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John Wood @johnwood.org · 03/04/2026

Yes, unless Liam fox thought the innovation only extended to the labelling.

2016 government tweet: "France needs high quality, innovative British jams & marmalades #EXportingisGREAT "

John Wood @johnwood.org · 03/04/2026

Non-citrus marmalade? That sounds like a top notch "innovative jam" opportunity. Can't see the papers talking British manufacturers down on this one, shurely?

Government tweet grab from 2016. "France needs high quality, innovative British jams & marmalades #EXportingisGREAT"

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John Wood @johnwood.org · 30/03/2026

Nobody expects the three grand soups! The *four* grand soups...

Still from Monty Python's Spanish Inquisition sketch.

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John Wood @johnwood.org · 25/02/2026

Interested in why the Labour 28% is shorter than the Reform 28% in this Opinium image. Their chart on the Byline Times site shows them the same. Are there fractions here that aren't stated in Byline article? (can't see detail on Opinium site).

Another chart from the same poll, showing Labour and Green tied on all voter intention (28%, 28%, with Reform on 27%), and on likely to vote voters green ahead 30% to 28% and 28%, but with both 28% bars the same length unlike bars in original post, which have same number but different size bars.

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John Wood @johnwood.org · 06/11/2025

New laptop, which means new stickers! But despite diligently collecting union stickers for it, I still have unsightly sticker-free gaps! Anyone out there up for the cultural exchange of a union sticker swap? #1u

A laptop lid, 90% covered in trade union related stickers

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John Wood @johnwood.org · 29/09/2025

Reflections from union campaigners at @campaign-lab.bsky.social #Lab25 fringe - One thing political campaigning might learn is keeping momentum going outside a political cycle. Needs listening as much as leading, to be ready as moments arise.

Panel at Campaign Lab fringe event, campaigner speakers from TUC, Unite, UNISON, GMB.

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John Wood @johnwood.org · 13/03/2025

Not a @unison.org.uk member, but if I were I would deffo be getting my member discount on a holiday at the union's Croyde Bay resort. Here for a conference tomorrow and had a hugely reinvigorating walk on the dunes this evening, just lovely.

Evening view of UNISON Croyde resort from the dunes.

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John Wood @johnwood.org · 08/03/2025

Tho Darth Vader pebble is a close second.

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John Wood @johnwood.org · 08/03/2025

Stone of the day, Hastings beach

A pebble on Hastings beach. Holes in the stone resemble eyes and a mouth, looking incredulous at such a fine day for early March.

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John Wood @johnwood.org · 21/02/2025

Yep, some software I had was Tandy compatible & marketed for both machines

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John Wood @johnwood.org · 03/12/2024

Our local Methodist church's Christmas light display is unerringly on target again this year.

Rubber dinghy outside a church with doll, lights and blackboard saying "Jesus was a refugee".

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John Wood @johnwood.org · 04/10/2024

This Google search AI is a game changer for research. Rather than needing to read the TUC's wordy Budget Submission, I can get a summary of... ...hold on, that appears to be the LGA Budget Submission, a page with absolutely no TUC mentions, which Google has just attributed at random to the TUC.

Google search for TUC Budget Submission, with Gemini AI overview erroneously claiming a totally different organisation's policy position is a citation from the TUC.

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John Wood @johnwood.org · 22/09/2024

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Bin bags on fire off the shoulder of Old Kent Road... SELCHP tours are a 5* highlight of today's London Open House festival.

Exterior view of SELCHP incinerator power plant in South East London

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John Wood @johnwood.org · 17/09/2024

Very helpful feature from Microsoft's Copilot - AI helps clean my data in Excel with one click - removes errant spaces, capitalisation, typos and full stops. I can't see how this might go wrong at all...

Copilot suggesting I might wish to replace all mentions of "Vegan" with "Vegetarian" to help clean my data.

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John Wood @johnwood.org · 03/09/2024

Post four of your favourite games. This was indeed very difficult to narrow down!

Age of Empires 2 (PC and Windows Mobile)

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John Wood @johnwood.org · 01/09/2024

Ooh! A chance to post this pin sharp pic of an osprey I took yesterday!

A rubbish, blurred photo of what I hope is an osprey, sitting on a post.

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John Wood @johnwood.org · 16/08/2024

Colin would like to remind that #ProofOfCat is not necessarily unfalsifiable.

Tuxedo cat sitting next to the box of a Lego tuxedo cat model.

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John Wood @johnwood.org · 09/07/2024

Delivering a 30,000 strong petition to Amazon HQ in London, in support of warehouse workers in Coventry. They're making history by voting for union recognition this week. Amazon must: ✅ Stop union busting ✅ Recognise GMB ✅ Treat workers with respect & dignity

Photo by Andy Aitchison. A GMB member holds a placard at Amazon HQ: "Amazon workers are making history"

Photo by Andy Aitchison. Union rally at Amazon HQ. Sign says "30,000 say stop union busting at your warehouses"

Photo by Andy Aitchison. The TUC's Kate Bell speaks outside Amazon London HQ.

Photo by Andy Aitchison. Gary Smith (GMB) and Kate Bell (TUC) carry the petition to Amazon London HQ.

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John Wood @johnwood.org · 26/06/2024

Mine too. But mainly surprised by the weird nature of it, not even trying to look legit or make it look like a group someone I know would be adding me to. Just group names as random strings of characters.

screenshot from crypto spam whatsapp invite - community called XelPiR712841 and user ~NZrrZj211086

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John Wood @johnwood.org · 04/05/2024

Ding dong! Looks like Sadiq Khan has equalled Dick Whittington's record 3 mayoral wins!

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John Wood @johnwood.org · 02/02/2024

Oh no! Trusty old laptop finally expired, so I need to start my trade union sticker collection all over again. Anyone got swaps?

Two laptops. One with many union-related stickers, one blank.

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John Wood @johnwood.org · 27/01/2024

Gareth Morris, one of 1984's sacked GCHQ unionists speaks on the 40th anniversary of their campaign for union rights.

Gareth Morris speaks from the rally stage in Cheltenham

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John Wood @johnwood.org · 27/01/2024

Mick Lynch: Protect the right to strike - Use the right to strike.

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John Wood @johnwood.org · 27/01/2024

The sun comes out for the union march & rally in Cheltenham. We're commemorating 40 years since the GCHQ union rights dispute - and rejecting our current government's attempts to do more of the same. Protect the right to strike!

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John Wood @johnwood.org · 08/01/2024

Very proud of the work my colleagues have done in developing free campaigning tools for the union movement on our www.megaphone.org.uk platform. More than 1 million people taking action on union campaigns and backing members' disputes.

2023 was a huge year for our movement. Workers and their unions took action and made their voices heard. We won disputes big and small because we came together in solidarity. Tens of thousands more people joined our fight." title="2023 was a huge year for our movement. Workers and their unions took action and made their voices heard. We won disputes big and small because we came together in solidarity. Tens of thousands more people joined our fight.

Workers won their disputes. Thousands were taking strike action for the very first time.

And even more workers got organised and started petitions

100,000 Megaphone supporters sent responses to protest the closure of ticket offices. It forced a government U-turn and was the largest response to a public consultation ever.

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John Wood @johnwood.org · 01/12/2023

Soft spot for Methodists and their honesty in following where the Method leads. Powerful Christmas decorations at our local.

A tent set out in front of a church, with a banner reading "no crib for a bed"

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John Wood @johnwood.org · 01/11/2023

I prefer to think of it like Ready Brek, giving its imbibers the warm glow of righteousness to compensate for the lack of flavour

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