Matthew Fletcher
@overdu.bsky.social
Lincolnshire, Central Asia, Russia, farming, carbon, metals & mining
If it's good enough for @nfucanada.bsky.social & @nfudc.bsky.social why aren't #NFU_England&Wales and #NFU_Scotland on @bsky.app?
@tom-clarke.bsky.social @abireader.bsky.social
@tom-clarke.bsky.social @abireader.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 10:43 AM
If it's good enough for @nfucanada.bsky.social & @nfudc.bsky.social why aren't #NFU_England&Wales and #NFU_Scotland on @bsky.app?
@tom-clarke.bsky.social @abireader.bsky.social
@tom-clarke.bsky.social @abireader.bsky.social
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem
Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...
bylinetimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🔴NEW🔴
Thread 🧵
@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
Will be interesting to see the #Reform led Lincolnshire County Council approach to this... Let's hope they don't put the C*NT into Canute...
www.lincolnshireworld.com/news/environ...
www.lincolnshireworld.com/news/environ...
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media.tenor.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Will be interesting to see the #Reform led Lincolnshire County Council approach to this... Let's hope they don't put the C*NT into Canute...
www.lincolnshireworld.com/news/environ...
www.lincolnshireworld.com/news/environ...
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Inside the everyday Facebook networks where far-right ideas grow
Inside the everyday Facebook networks where far-right ideas grow
The Guardian spent a year studying an online community trading in anti-immigration sentiment and misinformation. Experts say such spaces can play a role in radicalisation
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Far-right Facebook groups are engine of radicalisation in UK, data investigation suggests
Far-right ideas are gaining ground. They are thriving in online worlds which are not easily visible to large swathes of the public but which spread misinformation that has real-world consequences.
Take last year. In the summer of 2024, riots broke out across parts of the UK, fuelled by misinformation that spread on social media. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Inside the everyday Facebook networks where far-right ideas grow
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Nigel Farage & Alex Phillips have been awfully quiet about Nathan Gill pleading guilty to eight counts of bribery relating to pro-Russia statements made in European parliament and articles.
Just wanted to refresh their memories about how they were all a team through that period.
Just wanted to refresh their memories about how they were all a team through that period.
September 27, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Nigel Farage & Alex Phillips have been awfully quiet about Nathan Gill pleading guilty to eight counts of bribery relating to pro-Russia statements made in European parliament and articles.
Just wanted to refresh their memories about how they were all a team through that period.
Just wanted to refresh their memories about how they were all a team through that period.
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Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges
Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges
Gill admits to eight charges while an elected member of the European parliament
Nathan Gill, a former leader of Reform UK in Wales, has pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to eight bribery charges while an elected member of the European parliament.
More details soon … Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges
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The Reform right like the MAGA right are completely fact averse and know that they can bullshit their way to power because their followers simply don't care about truth.
That's the threat this country faces, and it strikes me that our media are ill equipped to tackle it and failing us all.
That's the threat this country faces, and it strikes me that our media are ill equipped to tackle it and failing us all.
September 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The Reform right like the MAGA right are completely fact averse and know that they can bullshit their way to power because their followers simply don't care about truth.
That's the threat this country faces, and it strikes me that our media are ill equipped to tackle it and failing us all.
That's the threat this country faces, and it strikes me that our media are ill equipped to tackle it and failing us all.
Interested to understand if this deal gets reviewed by the Competition and Markets Authority. For a govt that has pledged to help farming profitability, this can't help farmers?
www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...
#MinetteBatters #SteveReed #NFU
www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...
#MinetteBatters #SteveReed #NFU
Two of the UK’s biggest bakeries to combine to make bread giant
The move follows a strategic review of the Allied Bakeries business
www.independent.co.uk
August 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Interested to understand if this deal gets reviewed by the Competition and Markets Authority. For a govt that has pledged to help farming profitability, this can't help farmers?
www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...
#MinetteBatters #SteveReed #NFU
www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...
