Libraries; Music; Heritage; Environment; Transport; Methodism; Programming – often intersecting. Head of Research and Systems, Durham University Library.
Durham, NE England
Joined August 2009
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Matthew Phillips retweeted
Increase fuel duty - for the first time in over a decade - to subside rail tickets.
Rail fares in England and Wales are set to rise by 4.6% from Sunday
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Matthew Phillips retweeted
Il y a un agresseur : la Russie.
Il y a un peuple agressé : l'Ukraine.
Nous avons tous eu raison d'aider l'Ukraine et de sanctionner la Russie il y a trois ans et de continuer à le faire.
Nous, c’est les Américains, les Européens, Canadiens, Japonais et plusieurs autres.
Merci à tous ceux qui ont aidé et continuent. Et respect à ceux qui, depuis le début, se battent. Parce qu'ils se battent pour leur dignité, leur indépendance, pour leurs enfants et pour la sécurité de l'Europe.
Matthew Phillips retweeted
Yep. And this system isn't even working to secure the HE sector. There are due to be 10k job losses in HE this year with more to come. This will mean higher workloads and less time for our students. The system is fundamentally broken and no one in government seems bothered
It's not just via aid in terms of armaments that Europe has helped Ukraine. European countries have also hosted millions of refugees: about 15 times as many as North America. refugees.org/ukraine-october…
“I support the idea of Ukraine being compensated first.”
“Second, all of those who paid should be compensated not by Ukraine, by Russia, because they started the war.”
- Emmanuel Macron
Right in Trump’s face!
😂😂😂
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Matthew Phillips retweeted
Since congestion pricing was implemented ~2 months ago:
✅ no. of vehicles entering NYC has dropped
✅ car commuting times are quicker
✅ bus trips are quicker
✅ no. of people on mass transit is up
✅ transit crime is down
✅ fatal crashes & injuries WAY down
Matthew Phillips retweeted
The United States appears to be in violation of the Budapest Memorandum which disarmed Ukraine of nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees.
The agreement signed by the US in 1994 specifically prohibits economic coercion against Ukraine.
Matthew Phillips retweeted
1. If the funding was £73m, why did Durham propose £208m of schemes in the NE transport Plan?
2. How could they possibly justify £100m of that to be spent on road schemes given all levels of government have committed to reduce carbon emissions?
Durham transport funding cut by £50 million despite pleas for Labour government to honour pledge
chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor…
Matthew Phillips retweeted
It’s breathtaking how much easier it was for Russia to buy the US wholesale than to defeat Ukraine on the battlefield.
Matthew Phillips retweeted
I did not vote for Zelenskyy back in 2019. I haven’t always agreed with his domestic policy, and there are issues I still have with some of it. That being said he is the legitimate president of Ukraine and attacking him personally is attacking the will of the Ukrainian people.
Matthew Phillips retweeted
Trump - with his devotion to Putin, abandonment of Ukraine, and lies about history- is the antithesis of everything Ronald Reagan stood for. He is aligning America with the enemies of the very freedom that generations have fought and died to defend. History will not be kind to those who are helping him, especially those who call themselves Reagan Republicans while they pretend not to see what’s happening.
How not to run the country in the climate crisis.
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Matthew Phillips retweeted
If we, Europeans, fail to spend big on defence now, we will be forced to spend 10 times more if we don’t prevent a wider war. As the Polish PM I’m entitled to say it loud and clear, since Poland already spends almost 5% of its GDP on defence. And we will continue to do so.
Matthew Phillips retweeted
BREAKING: Watch as Christoph Heusgen, German diplomat and chairman of the Munich Security Conference, breaks down in frustration while reacting to J.D. Vance’s absurd pro-Russian speech at the conference.
Germany is one of our closest allies and friends—seeing this level of distress from a respected diplomat is truly heartbreaking.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This has been edited to make it appear that JD Vance's comments caused the reaction.
Per the conference, Heusgen gave the closing & is reportedly retiring as well prompting the emotional response. The video splices the end of the speech into the Vance reaction.
x.com/MunSecConf/sta…
Full speech: securityconference.org/msc-2025/agend…
Matthew Phillips retweeted
The incredibly right Joe Lycett is still the only good guest to go on Laura Kuenssberg's show.
He nearly got her fired, and she hates being reminded of it, so don't RT.
#bbclaurak
Matthew Phillips retweeted
It is a year ago today that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was killed in an Arctic prison. Indomitable, he spent 295 days of his incarceration in solitary confinement. His crimes: belief in democracy, law,accountability and hatred of Putin’s Ukraine war. Never forget.
Matthew Phillips retweeted
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