Edwin Hayward
@edwinhayward.com
Author and commentator. Book: 'Slaying Brexit Unicorns'. Busy AI coding.
Topics: AI & fun geeky stuff, Brexit & UK politics. Expect facts & stats, sarcasm and gallows humour.
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Topics: AI & fun geeky stuff, Brexit & UK politics. Expect facts & stats, sarcasm and gallows humour.
Handy tools: https://www.superuseful.com/
Me: https://www.edwinhayward.com/
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Edwin Hayward
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· Dec 28
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If I owned a cordless drill I would.
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
If I owned a cordless drill I would.
Streisand Effect? Feels like a strong candidate.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Streisand Effect? Feels like a strong candidate.
Of course. 99% of news happens on X. BlueSky is just a cosy friendly echo chamber. But you learn almost nothing here.
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Of course. 99% of news happens on X. BlueSky is just a cosy friendly echo chamber. But you learn almost nothing here.
Yes. Yes, it does.
They're fools not to take advantage of the fact that none of the other parties dare to push the issue.
It's our single biggest problem. An open goal.
"Less timid than the other incredibly timid people" is a pathetically low bar.
They're fools not to take advantage of the fact that none of the other parties dare to push the issue.
It's our single biggest problem. An open goal.
"Less timid than the other incredibly timid people" is a pathetically low bar.
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Yes. Yes, it does.
They're fools not to take advantage of the fact that none of the other parties dare to push the issue.
It's our single biggest problem. An open goal.
"Less timid than the other incredibly timid people" is a pathetically low bar.
They're fools not to take advantage of the fact that none of the other parties dare to push the issue.
It's our single biggest problem. An open goal.
"Less timid than the other incredibly timid people" is a pathetically low bar.
It's a very small sample size, but am I revealing too much when I say that I was disappointed how few people seem to indulge in whimsy?
November 25, 2025 at 10:53 AM
It's a very small sample size, but am I revealing too much when I say that I was disappointed how few people seem to indulge in whimsy?
£90 billion a year would fix an awful lot of problems.
November 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
£90 billion a year would fix an awful lot of problems.
I wonder how many in Labour's inner circle realise they're part of the last ever Labour government?
Letting Reform in when a different direction was possible but deliberately ignored is a sin 1000x worse than student fees were for the LibDems. Voters will never forgive it.
bsky.app/profile/euro...
Letting Reform in when a different direction was possible but deliberately ignored is a sin 1000x worse than student fees were for the LibDems. Voters will never forgive it.
bsky.app/profile/euro...
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue a year, new analysis shows. Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows
Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I wonder how many in Labour's inner circle realise they're part of the last ever Labour government?
Letting Reform in when a different direction was possible but deliberately ignored is a sin 1000x worse than student fees were for the LibDems. Voters will never forgive it.
bsky.app/profile/euro...
Letting Reform in when a different direction was possible but deliberately ignored is a sin 1000x worse than student fees were for the LibDems. Voters will never forgive it.
bsky.app/profile/euro...
Something something out of office in 2029 something something disband Labour after that.
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Something something out of office in 2029 something something disband Labour after that.
Imagine living in a house on fire and occasionally throwing a glass of water on the flames and claiming it's progress.
That's Labour's attitude to Brexit.
(No political party is loud enough on the issue given its immense salience. They should be screaming 24/7 about it.)
bsky.app/profile/euro...
That's Labour's attitude to Brexit.
(No political party is loud enough on the issue given its immense salience. They should be screaming 24/7 about it.)
bsky.app/profile/euro...
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue a year, new analysis shows. Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows
Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Imagine living in a house on fire and occasionally throwing a glass of water on the flames and claiming it's progress.
That's Labour's attitude to Brexit.
(No political party is loud enough on the issue given its immense salience. They should be screaming 24/7 about it.)
bsky.app/profile/euro...
That's Labour's attitude to Brexit.
(No political party is loud enough on the issue given its immense salience. They should be screaming 24/7 about it.)
bsky.app/profile/euro...