#MinetteBatters #SteveReed #NFU
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There's a basic lie in the Government's position on water companies - and unless it confronts it the problem won't get fixed. 🧵
June 3, 2025 at 6:31 AM
There's a basic lie in the Government's position on water companies - and unless it confronts it the problem won't get fixed. 🧵
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Somebody Should Do Something About All The Problems
Somebody Should Do Something About All The Problems
Why isn’t anyone doing anything about all the problems? We’re living in a time with super computers and underwater sea stations and million-dollar laboratories. And still, everyday when I watch the TV...
theonion.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Somebody Should Do Something About All The Problems
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“Low-income households in Britain are now 27 per cent poorer than their equivalents in France and a staggering 60 per cent poorer than those in Ireland.” 🔥 www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
If there’s so much buyer’s remorse about Brexit, why is Nigel Farage the rising figure in UK politics?
Ten years on, an angry tribe sees itself as more English than British - and Ireland must stay alert to the dangers
www.irishtimes.com
May 27, 2025 at 6:48 AM
“Low-income households in Britain are now 27 per cent poorer than their equivalents in France and a staggering 60 per cent poorer than those in Ireland.” 🔥 www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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Is your Memorial Day barbecue more expensive this year?
Maybe because just 4 firms control 85% of the beef market, 66% of the pork market, and 54% of the poultry market.
Minimal competition means maximized price gouging. https://youtu.be/NuvKoe9Ilvo?si=KoAExA3HWCDTN8L3
Maybe because just 4 firms control 85% of the beef market, 66% of the pork market, and 54% of the poultry market.
Minimal competition means maximized price gouging. https://youtu.be/NuvKoe9Ilvo?si=KoAExA3HWCDTN8L3
How Farmers Are Getting Shafted By Monopolies | Robert Reich
Just 4 firms control 85% of the beef market, 66% of the pork market, and 54% of the poultry market. The result? -Lower p
youtu.be
May 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Is your Memorial Day barbecue more expensive this year?
Maybe because just 4 firms control 85% of the beef market, 66% of the pork market, and 54% of the poultry market.
Minimal competition means maximized price gouging. https://youtu.be/NuvKoe9Ilvo?si=KoAExA3HWCDTN8L3
Maybe because just 4 firms control 85% of the beef market, 66% of the pork market, and 54% of the poultry market.
Minimal competition means maximized price gouging. https://youtu.be/NuvKoe9Ilvo?si=KoAExA3HWCDTN8L3
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This Archie Bland piece is such a thing. Beautifully written, heartfelt, triumphant. He's on Bluesky but not active. He should know this is a lovely masterpiece.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The boy who came back: the near-death, and changed life, of my son Max
It was, we were told, a case of sudden infant death syndrome interrupted. What followed would transform my understanding of parenting, disability and the breadth of what makes a meaningful life
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2025 at 7:25 AM
This Archie Bland piece is such a thing. Beautifully written, heartfelt, triumphant. He's on Bluesky but not active. He should know this is a lovely masterpiece.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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We're seeing it again: FPTP makes a mockery of democracy.
🚨Turning elections into a lottery
🚨Giving 100% of the power to parties with 25% of the vote
🚨Making us vote for the "lesser evil"
🚨Silencing millions of voices
Sign the petition to scrap it:
🚨Turning elections into a lottery
🚨Giving 100% of the power to parties with 25% of the vote
🚨Making us vote for the "lesser evil"
🚨Silencing millions of voices
Sign the petition to scrap it:
📢 No More First Past the Post Elections!
Thursday’s election results confirm what so many of us already know: the current voting system is broken.
With 5 parties polling strongly, First Past the Post is delivering chaos and turning election...
actionnetwork.org
May 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
We're seeing it again: FPTP makes a mockery of democracy.
🚨Turning elections into a lottery
🚨Giving 100% of the power to parties with 25% of the vote
🚨Making us vote for the "lesser evil"
🚨Silencing millions of voices
Sign the petition to scrap it:
🚨Turning elections into a lottery
🚨Giving 100% of the power to parties with 25% of the vote
🚨Making us vote for the "lesser evil"
🚨Silencing millions of voices
Sign the petition to scrap it:
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The new Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough won 28% of the vote, on 33% turnout.
There was no option to pick a second preference.
Like in the West of England, the winning candidate was elected by less than 10% of the electorate.
This is not sustainable. FPTP must go.
There was no option to pick a second preference.
Like in the West of England, the winning candidate was elected by less than 10% of the electorate.
This is not sustainable. FPTP must go.
May 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The new Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough won 28% of the vote, on 33% turnout.
There was no option to pick a second preference.
Like in the West of England, the winning candidate was elected by less than 10% of the electorate.
