Matt Skinner

Yes!

What facts ever come out of his press conferences

“This is about plunder and power.”

Venezuela Venezuela 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

Venezuela - 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

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Other world leaders seem to be laying in this morning

The same doctors who don’t believe in vaccinations right?

From the man who doesn’t like wars

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My post on why Kent and Reform's other councils have got into such a mess....

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John 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?"

Graph showing decline since 2005

There 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

Why 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.

Avois points aside, its a very worthwhile subscription

There is nothing he’s done to deserve it. Mostly the entire opposite

There 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.

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Green Party leader calls for Farage to quit over tax affairs Zack Polanski said it was 'rank hypocrisy' for Nigel Farage to call for Angela Rayner's resignation and not to do so himself

"Zack Polanski said it was 'rank hypocrisy' for Nigel Farage to call for Angela Rayner's resignation and not to do so himself."

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Finland inaugurates world’s largest 1 MW/100 MWh sand battery Finland 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.

The 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...

Looks like he’s setting the world on fire but he’s already done that?

Wonder how many of these flags have been made in China and bought from Temu…

Can we have lessons for all the adults too?

Funny 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.

63% 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

Good on the Mirror for having the bravery to strike out against this bullshit

Migrants 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.

Paris has removed the paving from its city hall square and transformed it into an urban forest. Stunning! 🤩

Looks like a waste of time and massive gift to Putin then - what a shock. Not