John Howarth
@johnhowarth.bsky.social
Former politician who advises people and writes a bit at johnhowarth.substack.com .
Was UK Lab MEP 🇪🇺🇬🇧 councillor, #NUFC, Geordie, 🎼🎤🎸🎬🎭🎨🏌🏼🏊🏼♂️🧑🏼🍳
Was UK Lab MEP 🇪🇺🇬🇧 councillor, #NUFC, Geordie, 🎼🎤🎸🎬🎭🎨🏌🏼🏊🏼♂️🧑🏼🍳
What kind of numpty allows an agricultural show to effectively cut off access to a major airport in a country full of empty fields? #edinburghairport
June 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
What kind of numpty allows an agricultural show to effectively cut off access to a major airport in a country full of empty fields? #edinburghairport
Tomorrow Sam Fender plays St James’ Park. Nice. Capacity crowd. Many warnings of transport/Metro overload/special arrangements/etc.
Every two weeks or so #NUFC play at home with a capacity crowd. No warnings, no special arrangements (sometimes cancellations). But no real problems.
I don’t get it?
Every two weeks or so #NUFC play at home with a capacity crowd. No warnings, no special arrangements (sometimes cancellations). But no real problems.
I don’t get it?
June 11, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Tomorrow Sam Fender plays St James’ Park. Nice. Capacity crowd. Many warnings of transport/Metro overload/special arrangements/etc.
Every two weeks or so #NUFC play at home with a capacity crowd. No warnings, no special arrangements (sometimes cancellations). But no real problems.
I don’t get it?
Every two weeks or so #NUFC play at home with a capacity crowd. No warnings, no special arrangements (sometimes cancellations). But no real problems.
I don’t get it?
I’m seeing all kinds of amateur and not so amateur attempts to redesign the #NUFC crest. Here’s a clue. They aren’t going to hire you.
Another thing, it’s tricky.
Another thing, it’s tricky.
May 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I’m seeing all kinds of amateur and not so amateur attempts to redesign the #NUFC crest. Here’s a clue. They aren’t going to hire you.
Another thing, it’s tricky.
Another thing, it’s tricky.
🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
Petition: Make the arts part of UK National Renewal | Campaign for the Arts
The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. The arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them.
www.campaignforthearts.org
May 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
There is something perfectly hideous about taking photos on your phone at someone’s funeral. As for so called ‘leaders’ doing so, words fail me. That Pope seemed like a decent chap. But whoever, a degree of decorum is in order. RIP. #PopeFrancis
April 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
There is something perfectly hideous about taking photos on your phone at someone’s funeral. As for so called ‘leaders’ doing so, words fail me. That Pope seemed like a decent chap. But whoever, a degree of decorum is in order. RIP. #PopeFrancis
I've been writing about next weeks limited English local elections, what's normal and what's not.
I write every week - you can find me at Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/johnhowa...
I write every week - you can find me at Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/johnhowa...
The Election's not normal
Next Thursday is a very limited test of public opinion in England, what's likely to happen in that electoral landscape is not remotely normal, which is what we've come to expect.
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April 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I've been writing about next weeks limited English local elections, what's normal and what's not.
I write every week - you can find me at Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/johnhowa...
I write every week - you can find me at Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/johnhowa...
So, anyway, there are a lot of people offering to hold Mr Starmer’s coat while he has a fight. It’s something that should always signal caution.
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Holding Keir's coat
There are plenty of people wanting to urge the Prime Minister into a fight. It might be good entertainment but it wouldn't be smart.
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April 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
So, anyway, there are a lot of people offering to hold Mr Starmer’s coat while he has a fight. It’s something that should always signal caution.
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Thing about socials. Once you break the habit of posting you stop thinking of it. Then you don’t.
April 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Thing about socials. Once you break the habit of posting you stop thinking of it. Then you don’t.
March 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I make two observations:
1. Great 3pts #NUFC
2. The BBC Chair, Samir Shar knows obviously nothing about football and his opinion on what MOTD should and shouldn’t do if utterly worthless.
1. Great 3pts #NUFC
2. The BBC Chair, Samir Shar knows obviously nothing about football and his opinion on what MOTD should and shouldn’t do if utterly worthless.
March 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I make two observations:
1. Great 3pts #NUFC
2. The BBC Chair, Samir Shar knows obviously nothing about football and his opinion on what MOTD should and shouldn’t do if utterly worthless.
1. Great 3pts #NUFC
2. The BBC Chair, Samir Shar knows obviously nothing about football and his opinion on what MOTD should and shouldn’t do if utterly worthless.
On my Substack today a personal story of a young woman overcoming some daunting stuff that came out of a clear blue sky (oh, look what I did there). Shit happens, but there are happy endings too. And we like a happy ending.
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Falling down the rabbit hole
A life changing story of a personal anniversary, involving the best and worst of the UK NHS and which I share because we need to remember happy endings really do happen.
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February 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
On my Substack today a personal story of a young woman overcoming some daunting stuff that came out of a clear blue sky (oh, look what I did there). Shit happens, but there are happy endings too. And we like a happy ending.
open.substack.com/pub/johnhowa...
open.substack.com/pub/johnhowa...
I am seeing utter tripe being talked on various feeds about #NUFC ticket sales for the EFL Cup Final. Folk just making stuff up and/or generally not having a clue. Queue fine. Wait fine. Seat choice fine. Priority system is what it is, & fair. Easier than 2023. 🤷🏻♂️
February 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I am seeing utter tripe being talked on various feeds about #NUFC ticket sales for the EFL Cup Final. Folk just making stuff up and/or generally not having a clue. Queue fine. Wait fine. Seat choice fine. Priority system is what it is, & fair. Easier than 2023. 🤷🏻♂️
Eddie obviously got my memo about playing three at the back. Pity he ignored it for Bournemouth but I’ll forgive him after tonight.
