Matthew S

@PritaniDan @RupertLowe10 Blocked him a while back. Only interested in attacking Farage rather than removing the far left from power.

Anyone else gone from quite liking @RupertLowe10 to thinking he’s an absolute tit? Unfollowed him on all social media.

Zia Yusuf claiming Farage as PM would instruct the Royal Navy to return intercepted boat migrants to France. It's encouraging to see him saying such patently stupid things. Is there a single Reform voter who believes that France will allow Britain to do that?

A thought experiment. A white British boy is found guilty of stabbing to death a black British boy. The police handcuff the black British boy when he is bleeding out and dying. They refuse to try & save his life. His last words are: “I can’t breathe”. The police later issue a weak apology. But no heads roll. Nobody is sacked. The police body cam footage is not released. Now ask yourself: What would Keir Starmer, Yvette Cooper, Sadiq Khan, Jess Phillips and countless other MPs and celebrities be doing right now? We know exactly what they would be doing. They would be protesting. Marching. Screaming. Demanding the footage be released. And dropping one video and statement after another on social media. Now have a look around at what they are all doing about the Henry Nowak case. And that is exactly why millions of British people talk about “two-tier Britain”.

These two paragraphs of my verdict are crucial for everyone to read and understand. "Even if all of the statements made by Van Langenhove are based on scientific evidence and statistics, it makes no difference to the criminal intent. Van Langenhove is not charged with spreading false information. He is charged with presenting facts in a way that incites hatred against persons on the grounds of one or more of the protected criteria in the Anti-Racism Law.” 1⃣ "For Van Langenhove to have committed a crime, it is not necessary for him to have incited concrete acts of hate or violence. It suffices that others are incited to take on a general attitude of intolerance or disapproval regarding a group protected under the criteria of the Anti-Racism Law." 2⃣ This means you can go to jail for "inciting hatred" even if your statements were 100% factual (see 1⃣) and even if you did NOT incite concrete acts of hate (see 2⃣). The benchmark of "inciting hatred" , a crime punishable by prison, is thus "saying something that has the potential of inciting someone to have a general attitude of disapproval regarding a protected group". This means literally any criticism of mass migration is now a punishable offence. If you cite a statistic, and someone could potentially think less of a protected group (like migrants) because of it, you can be jailed. The craziest part is that there is no defence possible against this. I brought the scientific studies that I cited to court, but the judge didn't care 1⃣. I also proved that the hundreds of students present at the lecture included students of all different political affiliations, and everyone was able to voice their opinion or ask questions. The lecture went very calmly, so obviously nobody was incited to hatred. But this too did not matter 2⃣, because if the judge says he believes there is the possibility that someone COULD be incited to "a general attitude of disapproval", this is enough for the judge to send me to jail, even without any evidence. I'm telling you this to warn you that by the time these hate speech laws have come into place, it's already too late. You will NEVER be able to beat these laws in court. You have to stop them before they are implemented. Let my fate be your warning.

A very sad announcement. I have just been convicted a second time for 'hate speech' and it is only due to a technicality that I could not immediately be sent to jail —to the judge's frustration. In an ironic turn of events it's actually thanks to my previous prison sentence (for memes in a private group chat) that I am now still free —in a physical sense, at least. Call me naive but I didn't think they would take it this far, given that this precedent criminalises many of the arguments used by even the most moderate politicians critical of mass migration. In February 2024 I gave a lecture at Catholic University Leuven wherein I linked mass migration to crime and a deterioration of our quality of life. Every single point I made was 100% the truth and based on scientific evidence. Cynically, even the judge that convicted me admits as much by writing in his verdict: “Even if all of the statements made by Van Langenhove are based on scientific evidence and statistics, it makes no difference to the criminal intent. Van Langenhove is not charged with spreading false information. He is charged with presenting facts in a way that incites hatred against persons on the grounds of one or more of the protected criteria in the Anti-Racism Law.” That's a lot of words just to say he wants to send me to prison for speaking the truth. Even the regime media write: "It did not matter to the court that Van Langenhove was quoting scientific sources. The judge argued that Van Langenhove's main message was that a big part of the societal problems like insecurity, housing shortages and lowering educational standards are due to mass migration." You may think the regime media are being sympathetic to me in the first sentence, but in reality they are warning people: even if you speak the truth, if you go against our narrative, we will crush you in every way possible. Both the public prosecutor and the judge did not present a single real argument as to how or against whom I would have incited hatred. So even if I would accept their crazy, dystopic law, I still did not break it. The only argument they present is that I created a "hostile atmosphere of us versus them” in regards to migrants. But even this silly argument (which is not even a punishable offence) is not true. To me, the deadly disease is self-hatred and one of its worst symptoms is replacement migration. My enemy is thus NOT the migrants themselves but those orchestrating the mass migration. Sadly, in Belgium, evidence is not needed and ‘vibes’ are enough to put someone in jail. Given the fact that I have another court case coming up in September and that I have a dozen active criminal investigations for hate speech, time is running out for me. I have already paid more than €420,000 in legal fees and there is no ending in sight. I have been in an intense battle of attrition for eight years and must now regroup to make sure I can still win. If you want to help me, you can do so via the links below. If you can help in other ways, please contact me via DM. If you live in a country that still has free speech, never let them touch it, however noble they make the motives sound, because this is where it leads to.

