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Matthew Thompson

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Matthew Thompson

@mattuthompson

Recovering journalist. Formerly of @SkyNews, @LBC & @BBCNews. Norn Irish, girl dad, linguist. DMs open.

London, England

instagram.com/mattuthompson

Joined January 2011

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Matthew Thompson
@mattuthompson
May 22, 2025
Some personal news. In a couple of weeks, I am leaving Sky News. And indeed, leaving London, and journalism altogether. It’s not a decision I’ve taken lightly, but it’s one that’s best for me and my family. I’ll be moving to Edinburgh, and into the world of finance.
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Matthew Thompson
@mattuthompson
Nov 30, 2019
Speechless. Members of the public with nothing but a narwhal tusk and a fire extinguisher tackle a murderous terrorist. Heroism, pure and simple. x.com/DarrenPlymouth…
Matthew Thompson
@mattuthompson
Jan 12, 2022
Every so often, you remember that in April 2020, Scotland’s chief medical officer resigned because she visited her own second home, with her own immediate family.
Matthew Thompson
@mattuthompson
Sep 20, 2018
Macron: "Brexit is the choice of the British people... pushed by those who predicted easy solutions... Those people are liars. They left the next day so they didn’t have to manage it." Oof. #SalzburgSummit18 #eu2018at
Matthew Thompson
@mattuthompson
Oct 2, 2020
Bloody hell. Asked a fairly reasonable question in the Commons, Matt Hancock replies: “I will not have this divisive language. I will not have it.” You will not have Parliamentary scrutiny? Then you may be in the wrong job, sir.
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Matthew Thompson
@mattuthompson
May 27, 2020
I’m sorry but if @maitlis can’t walk outside and tell you it’s raining then what’s the point in journalism? He broke the rules. On the Barnard Castle trip at least, that is incontrovertible. Fact. Not opinion.
Matthew Thompson
@mattuthompson
Mar 10, 2023
NEW: Sky News understands the BBC statement on Gary Lineker is incorrect. That Lineker has not agreed to 'step back', and has instead been taken off air as he is unwilling to apologise for his comments this week on social media.
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Matthew Thompson
@mattuthompson
Nov 30, 2019
Replying to @mattuthompson
The man with the tusk is apparently a Polish chef named Łukasz who works at Fishmongers Hall. Bloody Poles. Coming over here. Taking out our terrorists.
Matthew Thompson
@mattuthompson
Sep 30, 2021
Anti-lockdown protesters, including Piers Corbyn, have gathered outside court to make political statements after the sentencing of Wayne Couzens for the murder of Sarah Everard. Staggeringly inappropriate.
Matthew Thompson
@mattuthompson
Oct 9, 2019
John is 91 years old and has just been arrested for protesting outside the Cabinet Office. #ExtinctionRebelion @LBC
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Matthew Thompson
@mattuthompson
Mar 8, 2022
We’re outside the UK visa application centre in Rzezsow, Poland. It’s -3 degrees. People have been waiting in this queue for 3 hours. There are children here. An 84 year old woman. And plenty of room inside, but they won’t open the door.
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Matthew Thompson
@mattuthompson
Sep 8, 2022
For me, this was one of the defining moments of the Queen’s reign. 2011. The first British monarch to visit Ireland in 100 years. And she did this. “President, and friends,” she says, in Irish, to the visible astonishment of Mary McAleese. Still gives me goosebumps today.
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Matthew Thompson
@mattuthompson
Apr 5, 2020
If you’re tweeting about Boris Johnson right now for any other reason than to wish him a speedy recovery, do us all a favour and put your phone away. #coronavirus
Matthew Thompson
@mattuthompson
Jun 4, 2019
A Trump supporter is milkshaked by a hostile crowd in Parliament Square. And then it all kicks off... @LBC #TrumpVisit #trumpprotests
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