Reposted by Matt SkinnerMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/09/2026There have been so many impeachable offenses, but lying about how you were a hero on a day that 2,753 people died in NYC in the 9/11 disaster—when you were on the other side of town, safely calling local media to brag about how you now had the tallest downtown building—is such a despicable one 1693244128467
Reposted by Matt SkinnerSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 22/07/2026It's driving me insane. The govt spends £1.4 trillion a year. Borrowing estimates are often by tens of billions over a year. But we're supposed to imagine money is budgeted to the last penny. 601446307
Reposted by Matt SkinnerSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Did a bit of analysis on a recent Matt Goodwin post for this one... 614532
Reposted by Matt SkinnerSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 06/06/2026I think this might be favourite comment ever on a post. 1244865
Reposted by Matt SkinnerDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 31/05/2026If you’d told me on January 7th 2021 that everyone in this picture would be pardoned and be paid $1 million each for reparations, I’d have said you were insane. It turns out that it’s American voters that are insane. 696193945235
Reposted by Matt SkinnerSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 25/05/2026If you're still trying to figure it out after a decade that might be a clue.... 3473247711
Reposted by Matt SkinnerJames O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 08/05/2026Wtf is this framing? Why isn’t the headline “Britain more vulnerable to Putin and climate change, thanks to campaigners”? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukCampaigners overjoyed solar farm plans for Morton rejectedThe solar farm would have been across an area the equivalent to about 90 football pitches. 1731080
Reposted by Matt SkinnerJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/01/2026“This is about plunder and power.” 1112667950
Reposted by Matt SkinnerNatalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Venezuela - a question I asked in the #HouseofLords last month. Hoping we will get a stronger, clearer reaction this time from the UK government about the US attack, which cannot conceivably be legal under international law nataliebennett.org/latest/venez...nataliebennett.orgVenezuelaVenezuela has about one-fifth of the world’s global oil reserves—an estimated 303 billion barrels—and the single largest-known mass of crude oil 29380138
Matt Skinner @skinnerm.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Other world leaders seem to be laying in this morning 000
Reposted by Matt SkinnerCare City @carecityuk.bsky.social · 18/12/2025As 2025 comes to a close, thank you to everyone who’s been part of the Care City journey. In a year shaped by reform and financial pressure, we stayed focused on what matters most: designing and proving what works, alongside our communities and partners. www.carecity.org/seasons-gree... 121
Reposted by Matt SkinnerSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 19/11/2025My post on why Kent and Reform's other councils have got into such a mess.... samf.substack.com/p/the-realit...samf.substack.comThe Reality TrapReform's struggles in local government 817974
Reposted by Matt SkinnerFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 19/11/2025John Major, "Our links to Europe and America may be loser now than once they were and that is a loss" "The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year" "That's a tax yield of £40 billion" "How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?" 29924356
Reposted by Matt SkinnerOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16/11/2025There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million In New York - population 8.5 million - there were 391. London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago. And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing 781819612
Reposted by Matt SkinnerResolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 07/11/2025Why should we switch 2p of tax from National Insurance to Income Tax? ⤵️ Income Tax raises more money and spreads the burden more fairly. The switch would raise £6 billion, and leave the vast majority of payslips unaffected. 187
Reposted by Matt SkinnerSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 04/10/2025There are lots of reasons not to leave ECHR. But apart from anything else, it just doesn't solve the problem the Tories/Reform think it does. E.g. the Supreme Court judgment re Rwanda being unsafe explicitly said it was not based on ECHR. 871382336
Reposted by Matt SkinnerCare City @carecityuk.bsky.social · 08/09/202571% of care home residents in Redbridge fall each year. Our Care Tech Pilot is testing sensors, AI & health monitoring tools to prevent falls, boost independence & transform care, with over 300 residents already benefiting. Read more in our blog: www.carecity.org/redbridge-ca... 011
Reposted by Matt SkinnerZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 06/09/2025"Zack Polanski said it was 'rank hypocrisy' for Nigel Farage to call for Angela Rayner's resignation and not to do so himself." inews.co.uk/news/green-p...inews.co.ukGreen Party leader calls for Farage to quit over tax affairsZack Polanski said it was 'rank hypocrisy' for Nigel Farage to call for Angela Rayner's resignation and not to do so himself 11629011031
Reposted by Matt SkinnerJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 01/09/2025The world's largest sand battery just launched in Finland! Developed by Polar Night Energy, this is a massive step for clean energy. It stores 100 MWh of thermal energy in sand, providing cost-effective alternative to LI batteries for long-term heat storage. www.pv-magazine.com/2025/08/28/w...pv-magazine.comFinland inaugurates world’s largest 1 MW/100 MWh sand batteryFinland has inaugurated the world’s largest sand battery, a 1 MW/100 MWh thermal storage system developed by Polar Night Energy. The unit is already exceeding efficiency targets. 17483136
Matt Skinner @skinnerm.bsky.social · 31/08/2025Wonder how many of these flags have been made in China and bought from Temu… 010
