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Ros Wynne-Jones

@roswynnejones.bsky.social
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Writer of Daily Mirror social justice column #RealBritain + special projects #Yr9No10 #PeopleMove #BritainTalks #WiganPierProject. Books include 'The Journey' with Abdul Musa Adam. Novellas, bread & border terrier enthusiast. @realbritainros over there.

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UCL Policy Lab @uclpolicylab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wonderful to read @roswynnejones.bsky.social's latest piece for @mirror.co.uk celebrating the work of Joy and Future Yard in Birkenhead, and highlighting our Nation of Neighbours project (in partnership with @demos-uk.bsky.social and @lbfew.bsky.social). Read the full piece below ⤵️
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
10 yrs ago, the UN settled 24 Syrian families on the Isle of Bute, a tiny Scottish island of 6,500 ppl – in a hail of negative headlines. We went to Bute to watch Scotland in the World Cup with one of the families. Watch our brand new #IslandOfStrangers film here www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOw7...
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Two refugee brothers find an unexpected home on a remote Scottish island
YouTube video by The Mirror
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Together Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
🗞️ Have you seen the news? The nation is uniting on 28 March against the far right. It’s going to be mega. Invite a friend and come along. Grab a copy of @mirror.co.uk from your local newsstand to read the full article. @roswynnejones.bsky.social
An image of the "Real Britain" page from the Daily Mirror newspaper, dated Friday, March 27, 2026. The main headline reads, "Marching Together to push back hate," with a sub-headline, "Nation unites for star-backed mega demo against the far right and to cheer diversity."

The page features several photos and stories about an upcoming demonstration in London organized by the Together Alliance. A large, square purple sticky note is placed in the center of the page with the handwritten message, "WE'RE IN THE PRESS!" in black ink.

Key visual elements include:

Top left: A portrait of columnist Ros Wynne-Jones.

Top right: A small inset photo labeled "RAGE BAIT" featuring Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk.

Middle left: A photo of a man labeled "LESSONS Teacher Joseph."

Bottom left: A photo of a man labeled "HOPE OVER FEAR Sir Lenny Henry."

Bottom right: A photo of a young woman labeled "COMPELLED Student Funto."

Background: Photos of previous protest marches showing crowds with various banners and signs.

