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Matthew West

@mattwest72.bsky.social

It's a shit business. You'll find out.

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Latest posts by mattwest72.bsky.social on Bluesky

They bring joy to millions* though.

*Of people who don't support them

01.11.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Week? Someone's an optimist.

01.11.2025 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Live footage of 53 year old me being forced to deal with authenticator apps

01.11.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ok. I am going to guess.

Decent living conditions for poor people will discourage them from working hard?

If forced by the dead hand if the state to make buy to let properties habitable; landlords will be forced, forced, to evict tenants and then set fire to the property?

01.11.2025 08:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Better safe than sorry

31.10.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Have you given the doorbell a seasonal coating of faecal matter?

31.10.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought he was a free marketeer. Or was Yoda? Indivisible the four freedoms are.

31.10.2025 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Assessing the actual value of public sector infrastructure assets such as roads and death stars is notoriously tricky

31.10.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Even when you are well aware of the news, this headline has a big oof factor.

31.10.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love a piece of nice lean steak 🎢
It's always quite the thrill
🎢and nowadays I always cook it
On my eponymous grill 🎢

30.10.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Disappointed that the Radiohead one isn't an Argentinian tango to Idioteque

28.10.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not sure if I'm spending too much time on BlueSky

25.10.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But surely, as someone who lives quite close to Sunderland, you should like them?

25.10.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Griff Rhys-Jones tattoo?

24.10.2025 07:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm the best Russian roulette player they tell me. I don't know. that's what everyone says

23.10.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Still a big fan of Superman II in this regard

21.10.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I understand that purists eat the wax of a babybel

20.10.2025 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fancy foreign cheese? I'm disappointed

20.10.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Do you intersperse the slices of bread with pre sliced cheddar in the style of a Las Vegas croupier shuffling cards before consuming?

20.10.2025 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Could be introduced to deal with slow play

18.10.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I like the way the referee restarts the bout after the wardrobe correction by giving each competitor a good slap on the arse.

18.10.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I worked with a woman whose Forest supporting dad was expecting a boy to be named Brian. He hid his disappointment at having a girl by calling her Bryony

17.10.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I would hedge my bets and change my name to Stanley Accrington, which is quite grand

17.10.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

After due consideration, I have decided that I don't like cricket anymore

15.10.2025 10:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Although the producers of Carry on at your Convenience might have sued

15.10.2025 09:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Could have been worse, he might have tried to shoe horn trade union membership.

15.10.2025 09:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Unsolicited Herr Flick pic

11.10.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for your attention to this matter

11.10.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Any fool knows that autism is stored in the balls

09.10.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A thing of beauty

09.10.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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