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Matt Carr

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Writer, author, journalist, cat lover, walker, traveller. X Exile. No tolerance for fascists,racists, liars, or making your country great again…wherever it is. Weekly newsletter at: mattcarr.substack.com

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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 27/09/2026
Mt substack newsletter on Andy Burnham's meeting with Trump. mattcarr.substack.com/p/mmm-yup?ut...
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Mmm, yup
Manchester Goes to New York
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Lethargy in place of strategy. New post on my fortnightly Brexit & Brexitism Blog looking at the urgent lessons from the Reform mega-donations, Piddington, and the growth of the far right; reset inertia; and the real lessons from Canada & Carney: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/leth...
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 25/09/2026
Brilliant post and terrifyingly spot on.
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 23/09/2026
Won't be holding my breath
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 22/09/2026
How about not a)accepting Trump's rationale about why the war started? b) Offering to help him 'stop the conflict' only hrs after the Mad King threatened to 'annihilate' Iran? c)boasting about helping Saudi Arabia bomb Yemen? Or would that be 'gobbing' to you?
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 22/09/2026
True. But my god Burnham has been so pitifully abject
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 22/09/2026
Which Burnham has given him
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 22/09/2026
Not a trace of what you mention in his grovelling at the court of King Donald. Just another wretched performance from a vassal state that Burnham represents with the same amoral lack of principles as his predecessors
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 22/09/2026
I know some people will call Burnham a 'Trump whisperer' and describe his grovelling as 'clever diplomacy' but it reeks of cowardice, collusion and amoral acceptance of the mad king's agenda. So weak and so depressing and so horribly predictable
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is completely on Andy Burnham Last week Labour could have stopped this. Now we have a single person giving more money than the entire general election spending limit for a political party www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 07/09/2026
Well, that's a follow from me Mel. I like outliers who call out what they see.
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 06/09/2026
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Patriots on Parade
From Stop the Boats to Stop the Cars
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 05/09/2026
This Nazi/ICE balaclavad paramilitary filth on the streets of Dover feels very much like a Musk/Yaxley-Lennon production. This is also the future Reform/Restore have in store for us. Police seem much better at hauling away Palestine Action pensioners than dealing with this rabble. I wonder why?
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 04/09/2026
Nadine Dorries on C4 News today. What a gross spectacle. Black eyes oozing hatred, stupidity, aggression and resentment. Mouth twisted from cynicism and dishonesty. Head swaying - is it booze or pills? Lying, like she's been doing all her horrible political life. A travesty of a human.
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 23/08/2026
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Cruel To Be Cruel
The Death of Jason Arday
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 17/08/2026
Reflections on the billionaire space race, SpaceX and attendant disorders. mattcarr.substack.com/p/a-rocket-o...
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A Rocket on the Moon
In the Path of Singularity
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 09/08/2026
Reflections on the 'invasion' of Ceuta and its weaponisation: mattcarr.substack.com/p/barbarians...
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Barbarians at the Gates?
The ‘Invasion’ of Ceuta
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 07/08/2026
The World Cup is over, but you can still read my piece in @Historia about the history behind Latin American hostility to the Argentinian football team. historiamag.com/argentina-fo...
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Argentina: football and history – Historia Magazine
The unpopularity of Argentina goes back much further than the reaction to their behaviour during the 2026 World Cup. It's rooted in the 150-year-old idea that "Argentines came from boats from Europe" ...
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 05/08/2026
Absolutely. And why should you, when they try to hold you up as some kind of inhumane cynic? These people reveal their own cynicism in their inability to recognise Liddle's cruelty and inhumanity.
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 05/08/2026
Good stuff Mic. When they try to gaslight you, this is the way to respond.
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 04/08/2026
Great piece Mic. Absolutely spot on.
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 04/08/2026
Another reason to be grateful to Mic Wright.
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 03/08/2026
A thoroughly nasty piece of work who always punched down
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 03/08/2026
There are those who only want us to think about migrants in boats. But we really need to be thinking about this: substack.com/@mattcarr/no...
