Matthew McGregor @mcgregormt Twitter profile

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Matthew McGregor

@mcgregormt

4 years

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Matthew McGregor

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2 years

Aging like a fine wine.

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Matthew McGregor

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I went on television and told people there were no Christmas parties in my house during lockdown despite being the quiz master at a Christmas party at my house during lockdown.

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Matthew McGregor

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8 years

My new hat has arrived.

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A typically riveting @ShippersUnbound piece on the D-Day debacle, includes a jaw dropper: royal aides have let it be known Buckingham Palace is furious about it all.

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Matthew McGregor

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4 years

Has Romney weighed in on Donald Trump being part of the 47% who don’t pay income taxes yet or no

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Matthew McGregor

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3 years

Every word of this.

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Matthew McGregor

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4 years

It is genuinely enraging that cabinet ministers are out there today effectively saying parents who’ve been up against it on the childcare front and who didn’t ask family for help are mugs. It’s been fucking hard but everyone else stuck it out and now we’re told we didn’t need to?

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Matthew McGregor

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11 months

Only in the Britain of 2023 could the government spend billions of pounds on a high speed rail line between Manchester and London and then have it not go to Manchester or London.

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Ah.

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Matthew McGregor

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3 years

Number 10 has had to apologise to the Queen in the biggest Downing St - Palace crisis since the 1990s.

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Matthew McGregor

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2 years

Extraordinary detail from the @SamCoatesSky piece on Sunak. Having held a green card myself I know that it is v much against the rules to keep it if you move out of the country. US tends to take these rules quite seriously and breaking them can see you barred from entry.

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Matthew McGregor

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3 years

It’s slightly difficult to unpick but if I understand the prime minister correctly @SamCoatesSky is the reason the Lib Dems won the north shropshire byelection.

Sam Coates Sky

@SamCoatesSky

3 years

Boris Johnson promises to “fix” his government but says it’s not his top priority Full interview - hear the PM accuse me of “breaking the golden rule” - answers on a postcard….

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Matthew McGregor

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4 years

You have to wonder about the motivations of people who continue to insist Trump won amongst working class voters.

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4 years

Joe Biden handily won Americans who make under $100,000. Donald Trump handily won Americans who make $100,000 or more. Any analysis that reduces the power of Trump to economic anxiety misses the forest for the trees.

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Matthew McGregor

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The incredulity of Nick Robinson is also the incredulity of the country. The prime minister might have been able to get through the day but the damage is done because fundamentally people can see what has happened here, and it was just wrong.

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Matthew McGregor

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Overnight, @38degrees flew a plane over the @imacelebrity set with a message from the @CovidJusticeUK families that Matt Hancock couldn't ignore. We know it wasn't missed because there was a formal noise complaint from the ground! #ImACeleb

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Matthew McGregor

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@joncstone @juliamacfarlane In fairness many train companies are helping us to spend less on travel by canceling loads of services and making it much harder to actually travel.

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Matthew McGregor

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2 years

New MRP polling commissioned by @38degrees shows the damage done by partygate lies and rocketing energy bills: the Conservatives would lose ninety two seats if a general election were held tomorrow.

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Matthew McGregor

@mcgregormt

4 years

Did.... did Tommy Robinson write this tweet?

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Matthew McGregor

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5 years

Remember when Bill Clinton spoke at labour conference and his first words were “conference, Bill Clinton, Arkansas South CLP” and we all passed out with the lols. Those were the days.

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Matthew McGregor

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4 years

It’s always seemed strange that the end-of-life care that hospices provide isn’t part of the public funding / NHS structure. They face a real crisis now and need government support - their work is so important.

Sue Ryder may close hospices as lockdown blows hole in budget

Charity says coronavirus crisis has blown hole in its budget just as its services are needed

www.theguardian.com

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Matthew McGregor

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2 years

@nycsouthpaw Me using free speech: ha ha ha fuck yeah!!! Yes!! Me experiencing free speech: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.

