today is definitely the day to stick your head in the sand about the state of your pension.
Today is definitely the day to stick your head in the sand about the state of your pension.
“We have been the dumb and helpless ‘whipping post’, but not any longer.”
Who knew the US has been the skinny weakling having sand kicked in its eyes and has just invested in a Charles Atlas chest expander.
Who knew the US has been the skinny weakling having sand kicked in its eyes and has just invested in a Charles Atlas chest expander.
April 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“We have been the dumb and helpless ‘whipping post’, but not any longer.”
Who knew the US has been the skinny weakling having sand kicked in its eyes and has just invested in a Charles Atlas chest expander.
Who knew the US has been the skinny weakling having sand kicked in its eyes and has just invested in a Charles Atlas chest expander.
Alternatively, “Video footage appears to prove IDF lied about their soldiers executing Palestinian medics.”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Video footage appears to contradict Israeli account of Gaza medic killings
The footage was reportedly filmed by a Palestinian paramedic killed by Israeli forces along with 14 others in March.
www.bbc.com
April 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Alternatively, “Video footage appears to prove IDF lied about their soldiers executing Palestinian medics.”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Good to see my MP, having taken a principled stand to resign over aid cuts, also talking sense about fiscal rules and tax.
🚨NEW: Anneliese Dodds says govt must ‘reassess’ fiscal rules and taxation pledges in first speech since resignation
“We must be prepared to reassess shibboleths, whether they be the fiscal rules, as Germany has done, or on taxation.”
Thread of clips from this thoughtful speech 👇
“We must be prepared to reassess shibboleths, whether they be the fiscal rules, as Germany has done, or on taxation.”
Thread of clips from this thoughtful speech 👇
Anneliese Dodds says government must 'reassess' fiscal rules in first speech since resignation - Politics.co.uk
Anneliese Dodds has urged the government to “reassess” its fiscal rules and pledges on taxation in her first commons speech since her resignation. Dodds, the former international development minister,...
www.politics.co.uk
April 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Good to see my MP, having taken a principled stand to resign over aid cuts, also talking sense about fiscal rules and tax.
For all the schadenfreude about the collapse in Tesla’s share price, it’s disappointingly only back to where it was before November’s US election six months ago. It’s a fickle world.
April 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
For all the schadenfreude about the collapse in Tesla’s share price, it’s disappointingly only back to where it was before November’s US election six months ago. It’s a fickle world.
Forget ‘cavalier, negligent and indiscriminate’.
Their hands were tied and they were shot in the head. Fifteen aid workers murdered by the IDF in cold blood. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Their hands were tied and they were shot in the head. Fifteen aid workers murdered by the IDF in cold blood. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
April 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Forget ‘cavalier, negligent and indiscriminate’.
Their hands were tied and they were shot in the head. Fifteen aid workers murdered by the IDF in cold blood. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Their hands were tied and they were shot in the head. Fifteen aid workers murdered by the IDF in cold blood. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...