Keith Matthews
@si1versurfer.bsky.social
Riffs, gigs, Bengals, Dons, Blue Brazil and dogs. Sometimes science.
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Well, at least she’s incapable of even pretending to be anything other than a corrupt sycophant tool for protecting pedophiles. That inevitable walk of shame can’t get here fast enough.
February 11, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Well, at least she’s incapable of even pretending to be anything other than a corrupt sycophant tool for protecting pedophiles. That inevitable walk of shame can’t get here fast enough.
Considered rage-posting after watching the Ratcliffe interview, but this thread says everything I wanted to. More eloquently too 🤔👇🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Man who moved abroad to avoid hundreds of millions of pounds of tax and whose business have benefited from hundreds of millions of pounds of public funds believes that, 'Britain has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state.'
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
February 11, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Considered rage-posting after watching the Ratcliffe interview, but this thread says everything I wanted to. More eloquently too 🤔👇🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise.
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
February 11, 2026 at 6:28 PM
NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise.
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
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One of the maddest elements of Brexit - and there are *many* - is the rewards that continue to be lavished on the blithering idiots who sold it & continue to be proved wrong about everything every day…
Ex Tory MP John Redwood has been made a peer, as Lord Redwood on 31 January, and was formally introduced in the Lords on Tuesday
February 11, 2026 at 8:34 AM
One of the maddest elements of Brexit - and there are *many* - is the rewards that continue to be lavished on the blithering idiots who sold it & continue to be proved wrong about everything every day…
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Mandelson has long cultivated a reputation as a master PR spinner. In reality, he’s mostly succeeded in repeatedly turning himself into a symbol of corrupt politics.
➡️ Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnCe...
➡️ Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnCe...
February 11, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Mandelson has long cultivated a reputation as a master PR spinner. In reality, he’s mostly succeeded in repeatedly turning himself into a symbol of corrupt politics.
➡️ Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnCe...
➡️ Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnCe...
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Thinking about Scottish football and the similarities to the way Scottish politics is viewed from down south | Alec Ross
There is no Scottish Labour
Thinking about Scottish football and the similarities to the way Scottish politics is viewed from down south
bylines.scot
February 10, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Thinking about Scottish football and the similarities to the way Scottish politics is viewed from down south | Alec Ross
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Nick Watt, "I have heard from the cabinet that Anas Sarwar was working in conjunction with Wes Streeting"
"And there was an expectation that there would be further resignations today"
"And there was an expectation that there would be further resignations today"
February 9, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Nick Watt, "I have heard from the cabinet that Anas Sarwar was working in conjunction with Wes Streeting"
"And there was an expectation that there would be further resignations today"
"And there was an expectation that there would be further resignations today"
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He's Henry VIII without the brains
Attorney for Ghislaine Maxwell says the convicted Epstein accomplice can clear President Trump's name in the Epstein probe in exchange for clemency. Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/3ZtSzW3
February 9, 2026 at 8:13 PM
He's Henry VIII without the brains
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How extraordinarily fortunate for Wes Streeting that the only text messages he sent Peter Mandelson just happened to be exactly the sort of things other Labour MPs want to hear from a potential leadership candidate
February 9, 2026 at 6:40 PM
How extraordinarily fortunate for Wes Streeting that the only text messages he sent Peter Mandelson just happened to be exactly the sort of things other Labour MPs want to hear from a potential leadership candidate
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BREAKING: Buckingham Palace says "we stand ready" to help Thames Valley Police in its assessment of allegations against Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should the palace be approached by the force.
February 9, 2026 at 6:26 PM
BREAKING: Buckingham Palace says "we stand ready" to help Thames Valley Police in its assessment of allegations against Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should the palace be approached by the force.
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“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
February 9, 2026 at 5:46 AM
“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
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Every TV betting advert:
CAREFUL, GAMBLING CAN RUIN YOUR LIFE.................DO IT THOUGH
CAREFUL, GAMBLING CAN RUIN YOUR LIFE.................DO IT THOUGH
February 9, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Every TV betting advert:
CAREFUL, GAMBLING CAN RUIN YOUR LIFE.................DO IT THOUGH
CAREFUL, GAMBLING CAN RUIN YOUR LIFE.................DO IT THOUGH
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According to the Times:
Everything Starmer has done as leader of the Labour Party has been driven by Morgan McSweeney.
Indeed, let’s not forget his election-winning strategy was to do nothing
Everything Starmer has done as leader of the Labour Party has been driven by Morgan McSweeney.
Indeed, let’s not forget his election-winning strategy was to do nothing
February 8, 2026 at 9:15 PM
According to the Times:
Everything Starmer has done as leader of the Labour Party has been driven by Morgan McSweeney.