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Matthew McGregor

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5 years

I don’t say this often but this is really class from Ipswich fans. What a shard of light in an otherwise grim week.

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Ipswich town fans at Accrington today unfurled a banner in support of Accrington player Billy Kee who is struggling with depression and hasn't played all season. Absolute full respect them!

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Matthew McGregor

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The amazing thing about the Elgin marbles is that 1 in 3 people have a close family member or friend on sky high NHS waiting lists.

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Matthew McGregor

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“I can’t believe this guy is going after my family like this” is something a dangerously unprepared candidate would say. We can’t have someone who hasn’t been paying attention at the top of the ticket.

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Matthew McGregor

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It’s a properly humiliating defeat for ‘Tommy Robinson’. At the off he was so confident, and said losing would be a big embarrassment. He’s been blaming @hopenothate hate for his defeat. That’s a badge we’ll wear with pride.

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Matthew McGregor

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5 years

This video is genuinely really shocking, and offensive in the extreme. But it's important to share because this is who UKIP want people in the south west to vote for. It's appalling and people should know before election day.

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Matthew McGregor

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1 year

The news that Matt Hancock accidentally allowed all of his WhatsApp messages to reach the public domain is a good chance to look again at one of the all-time bangers on this website.

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Matthew McGregor

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Major danger tonight is that the unexpected result for Reform turns them into the story when in fact they may have won a minuscule number of seats. This is where media ethics come into play. Getting this wrong has real implications.

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Matthew McGregor

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4 years

Now *this* is the closing argument Biden needs.

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Matthew McGregor

@mcgregormt

3 years

working remotely is possible after all

Pippa Crerar

@PippaCrerar

3 years

😎Boris Johnson holiday latest... PM's official spox, asked about the timing given various ongoing energy crises, says: "The PM is being kept regularly updated on the ongoing work to address issues around fuel and supply chains".

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Matthew McGregor

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2 years

The situation facing the conservatives is more serious than they or the pundits understand because what the country faces is so much more serious. James Frayne is a serious conservative thinker and every word of this is worth reading.

Why general election Armageddon is a risk worth taking for the Tories

Complete breakdown in our political system beckons – and it is more than just a temporary ‘Truss problem’

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Matthew McGregor

@mcgregormt

4 years

I n c r e d i b l e

Meg Kinnard

@MegKinnardAP

4 years

NEW: Senate candidate @harrisonjaime announcing this morning that he has raised a record $57 million in the Q3 in his race against @LindseyGrahamSC . This is the highest quarterly amount raised by a Senate candidate in US history. Brings his total haul to an unfathomable $86M.

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Matthew McGregor

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8 years

what a time to be alive, etc., and so on.

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Matthew McGregor

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Doing campaign stunts at people’s homes is out of order, rude to the neighbours, and unhelpful to the cause you’re trying to help. Don’t do this.

Sam Holder

@samholdertv

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This van has just turned up outside Dominic Cummings house @SkyNews

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Matthew McGregor

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Powerful new video from Gordon Brown on the fight against antisemitism and why he is becoming an affiliate member of @JewishLabour

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Matthew McGregor

@mcgregormt

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Rob Delaney’s voice makes me all tingly anyway so I’d watch anything he ever does but this video especially is worth your time.

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Matthew McGregor

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H o l y s h i t Now *this* is a contrast ad Speechless.

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Matthew McGregor

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1 year

There is power in a union of strikers.

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Everybody knows what Match of the Day means to me, but I’ve told the BBC I won’t be doing it tomorrow. Solidarity.

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Matthew McGregor

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3 years

I have some personal news.

38 Degrees appoints Matthew McGregor as new CEO - 38 Degrees

home.38degrees.org.uk

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Matthew McGregor

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5 years

Absolute 🔥 from @TanDhesi on Boris Johnson's derogatory remarks about Muslim women. Yet again, Johnson didn't apologise.

