Cllr John Haywood
@ringwodian.bsky.social
Labour and Co-operative district councillor for Ringwood North and Ellingham on New Forest District Council. Town councillor for Ringwood North on Ringwood Town Council. Chair of Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley Parish Council. Own views.
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Cllr John Haywood
@ringwodian.bsky.social
· Nov 16
As I'm getting lots of new followers, no doubt from being in starter packs, I thought I'd say hello 👋
I'm John, I'm district, town and parish councillor for a half of a market town and a verdant swathe of countryside and national park in Hampshire in southern England. 🧵
I'm John, I'm district, town and parish councillor for a half of a market town and a verdant swathe of countryside and national park in Hampshire in southern England. 🧵
He's going to completely unravel during a General Election campaign, isn't he? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage denies saying anything racist ‘with malice’ as he attacks BBC
Reform UK leader launches tirade against broadcaster in latest effort to address claims of abuse from school contemporaries
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
He's going to completely unravel during a General Election campaign, isn't he? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
It's a chicken soup kind of a day.
December 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It's a chicken soup kind of a day.
So are the right-wing press, Badenoch, Farage and Chris Mason going to apologise to Rachel Reeves?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reeves did not mislead on challenges facing UK ahead of Budget, says OBR official
Prof David Miles tells MPs the messaging given by the chancellor was
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
So are the right-wing press, Badenoch, Farage and Chris Mason going to apologise to Rachel Reeves?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Can the right wing press please decide whether the economy is down the pan, or whether it's going to do better than predicted?
It can't be both at the same time.
It can't be both at the same time.
November 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Can the right wing press please decide whether the economy is down the pan, or whether it's going to do better than predicted?
It can't be both at the same time.
It can't be both at the same time.
Easy to see who on this platform has a 2 million quid plus house!
November 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Easy to see who on this platform has a 2 million quid plus house!
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Plus sides to today: Two-child benefit scrapped. Largely progressive tax implications. Good market reaction. No big spending cuts. Nightmare prospect of cutting funding to net zero etc avoided. It's a left-wing budget. Those who say there's no difference between Labour and Tories are bananas.
November 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Plus sides to today: Two-child benefit scrapped. Largely progressive tax implications. Good market reaction. No big spending cuts. Nightmare prospect of cutting funding to net zero etc avoided. It's a left-wing budget. Those who say there's no difference between Labour and Tories are bananas.
Oh, John...
Rachel Reeves has put party before country – and they will hate her for it www.independent.co.uk/voices/rache...
Reeves has put party before country – and they will hate her for it
The chancellor bought off Labour backbenchers at the price of alienating voters further, and a few little giveaways will not keep a furious public at bay for long, writes John Rentoul
www.independent.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Oh, John...
Widely-published "progressive commentators" on this platform are letting their anti-Labour partisan bias show today.
Some of the commentary on the budget is so churlish it's unreal.
Like Owen Jones but with extra chin-stroking.
Some of the commentary on the budget is so churlish it's unreal.
Like Owen Jones but with extra chin-stroking.
November 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Widely-published "progressive commentators" on this platform are letting their anti-Labour partisan bias show today.
Some of the commentary on the budget is so churlish it's unreal.
Like Owen Jones but with extra chin-stroking.
Some of the commentary on the budget is so churlish it's unreal.
Like Owen Jones but with extra chin-stroking.
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BBC political correspondents looking crestfallen, if not devastated, that the budget has been largely well received.
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
BBC political correspondents looking crestfallen, if not devastated, that the budget has been largely well received.
I'm always here for Ralph's photos. So atmospheric.
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I'm always here for Ralph's photos. So atmospheric.
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A councillor in the ward of Paulsgrove where I was a councillor for nine years. An area of high deprivation where a lot of people will be working long hours for low wages. Reform councillors are not exactly hiding their contempt for those they have been elected to represent.
