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Matthew Wright

@matthew-wright.bsky.social
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@LBC weekend breakfast; fly fishing, festivals, old Brit motorbikes, awesome music: Grateful Dead to Cardiacs via Gong, Zappa, Here & Now, Hawkwind, X Ray Spex and Sparklehorse. Cassady’s Dada x

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
An annual report reveals how criminals are getting away with torturing and killing wildlife. In 2025, there were 2,149 reports of suspected wildlife crime, but 41 convictions. The Wildlife and Countryside Link report shows a stark reality: most wildlife crimes can be committed with total impunity.
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Brilliant news for CNJ et al. Nice one @dalevince.com 👍👏👏👏 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Dale Vince plans London-wide news operation to take on ‘rightwing bias’ in the media
Green energy entrepreneur plans rescue package for the group behind the Camden New Journal, Islington Tribune and Westminster Extra
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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As AI models go rogue, do you still trust OpenAI and Anthropic to stop them? I don’t and neither should you | Chris Stokel-Walker
The need for independent regulation grows more obvious by the day. We must keep this tech in check before it’s too late, says technology writer Chris Stokel-Walker
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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Surely it is time for the authorities to take this Fairford terrorism case out of the hands of the police & pass it over to Nigel Farage, Richard Tice & Isabel Oakeshott etc. These people have the expertise & skills to have this all solved & explained to the public by tonight.👍
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Floating Anarchy : Keith the Bass (Keith Bailey)
On the Bus
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hit Dartmoor first thing for a day on river Teign (pretty clean but still got some sewage fungus!) and saw kingfisher in first 5 mins and equally cool I almost stepped on a decent sea trout - boy did it spook! The only one I saw. I wonder if I’ll see any next year….x
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Genius! 😡 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Houses can be built on floodplains despite failing safety test, says high court
Decision to allow 190 controversial new homes in north Somerset sparks campaign for change in the law
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Not funny.. a bit of class. Nice one baz x
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is also brilliantly funny but for completely the opposite reason as my last repost. Compliments to all involved in Brum’s giant flag project 👍👏👏👏
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Truly very very very funny indeed!! A must watch - thanks Brexit Bin 😂😂😂😂
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Helen #FBPE #NHS #ClimateCrisis 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💙 @heib20.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Oh!😍 This is brilliant!!💖😊🐾
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Remind me: I owe Aaron £5!! Next Friday would be most helpful x
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
From 7 @lbc.co.uk: Burnham blames Brexit for dividing Britain. Can the rift be healed? Tories want to deport 40k foreign law breakers - but what if we get British crooks deported from foreign jails by return? And will Labour’s Nature Restoration Fund do anything to restore nature? 📞0345 6060973 x
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Absolutely made up for Amy - I've watched her confidence grow thanks to parkrun. Looking forward to a celebratory coffee and bun - well done again x
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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 26/09/2026
'Tracks are failing, points are failing and there's no money.' Can Andy Burnham fix our train companies? Caller Stephen works in the industry and tells @matthew-wright.bsky.social he isn't hopeful.
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
From 7 @lbc.co.uk: can the government reign in social media when it’s a heavy user itself? Is AI the new Cold War - can we trust the USA and China to keep us safe? 😂😂 And are our railways 😤 so broken they’re beyond repair? 📞 0345 6060973
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 25/09/2026
BP, Uber and Amazon are among the companies that have signed up to the membership scheme at the former UK prime minister's think-tank. ft.trib.al/4rqSGbH
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
📌 ICYMI — Rupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000 — @josiahmortimer.bsky.social The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held "off-site meetings" with the billionaire media mogul in August
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Rupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000
The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held "off-site meetings" with the billionaire media mogul in August
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Great to see latest Democracy for Sale and lighthouse reports investigation, into Tony Blair Institute, in @financialtimes.com with @pickardje.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/1ca9...
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Tony Blair’s think-tank offers political access to $25,000-a-year corporate members
BP, Uber and Amazon are among corporate members of the non-profit’s membership programme, the Global Network for Change
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AshfromEnfield @ashfromenfield.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yes Dread and Fuck You Racists ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾👊🏽😎. #SKA Riddim
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Tom Good (real name is Nigel but well, y'know) @tofuratitomgood.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@matthew-wright.bsky.social please can you help with this one! 🙏🦡
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sun’s out in Thirsk, first train’s almost on time. Life goes on…oh and I’ve just seen the Flying Scotsman 😍😍 open.spotify.com/track/5o4ZMg...
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Life Goes On
The Damned · Strawberries (Deluxe Edition) · Song · 1982
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Tough day only mitigated by the tough women left to pick up the pieces. Ultimate love and respect to Mandie xx gawd bless you Keith the Bass xx
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Train running late so gonna miss my connection in Leeds for Thirsk. Bit of a pain - I'm supposed to speak at the service - but two festival friends have come to the rescue and agreed to pick me up in Leeds and drive me to crematorium in Thirsk. People are great, our railways decidedly less so x
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Long train journey north for Keith the Bass’s funeral in Thirsk…going to be a sad day but offset a little by seeing old friends I don’t see enough. Time is short x
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nice wild brown trout from the Otter…
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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The first and last time Nigel Farage dared to face James O’Brien has gone viral again, and it’s still a glorious own
It’s easy to forget that Nigel Farage was once (technically) a colleague of James O’Brien at LBC, before he left the station in 2020 having made inflammatory remarks about Black Lives Matter protester...