Indeed, let’s not forget his election-winning strategy was to do nothing
Everything Starmer has done as leader of the Labour Party has been driven by Morgan McSweeney.
Indeed, let’s not forget his election-winning strategy was to do nothing
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Hahaha OK that's pretty good.
February 8, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Hahaha OK that's pretty good.
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"It's OK to Be White" has been a slogan for literal Nazis for some time now, if you want to know where the Republican Party is at the moment
February 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM
"It's OK to Be White" has been a slogan for literal Nazis for some time now, if you want to know where the Republican Party is at the moment
Presumably the next post will be ‘BAL won’t entertain offers for Jackson’ and likewise Allen in BUFF. F’king idiocy 👇🏻😏
RapSheet: CIN won't entertain offers for Burrow
RapSheet: CIN won't entertain offers for Burrow
NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reports the Bengals won't entertain trade offers for QB Joe Burrow.
dlvr.it
February 8, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Presumably the next post will be ‘BAL won’t entertain offers for Jackson’ and likewise Allen in BUFF. F’king idiocy 👇🏻😏
This is magnificent 👇🏻👏🏻Prescient analysis that is deeply depressing 🤔
Our great @bylinetimes.bsky.social diarist Peter Oborne spotted the problem with McSweeney back in August 2024. Here's 18 months of his coverage of Keir Starmer's Departing Chief of Staff
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The End of Morgan McSweeney: Peter Oborne on Keir Starmer's Departing Chief of Staff
As McSweeney resigns, we re-publish Peter Oborne’s Byline Times reporting on how Keir Starmer's chief strategist drove Labour towards defeat by the far-right
open.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 PM
This is magnificent 👇🏻👏🏻Prescient analysis that is deeply depressing 🤔
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“I advised the prime minister to make that appointment and I take full responsibiiity for that advice”
The inevitably question for Number 10 now is why the advice is a resigning matter but the actual decision isn’t.
That’s a hard question to answer.
The inevitably question for Number 10 now is why the advice is a resigning matter but the actual decision isn’t.
That’s a hard question to answer.
Morgan McSweeney has resigned from government
Statement in full;
Statement in full;
February 8, 2026 at 2:47 PM
“I advised the prime minister to make that appointment and I take full responsibiiity for that advice”
The inevitably question for Number 10 now is why the advice is a resigning matter but the actual decision isn’t.
That’s a hard question to answer.
The inevitably question for Number 10 now is why the advice is a resigning matter but the actual decision isn’t.
That’s a hard question to answer.
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Morgan McSweeney has resigned
Lots of reasons for it but among them is our revelation on Thursday evening that McSweeney’s think tank paid a PR firm to investigate journalists.
McSweeney was across that decision.
Still so many questions to answer about it
Lots of reasons for it but among them is our revelation on Thursday evening that McSweeney’s think tank paid a PR firm to investigate journalists.
McSweeney was across that decision.
Still so many questions to answer about it
🔴 BREAKING: Labour Together paid controversial PR firm £30k to investigate journalists who were digging into how its undeclared funding
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
BREAKING: McSweeney’s think tank paid PR firm to investigate journalists
Labour Together put private investigators onto journalists writing about its funding. Starmer's right-hand man knew.
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Morgan McSweeney has resigned
Lots of reasons for it but among them is our revelation on Thursday evening that McSweeney’s think tank paid a PR firm to investigate journalists.
McSweeney was across that decision.
Still so many questions to answer about it
Lots of reasons for it but among them is our revelation on Thursday evening that McSweeney’s think tank paid a PR firm to investigate journalists.
McSweeney was across that decision.
Still so many questions to answer about it
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The email source here
February 8, 2026 at 12:26 PM
The email source here
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If you’re wondering why the Silicon Valley Tech Bros mutated into MAGA monopolists and purveyors of online hate and Russian propaganda, this dinner might be a good place to start
February 8, 2026 at 12:03 PM
If you’re wondering why the Silicon Valley Tech Bros mutated into MAGA monopolists and purveyors of online hate and Russian propaganda, this dinner might be a good place to start
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Then and now
Compensation for loss of office (audited): “The Rt Hon Priti Patel left under severance terms on 8 November 2017 and received a severance payment of £16,876.” www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Compensation for loss of office (audited): “The Rt Hon Priti Patel left under severance terms on 8 November 2017 and received a severance payment of £16,876.” www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
February 8, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Then and now
Compensation for loss of office (audited): “The Rt Hon Priti Patel left under severance terms on 8 November 2017 and received a severance payment of £16,876.” www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Compensation for loss of office (audited): “The Rt Hon Priti Patel left under severance terms on 8 November 2017 and received a severance payment of £16,876.” www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...