The text discusses various community leaders, activists, and citizens planning to attend the march to protest against racism and far-right rhetoric while celebrating multiculturalism.
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
It's the morning after the divisive by-election, and Reform candidate Matt Goodwin’s graceless loss has set the tone for some residents - while others start work to bring a community back together. This is how it felt in Denton yesterday. themarmaladedropper.substack.com/p/dentons-de...
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Denton's Delights
It's the morning after the divisive by-election, and Reform candidate Matt Goodwin’s graceless loss has set the tone for some residents - while others start work to bring a community back together.
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
By reverting to stitch ups, Labour has made a colossal mess of the Gorton & Denton by-election. I've written about why, if the next election is between Farage's Reform, Polanski's Greens and Labour, Burnham is the player you'd want in the fight. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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'Andy Burnham is one of Labour's best players - they need him on the pitch'
Andy Burnham has been left disappointed after his bid to become MP was blocked. But Ros Wynne-Jones says he's the man to take on Nigel Farage and Zack Polanski - and here's why'
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Quite strong dodgy uncle at the wedding vibes
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Lucy Powell MP @lucympowell.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
A British Vogue photoshoot and feature is a pinch yourself moment! (One of the very few things I’ve done that has impressed my 16 year old daughter!) Thanks to Alice Thompson for a lovely interview and Charlotte Hadden for the great photos.
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“We’ve Got To Change How We’re Doing Things”: Lucy Powell, Labour’s New Deputy Leader, Is Here To Help
Ousted from cabinet before bouncing back to become Labour’s deputy leader, can Manchester MP Lucy Powell tackle a seemingly impossible new job with passion and purpose? By Alice Thomson. Photographs b...
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
So Batman Bob's gone off to play Reform Robin. The most blatantly self-interested defection since Cashley Cole left Arsenal for Chelsea. Only Jenrick's a right-winger etc
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
The Home Secretary is trying to persuade us her new draconian proposals will stop fascists winning. But Labour's plans are celebrated by Tommy Robinson. So maybe they already did. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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'Shabana Mahmood can control our borders without the performative cruelty'
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's controversial new immigration proposals not only limit people's ability to settle and integrate, but also other people's ability to accept them, writes Ros Wynne-Jones
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
After Wes Streeting's Today prog debut as Alan "I'm 100 per cent Faithful" Carr this morning - let the Celebrity Traitors 'Labour MPs edition' begin. Luckily for Starmer, so far, no-one wants to be Jonathan - the traitor who has to be sacrificed for someone else to win (see Tom Watson, series 1).
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Painful to see Labour do so badly in its Welsh heartland, but heartening to see people do want to stop Reform. A lesson for Labour: it's more than possible to win with a bold, redistributive offer, rather than tanking to the right to stop Reform. But time is running out.
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
We're going to hear a lot about a divided Wales as the #CaerphillyByElection results are digested over next few days, ahead of Senedd elections next May. So, here's a bid for the 'real South Wales' with a short film from our #IslandOfStrangers series... www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4G5...
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Over-60s Cabaret Club Breaks Boundaries | Mirror Originals
YouTube video by The Mirror
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Vote closes tmrw for Labour Deputy Leader... if you're eligible + haven't already voted, do consider my teenage partner-in-crime, @lucympowell.bsky.social. She'd be a Deputy Leader with Clem's vision, Prezza's pugilism... and none of the qualities of Nick Clegg. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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'Whether Love Island or legislation – my mate Lucy Powell is all about fairness'
Daily Mirror columnist Ros Wynne-Jones says Lucy Powell would be a Labour Deputy Leader with Angela Rayner's resilience, John Prescott's fighting spirit, Clem Attlee’s determination - none of the qual...
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
I hesitated writing this. I hate that bit of politics/media where everyone's chummy and not holding each other to account. But pretending you don't know someone is dishonest. So here's why my mate @lucympowell.bsky.social would be a brilliant Labour Deputy Leader. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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'Whether Love Island or legislation – my mate Lucy Powell is all about fairness'
Daily Mirror columnist Ros Wynne-Jones says Lucy Powell would be a Labour Deputy Leader with Angela Rayner's resilience, John Prescott's fighting spirit, Clem Attlee’s determination - none of the qual...
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Forgive the makeshift invite + come to our event at #Lab25! This Sunday 2-3.30pm (ACC Wye room), we'll be screening one of our brand new 'Island of Strangers' films, and hosting a panel with @lucympowell.bsky.social, @alfdubs.bsky.social Adam Kelwick @johndomokos.bsky.social @kevmag.bsky.social
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Wow, Farage has gone old school. Swan Eaters is one of the old hits from Now That's What I Call Racist '99... www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Nigel Farage slapped down after he suggests Europeans are eating swans in parks
In a radio interview, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage suggested that eastern European migrants are taking and killing swans from Royal Parks and carp from ponds across the UK to eat