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World on Fire
The Future is Here
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 01/08/2026
Nice review of my novel from the Historical Novel Society #booksky #historicalfiction @historia emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A... emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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The Emperor of Seville - Historical Novel Society
Spain, 1586. There has been a murder of an important banker, Sandro Grandoni, and so magistrate Bernardo de Mendoza has been sent to discover what has been going on and to bring the murderer to justic...
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 26/07/2026
My substack newsletter on the madman in the White House and his enablers #Iran #US-Iranwar open.substack.com/pub/mattcarr...
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US-Iran: The Madman's War
Who’s Crazy Now?
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 24/07/2026
As we watch the horrific #wildfires devastate France and Spain, I hope people will remember the politicians & individuals that did so much to prevent any attempts to address the #climateemergency, who called net zero a woke anticapitalist scam etc etc. So much to answer for. They never will.
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 22/07/2026
No problem. I thought something had gone wrong. Thanks for sorting it.
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 22/07/2026
@historia-hwa.bsky.social Hi. I've been trying to contact Frances to pitch pieces but never get a reply. Suspect I'm going to spam. Can you help please?
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 20/07/2026
Glad to hear it Paul. Did you get the chance to visit the Natural History Museum in La Plata?
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 20/07/2026
For those Interested in knowing more about how #Argentina became the way it is, check out my book Darwin’s Savages. ##booksky #books #History www.hurstpublishers.com/book/darwins...
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 20/07/2026
I wrote this before the #WorldCup final yesterday. But actually #Argentina were worse than I thought. Played like sulky ungracious thugs. Thank god they lost. open.substack.com/pub/mattcarr...
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Don’t Score for Me Argentina
The World Cup Comes to an End
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 20/07/2026
On #BookBub #ebook deals today. The Emperor of Seville for 99p. You can also buy The Devils of Cardona for the same price: www.amazon.co.uk/Emperor-Sevi... #BookSky #books #Seville #Historicalfiction
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 19/07/2026
It just gets better and better!
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 19/07/2026
My substack newsletter on #Argentina, the #WorldCup and related matters. substack.com/@mattcarr/no...
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Don’t Score for Me Argentina
The World Cup Comes to an End
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 19/07/2026
Things you can buy for 0.99 p: Kitchen foil Cat treats 15 m garden wire And now (drum roll) for a limited period, you can also travel back in time to the 16th century by buying my historical crime novel The Emperor of Seville for the same price! #booksky www.amazon.co.uk/Emperor-Sevi...
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 15/07/2026
Sorry to hear this. Rejections...I've had a few and they always sting.
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 13/07/2026
Excellent! Just DM me v with your email and I'll send it
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 13/07/2026
Can you DM me with your email Robin?
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 13/07/2026
Looking for some summer reading? Like historical fiction? Why not try The Emperor of Seville? First three replies to this post get a free digital copy. #booksky www.amazon.co.uk/Emperor-Sevi...
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 13/07/2026
Even by his own detestable standards, Farage’s self-serving attempts to use Ann Widdecombe's murder politically, despite a police request not to, are a shocking new low.
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 12/07/2026
My substack piece on Mosley-Farage's by-election gambit. open.substack.com/pub/mattcarr...
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The Binfire of the Vanities
Mosley-Farage Goes to the People
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 11/07/2026
Chris Grey. Essential analysis as always.
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 05/07/2026
My substack newsletter on Citizen Vigilante, Elon Musk's extremism and the failure to confront it: open.substack.com/pub/mattcarr...
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We Need to Talk About Elon
One Man in a KKKhole
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 04/07/2026
Interesting how the stench of sleaze follows Mosley-Farage wherever he goes. Anyone would think he is nothing but a low-life grifter, a liar and a crook.
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 02/07/2026
I don't know what you mean
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 02/07/2026
😀😀😀
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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I do hope Austria v Spain is known as the Habsburg Derby. Whoever loses, I’m sure they’ll take it on the chin.
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Matt Carr @mattcarr.substack.com · 28/06/2026
Reached into my inner Froissart and William of Malmesbury for this one: open.substack.com/pub/mattcarr...
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Chronicles of Brexitland
Chapter XLV: How the King of the North Went South
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