Matthew Wright
@matthew-wright
@LBC weekend breakfast; fly fishing, festivals, old Brit motorbikes, awesome music: Grateful Dead to Cardiacs via Gong, Zappa, Here & Now, Hawkwind, X Ray Spex and Sparklehorse. Cassady’s Dada x
Took part in our river fly monitoring survey on the Otter this week and picked up this weirdo! Never seen one before - it's a damsel fly larva but proper other-worldly imo 👽 x
For sure and a bit of this when you're stuck inside... needs a clean but it all fits which is a relief. Fitting back into the bike looks challenging though to say the least!!!
Won’t let the sniffles interrupt this - fitting a new gearbox oil seal on the Egli. Just hope I can remember how it all goes back together 😂 discovering lots of cool mods by the previous owner too…
@lbc.co.uk from 7: is Andy Burnham overpromising? Can he really fix something as huge as adult social care and deliver on everything else? What about his decision to Drill, Baby, Drill - disappointed? And should social housing tenancies last for life - even if you win the lottery? 0345 6060973 x
From 7 @lbc.co.uk: Burnham says his premiership will be unashamedly Labour - whatever that means - and he launched a an astonishing broadside against Thatcherism. We’ll get your thought on all that and the UK’s letter of support for FIFA president Infantino 😡😡🤯. Should it be withdrawn? 0345 6060973
Axmouth bike night v warm this evening!! T140 looking lovely by the river…
Fare ye well our beloved friend Poppy. Mum to Charlie and Riot 💔. We had some right laughs over the years didn’t we girl? “You’ve had your fuck off beer, now fuck off” 😂😂. We’re gonna miss you so, so much. Say Hi to Ribsy for us RIP our beautiful friend x
@lbc.co.uk from 7: a new poll puts Andy Burnham miles ahead of his rivals - thoughts please. 1/3 of disadvantaged white kids leave primary school with poor reading - how do we fix that? And how will income tax breaks for U25s make those aged 26 and over feel I wonder..Pretty pissed off? 0345 6060973
From 7 @lbc.co.uk: Andy Burnham might be pitching himself as a new kind of PM but how’s he going to fund his vision? Rewarding folk for walking - is newspaper outrage misplaced, anyone got a better idea? And was Starmer wrong to green light all night drinking for England’s Mexico clash? 0345 6060973
From 7 @lbc.co.uk hot summers cost Britain billions in lost productivity so where’s the plan, man? Why haven’t successive governments solved the UK’s care crisis? And killers and rapists to be released early to ease overcrowded prisons, thoughts please. 0345 6060973 x
From 7 on @lbc.co.uk is Ed Miliband’s green agenda as toxic as one union boss claims? Could Andy Burnham bridge the North/South divide if he becomes PM? And Je ne regrette rien - your thoughts on the Brexit referendum 10 years on 0345 6060973 x.
From 7am on @lbc.co.uk: Makerfield - why did a pro-Brexit area that voted Reform in last month's council elections give Andy Burnham such a thumping win? Did Reform blow it by fielding yet another unsavoury candidate? And what next for Keir Starmer? 0345 6060973
From 7 on @lbc.co.uk: 4 different PMs in 5 years - what does revolving door to Downing Street say about UK politics? Parents not politicians reckon they’re best placed to control their kids’ social media use and as Trump turns 80 is that too old to be leader of the free world? 0345 6060973 x
Being at @gratefuldudes.bsky.social reminds me how important it is to keep renewing the connections! Joyous evening of joyous music enjoyed by joyous people. Nuff said. Night all. Sweet dreams x
Out with my babies…The Beast running so well it’s incredible to think the engine was made in 1949 😍
On @lbc.co.uk from 7: if the social media isn’t working Down Under what’s the point of trying it here? Do you trust the government to gamble your cash on aggressive investments? And if Elon Musk is a threat to democracy why is our government using his Twitter X platform? 0345 6060973
From 7 on @lbc.co.uk Keir Starmer tells us a leadership challenge would plunge country into chaos but would anyone notice the change? The row over two tier policing and reports 99% of mentally ill killers were already known to the authorities - why aren’t alarm bells ringing? 0345 6060973
On @lbc.co.uk from 7: is hospitality in such a state the sector needs a 50% VAT cut. What about other struggling firms? Chaos at the coast - a stabbing, punch ups, attacks on cops - are NEETS to blame? And is owning a phone a basic right even if you can’t pay your energy/food bills? 0345 6960973
On @lbc.co.uk from 7: as a Russian drone strikes a NATO member state how should NATO respond? Is life more unequal, harder even, than a generation or two ago? And is unlimited access to porn the chief reason we have teenager rapists or are other factors at play? 0345 6060973
Best part of week on Exmoor with the girls. Bug hunts and mayfly releases, Cassady’s first fly fishing lesson - thanks Tom - and she managed to raise a fish. Dad did pretty good too when he snuck out in the evening. Great stay at Fox and Hounds, Eggesford 😍 #flyfishing
On @lbc.co.uk - shooter with history of mental problem killed near White House - thoughts please. After massive queues at Dover has Brexit left you feeling trapped in HMP England? And could compulsory work experience get 1m NEETS earning? 0345 6060973 x
From 7 @lbc.co.uk : thoughts on Rachel reeves’ summer giveaway? Why are so many young Brits fleeing this high-cost low-wage economy of ours I wonder? And as ministers waste billions more of our cash I wanna know how we can hold them accountable? 0345 6060973 x
4 days and 3 nights soaking wet and freezing cold fishing and camping on Dartmoor only to find rest of country having a heatwave. Hey and my back coped amazingly well all things considered xx
On @lbc.co.uk from 7: reaction to yesterday’s marches that brought London to a stand still. Are you ready for lower speed limits to save fuel? And Wes Streeting’s EU bid for number 10. Are you buying it? 0345 6060973 x