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Hearing this I feel the world has slipped a little off its axis, and then I think somewhere in the In Our Time archive there is probably an entire episode dedicated to this concept scientifically, philosophically or both.
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
When our politics is so horrible and broken, a very classy & human response from @eddavey.libdems.org.uk to Angela Rayner's statement. "As a parent of a disabled child, I know the thing my wife and I worry most about is our son’s care after we have gone..."
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Hand of Cod
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Remember the plausible fascist Viv Rook's 'Erstwhile sites' from the brilliant drama Years and Years? And then have a listen to what Kemi Badenoch is proposing. Years and Years was supposed to be a warning, not a manifesto. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUPf...
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Years and Years Episode 5 | The Erstwhile Sites
YouTube video by Benjamin Nealon (Sky)
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Mirror Together @mirrortogether.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Community leader Sacha Bedding warns the country stands on the brink again, after major disorder in #Epping. This week @roswynnejones.bsky.social visits the town to speak to residents & hears how community power could be the answer. In today's @mirror.co.uk
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We're Right Here @right-here.org · 25/07/2025
“I said if something doesn’t change, there will be civil disorder in this country,” Sacha Bedding tells @roswynnejones.bsky.social, reflecting on last year's riots. "In order to fix the foundations of our democracy, we must act boldly and do things differently." 🔗https://shorturl.at/hx9O6
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'I predicted the last riots and we're on brink again - but we can stop them'
Community leader Sacha Bedding warns the country stands on the brink once more, after major disorder in Epping this week. Ros Wynne-Jones visits the town to speak to residents – and hears how…
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Once again the Telegraph is shaming itself with its reporting of the hotels issue, now in Epping. Absolute disgrace. Headline should be 'I'm not Tommy Robinson but...' www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07...
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
The Birmingham bin strike has descended to a war of words almost as toxic as the piles of rat-infested rubbish residents have been facing in parts of the city. But in the end the strike comes down to stories like Adrian's. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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He was a bin man for 23 years, then his son died and pay was cut by £500 a month
Bin worker Adrian Hyde sadly lost his son to sepsis last year. Just five weeks later Adrian opened a shocking letter from his employer Birmingham City Council.
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Lionesses you are something else. Resilient. Bloody. Unbowed.
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Every one of the betrayed Afghans is owed a British passport. But instead of a thank you – the communities they were dispersed into faced petrol bombs, screaming crowds and their accommodation being set on fire in last summer’s riots. What a welcome. www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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'Every Afghan hero deserves a UK passport. This country has failed them'
Today, the super-injunction protecting the story behind thousands of Afghans’ secret evacuation has ended. And it is time to thank them for their service
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Been thinking all day about Gary O’Donoghue’s lovely interview with Trump - it's got a dreamy intimacy like Trump has phoned into a late night call-in radio show from his couch in his slippers, his voice thick with McDonalds milkshake and regret.
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Second half. Come on #Dragons
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
I wrote something about Kemi Badenoch's charmless display of playground bullying at PMQs today - and how Parliament needs to change. Rachel Reeves is the Chancellor of the Exchequer. She's also a human being like the rest of us. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Bullying isn't banter - Badenoch's PMQs attack on Rachel Reeves crosses a line
Politics is a brutal business but Kemi Badenoch baiting a visibly upset Rachel Reeves at PMQs is just yet another example of the dehumanisation of people in public life
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Thanks for the timely reminder of the alternatives tho
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Been going to Glastonbury for almost 30 yrs, by hook or crook with the same mates... always fascinated to return and hear about the hate-filled/middle class/abomination I've attended that bears zero resemblance to the lovely, music and joy-filled 3/4 days I've witnessed on Worthy Farm
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Labour should admit it's made a pig's ear of #WelfareReform, go away, come back with something practical & compassionate. Draw a line under winter fuel and disability cuts, and say look, sorry, we weren't confident enough to govern as ourselves - but we're ready now.
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Mirror Together @mirrortogether.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Parent Simon Morley: "Our lives would be apocalyptic without The Ark. The Ark is like the oxygen mask on a plane, it helps us to then help Ruby. Without it being there, her life would be so diminished, she would not be the happy girl she is." @journomaryamq.bsky.social @roswynnejones.bsky.social
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Mirror Together @mirrortogether.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
"There were times growing up I was told not to open the door because of the bailiffs. All the physical things – like having nits for months because we couldn’t afford the treatments – have a real impact" - Georgia #REALBRITAIN @roswynnejones.bsky.social @journomaryamq.bsky.social
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Spending Review saw welcome return to core Labour values - but no mention of lifting 2-child cap & Child Poverty Strategy delayed. Every day = one day too long for kids enduring hunger & humiliation bc (like the girl in our story) they can't afford nit treatment. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Girl who skipped dinner so parents could eat - true reality of UK child poverty
