matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 12hRejoin has had 10 years to figure out a killer reason to return to the EU "Take back control" was a great political tagline Brexit was dumb is not a particularly sustainable argument 010
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 10/10/2026All these 'alternative facts' and conspiracy theories are just misunderstandings and random brain farts. But said with absolute conviction Jeez its so painful that the most power person in the world had let this happen. And for what? Grift and vanity 020
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 10/10/2026It'll be the same small circle of Kid Rock, Hulk Hogan and the pillow guy. May be Dean Cain. Did I miss anyone? 000
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Honestly, where do they get this stuff? There must be a soup of bullshit somewhere on X. So how do specific kernals of this crud get to the top - and then out in to the open? Does this woman believe what she says? Does she have a team of 'researchers'? 131
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 09/10/2026They were so close to a pun in that headline! "Bangers and stash" 050
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 09/10/2026static.klipy.comMaximus: Are You Not Entertained?Alt: Maximus: Are You Not Entertained? 030
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Where did the find these boom operators? The muppet show? 190
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I was getting annoyed with Nick on Today programme earlier speaking about people with 1000 years of pure English or British heritage I call bullshit. Noone has a 'pure' lineage like that. Most people can go back 2/3 generations and there are foreign roots (typically Irish!) 232
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The will of the people was enacted. What we have IS brexit. It was debated for years, including 2 general elections. UK left in Jan 2020. That chapter is now closed... What we now have is the people's will changing, and a new chapter begins 170
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Whats going on with the free knife? Paying for a tv ad, to give away only 250 of them? Is it some kind of scam? 000
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 08/10/2026As with most tory policies, it seems certain to create house price inflation 010
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I thought they were just a couple of junior contractors? 000
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 06/10/2026static.klipy.comVriltania V1: Laughs in BritishAlt: Laughs in British 010
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I think they're all expecting pardons The interesting part is whether Trump is deemed of sound mind when he eventually pardons them 010
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 05/10/2026static.klipy.comLord Farquaad Markiplier Deepfake MemeAlt: Lord Farquaad "Some of you may die. But its a sacrifice I am willing to make" 030
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Small point (and I appreciate I'm no better), but you'd think a newspaper editor would spell prisons, correctly? 000
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Surely, just lock it to a different equation. Instead of 'highest' of earnings / inflation / 2%, pick an average. And / or manipulate / amend the underlying earnings / inflation benchmarks 000
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 04/10/2026static.klipy.comSpider-Man Pointing at Spider-Man MemeALT: Spider-Man Pointing at Spider-Man Meme 010
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Tories as a protest vote, is quite the position to be in... 000
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 03/10/2026What is the life expectancy of one of these data centres? When will all these forever chemicals be ripped out, due to obselesence, and no doubt dumped? 000
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Agreed. The term 'upto' is possibly doing some work here. Gets a large number for the press release, wholesale diesel prices and placates the man in the WH - but mitigates having to dip too far into strategic reserves 010
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 02/10/2026For context, UK consumes about 45M barrels of diesel a month 120
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 02/10/2026MCU 4th phase (Endgame etc) was peak Marvel Studios (Disney) strategy seemed to be to flood the zone with all the IP in all the formats. Eternals was supposed to create the next phase universe, but failed to gain traction. Eternals 2 not progressing From a lore perspective, Thanos was an Eternal 000
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Some version of: "You kids don't know how lucky you are. We didn't have any of this stuff when we were your age" 000
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Rationing ended in 1954. Though I suspect people (your parent's parents) spoke about it for a long time afterwards 110
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 02/10/2026There is a strand of research for people with dementia that listening to music from their formative years (16-20 years old), unlocks those old memories So its important to get the right era! 030
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 02/10/2026What's her proposal here? Give everyone access to Ancestory [dot] com, to check their heritage? Then when? What if you're half English? Is she going to issue non-English people with armbands to make clear to the authorities their heritage?ancestory.comAncestry | Family Tree, Genealogy & Family History RecordsAncestry® helps you understand your genealogy. A family tree takes you back generations—the world's largest collection of online family history records makes it 001
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 02/10/2026My dad is in a care home. He's 77. His formative years were in the late 60s. He liked the Rolling Stones But all the pictures in his care home are of Charlie Chaplin, Rita Hayworth and Spitfires - way before his time! People have a very skewed idea of what 'old' is! 1418730
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Presumably Karen here has a one-way flight booked back to Europe? 000
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 30/09/2026...and to think, those numbers were partly bolstered by the World Cup 050
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Interesting comment, because the only way to tell if they'd broken the law or not would be to try them. Not hold them in concentration camps 020
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Trump constantly flip flops on the war. So he won't be able to support / not support as he'd need to clarify his actual position As for Republicans, they'd need to find both a principled position and a collective backbone. Which seems a stretch 000
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 30/09/2026More likely, the low quality of my input. Must try harder! 110
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Most adults in the UK are investors via their pensions, likely via passive investments. And the vast majority won't be activist in these kind of decisions. I'd even argue that a large number won't even realise that their pension = investing in stocks 100
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Anyone who works, earns over £10k and is over 22 is automatically enrolled into a workplace pension. And is therefore a shareholder... 110
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Given the sticker price is £12, 85p seems like pretty good value! 160
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The whole brexit mess paralysed politics in the country for almost a decade I realise its an issue that needs tackling. But it'll be an uphill battle, particularly with 3 right wing parties and a right wing media Is there also an outcome where our relationship with the EU gets worse? 010
matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 29/09/2026He's asking for the site to be hacked, right? Or, it's already been hacked... 010