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Matthew McGregor

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10 years

Pres. Obama is down under shirtfronting on climate change (that’s Aussie for kicking ass and taking names) http://t.co/FIzqw37vgx

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It’s a typically insightful piece from someone on a very different part of the political spectrum from me but who is genuine and very very smart. Politics isn’t a game.

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Matthew McGregor

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3 months

That was a very very moving interview with @faizashaheen on Newsnight. Everyone involved in the deselection process should feel thoroughly ashamed.

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Matthew McGregor

@mcgregormt

2 years

You worked to defeat committed progressives across the whole of the UK in support of conservatives who then brexited. Sometimes it ok to sit one out.

Jim Messina

@Messina2012

2 years

This is so counter-productive. The Supreme Court is about to outlaw abortion. We could lose both houses. So we are going to focus our time running against each other? Now we’re primarying commited progressives because. . .why? If we lose house it’s because of dumb shit like this

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Matthew McGregor

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2 years

I know that Tory MPs telling actual bishops how to Christian is as old as the good book itself but this is a particularly fine example of the genre.

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Matthew McGregor

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8 years

I love videos about GOP candidates refusing to release their tax returns but even so, this is especially great.

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Matthew McGregor

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2 years

@PickardJE Presumably the signal to trigger a coup somewhere?

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Matthew McGregor

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Took my daughter to the polling station and she complained all the way there that voting makes her sick. It would be young age to feel such cynicism but it turns out she thought we were going boating.

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Matthew McGregor

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4 years

It’s hard to not to wonder if the national lockdown is happening late because the PM was playing party politics. This is from two weeks ago ⤵️

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Matthew McGregor

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12 years

"People who love their country can change it." We need four more years of this: http://t.co/jCBJWxVi #VoteObama

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Matthew McGregor

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3 years

Note for anyone writing about this Owen Paterson vote. This isn’t “MPs have…” — some MPs voted to get their colleague off a guilty charge, and some MPs voted against that. Important not to label all MPs as being part of this stitch up. The nuance is actually important.

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Matthew McGregor

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“I’m trying to imagine, what in the world am I doing here... I’ve never been to Blackpool before. I’ve never been to the macdonalds in Blackpool before.”

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Matthew McGregor

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england been hebben een serious probleem

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Matthew McGregor

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2 years

Incredible story in Australia where the last PM secretly made himself a minister in multiple departments and made lots of ministerial decisions without telling people. Absolute scenes.

Anthony Albanese seeks legal advice over reports Scott Morrison secretly swore himself into...

Former prime minister’s senior cabinet colleagues say they were unaware he allegedly swore himself into three ministry positions

www.theguardian.com

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Matthew McGregor

@mcgregormt

4 years

That clapping for the NHS was legit amazing. Never thought I’d see the day where brits would come out of their house to express emotion in front of other people over anything other than sport. What a time. Can we do that every night?

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Matthew McGregor

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2 years

Train home tonight is joke. I’ll get my money back because of delay repay. I’m going to donate it to the @RMTunion strike fund.

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Matthew McGregor

@mcgregormt

5 years

Joking aside while I did doubt he’d do this, it’s not out of character. Romney is resolute and has deep philosophical sense of right and wrong. I might not agree with his values but he actually has some, unlike a lot of his conservative peers.

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Matthew McGregor

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5 years

Shot, chaser.

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Matthew McGregor

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I’d like an explainer on how people who want tough measures to protect against the virus got labeled doves and people want to loosen up got called hawks. Who decided that?

Alex Wickham

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NEW: How Boris Johnson Sided With "Doves" Over "Hawks" To Slow The UK's Exit From Lockdown Your Saturday morning @BuzzFeedNews write through:

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Matthew McGregor

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8 months

Important PSA

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Matthew McGregor

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6 months

In Westminster, everyone seems focused on what tax gimmicks Jeremy Hunt might pull out on Wednesday. In Jeremy Hunt’s own seat, our new poll shows that for his constituents, as with voters around the country, saving the NHS and help with the cost of living crisis matter most.

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Matthew McGregor

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9 years

Bernie is just wrong to say HRC and Planned Parenthood "are, in fact, part of the establishment." Just wrong.

