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matruman.bsky.social
Former editor, Taxation Magazine; former LLM (Reader) Church of England; current PhD candidate researching implicit religion and lived theology in The Repair Shop.
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Church House Bookshop, Westminster's hidden gem, is back home on Great Smith Street with a lovely new look. The best, and the friendliest, theological bookshop in London.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

From a disinformation and media literacy perspective, this completely vile piece of writing is a really interesting modern artefact. statedept.substack.com/p/the-need-f... Why on earth would *the US Department of State* need a *Substack* to write nonsensical and vaguely fascistic *op eds*?

submitted 5 days ago • 10 comments

Quite right from Sir Mick Davis. "The discomfort of scrutiny is a prerequisite for democracy." www.jpost.com/opinion/arti...

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

🌟New article / rant for @theconversation.com 🌟 Why it's NOT true to say "everyone's a bit Autistic" theconversation.com/everyone-isn...

submitted 19 days ago • 2 comments

This reminds me of my favourite Chatham House rule story 🧵 Way back in the pre-crash boom period, Gordon Brown as Chancellor hosted one of his big global investment conferences at the QEII in London. Muggins here, a junior Treasury official, had a cheap seat as one of the organisers…1/

submitted 12 days ago • 5 comments

Nor do you get growth from keep cutting public spending. There really is an intellectual incoherence at the heart of this administration which is going to destroy it.

submitted 13 days ago • 8 comments

Mums attendance allowance has run out and i need to reapply for her. The form is 32 pages long with 65 questions.... this is designed to stop people from applying. Bastards.

submitted 13 days ago • 6 comments

Even if you think genocide is not the right word, you should be able to see why people use it: the scale of devastation, death, blockade. If you can't, and you are offended, then either 1. You've kept yourself ignorant 2. You don't care if it's true or not 3. You think Palestinians deserve it

submitted 17 days ago • 6 comments

Sir Jim Harra, HMRC to PAC: "The tax system is very complex. That drives opportunities for error, evasion and avoidance. It also drives cost because, the more complex it is, the less certain taxpayers are about what they need to do, and the more likely they are to contact us."

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

I’m older than the Pope 😱!

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

THREAD: As India launches strikes against Pakistan tonight, misinformation is rapidly spreading online. I'll fact-check viral falsehoods in this thread. This video, viewed over 660,000 times, shows Israeli air strikes on Gaza in October 2023. It's unrelated to Indian strikes tonight.

submitted 26 days ago • 24 comments

Delighted to be returning to St George’s in October to lead this pilgrimage again. Can I tempt anyone to join us? www.saintgeorgescollegejerusalem.com/pilgrimage/p...

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

This clip is insane. But nothing I've seen reveals better his psychotic relationship with members of the press. High points include: The "I'm intimidating you now" face. His insistence that Terry Moran concede the point OR ELSE. His love for the hate object they become in his hands And a lot more.

submitted 32 days ago • 75 comments