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue a year, new analysis shows. Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows
Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue a year, new analysis shows. Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows
Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 AM
There's a very very very simple reason why nothing Labour do ever moves the needle on the parlous state of the UK economy.
They have deliberately and repeatedly chosen to ignore the elephant filling every nook and cranny of the room.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
They have deliberately and repeatedly chosen to ignore the elephant filling every nook and cranny of the room.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 AM
There's a very very very simple reason why nothing Labour do ever moves the needle on the parlous state of the UK economy.
They have deliberately and repeatedly chosen to ignore the elephant filling every nook and cranny of the room.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
They have deliberately and repeatedly chosen to ignore the elephant filling every nook and cranny of the room.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
It is genuinely amazing that you think that's a lot of mentions of Brexit.
November 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
It is genuinely amazing that you think that's a lot of mentions of Brexit.
Why are Budgets more fraught for Labour than they were for the Tories?
Because over a long period of time, the notion was hammered into many voters' minds that "Labour can't be trusted with the economy".
In that respect, the Budget is like a final exam taken in public.
(Fair? No. Reality? Yes.)
Because over a long period of time, the notion was hammered into many voters' minds that "Labour can't be trusted with the economy".
In that respect, the Budget is like a final exam taken in public.
(Fair? No. Reality? Yes.)
November 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Why are Budgets more fraught for Labour than they were for the Tories?
Because over a long period of time, the notion was hammered into many voters' minds that "Labour can't be trusted with the economy".
In that respect, the Budget is like a final exam taken in public.
(Fair? No. Reality? Yes.)
Because over a long period of time, the notion was hammered into many voters' minds that "Labour can't be trusted with the economy".
In that respect, the Budget is like a final exam taken in public.
(Fair? No. Reality? Yes.)
How so? The kind of people who vote Reform will probably love it. None of that politically correct nonsense when you can flaunt your racism in public like the good old days they aspire to bring back.
November 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
How so? The kind of people who vote Reform will probably love it. None of that politically correct nonsense when you can flaunt your racism in public like the good old days they aspire to bring back.
LibDems with a more overt and energetic pro-EU policy. Whispering it into your pillow doesn't count.
November 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
LibDems with a more overt and energetic pro-EU policy. Whispering it into your pillow doesn't count.
Reform's Twitter account is showcasing the new range of black shirts they plan to start selling soon.
The metaphors write themselves, and they know it.
The metaphors write themselves, and they know it.
November 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Reform's Twitter account is showcasing the new range of black shirts they plan to start selling soon.
The metaphors write themselves, and they know it.
The metaphors write themselves, and they know it.
Reposted by Edwin Hayward
Labour's racist immigration policy continues to be racist.
To be fair, we'd had a whole 24H without Labour punching down at foreigners, so we were past due...
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Labour's racist immigration policy continues to be racist.
That's an intriguing question.
November 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
That's an intriguing question.
The Labour party is going to go to its grave without attempting to undo Brexit. Tinkering around the edges is like slinging glasses of water on a forest fire.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The Labour party is going to go to its grave without attempting to undo Brexit. Tinkering around the edges is like slinging glasses of water on a forest fire.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
One of those weird situations where the first two statements have nothing to do with the third.
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
One of those weird situations where the first two statements have nothing to do with the third.
A Labour cultist just called me "wilfully stupid" for daring to suggest that a £0 saving isn't a saving.
Needless to say I blocked him.
Needless to say I blocked him.
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A Labour cultist just called me "wilfully stupid" for daring to suggest that a £0 saving isn't a saving.
Needless to say I blocked him.
Needless to say I blocked him.
Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately I don't have Android.
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately I don't have Android.
Reposted by Edwin Hayward
Government by Daily Mail gossip column.
Great. More vilification from Labour.
Plays right into the hands of the lying liars who wildly overstate instances of benefit fraud, just like kicking the forrins plays into the hands of those burning to give them a good kicking.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Plays right into the hands of the lying liars who wildly overstate instances of benefit fraud, just like kicking the forrins plays into the hands of those burning to give them a good kicking.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Government by Daily Mail gossip column.