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Nick Haydon

@haynick.bsky.social
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Retired radio and online journalist. Former chair of governors. Cycling for pleasure. Missing close ties with Europe.

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Philip Stephens @philipstephens.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In Berlin this week …depressing to report that British pms visit seems to have gone unnoticed …
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MaryamB (She/Her) #FBPE #BanX #DemocracyDiedInDarkness 6Nov24🖤 @maryamb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 18/09/2026
It is incredibly important that political violence does not succeed. The far-right mob that shut down Portsmouth wanted this outcome. If the state wishes to avoid more of these actions, it needs to make sure this RNLI branch reopens *immediately*, or as close to that as humanly possible.
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Glad our MPs have enough time on their hands for such important matters. Perhaps they could also scrutinize UK record at international croquet events; why haircuts are so expensive; and how to improve the annoying music when you’re on hold for a phone call. 🙄🙄🙄 www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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UK to answer for its ‘dismal record’ in Eurovision before committee of MPs
Digital, culture, media and sport committee expected to hear evidence from BBC bosses and music industry experts
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
‘£30 billion lost’: Six major studies confirm Brexit’s HUGE toll on UK economy In 10 days' time, MPs will be summoned to debate the economic impact of Brexit. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
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'£30 billion lost': Six major studies confirm Brexit's HUGE toll on UK economy
In 10 days' time, MPs will be summoned to debate the economic impact of Brexit. Let's hope they all have a good read of this...
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel is stoking anti-Muslim prejudice with juvenile trolling of Britain as "an Islamic Republic", that plays mainly to the American far right www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Benjamin Netanyahu describes UK as ‘first Islamic republic to get a nuclear weapon’
Israeli PM criticised by political rival for attacking an international ally and overseeing ‘horrific diplomatic failure’
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 15/08/2026
Ukraine left exposed as Patriot launchers run empty ft.trib.al/G8L808E
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Ukraine left exposed as Patriot launchers run empty
Kyiv’s military momentum at risk as dwindling interceptor stocks leave it vulnerable to Russia’s winter campaign
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Marianne Velvart @mariannevelvart.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
UK's brexit campaign was triggered by outrage from the moneyed classes at the social democratic EU wanting to make offshore shell accounts transparent? Basically, shell accounts exist to disguise the wealth of non tax-paying billionaires. A surefire way to make us poor plebs carry the entire load.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 14/08/2026
Britain has another “ingenious” plan for Europe: single market access without freedom of movement or EU law. Niall Ó Conghaile spots a familiar problem. Britons are talking to Britons again. Why would Europe agree? @eastangliabylines.co.uk @nialloconghaile.bsky.social
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Britons talking to Britons: the Brexit mistake we keep making
Another 'ingenious' plan for Europe founders on a familiar problem: nobody seems to have asked what Europe actually wants
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
As Britain swelters through another heatwave, few people will have heard that ministers have quietly dropped plans for solar carports. Cars cooler in summer. Shelter from the rain in winter. Clean electricity all year round. A missed opportunity?
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As Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carports
Ministers have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I've been rummaging through Keir Starmer's last acts in office, including many that got totally buried This (rather big list) is from his last week in power: bylinetimes.com/2026/07/22/f...
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From Steel Nationalisation to Plug-In Solar: Keir Starmer’s Final Acts in Government
The outgoing PM sneaked a lot of significant announcements out just before he left office
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I'm old enough to remember when the entire British right had a month long meltdown about "foreign interference" when Obama said something mildly disobliging about Brexit. The Trump administration pouring millions of dollars into far right political groups in the UK? Not a peep
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This is outrageous.
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Ruth Fox @ruthfox.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
🧵 Amid all the speculation about Nigel Farage's 2pm statement, it's worth noting paragraph 40 of the Procedural Protocol to the MPs' Code of Conduct. If he announces he's resigning and seeking a by-election, that would not automatically end the investigation into whether he breached the Code in...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
A timely reminder Nigel Farage wants to - leave the ECHR - repeal the Equality Act - Strip back workers rights - Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts - repeal the Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes “no fault evictions” PLEASE DON’T FALL FOR IT youtu.be/KxOQRt8PQys?...
