Nick Haydon

💙 Journalist and trainer. European Bristolian. Former Chair of Governors. @haynick.bsky.social #rejoinEU 🇪🇺

[Dr Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social @51TJK]

Rachel Reeves says UK must stay close to Europe after #Brexit ‘damage’

“No alliance is more important than our relationship with the European Union.”

So we need to get back to where we were

Involved in making the rules, not just following them

#Rejoin https://t.co/PHE9dpdJUd

[Good Law Project @GoodLawProject]

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An FOI has revealed that 145 Palantir staff have been given access to NHS systems, exposing the true scale of the tech giant’s creeping takeover:
https://t.co/LnjGGnwtmP

[GET A GRIP @docrussjackson]

Leaving aside the legal implications of naming and releasing a photograph of the alleged suspect in the Ann Widdecombe case (wisely blacked out by UK broadcasters), here are two front pages nine years apart:

[Snowleopardess 💚 @snowleopardess]

In his piece on benefits this morning, @SamCoatesSky looks at ways the welfare bill could be reduced-while tucked away in the same report he admits we are not spending any more as % of GDP than we did in the past, contradicting the whole lie about the benefits bill "ballooning".

[PenScribbler @ScribblerPen]

NHS Covid vaccine eligibility is being narrowed in 2027 to people *over 80* and a narrow set of immunosuppressed. Nobody challenges this stupidity, but we wonder why, with no mitigations & the worst eligibility in Europe, we have the worst health outcomes.
https://t.co/UQSfwUH4S0

[Nick Haydon @simplync]

@RichardGCorbett @ThatTimWalker And more than a few older ones as well

[Nick Haydon @simplync]

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[Kate Ironside @IronsideKate]

Journo students: Daily Mail names Widdecombe suspect with pic.
Legally, since 2018 Cliff Richard case vs BBC, suspects have right to privacy until charged.
You can debate this but that’s how things stand.
+ some social media posts reacting to Mail’s story breach Contempt law /1

[tern @1goodtern]

I'm very curious about what Covid is about to do here in the UK.

We've had a long lull during which covid has continuously circulated, but at very low levels in all age groups other than under 18s.

But levels appear to have started rising across several metrics.

1/3

[Prof. Peter Strachan @ProfStrachan]

Shocking

"Over the past century, #England       & Wales have lost 98% of wildflower meadows."

"We have also destroyed half of Britain’s ancient woodland, half of lowland ponds, 90% of freshwater #wetlands and 62% of all “farmland” wild #birds."

#Biodiversity

https://t.co/kf9rxSdKVv

[Press Gazette @pressgazette]

Press Association is proposing to close its office in Howden, East Yorkshire, with 140 journalists affected. Jobs would move 47 miles away to Leeds. The site has been a centre for sub-editors, production and TV listings production roles. https://t.co/0uBYR1TFDh

[Mike Henley 🤨 @trentconsultant]

Want to answer a complaint? Well now you can’t look at the records to do so? Who makes up this nonsense without consultation? While I agree we should protect privacy much of this is over reaching & seemingly doesn’t apply to Palantir https://t.co/FPpRVaz49y

[norman candy @normanbluecoll1]

In Italy those responsible for 43 people dying because of their actions are sent to prison. Not one arrest has been made following Grenfell, Hillsborough, Blood Scandal, Postmaster Horizon scandal, soldiers exposure to radiation scandal, PPE and care home scandal. We are told Italy has a Mafia problem.

[Peter Coglan @valderee53]

GP reception 11:30am. Old man struggling to walk at the desk. Can he make an appointment? No. Do it online. Only online now. He is not online. Ring at 8am tomorrow, we will fill it in for you. He leaves very sad. This is 21stC Britain. If the net & phones are down, then what?

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Thames Water increased its bonus payouts to £4.1m for senior managers.

It has £19.7bn debt, fleeces customers, dumps sewage in rivers, loses billions of litres of water to leaky pipes.

But bosses rewarded .. for what?

Govt/Ofwat do nothing.
https://t.co/bmvqFV8ESF

[The Hormuz Report @HormuzReport]

BREAKING: Iran sent a private message to JD Vance during Switzerland talks, warning that Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff were "abusing" negotiations — more interested in profiting from insider knowledge than reaching a deal, per Drop Site News.

Iran calculated $9 billion in profits from market manipulation by "individuals close to Trump" — and formally requested $4.5 billion of that sum be allocated to Iran through intermediaries. The Iranian official added: "The exchanged texts will ultimately become part of the historical record."

Iran also raised concerns that Kushner and Witkoff "talk almost every day to Netanyahu" and the Mossad chief — feeding Israeli intelligence with inside information from the negotiations.

The Trump administration denies the claims. Iran says the evidence will be made public. If confirmed, this is one of the most significant financial scandals in modern diplomacy.

[Nick Haydon @simplync]

@bmay And that’ll be it for a load of single term Labour MPs

[Nick Haydon @simplync]

@LindaPears87262 @JohnPar99252817 Surely FIFA will just extend extra time until the required result is achieved

[Nick Haydon @simplync]

@AndyRejoinEU @DeborahMeaden Many probably thought backing Burnham would make it more likely they would get a second term. I think the reality will be rather different.

[Nick Haydon @simplync]

@SandyofSuffolk Rings a bell

[Nick Haydon @simplync]

@DoctorAngry @PolitlcsUK More of those MPs will be single term with this change than if Starmer had not been ousted