Matthew McGregor
Politics, football, antifascism. I work for 38 Degrees. Trustee of Reprieve and IPPR. I liked Pope Francis.
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- I know the blatant corruption is the main thing here but let’s not downplay how much this makes the United States of America look like a charity case.
- Reposted by Matthew McGregorA deep sense of gloom descended on Birmingham‘s York Road this evening as people came out in number to mourn the absence of cars.
- Reposted by Matthew McGregorThis is our Emily who has played for us for the past 3 years. She is super talented and we are super proud of her. It is criminal that as well as being barred by the FA from playing FA regulated football she didn't even get a notification.
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Cassocks are red Conclaves are dope Wake up babe we got a - I bet JD Vance wishes he hadn't killed Pope Francis now.
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- I know this isn’t going to be especially decisive in the process or anyone’s thinking but I would personally massively prefer the pope to be selected tomorrow rather than today. Just more convenient from a news consumption and engagement point of view.
- US trade deal — new polling: 💵 64% of Brits fear a trade deal will give Trump too much influence over UK 🇺🇸 68% don’t trust Trump to treat UK fairly 🇪🇺 By 67% to 14% Brits would prefer a deal with the EU over US More here: www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- I don’t live in london or even like it that much but this stories like this are such good shit it’s still worth paying for.
- This week I had so many readers get in touch about an apparently fake online astroturf campaign in *support* of festivals taking over London parks. So I dug into it. www.londoncentric.media/p/five-gays-...
- The Australian election really is an incredibly decisive win for Albo and Labor. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
- You don’t usually see the quiet part said out loud but it’ll be handy for backbench Labour MPs to know exactly what the stakes are.
- We worked with @moreincommonuk.bsky.social on focus groups in Runcorn on Friday. In contrast to widely held assumptions, the cost of living was far more frequently discussed than immigration. Read more about what the groups tell us in Tim Shipman's column here: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
- They call pieces like this "a beat sweetener" in the US. Not sure if the same term is used in UK media.
- Reposted by Matthew McGregorThis sums the whole situation up quite nicely.
- New research for 38degrees by More in Common in tonight’s Tim Shipman column highlights just how central the winter fuel cuts were to Labour’s terrible election night. Immigration is salient, but more as a proxy for people’s anger about housing & the NHS. www.thetimes.com/article/cc4c...
- Reform are waging war on DEI jobs that don’t exist and good, well paid local jobs that could. www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
- Albo is the first prime minster to win two elections in a row since John Howard.
- Reposted by Matthew McGregor“We’re losing voters to the Greens guys, what should we do?”
- Labour MPs are starting to get nervous about net zero, after a disappointing set of election results A minister cast doubt over Ed Miliband's political future An MP said net zero could "play out the same way as Brexit" Story by me & @matildamartin.bsky.social 👇
- *extremely Charles Lindbergh vibes*
- Sometimes a problem isn’t a comms problem, it’s a problem problem.
- This point very under considered in most analysis. Non-Reform parties are operating under different rules to Reform.
- New poll of people who voted yesterday puts cost of living as voters’ top concern (59%), almost double that of immigration (32%). NHS second biggest factor (42%). I’ve written for LabourList about people not feeling the change they were promised. labourlist.org/2025/05/loca...
- This might be the most sensationally mad story I’ve ever read. Just gloriously bonkers. www.thetimes.com/article/737c...
- Reposted by Matthew McGregorHappy 80th anniversary of Hitler killing himself in his bunker to all who celebrate, which, as I now understand it, is not everybody
- I hope that you, like me, are enjoying the summer sunshine and this 3 hours and 50 minutes long preview of the Australian election battleground seats for this weekend's election from the absolute legends at @sociallydemocratic.bsky.social. linktr.ee/sociallydemo...
- I know basically zero about canadian politics so this line is totally stunning to me. "in question"???? Wouldn't a leader of a party that lost their parliamentary seat be immediately fired out of a canon into the moon? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/w...
- "....but finds low awareness". If you don't fight, you can't win. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/apr...
- One lesson for UK conservatives from the Canadian election may well be the serious risk of looking like a pro-Trump party.
- I walked past this lying on the floor in London today and it really seemed like it was a sign.
- Who’s good to follow on here for Canadian election updates? There’s a lot ridings on this result.
- A must-read thread about must-read research. The idea that Labour’s majority is fragile isn’t new but this is vital intel on where and how its foundations are being shaken.
- NEW: Who are the voters Labour risks losing to Reform? How might Lab unite them with the rest of its election winning coalition? How might Reform win them over? Some big new research out today with @persuasionuk.bsky.social as featured by @greenmirandahere.bsky.social in today's FT 🧵👇
- Can someone ask Maurice Glasman if he'll ask Steve Bannon about this during one of their weekly team meeting calls? www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
- Reposted by Matthew McGregorThe final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach. Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
- I’m not sure UK media opinion has caught up with just how unpopular Trump is - across every single policy area, as well as generally. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
- A huge consultation on the future of the NHS just closed. 55,506 individuals from the @38degrees.bsky.social community fed their views and experiences in. I wrote about why they bothered and what they want to see from @wesstreeting.bsky.social’s ten year plan. www.linkedin.com/posts/matthe...
