Reposted by Matthew BrookerAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Bill Browder: Putin has got a major shortage of diesel fuel in Russia, and so I don't believe that he's actually gonna supply the fuel. Second, the amounts are de minimis compared to what the United States actually needs. 27578164
Reposted by Matthew BrookerPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Andy Burnham first PM to confirm Kremlin role in Brexit vote The prime minister has revealed UK authorities told him there was ‘clear evidence’ that Moscow meddled in the referendum observer.co.uk/news/nationa...observer.co.ukFrom Russia with interference: Burnham first PM to confir...The prime minister has revealed UK authorities told him there was ‘clear evidence’ that Moscow meddled in the referendum 68980327
Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“Places where energy prices are high are poor” - did I hear that right from Kemi Badenoch? Places where energy costs are high: Britain, Denmark, Belgium Places where they are cheapest: Iran, Libya 000
Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026“I think it’s frustrating when people rush to judgment and proclaim people with guilty,” said Burnham on Wednesday -- a day after an independent panel proclaimed Manchester City guilty in a 40-page judgment that followed almost two years of deliberations. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comAndy Burnham’s Manchester City Remarks Rile Government OfficialsUK Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s handling of the Manchester City Football Club scandal has riled fellow government politicians who want to keep the process independent of government influence. 020
Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Why wouldn’t you think this when you were just pardoned by a “benevolent” dictator? 010
Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“Democracy has been hailed as, like, the holy grail for the last couple hundred years, but democracies are inefficient… If you get a benevolent dictator, it’s actually extremely efficient. There’s very little debate going on. You don’t waste time on a lot of frivolous stuff.” 110
Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Inside a Billionaire’s Paradise With Crypto’s Most Powerful Ex-Convict www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b...nytimes.comInside a Billionaire’s Paradise With Crypto’s Most Powerful Ex-ConvictChangpeng Zhao, jailed in the United States for a financial crime and pardoned by President Trump, is now living a gilded life in the United Arab Emirates. 110
Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026They’re all real, though whether Charles Moore can be considered real is a separate philosophical question 100
Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A selection of the highly varied content on today’s Telegraph home page 342
Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026If the UAE’s condition for investing in Britain is that they get to write their own rules, then do we even want their money? 031
Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Trump has been such a great ally of Europe. Why wouldn’t we release our emergency diesel reserves to help his electoral chances? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukUS pressures Europe to release diesel reserves as Trump threatens export banPresident Donald Trump has threatened to ban diesel exports in a bid to ease prices in the US ahead of the November elections. 041
Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If Abu Dhabi wants to be considered a modern, progressive and technocratic state, then it should consider playing by the rules of the countries where it invests www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...bloomberg.comMan City Is a $1 Billion Sportswashing LessonSometimes you can be too successful. “You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off,” Michael Caine tells an over-enthusiastic explosives specialist in The Italian Job, a heist movie that ends w... 030
Reposted by Matthew BrookerPaul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Properly punishing Man City will be good for the investment value of the Premier League as a whole, says @mbrooker.bsky.social for @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...bloomberg.comManchester City’s Torment Is a Dream for Its American RivalsManchester City has been found guilty of systematically breaking Premier League rules for almost a decade, in a watershed for the world’s richest football competition. The verdicts taint the legacy of... 163
Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Premier League’s damning judgment on Manchester City is a turning point for English football www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...bloomberg.comManchester City’s Torment Is a Dream for Its US-Backed RivalsManchester City has been found guilty of systematically breaking Premier League rules for almost a decade, in a watershed for the world’s richest football competition. The verdicts taint the legacy of... 011
Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Bully for the Premier League. Gave them both barrels 010
Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It’s dangerous and hostile territory youtu.be/9U0tDU37q2M?...youtu.beMonty Python - Climbing the North Face of the Uxbridge RoadYouTube video by feraldarryl 011
Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026British Prime Minister Andy Burnham implored President Donald Trump to bring up the case of imprisoned Hong Kong dissident Jimmy Lai at a Thursday summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, according to two people familiar with the situation. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...politico.comBritish PM asks Trump to bring up Jimmy Lai with XiThe British delegation said the Hong Kong dissident could live in the United Kingdom, a person familiar with the situation said. 063
Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Cambodia is now the biggest supplier of bikes to the US. Sure it is www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...bloomberg.comA $5,000 Bike Shows Why It’s Hard to Build in AmericaTrump’s tariff regime was meant to bring manufacturing back to America. A $5,000 bicycle shows how his levies are undermining that goal. 000
Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026What’s the Chinese for Streisand effect? hongkongfp.com/2026/09/22/s...hongkongfp.comSecurity Bureau weighs action as Joshua Wong film tops Netflix chartsThe Security Bureau has said it is "taking relevant follow-up actions" after a state-backed newspaper flagged a years-old Netflix documentary about pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong. 182
Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 19/09/2026At least Alf Garnett paid his taxes www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBillionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UKIneos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea. 020
Reposted by Matthew BrookerTony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026From a @robertshrimsley.bsky.social column on how mega-donors obscure the wider threats to British democracy www.ft.com/content/f270... 05725
Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Joshua Wong was once an icon of democratic hope; now he is a symbol of China’s broken promises over Hong Kong www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...bloomberg.comJoshua Wong's Freedom Means More Than Cheap Chinese CarsJoshua Wong became a global celebrity as a teenage protest leader in Hong Kong, appearing on the cover of Time magazine, serving as the subject of an award-winning documentary distributed by Netflix a... 0101
Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Silo episode 9 reminded me how much I love Peter Gabriel. Here he is singing Here Comes The Flood in German, which I always felt sounded better for some reason open.spotify.com/track/4dyd5H...open.spotify.comJetzt Kommt Die FlutPeter Gabriel · Flotsam And Jetsam · Song · 2019 021
Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I didn’t ask. I didn’t discuss politics with anyone. I was a tourist… 000
Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Oh, I’m back. I don’t think I would have posted on social media while there… 110
Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Back in mainland China for the first time in a decade. Lots of EV showrooms 351
Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Weren’t people who did this for a non-far-right cause sent to prison? 020
Reposted by Matthew BrookerIan Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 05/09/2026YouGov poll: Most Britons see Reform UK as untrustworthy, extreme and incompetent, while the most common words used to describe its leader, Nigel Farage, are “racist” and “liar”. yougov.com/en-gb/articl... 22611
Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 05/09/2026“There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides.” Thought for the day, from Terry Pratchett (Guards! Guards!) 011
Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Arron Banks is said to have paid private investigators to investigate Gabriel Pogrund, editor of the Sunday Times’ Insight team, after he broke a series of stories about Nigel Farage. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comArron Banks ‘hired private detective’ to look into journalist who investigated Reform UKAsked whether he targeted reporter who investigated party finances, Brexit campaigner says: ‘When you live by the sword, you die by the sword’ 154
Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 06/08/2026It takes some brass cheek to say FIFA will “no longer tolerate any attacks on its integrity, good governance and due process” when you are the one who has dragged these through the mud 382
Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 06/08/2026It stinks www.ft.com/content/2c74... At least half a dozen senior NHS leaders linked to Palantirft.comAt least half a dozen senior NHS leaders linked to PalantirExtent of ties revealed as scrutiny grows of US tech company’s contract to build new data platform 032
Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Why FIFA doesn’t change www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...bloomberg.comWhat's Wrong With FIFA? Look Beyond InfantinoGianni Infantino’s recent capitulation looks like a textbook case of overreach by a leader unaccustomed to restraints on their power. The FIFA president’s plan to sell a stake in a $20 billion commerc... 021
Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 31/07/2026🍿🍿🍿 www.ft.com/content/613c... Fifa insiders turn on Infantino over controversial $20bn investment planft.comFifa insiders turn on Infantino over controversial $20bn investment planInterventions by two senior officials deepen crisis over president’s plan to create new commercial venture and sell 20% stake 040
Matthew Brooker @mbrooker.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Brilliant piece that hits the nail on the head www.ft.com/content/6a35... We’ve moved from income world to wealth worldft.comWe’ve moved from income world to wealth worldPassive wealth gains increasingly matter more than earnings for one’s standing in society 031