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If UK media actually explained Nigel Farage’s policies to the public no one would be supporting him
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Nick Haydon @haynick.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 07/06/2026
Britain’s questionable reliance on Palantir ft.trib.al/3RJ8MrL | opinion
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Britain’s questionable reliance on Palantir
Government should use the best technology for any task, but be wary of ‘lock-ins’
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
ICE knows it's acting illegally and without authority to arrest in thousands of cases. The court records demonstrate this. It must stop. Now.
Screenshot of a post from @factpostnews on X.com claiming that federal judges ruled over 10,000 ICE detentions illegal, described as roughly 90% of all cases. Below the text are two photos: armed ICE agents in tactical gear at a facility, and a judge's gavel on a wooden surface.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 15/05/2026
Just as its Conservative predecessors did before it, Britain's Labour government risks driving the U.K.’s economy into a ditch with an internal party fight over the steering wheel.
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Starmer drama has UK markets reliving their Truss nightmare
U.K. politicians yet again risk shooting the economy in the foot in a fight for control of the government.
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Good News! A modern experiment shows that vaccines work, and what happens when vaccination levels fall. South Carolina was grappling with a measles outbreak. Luckily they reversed it. 🧪 abcnews.com/Health/after...
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After nearly 1,000 cases, here's how South Carolina officials beat back a measles outbreak
After six months and nearly 1,000 cases, a measles outbreak in South Carolina came to an end. Here's how officials got it under control.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 27/04/2026
“Mandelson has a clear conflict of interest – and the failure to keep a minute of the meeting he arranged for the PM shows a kind of contempt for the public interest.” A year ago, the FCDO blanked us on details of *that* Starmer meeting with Palantir in DC: goodlaw.social/ln45
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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Oh, would you look at that: Men are perceived as more creative than women even when competency is controlled for, and more deserving of rewards. Five studies shows men are routinely seen having more 'out of the box' creativity. But not only are women... adalovelaceday.substack.com/p/gender-ste...
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ALD Report: Gender stereotypes result in women being judged as less creative
And men being judged as more deserving of reward.
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Nick Haydon @haynick.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Just watched the documentary on the Artemis II mission on BBC. Apparently moon landing probably in 2028. Remind me - when will the HS2 project be built and trains running?
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Conservative MP Edward Leigh thinks disabled people and pensioners cost too much. He claims £2350 to pay his Council Tax, and £2500 to pay his energy bills every year But he isn't disabled or a pensioner, he is on £94,000 He should pay his self and cut the bloody benefit costs
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 14/04/2026
Viktor Orbán stifled the press at home and cultivated media friends abroad
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Viktor Orbán stifled the press at home and cultivated media friends abroad
He showed how the international illiberal right could survive inside a liberal democratic alliance
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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Are junior doctor's pay demands unreasonable? They rejected a pay offer of 4.9% (that's 35% over 4 years) - that looks greedy. BUT, pay would still be 20% lower in real terms than in 2008. That's a MASSIVE cut. In comparison, MPs basic salary gained 48% over the same period...
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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 03/04/2026
A lot of nonsense circulating today about how the EU will force us to relabel marmalade as "Citrus Marmalade". The truth: The new law's requirements will be met if the citrus fruit is named, so e.g. "Orange Marmalade" would be fine. You merely can't use "Marmalade" on its own.
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Bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
It’s a real problem that our elite institutions are just much stupider now than they used to be
NYTImes calls NATO the “North American treaty organization”
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Just what we don't need. Already, our rivers are overloaded with both human and livestock waste, leading in many cases to #rivercide. Now the government, responding as always to lobbyists, wants to make it worse. Then it wonders why it loses public support. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK looks to relax planning rules for factory farms after industry lobbying
Exclusive: documents chronicle years-long campaign to make it easier to build intensive livestock units
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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Here is the full Rycroft report on foreign interference in the UK www.gov.uk/government/p...
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The Rycroft Review: Report of the independent review into countering foreign financial influence and interference in UK politics
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Nick Haydon @haynick.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
And so the drip drip anti-EU campaign begins
Newspaper story claiming that a ‘Brexit reset’ could lead to higher prices for some foods.
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Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
‼️🚨Sophie Ridge: “You’ve secured trading terms with the US that are worse than they were before Brexit.” Wes Streeting: “I don’t dispute that.” 🔥 And there it is 🔥 Brexit made Britain weak and that’s why it will continue to make us poorer until with rejoin the EU.
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Mark Vanderbeeken @vanderbeeken.app.leafplaza.eu · 20/12/2025
Top Dutch Brussels correspondent on how the Americans have put incredible pressure on EU government leaders to ensure that they do not touch Russian assets at Euroclear. (English translation of key paragraph attached.)