Growing up Georgia Sullivan would force down food she didn't like – in case there was no food at home. Now the 26-year-old and four other young people are calling on the government to end child povert...
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Managed to miss entire spending review up while filming up a Welsh mountain with no phone signal. Delighted to have come down to find the Labour government has become Labour again! Eryri is a powerful place. Long live Rachel from Redistribution.
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
More of this Attlee-channelling, Labour! And lets have some 'Underestimate me at your peril' t-shirts while you're at it www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Rayner: 'Underestimate me at your peril - I am turning tide on housing crisis'
Deputy PM and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner writes for The Mirror about Labour's Spending Review plans - and the significance of a £39billion investment in affordable housing
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Meet @floodmary.bsky.social aka Mary Mary Long-Dhonau, who became an anti-flood + climate campaigner after her family home was deluged by sewage. She describes impact on her kids, one of whom is autistic, precious keepsakes lost - and why she wants to protect others. mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
After a brutal few months for progressive politics, this week Joy Dove won her case v DWP ♥️, Labour's finally seen the light on free school meals 💡 and now Zia Yusuf's resigned during a bit of cats-in-a-sack Reform in-fighting 😾 Hello there, June...
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
When I first met Joy Dove, I never thought she would still be campaigning for the truth about her daughter Jodey Whiting's death 8 years later. But I also knew she would never, ever give up. Today's coverage is a tribute to a mother's love. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Daily Mirror front page telling the story of Joy Dove, who has fought 8 years to prove the DWP caused her daughter's death
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Breaking news that Britain's greatest mum - aka Joy Dove – has finally won her battle for #Justice4Jodey. The Coroner concluded that Jodey's suicide was in the context of her deteriorating mental state precipitated by the withdrawal of state benefits. Exactly as Joy has always said.
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Maryam Qaiser @journomaryamq.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
The charity’s parent project Himmah has received a “significant donation” by Prince Harry – 4 yrs after wife Meghan donated £10,000. @roswynnejones.bsky.social @mirror.co.uk
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Mirror Together @mirrortogether.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
It began as a community meal for 30, now serves weekly dinner for over 100 people, 700 takeaway meals are handed out & 500 bags of groceries given monthly. @journomaryamq.bsky.social visited the #Nottingham project, which was set up to bring their communities together, @roswynnejones.bsky.social
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Power to Change @powertochange.org.uk · 28/05/2025
"You start to talk, there might be a few words or a conversation & then people start to get to know each other & then understand each other, learn how similar they are. We want people to look at one another & see the good things." @roswynnejones.bsky.social @hopenothate.org.uk @fortunejf.bsky.social
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'Keir Starmer has got it wrong - here's why we're not an island of strangers'
Real Britain reports on All Souls church, which closed in 1986, became a magnet for anti-social behaviour, until community worker Inayat Omarji decided to try to do something about it
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We're Right Here @right-here.org · 28/05/2025
"Keir Starmer spoke of an island of strangers—but places like All Souls tell a different story," says our campaign leader Inayat Omarji. ‪Nice article on giving power to local people to “build an island of communities" by @roswynnejones.bsky.social & Claire Donnelly
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'Keir Starmer has got it wrong - here's why we're not an island of strangers'
Real Britain reports on All Souls church, which closed in 1986, became a magnet for anti-social behaviour, until community worker Inayat Omarji decided to try to do something about it
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Thanks so much to @asylumlink.bsky.social Merseyside and Climbing Hangar Liverpool for having us today. What beautiful people you all are 🙏
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
'Keir Starmer has got it wrong – here's why we're not an island of strangers'. This week's #RealBritain www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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'Keir Starmer has got it wrong - here's why we're not an island of strangers'
Real Britain reports on All Souls church, which closed in 1986, became a magnet for anti-social behaviour, until community worker Inayat Omarji decided to try to do something about it
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Background Radio 4 means half listening to #InOurTime's account of rise of Paul Von Hindenburg - master of political branding & spin, and the man who appointed Hitler as Chancellor – with creeping deja vu. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Paul von Hindenburg
How the cult of personality around this German WWI figurehead helped usher in Hitler.
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
You really couldn't make it up. Battle of Britain Farage is missing his chance to savage the EU deal at PMQs... because he is on holiday... in French France 🇫🇷 (At least he'll be able to get back through passport control as quickly as his French partner now)
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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
A privilege to help uncover working class writing talent as a mentor for Michael Sheen & @newwritingnorth.bsky.social's #AWritingChance. Thanks to Emma Astra, Zainab Amer + Sunita Thind for their hard work & for Michael's generous determination to shake things up. www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrit...
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