#NUFC
#NUFC
February 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Eddie obviously got my memo about playing three at the back. Pity he ignored it for Bournemouth but I’ll forgive him after tonight.
#NUFC
#NUFC
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Jack hasn’t read the bible, has he?
February 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Jack hasn’t read the bible, has he?
In my Substack post this week I talk, inevitably, about #Nrexit five years ago today and the last month in Brussels.
I also recommend some reads, talk about a movie and the last match of the the Champions League ‘League Phase’ - a daft name for a better product.
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I also recommend some reads, talk about a movie and the last match of the the Champions League ‘League Phase’ - a daft name for a better product.
open.substack.com/pub/johnhowa...
Brexit Five Years On
Buyers' remorse progressively sets in as the Great British Mistake provokes memories five years after the leaving.
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January 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
In my Substack post this week I talk, inevitably, about #Nrexit five years ago today and the last month in Brussels.
I also recommend some reads, talk about a movie and the last match of the the Champions League ‘League Phase’ - a daft name for a better product.
open.substack.com/pub/johnhowa...
I also recommend some reads, talk about a movie and the last match of the the Champions League ‘League Phase’ - a daft name for a better product.
open.substack.com/pub/johnhowa...
Believe every word.
January 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Believe every word.
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Jail the grooming gangs and their apologists, you say?
January 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Jail the grooming gangs and their apologists, you say?
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Most Telegraph headline ever.
December 27, 2024 at 10:38 AM
Most Telegraph headline ever.
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Our analysis of the geography of GE2024 is now out in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social. This offers an important update of The Changing Electoral Map of England and Wales by @jwfurlong.bsky.social and me, published by OUP just ahead of the election. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Fragmented and Dealigned: The 2024 British General Election and the Rise of Place‐Based Politics
While the outcome of the 2024 British general election signalled a resounding repudiation of the incumbent government—returning a 231-seat swing from the Conservatives to Labour—it did not radically ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 27, 2024 at 10:38 AM
Our analysis of the geography of GE2024 is now out in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social. This offers an important update of The Changing Electoral Map of England and Wales by @jwfurlong.bsky.social and me, published by OUP just ahead of the election. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Share of energy consumption coming from renewables in 2023 (%):
🇸🇪 66.4
🇫🇮 50.8
🇩🇰 44.9
🇱🇻 43.2
🇪🇪 40.9
🇦🇹 40.8
🇵🇹 35.2
🇱🇹 31.9
🇭🇷 28.1
🇷🇴 25.8
🇬🇷 25.3
🇸🇮 25.1
🇪🇸 24.9
🇧🇬 22.6
🇫🇷 22.3
🇩🇪 21.6
🇨🇾 20.2
🇮🇹 19.6
🇨🇿 18.6
🇭🇺 17.4
🇳🇱 17.2
🇸🇰 16.9
🇵🇱 16.5
🇮🇪 15.3
🇲🇹 15.1
🇧🇪 14.8
🇱🇺 11.6
🇸🇪 66.4
🇫🇮 50.8
🇩🇰 44.9
🇱🇻 43.2
🇪🇪 40.9
🇦🇹 40.8
🇵🇹 35.2
🇱🇹 31.9
🇭🇷 28.1
🇷🇴 25.8
🇬🇷 25.3
🇸🇮 25.1
🇪🇸 24.9
🇧🇬 22.6
🇫🇷 22.3
🇩🇪 21.6
🇨🇾 20.2
🇮🇹 19.6
🇨🇿 18.6
🇭🇺 17.4
🇳🇱 17.2
🇸🇰 16.9
🇵🇱 16.5
🇮🇪 15.3
🇲🇹 15.1
🇧🇪 14.8
🇱🇺 11.6
December 27, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Share of energy consumption coming from renewables in 2023 (%):
🇸🇪 66.4
🇫🇮 50.8
🇩🇰 44.9
🇱🇻 43.2
🇪🇪 40.9
🇦🇹 40.8
🇵🇹 35.2
🇱🇹 31.9
🇭🇷 28.1
🇷🇴 25.8
🇬🇷 25.3
🇸🇮 25.1
🇪🇸 24.9
🇧🇬 22.6
🇫🇷 22.3
🇩🇪 21.6
🇨🇾 20.2
🇮🇹 19.6
🇨🇿 18.6
🇭🇺 17.4
🇳🇱 17.2
🇸🇰 16.9
🇵🇱 16.5
🇮🇪 15.3
🇲🇹 15.1
🇧🇪 14.8
🇱🇺 11.6
🇸🇪 66.4
🇫🇮 50.8
🇩🇰 44.9
🇱🇻 43.2
🇪🇪 40.9
🇦🇹 40.8
🇵🇹 35.2
🇱🇹 31.9
🇭🇷 28.1
🇷🇴 25.8
🇬🇷 25.3
🇸🇮 25.1
🇪🇸 24.9
🇧🇬 22.6
🇫🇷 22.3
🇩🇪 21.6
🇨🇾 20.2
🇮🇹 19.6
🇨🇿 18.6
🇭🇺 17.4
🇳🇱 17.2
🇸🇰 16.9
🇵🇱 16.5
🇮🇪 15.3
🇲🇹 15.1
🇧🇪 14.8
🇱🇺 11.6
The Long Sands takes some beating.
December 27, 2024 at 5:28 PM
The Long Sands takes some beating.
Sun up, Sun down. Did I miss anything?
December 25, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Sun up, Sun down. Did I miss anything?