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Matthew McGregor

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4 years

I talked to my mum last night who said that yesterday alone she’d had three notes through the door from people in her area offering to do shopping and what not and, well, people are good aren’t they. We’re alright.

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Matthew McGregor

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2 months

We did a focus group in Sunak’s own seat on Thursday and unprompted this betting scandal was the most mentioned news story that people could remember from the election campaign so far.

Harry Yorke

@HarryYorke1

2 months

Exclusive 🚨: Nick Mason, the chief data officer of the Conservative Party, is being investigated by the Gambling Commission over allegations he placed dozens of bets in the run up to the election being announced Read the full story in tomorrow’s Sunday Times

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Matthew McGregor

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There was a really powerful moment on @VictoriaLIVE today when @lisanandy talked about standing up against antisemitism when it counted, publicly, and without fear or favour. Worth watching in full.

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Matthew McGregor

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5 years

Today is the day to check you're registered to vote

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Matthew McGregor

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This is a shock poll but less surprising when you dig in. In Selby right now: - 57% are cutting back family budgets - 49% affected by longer NHS waiting lists - 50% experience unreliable public transport - 28% (!!) are worried about keeping a roof over their heads

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Matthew McGregor

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This is a very powerful speech from @lisanandy on the threat No Deal Brexit poses to people in Wigan, from businesses facing closure to people worried about getting the medicines they need. Shows how united Labour are on this one.

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Matthew McGregor

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Voters think the Tories have a problem with racism in their ranks, and most think they shouldn’t keep the £10m Frank Hester donated. @alethaadu has all the details of a new @JLPartnersPolls poll for @38Degrees .

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Matthew McGregor

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1 year

Every day is a good day to reshare this tweet but today more so than usual.

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Matthew McGregor

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3 years

You. Weren’t. Allowed. To. Hold. Work. Parties.

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Matthew McGregor

@mcgregormt

4 years

One thing is crystal clear out of this debate: any media coverage that ‘both sides’ this is lying to their readership. “Divisive debate, where candidates traded insults” is so misleading as to be actual misinformation.

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Matthew McGregor

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3 years

Here’s a short video on why @hopenothate is running a campaign to get people registered to vote (tl;dr: it’s antifascism). Please have a watch, then send five people you think might not be registered yet this link:

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Matthew McGregor

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Would a prime minister seriously not do what is right for the country just because he’s worried it might help the polling numbers of the opposition? Stomach churning if that’s the case.

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Matthew McGregor

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8 years

It’s interesting to see literally what price North Carolina conservatives are willing to pay to hate LGBT people.

The Associated Press

@AP

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BREAKING: PayPal cancels $3.6 million investment in North Carolina over discrimination law.

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Matthew McGregor

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. @38degrees asked @Survation to poll people in Jeremy Hunt’s new constituency. Given their own experiences it’s no wonder he’s on track to be the first sitting chancellor ever to lose his seat. All the details here:

Jeremy Hunt's own constituents want Jeremy Hunt to invest in the NHS instead of giving away tax...

Voters in Jeremy Hunt’s constituency of Godalming and Ash, in Surrey, are facing a tough time in the cost of living crisis, and a third have struggled to get the care they need from the NHS.

home.38degrees.org.uk

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Matthew McGregor

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4 years

I’m sobbing actual tears on public transport listening to this.

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Matthew McGregor

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3 years

“The hatred of women - and the communities of men who engage in a celebration of that hatred online - must be taken seriously, in schools, by social media firms and by government."

Ministers urged to tackle online extremism after "incel's" Plymouth massacre

Misogynistic subcultures online have become an "increasing threat" and the Government is "failing to grasp the urgency" of the problem, Labour frontbencher Charlotte Nichols has said

www.mirror.co.uk

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Matthew McGregor

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@nycsouthpaw Leaving aside the footballing ins and outs, let’s take a second to talk to gaze in awe at the levels of shittyness in the graphic design here.

