Matthew Letley

Smashed by the wheel of death and survived to tell the tale but not the Matthew Letley who was the drummer with Status Quo!

[Matthew Letley @MattLetley]

@easyJet currently waiting for flight EZY8319 to Pisa. After announcing crew were delayed your desk staff cleared off and now we have no further information. Pretty poor effort at looking after your customer. I am told by someone in Italy flight delayed until 3pm. Comments? Ta

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Rory Sutherland made a quietly devastating observation about one of the biggest societal shifts of the last 50 years.

He said the move to the double-income household started as an option but quickly became an obligation. The big winners? Governments (twice as many people to tax) and property owners (now two salaries were needed to buy a house). The big loser? The family itself, which lost roughly 35 hours of discretionary leisure time per week — with no real increase in living standards, because the extra money was largely soaked up by higher house prices and taxes.

It’s a classic example of how something that begins as liberation can quietly turn into a new form of constraint.

Longitudinal studies on happiness and time use (including data from the American Time Use Survey and OECD reports) show that the sharp rise in dual-earner households correlated with stagnant or declining leisure time for families, while subjective well-being metrics for parents have not risen in line with the additional income — supporting the idea that much of the gain was captured by housing costs and taxation rather than improved quality of life.

It’s a reminder to look carefully at changes that society presents as inevitable progress.

What do you think — has the double-income model delivered more freedom or more pressure for most families?

[Matthew Letley @MattLetley]

@darrengrimes @PureGym Being ‘asked’ is not the same as ‘forced’ you silly fool.

[Giles Coren @gilescoren]

The best thing I have ever seen in a theatre: The Last Laugh at The Noel Coward Theatre. Only here for a month book it now now now before word gets out.

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[Matthew Letley @MattLetley]

USA inauguration on both BBC1 and ITV? It’s not the bloom’n World Cup Final. Thinking of the poor old folk missing The Chase and Pointless.

[Matthew Letley @MattLetley]

@sunflowerof21 Bring on the fun but less rain this time please x

[Matthew Letley @MattLetley]

@AdrianEdmondson I feel your pain. Work for a small business who often sell abroad… Ireland seem to really dislike us after Brexit. Almost impossible to get anything there using Royal Mail. Strangely other courier companies are more successful. Good luck!

[Matthew Letley @MattLetley]

@LoSS_running @RunActive @alzheimerssoc @EssexAArunning Each runner gets £5 to SPEND at Run Active.., even more the reason to join the fun!

[Matthew Letley @MattLetley]

@sunflowerof21 @O2 Come on @O2 pull your finger out. You’re embarrassing yourselves!!

[Matthew Letley @MattLetley]

@garyjackets @Dag_RedFC @SUFCRootsHall Sums up football my friend. It attracts the ugliest types of human beings on the planet (obviously you are beautiful) x

[Matthew Letley @MattLetley]

@tomasmithmusic From your number one fan @sunflowerof21 of course. Thanks Lion!

[LoSSrunningclub @LoSS_running]

Our after dark, chip timed, multi-terrain LEIGH-ON-SEA 10k is now open for you to enter! 5k option too! All profits go to @alzheimerssoc. Go to https://t.co/Jh5YlPhvej to enter. Do it now before you forget – go on, you know what you’re like! #leigh10k #southend @EssexAArunning

[Matthew Letley @MattLetley]

@veripix @wearejames were brilliant. Come on Mark famous bands can also be good bands. You are such a rebel 😂

[Matthew Letley @MattLetley]

@veripix Hey Kerrison, we enjoyed Coldplay last night x

[Matthew Letley @MattLetley]

@UpdateWithRylan @Rylan @RobbieRinder Congratulations to you both, series 1 really enjoyable!

[Matthew Letley @MattLetley]

@tomasmithmusic Cracking as always Tom.

[Matthew Letley @MattLetley]

@petergoldring1 @Marathon_Mcr @happystride @CharlieGold86 You are older Pete but think how much wiser you are now! Well done to you and all those Happy Striders out there today, you must have been proud!

[Matthew Letley @MattLetley]

@veripix @MichaelTakeMP … yes my friend. I think I need to take you out for a break from all this social media nonsense x

[Matthew Letley @MattLetley]

@sunflowerof21 @ahchrissawyer @BBCR1 @gregjames Come on Lion get onboard x

[Jo Hall @jorosierhall]

Free #couch25k put on by this friendly club, starting v soon in #southend