This is not sustainable. FPTP must go.
There was no option to pick a second preference.
Like in the West of England, the winning candidate was elected by less than 10% of the electorate.
This is not sustainable. FPTP must go.
@i-communities.bsky.social enjoyed listening to Kirsten S-W on #BBCRadio4, are there any UK based #intentionalcommunities that have achieved 'Registered Provider' status? #HomesEngland
May 3, 2025 at 7:54 AM
@i-communities.bsky.social enjoyed listening to Kirsten S-W on #BBCRadio4, are there any UK based #intentionalcommunities that have achieved 'Registered Provider' status? #HomesEngland
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"The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat."
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry
The Agriculture Department says it is withdrawing a plan to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry products.
www.seattletimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
"The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat."
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
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The two most powerful Republican politicians in America - the president and co-president of the United States - are publicly praising and defending and excusing the crimes of a far-right foreign politician who leads a party founded by a Holocaust-denying neo-Nazi.
We are in a very, very dark place.
We are in a very, very dark place.
April 4, 2025 at 5:37 AM
The two most powerful Republican politicians in America - the president and co-president of the United States - are publicly praising and defending and excusing the crimes of a far-right foreign politician who leads a party founded by a Holocaust-denying neo-Nazi.
We are in a very, very dark place.
We are in a very, very dark place.
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A while ago a lovely German man appeared at our church. He came a few times to look around during our Saturday opening hours, before asking if the piano abandoned in the corner worked.
I told him it was horrendously out of tune, and the cathedral piano tuner had deemed it not worth sorting out.
I told him it was horrendously out of tune, and the cathedral piano tuner had deemed it not worth sorting out.
March 31, 2025 at 10:25 AM
A while ago a lovely German man appeared at our church. He came a few times to look around during our Saturday opening hours, before asking if the piano abandoned in the corner worked.
I told him it was horrendously out of tune, and the cathedral piano tuner had deemed it not worth sorting out.
I told him it was horrendously out of tune, and the cathedral piano tuner had deemed it not worth sorting out.
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UK taxes on big tech firms may be changed as part of a deal to avoid US President Donald Trump's next raft of tariffs, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has suggested
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK considers big tech tax changes to appease Donald Trump
Rachel Reeves says talks are "ongoing" about the Digital Services Tax, paid by giants like Amazon.
www.bbc.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
UK taxes on big tech firms may be changed as part of a deal to avoid US President Donald Trump's next raft of tariffs, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has suggested
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Never forgive, never forget
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Never forgive, never forget
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a (very timely) reminder of the legacy of germany’s partition:
February 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
a (very timely) reminder of the legacy of germany’s partition:
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Former Reform UK leader in Wales and pro-Brexit MEP Nathan Gill, has been charged with accepting bribes for promoting Russian interests in the European Parliament. In particular participating in an operation to harm Ukraine. #SpookyConnections #EndImpunity
February 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Former Reform UK leader in Wales and pro-Brexit MEP Nathan Gill, has been charged with accepting bribes for promoting Russian interests in the European Parliament. In particular participating in an operation to harm Ukraine. #SpookyConnections #EndImpunity
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Hi All, just sent out my weekend update (free as always). The only way to understand the USA and its interactions with Russia, Ukraine and Europe is to accept that the US is now a mafia state. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Weekend Update #121: The Mafia State Takes Over the USA
Phillips’s Newsletter is a reader-supported publication.
open.substack.com
February 23, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Hi All, just sent out my weekend update (free as always). The only way to understand the USA and its interactions with Russia, Ukraine and Europe is to accept that the US is now a mafia state. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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Donald Trump pressures Romania to lift restrictions on Tate brothers
https://www.ft.com/content/3f951e0b-a9cb-489a-be89-fdf9f996ed27
https://www.ft.com/content/3f951e0b-a9cb-489a-be89-fdf9f996ed27
Donald Trump pressures Romania to lift restrictions on Tate brothers
Tristan and Andrew Tate have been charged with sexual misconduct, organised crime and money laundering
www.ft.com
February 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Donald Trump pressures Romania to lift restrictions on Tate brothers
https://www.ft.com/content/3f951e0b-a9cb-489a-be89-fdf9f996ed27
https://www.ft.com/content/3f951e0b-a9cb-489a-be89-fdf9f996ed27