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Cassady’s off to Stonehenge today with her skool. I’ve told her to ask lots of important questions like: was free festival of 1984 the biggest baddest of them all? Did you prefer Here and Now’s set in 83 or 84? Were too many people busted in ‘79? Was peace convoy a victim of police brutality etc..😂😂
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Vet prescription fees capped at £21 under rule changes. Doesn't deal with the real problems. Control of vet services by private equity, local monopolies. Profiteering High charges for treatment PE has overlapping interest in insurance and pet medicines.
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Vet prescription fees to be capped under rule changes
Vets must also tell clients if cheaper medicine is available online as part of the rule updates which surgeries have the coming months to bring in.
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Spent a few hours on river Otter this evening. Very little fishy action but lots of bats 🦇 Observations interrupted by friend travelling from Scotland stranded in Exeter by our shite railways! 😤 so drove in and got her home. She’d do the same for me I know. Night x
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
As ever, solidarity is key! 💪 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US TV networks suspend White House pool coverage over Trump media ban
ABC, CBS, Fox News and NBC decline to participate after presidential ban that prompted widespread condemnation
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Professor Darkness @professordarkness.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It's Monday. You might think your job is pointless. But at least you don't work as Russia's "Head of Human Rights Council". And you don't have to pretend our elections are ideal.
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Another victim of Farage’s Brexit www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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‘I have nothing in the UK at all’: British man torn from his Swedish wife and home
Charles lands at Heathrow with just two bags and nowhere to go as a result of Brexit and Stockholm’s hardline immigration position
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
From 7 @lbc.co.uk: should Andy Burnham go to the country now he’s flying high in the polls? Is platforming tax-avoiding foreign-based billionaires like Jim Ratcliffe an example of all that is wrong with this country? And will jailing parents for their kids’ crimes teach anyone a lesson? 0345 6060973
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
@gratefuldudes.bsky.social spectacular at new larger venue Nambucca, Holloway rd. Loads of room for dancing, a frenetic first set - big shout out to Chris and Debs who’d come all the way from Florida I kid you not!! Only wish I could stay for pt 2 Night all x
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Tom Good (real name is Nigel but well, y'know) @tofuratitomgood.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ali Miraj, I suppose? Should have listened to @matthew-wright.bsky.social this morning instead - he gave the idiots & bigots a good going over! (from 2hr 4m) www.globalplayer.com/catchup/lbc/...
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Matthew Wright - Catchup Episode | Global Player
Matthew Wright is Leading Britain's Conversation.
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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 19/09/2026
'The ability to have a proper conversation is gone.' 'Right-wing' caller Andy tells @matthew-wright.bsky.social that since Brexit, his social media algorithm pushes 'nasty' political content from opposing views.
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I reposted a later version of this song a few weeks back, here's an earlier take. It's one of my favourite of the Dead's shorter songs. Rather hoping @gratefuldudes.bsky.social here in the UK might include it in tonight's set. I'll be there of course x
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So much of the right these days have a massive patriotism problem. This guy: - is a tax exile (left long before this govt) - hates his own country while complaining he doesn’t get big enough subsidies from it - laments the manufacturing hit from a Brexit he supported www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Not sure you could swing a cat in here....bloody migrants eh?
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GoldSim63 @goldsim63.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Oooops nearly forgot the photo! I’m here - forgot my freakin RNLI gilet. I’ll remember tomorrow xx
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
From 7 @lbc.co.uk: harbingers of doom predict the next budget will be grim - are you ready for more pain? Is the abuse of elected politicians harming our democracy? And are the ‘legitimate concerns’ about refugees voiced in Piddington legitimate when you look at the data? 📞0345 6060973
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If Totnes decided, in an unofficial referendum, to join the EU, I wonder how many pages of coverage the BBC would give to a cat that can play a banjo?
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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A new era for Byline Times goes to press! @peterjukes.bsky.social & I are proud to have worked on a print redesign with our new art director Sonny Dhamu. With your support, we continue to grow. This issue marks a story no one else can/will. Two Cambridge professors. Two very different narratives...
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
BREAKING NEWS: Ed Sheeran adds Piddington to his list of tour dates.
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Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Rod Hull, time traveller. Villa Romana Del Casale.
Roman mosaic depicting man carrying a large bird like an emu.
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Was honoured to have Bonnie appear on my old TV show - I was a huge fan. Very sorry to hear she’s gone x www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Bonnie Greer: British-American author and critic dies at 77
Her husband says the playwright and cultural and political commentator died after a brief illness.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Lisa Nandy brands Musk’s X a ‘disgrace’ as she pledges crackdown on social media doxxing – UK politics live www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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