Insiders say that in recent weeks the Americans have put incredible pressure on European government leaders to ensure that they do not touch Russian assets at Euroclear – not even as collateral for loans to Ukraine. Although the Europeans have started exploring the Euroclear route because Trump pulled the financial rug out from under Ukraine and they now have to take care of Ukraine's maintenance on their own, the Americans resorted to crude threats to dissuade them. Washington would push countries that have money at Euroclear (from Hungary to BRICS countries such as Saudi Arabia and Brazil) to withdraw it and even to stop using the euro as a reserve currency. The exodus from Euroclear is already underway. Washington also threatened to cut off European countries and companies from American clouds, satellite systems or access to Wall Street. Some EU countries, which saw no merit in the plan, were fine with the Americans taking such a hard line. But the fact remains: these are blatant extortion tactics by an ally that has ensured security in Europe for eighty years. Now it is throwing Europe under the bus. Compared to this, the Greek crisis was child's play.
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Max Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
The EU never gets praise even when it acts. There is so much constant EU negging that commentators struggle to praise when it delivers. The EU did what it needed to do. Take the win. Last night was a big step for Ukraine and the European project. First, the EU got the money for Ukraine 1/
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
NEW Donald Trump v the British Broadcasting Corporation: the battle begins The president filed a claim this week more about exerting leverage than legal niceties By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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Donald Trump v the British Broadcasting Corporation: the battle begins
The president filed a claim this week more about exerting leverage than legal niceties
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 10/11/2025
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten. "I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 07/10/2025
It's quite wrong to suggest Robert Jenrick is a racist. Racists believe in something. My SKETCH.
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Rob whistle | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something. Some of us remember Jenrick as a chubby-cheeked fan of David Cameron fighting the…
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
"The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something." Absolutely fantastic sketch by @roberthutton.co.uk. Every line is a banger:
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Rob whistle | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something. Some of us remember Jenrick as a chubby-cheeked fan of David Cameron fighting…
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
The ITV exposé on COVID now turns its sights on testing. I was stunned in 2020 when Sir Paul Nurse - Director of the Francis Crick Institute - told me he’d written to the government to offer the services of the Crick (the biggest biomeolecular lab in the country) - and never got a reply…
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
'The Conservative party, whose leader Kemi Badenoch has repeatedly pledged to fight for “free speech”, has banned Byline Times from attending her party’s annual conference' bylinetimes.com/2025/09/04/k...
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Kemi Badenoch's 'Free Speech' Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Party Conference
The ban on covering the party's annual gathering came despite Badenoch's repeated commitment to "fight" for free speech and a free press
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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 04/09/2025
Well, there's a thing. New research from Oxford University says that misleading media coverage is shaping UK public debate on immigration, human rights and the European Convention on Human Rights #ECHR👇 🔗 www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09... via @bonavero.bsky.social
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Second Reading @commonslibrary.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
The EU Entry/Exit system and EU travel authorisation system commonslibrary.parliament.uk/the-eu…
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
🚨How Britain privatised itself into failure.🚨 Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. 
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
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How Britain privatised itself into failure
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Sorry to burden you with another jaw-dropping scandal. But what the government intends to do to chemicals regulation in the UK is chilling. Its consultation was slipped out so quietly that most of us missed it. When I read it, I saw why. This week's column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Want to import toxic chemicals into Britain with scant scrutiny? Labour says: go right ahead | George Monbiot
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Tory fantasy of a post-Brexit bonfire of regulations is coming true. Our bodies and ecosystems will pay the price, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Hey, UK media! Are you just going to let Farage dump another steaming pile of populist bullshit on us *without ever* properly scrutinising his ideas or him…his funding, his riots, his links to Putin and Trump, his Brexit shitshow, his grifting side gigs, his lies, his ignorance…? Call. Him. TF. Out.
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 16/07/2025
There is a lot of deflection taking place by politicians this morning, suggesting that the court kept the superinjunction in place and that had to be overcome. That's not true or not complete- the government kept it in place by repeatedly applying for its renewal.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Rachel Reeves says the UK is open for business with the US, EU and India deals: But we only get £22 billion: - £3.4 billion from UK-US tariff deal - £14 billion from UK-EU reset - £4.8 billion from UK-India Rejoining the EU Single Market would give us £140 billion
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