Reposted by Matt SkinnerSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Can we have lessons for all the adults too? 3068190
Reposted by Matt SkinnerSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 24/08/2025Funny they don't seem so bothered by Jenrick's three homes (including a grade 1 listed manor) plus his forth home in his constituency rented at taxpayer expense. Wonder why. 381767518
Reposted by Matt SkinnerSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 23/08/202563% of people think net migration rose in the last 12 months 8% of people think it fell Yet it fell by 400,000 in 2024 vs 2023 [It is falling further in 2025] Public service broadcasters are doing a core part of their job on this topic badly if that 8% is not closer to 30% at least 381018536
Reposted by Matt SkinnerIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Good on the Mirror for having the bravery to strike out against this bullshit 412170582
Reposted by Matt SkinnerOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Migrants can't answer back. They have no voice. So they make the perfect scapegoat for the pent-up rage of the angry, self-loathing far right who can unite around this issue. In addition it gives the media something to write about in the long summer recess. That is what is really going on here. 1573305954
Reposted by Matt SkinnerWolfgang Bremer @wolfgang.bremer.co · 19/08/2025Paris has removed the paving from its city hall square and transformed it into an urban forest. Stunning! 🤩 431615475
Matt Skinner @skinnerm.bsky.social · 16/08/2025Looks like a waste of time and massive gift to Putin then - what a shock. Not 010
Reposted by Matt SkinnerCare City @carecityuk.bsky.social · 17/07/2025We’re teaming up with London Social Ventures on the Adult Social Care Impact Launchpad, connecting researchers with care teams to turn bold, evidence-based ideas into action. Real change, grounded in rigour. More soon on how to support or pilot the work. londonsocialventures.com/impact-launc... 001
Matt Skinner @skinnerm.bsky.social · 15/07/2025I really get the national outrage over the felling of the sycamore tree, but 4 years in prison seems v expensive and unlikely to address their behaviour. Surely several years of community service planting trees and public realm work and educating them would be a better outcome 020
Reposted by Matt SkinnerDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 09/07/2025It turns out that when you remove cars from city streets, many fewer people are injured or killed. #CarsRuinCitiesinjuryprevention.bmj.comLow Traffic Neighbourhoods in London reduce road traffic injuries: a controlled before-and-after analysis (2012–2024)Background Between 2015 and 2024, 113 Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) were implemented across Greater London, with 27 subsequently removed. We investigated their impacts on road traffic injuries ins... 213624
Reposted by Matt SkinnerDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 24/06/2025But they will use paper straws on the planes 73857169
Reposted by Matt SkinnerNew Local @wearenewlocal.bsky.social · 03/06/2025📅 @carecityuk.bsky.social has spent the last year building belonging in Barking & Dagenham – working with 100+ people, saving £££ & embedding real community power. We heard about the lessons learnt – and how these can be applied in other contexts to create more connected places. #StrongerThings 022
Matt Skinner @skinnerm.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Back at the ‘Glastonbury for change doers’ that is #StrongerThings already reconnecting with fab people this morning. We’ve brought the Barking and Dagenham community along this year to share their learning from connecting and supporting people experiencing social isolation and complexity 000
Reposted by Matt SkinnerAndy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 30/05/2025As Heidi says (and knows well), this is the start of the process. American space scientists are hardly alone as the target of gratuitous, damaging cuts. Park rangers, rural nurses, migrant restauranteurs, chemistry PhDs, and countless others have suffered. Ask Congress to restore sanity. 🔭🧪🛰️ 17334
Reposted by Matt SkinnerSam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Farage claimed in his speech today that he would raise £65 *billion* by cutting climate policies, DEI schemes, and ‘Quangos’. He’s not running a serious operation and every political journalist in the country has a public duty to shout that from the rooftops 1031230399
Matt Skinner @skinnerm.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Delighted to be part of the Community Benefit Society Working Group helping to shape this in Barking and Dagenham with some brilliant local community leaders 030
Matt Skinner @skinnerm.bsky.social · 18/05/2025I’m not sure mass genocide is really in keeping with the spirit of Eurovision 030
Reposted by Matt SkinnerRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952 421251927842
Matt Skinner @skinnerm.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Fantastic evening at the launch of The Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing @acha020.bsky.social - huge ambition to connect research into real change with our communities in North East London. Congrats to all the ACHA team on an excellent launch 093
Reposted by Matt SkinnerGlen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 27/04/2025There is no point saying to the Reform-curious 'ah, it's all a lot more complex than that, that's simplistic'. The whole point of the right-populist insurgency is a revolt *against* complexity, the promised escape into a simpler, purer world. 1456
Matt Skinner @skinnerm.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Thrilled to share the news that Helen England has been appointed the new Chair of @carecityuk.bsky.social Board 020
Matt Skinner @skinnerm.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Presumably the govt will be building the new electric arc furnaces at Scunthorpe. Wonder what the economic case is for letting the coal ones go off, keeping the staff employed and building the electric furnaces is vs current scenario 000
Matt Skinner @skinnerm.bsky.social · 08/04/2025China calling Trumps bluff on tariffs whilst the rest of the world fumble around to make deals - felt like there was time to plan a better response 010