So #petermurrell bought an £81,000 Jaguar, £33,000 VW Golf, £5,000 Bremont watch and £2,618 Lalique salt & pepper shakers. And @NicolaSturgeon never noticed. Tests credulity doesn’t it?

Why is the media so lenient towards Sturgeon? Viciously judgmental towards Boris while no angel herself. Enjoyed exploiting Covid to score petty political points. Wrong about almost everything. Left Scotland the druggie capital of Europe. But, hey, she’s a progressive heroine!

@misterfibuli @DanNeidle He underweights dynamic effects. Strong labour supply responses in overtime-heavy sectors likeNHS, trades, logistics, and all but ignores growth multipliers from extra hours & spending - as always with Dan.

@MattS_Stoke @DanNeidle What is your analysis then and why is it more accurate than Dan’s?

Reform UK wants to abolish income tax on overtime. It sounds like a tax cut for hard work. Actually a tax cut for the word “overtime”. So little GDP impact & huge cost - we reckon £14bn not Reform's £5bn If you want to spent £5bn on tax cuts, we have ten better ways: 🧵

@DanNeidle Shall I rephrase? Labour activist doesn't like any tax cuts that doesn't agree with his short sighted and flawed analysis - especially if it comes from Reform. Did I mention you're a Labour activist?

@MattS_Stoke Breaking news. Someone on X is incapable of reading a post. Try again.

This is what we're hearing on the doors as well. This election is a straight fight between Reform and Labour. No-one else even comes close.

I’d like to buy this man a pint. Does anyone know how I can find him?

After 18 months of “standing up to Putin” the Labour govt quietly issued a licence allowing imports of Russian oil refined in third countries. Yesterday Labour MPs voted AGAINST UK oil and gas licences. We are now importing from Russia instead of drilling in the North Sea. Insane.

@EFL_Comms Absolutely love it. If only the Scottish Premiership had the same convictions

An Independent Disciplinary Commission has today expelled Southampton from the Sky Bet Championship Play-Offs after the Club admitted to multiple breaches of EFL Regulations related to the unauthorised filming of other Clubs’ training. In addition, the Club has received a four-point deduction that will be applied to the 2026/27 Championship table. The effect of today’s order is that Middlesbrough are reinstated into the 2026 Play-Offs and will proceed to the Play-Off Final against Hull City. The final remains scheduled for Saturday 23 May, with the kick-off time to be confirmed. 📘 efl.com/news/2026/may/…

Local man Robert Kenyon is our candidate for the Makerfield by-election. Only Reform UK can beat Labour. ✅

Makerfield was Andy Burnham’s back up plan. For Robert Kenyon, it’s his home. This battle will be David Vs Goliath.

Rangers and Hearts should pull out of the SPL and join the English pyramid. Let Celtic and the SFA continue their love in

@PamRyanRyan1 Yeah, okay mate. I'll put this down to beers rather than what you actually believe.

@MattS_Stoke Not fucking true. City were the most entertaining team this year. Chelsea .. meh. Face facts.

Man City are such a boring team to watch. Never sell out their stand, crap fans, boring football. #FACupFinal #FACup #City #Chelsea #Final

@glasscanyon Thanks, Will, but I'm not that way inclined.

@MattS_Stoke Sausage