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Matthew McGregor

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Final word from Lobby Akinnola of @CovidJusticeUK , who lost his dad to Covid-19: "Matt Hancock's transparent attempt to sell more books and cleanse his public profile has failed, just like the 'protective ring' he dared to suggest he had placed around care homes.” #ImACeleb

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Matthew McGregor

@mcgregormt

4 years

this might be the most socially awkward thing I've ever seen - and this flight is several hours!! unbelievably agonising.

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southpaw

@nycsouthpaw

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“I also think it would be a complete violation of the independence of the judiciary for anyone to put a Justice on the court as a means of obtaining a particular result.” -Amy Coney Barrett

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Matthew McGregor

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4 years

Deplatforming works.

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Matthew McGregor

@mcgregormt

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Turns out “if possible” was carrying a heavy burden in the new guidelines and who could have possibly foreseen that.

Sky News

@SkyNews

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Buses in London are packed with passengers this morning, despite the govt asking people to avoid public transport if possible when the #coronavirus lockdown eased. Follow live as England gets back to work:

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2 years

Or what?

Sky News

@SkyNews

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The head of the Qatar World Cup has told Gareth Southgate to "pick his words very carefully" after the England manager questioned the Gulf State's treatment of migrant workers

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Matthew McGregor

@mcgregormt

9 years

President Obama is not having any of your anti-refugee bullshit, Republican presidential candidates. None. At. All.

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Lisa Nandy won the PLP hustings "in an overwhelming manner" according to a senior shadow cabinet member. #WeWinTogether

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Matthew McGregor

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8 years

Trump will be disappointed with a projected fifth place finish at the Olympics.

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Matthew McGregor

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9 years

This is so amazing — the Tories are attacking the Labour mayoral candidate for flop flopping on fried chicken shops

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5 years

This is a proper good scalp for huffpost. Big get to have gotten Facebook to act so quickly. Highlights how over the line the govt was. Someone at cabinet office in for a thunderbollocking.

Rachel Wearmouth

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Facebook PULLS government adverts targeted at marginal seats. It comes after @HuffPostUK 's exclusive on the 'My Town' campaign launched day snap election became a reality.

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Matthew McGregor

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Not the worst thing about this situation obvs but “ask your question” isn’t a question and doesn’t need one, let alone two, question marks after it.

Boris Johnson

@BorisJohnson

4 years

Do you want to ask me a question tomorrow? If so, you can submit yours here:

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Matthew McGregor

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The @38degrees team has been down to No10 with a petition signed by 73000 Brits since Friday demanding Boris leave. We even took a removals van and an offer to help steam the gold plated wallpaper off. He can’t be trusted to squat in there for weeks.

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Matthew McGregor

@mcgregormt

3 years

Should say it on camera and then take questions imo.

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Matthew McGregor

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3 years

It is great to see Telegram under scrutiny at PMQs. Keir Starmer is right to highlight how it is the favoured platform for far right terror propaganda - something my fmr colleagues at @hopenothate have been campaigning on recently.

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Matthew McGregor

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4 months

If you think VAR improves football, you simply don’t like football.

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Matthew McGregor

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3 years

Today is my first day working with @38_degrees . I’ve been a supporter since before it launched and I couldn’t be prouder to work alongside this amazing team for a fairer, more respectful, more sustainable country.

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Matthew McGregor

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The only people who say “the only poll which counts is on Election Day” are the people who know they’re miles ahead or miles behind.

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4 years

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Lots of Conservative MPs, amidst an NHS in ruins and a cost of living crisis pushing millions into poverty, are going to look at this and think the problem is Sunak‘s charisma and political judgment.

Damian Lyons Lowe

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Sunday Times splashes new Survation MRP for @BestForBritain :

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Matthew McGregor

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It is ten years since a far right extremist murdered 77 in Oslo and on Utøya. We must never forget those who lost their lives. The courage of the survivors, and their determination to defend democracy, is an inspiration. Hope will triumph over hate. #22juli

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