Dr Matt Loten

PhD Japanese, University of Edinburgh | Japanese political communication | Co-producer and co-host of the @voicesinjs podcast | intheinaka on Substack

[Dr Matt Loten @intheinaka]

Spent my Sunday evening jotting down my thoughts on why the government narrative was never likely to cut through, and why the polls are probably not going to shift dramatically:

https://t.co/6V9EP0LtRo

[Dr Matt Loten @intheinaka]

@JamesDAustin On the bright side, if this is where they land, Labour actually *are* guaranteed a decade in power

[Dr Matt Loten @intheinaka]

If the few remaining Tory supporters have surveyed the last four weeks and come to the conclusions laid out in this article, they actually will be out of power for decades

[ConservativeHome @ConHome]

Do you miss us yet? https://t.co/0ZHtah5mRy

[Dr Matt Loten @intheinaka]

Really hope she's stood on Jeffrey Street because she's just had an absolute stonking jacket potato from Tempting Tatties

[Liz Truss @trussliz]

At the #EdinburghFringe.

Looking forward to joining @MatthewStadlen for All Talk tomorrow at 1.30pm at @ThePleasance.

@IainDale - get well soon 💐

[Luke Taylor MP @LukeTaylorLD]

Disclaimer: I am on this site because it is expected of UK MPs, however to be clear, the owner of the platform El0n Mu$k isn't fit to run a village fete raffle, never mind an international social media platform. An awful human being.

[Luke Tryl @LukeTryl]

Spoke to @BBCNewsnight last night about why I think it would be a mistake to use the riots as the basis for a conversation about people’s disillusionment with politics or concerns about immigration - blurring them risks giving credence to/excusing thuggery.

[Dr Matt Loten @intheinaka]

'The more violent our opponents are and the more they hate us, the more we should try to appease them' maybe isn't the brilliant political strategy you think it is

[James Johnson @jamesjohnson252]

Starmer is PM now, not leader of the opposition. Wading in with political attacks (especially with a group that gives Farage a +70 approval rating and Starmer a -60 approval rating) isn’t going to do anything to calm the violence.

[Dr Matt Loten @intheinaka]

@adarkelimited I would want all of those before the end of the window, but I think we need at least one CM before the weekend if we want any chance of even holding Leeds to a draw

[Pompey Pedro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @PompeyPedro]

Personally I feel pretty relaxed about Pompey’s transfer situation.

Cullen and Hughes done nothing so far to suggest we can’t trust their way of working.

Trust the process.

Let’s see where we are come close of window.

Up the Blues 🔵

[jonn elledge is mainly on bluesky @JonnElledge]

NIMBYs posting their Ls

[Grace Robertson 🏳️‍⚧️ @GraceOnFootball]

You banned us all. You shut us out completely. There aren't any of us there. And you're still complaining about us?

[Dr Matt Loten @intheinaka]

@LukeEllisPUP Everything in Hughes' career so far suggests he knows how the transfer market works. Our best signings have been the left-field names that everyone has moaned about when they were announced. Trust the process.

[Dr Matt Loten @intheinaka]

@LostTransport The only thing today's debate has highlighted, as far as I am concerned, is that the 'men are men, women are women, biology is simple and always binary' argument is as nonsensical as it ever has been.

[Dr Matt Loten @intheinaka]

I'm glad we're having one of those days on here where the Biological Science Enjoyers of the journalism world are here sharing their literal minutes' worth of research on an incredibly complex and sensitive issue. One of those days where you wish for the heat death of Twitter.

[Dr Matt Loten @intheinaka]

@LostTransport Whilst I am very aware that I am in no way qualified to pronounce on this subject, the evidence being presented does not seem to definitely prove anything - there seems to be no conclusive proof that they are male, female, intersex, or anything in between.

[Chris Deeley @ThatChris1209]

Boxers: ‘I dunno man she’s just a pretty good boxer’
Boxing analysts: ‘yeah, she really doesn’t historically have stopping power in her punches’
People who don’t watch boxing: ‘this is some Ivan Drago motherfucker who’s out here risking killing people somehow’

[Sam Freedman @Samfr]

I get this argument but look at everything else that's happened this month. The mess in the national accounts, the pay decision, record small boat numbers, people having to be let out of prison.

I think all these problems would have outweighed benefits of a 0.25% rate cut.

[Dr Matt Loten @intheinaka]

@adarkelimited @pn_neil_allen I know it's unfair to judge when he never got a proper run of games, but my assumption is the injuries took more toll than has been let on. Every time he did play he moved like the legs weren't moving as quick as his brain thought they should be. Like running through treacle.

[Dr Matt Loten @intheinaka]

@HancockAnalysis (derogatory)