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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 3h

the first MP to take the oath on a Quran was Chaudhry Sarwar in 1997. this isn’t new.

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 15h

not at all sure how I feel about discovering I am the exact same age as Robert Jenrick....

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Not sure if it’s entirely what you are after but I was sure I was in perimenopause, tried various supplements to no avail, finally went to the GP to ask for HRT and it turned out all my symptoms were actually due to severe anemia

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Me and my friends used to do this arriving into Sussex Uni campus at Falmer in the early 00s as they still had these trains for a while - including competitions over who had the guts to open their door the earliest

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Magdalena Miedl aka espressozitron @mmiedl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

"There is something revealing in the gap between the masculine fantasy of protection and its reality: the fantasy requires a stranger, an obvious villain, a moment of uncomplicated heroism. Reality asks a man to believe a woman over his friend."

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Almost time to renew my @economist.com subscription but looking for alternatives that don’t have AI as the main story week in week out. Mainly interested in good coverage of African, Asian & European politics. Is Foreign Policy worth a try? Anything else I should be thinking about?

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I think I might get really into the Voynich when I retire. other poeple can knit or do crosswords or whatever, I am going to spend my days nerding out over an impenetrable medieval manuscript

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Congrats! As a friend said when he had a third, now you have to move from man-on-man marking to zonal marking 😂

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In Dallas in the 80s I went to school with a Scott Scott

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Interested in whether people are experiencing after effects from the current COVID vaccines. I felt awful for a couple days after each of the original 2021 ones so am in two minds about whether to have it this winter or not

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I’m here as an observer - balcony closed off but main hall full

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My daughter was big on Ancient Egypt but slightly older, 6/7?

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

that quote is quite something given Caroline Lucas' popularity and electoral success

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It is mad, I think people assume anything for sale by a legitimate website must be safe, and tbh they should be right

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Recently read the first on your recommendation and very much enjoyed it too, lots of spots I know from long term London commutes popping up was fun too

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My 9 year old is obsessed with looney tunes but I accept perhaps not representative

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I recently booked a place in Brighton that required an upfront deposit of £15 pp. Refundable if you cancelled within a certain window but not if you didn't show up

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I can't believe there's no Sopranos on there? Genuinely thought I must have some how missed it

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

best I could do was 22 and that was with a healthy dose of luck. I am always amazed when I come across an MP I have *never* heard of, assume they must be new, then it turns out they have been hanging out there on the backbenches for 15 years or so

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

fun game here esp for anyone brushing up on faces & names ahead of party conference (courtesy of @jamesomalley.co.uk) toys.jamesomalley.co.uk/mprecall/

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MP Recall — How many MPs can you remember?

Name as many current UK MPs as you can in five minutes.

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

two coffees, 4 teas, would have been more teas had the hot-water tap not stopped working

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

yeah, I was not exactly plugged into the inner circle but had heard plenty about what she was like well beforehand...

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Apologies in advance to my fellow passengers who are about to hear me present on multilateral development bank advocacy….

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Sadly seems someone has been hit by a train

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Oh lots of police around now too, ideal

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Train is stationary at a south London station I’ve never heard of while the driver runs down the train in a hurry, is that good or bad for my chances of making my meeting in time do we think

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Gawain @niawag.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

There's a whole world-view, a Weltanschauung, in Kushner's phrase “NGOs and Terrorists”. It's worth noting and exploring because I don't think we've fully understood the Trump regime's view of civil society.

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“NGOs and Terrorists”

A throwaway phrase from Jared Kushner encapsulates a worldview and a shift.

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

In Brighton I'd say at least a third, if not half, of my fellow 40-something middle-class parents are not married

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The process of getting wills drawn up convinced us we might as well just get married - my husband thanked our financial adviser in his speech

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I want the Prime Minister to look into a TV camera and say the RNLI are heroes, that we do not change policy by street violence in this country, and that he expects any criminal action to face the full force of the law. That's it. That's all he has to do.

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

i find the whole audience proxy thing actively irritating, I want to hear form the interesting exert not someone who knows even less than I do

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Slightly confused by the decision making at this hotel, whereby the pool is not lifeguarded but *does* have a uniformed guy walking around with a falcon on his arm seemingly 24/7

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Aah. I had wondered if it might be comparing the impact on the stock market of a rogue state getting a nuclear bomb vs a large economy electing a somewhat left wing government…

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Just finished reading Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman on the recommendation of @stephenkb.bsky.social. A brilliant read - I am now pondering which is the gag that Stephen said he “thinks about all the time” in the newsletter

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

So bored of seeing AI on the front cover of the economist almost every week. I know it’s important but it is not the only important thing

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

100% - I have seen so many children's play cafes shut because the big space they need makes business rates crippling. Would love spaces for children/ families to be included in this

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

idk, I have heard of pubs that are making money still being turned into flats as the price of housing means they are more profitable that way even though the pub was a going concern

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

What if it is not just some weird coincidence that people who care about poverty also tend to care about other forms of oppression? What if people who care about economic justice are also more likely to care about social justice because they are concerned with justice, equity, fairness in general?

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Charlie Matthews @charliematthews.bsky.social · 11/08/2026