Reform’s leading councillor in Portsmouth, George Madgwick recently argued that young people are overpaid – backing Nigel Farage’s call to reduce the minimum wage
But what he didn’t mention is that several tribunals found that some of his own companies have failed to pay wages and holiday pay
But what he didn’t mention is that several tribunals found that some of his own companies have failed to pay wages and holiday pay
November 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
A councillor in the ward of Paulsgrove where I was a councillor for nine years. An area of high deprivation where a lot of people will be working long hours for low wages. Reform councillors are not exactly hiding their contempt for those they have been elected to represent.
And so the "outriders" start their defence of Johnson and the Tories.
In the "Newspaper of record" no less.
This is history being rewritten, not Cummings bs.
In the "Newspaper of record" no less.
This is history being rewritten, not Cummings bs.
Long-running inquiry asserts 23,000 lives could have been saved by earlier lockdown but lacks the evidence to prove it | ✍️ Fraser Nelson
Baroness Hallett has dodged the key Covid questions
Long-running inquiry asserts 23,000 lives could have been saved by earlier lockdown but lacks the evidence to prove it
www.thetimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
And so the "outriders" start their defence of Johnson and the Tories.
In the "Newspaper of record" no less.
This is history being rewritten, not Cummings bs.
In the "Newspaper of record" no less.
This is history being rewritten, not Cummings bs.
Lib Dem
Labour moderate
Full fat Corbynite MP
Green
A bit peripatetic is Lloyd.
Labour moderate
Full fat Corbynite MP
Green
A bit peripatetic is Lloyd.
Welcome to the Green Party, former Labour and Co-operative MP for Brighton Kemptown, @russell-moyle.co.uk 💚
November 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Lib Dem
Labour moderate
Full fat Corbynite MP
Green
A bit peripatetic is Lloyd.
Labour moderate
Full fat Corbynite MP
Green
A bit peripatetic is Lloyd.
The basic problem with progressive politics is that hyper-engaged people who hold those politics dear think that enough people are engaged and certain enough to make their politics win.
The real world is much less certain.
The real world is much less certain.
November 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The basic problem with progressive politics is that hyper-engaged people who hold those politics dear think that enough people are engaged and certain enough to make their politics win.
The real world is much less certain.
The real world is much less certain.
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This site has similar failings as X, which I left because of the owner and the extremism and racism he encouraged. A complete lack of perspective and proportion is the common thread.
November 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This site has similar failings as X, which I left because of the owner and the extremism and racism he encouraged. A complete lack of perspective and proportion is the common thread.
This place is hilarious. So many highly politically engaged, hand-wringing middle class “progressives” in denial about where the new political centre-ground is, and why Labour need to occupy it to stop a Reform government.
Need to touch grass.
Need to touch grass.
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This place is hilarious. So many highly politically engaged, hand-wringing middle class “progressives” in denial about where the new political centre-ground is, and why Labour need to occupy it to stop a Reform government.
Need to touch grass.
Need to touch grass.
My National Insurance record starts when I was 15 and worked in a factory during school holidays.
I did a paper round at 13.
I did a paper round at 13.
November 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
My National Insurance record starts when I was 15 and worked in a factory during school holidays.
I did a paper round at 13.
I did a paper round at 13.
It’s long been the case that UK-born older folks’ jewellery could be “seized” to pay for social care.
Many other benefits have maximum asset criteria.
Many other benefits have maximum asset criteria.
Imagine having a thumping majority in parliament and deciding to use it for something as squalid as this.
November 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
It’s long been the case that UK-born older folks’ jewellery could be “seized” to pay for social care.
Many other benefits have maximum asset criteria.
Many other benefits have maximum asset criteria.
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Recently there's been a coordinated effort by some to talk down London, because it suits their political agenda. The truth must hurt for them - because London has once again been crowned the greatest city in the world.
If, like me, you love London, then my message is this:
If, like me, you love London, then my message is this:
London proves progressive cities work. No wonder some politicians hate that, writes Sadiq Khan | LBC
We must stand up and defend our liberal, progressive, caring capital
www.lbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Recently there's been a coordinated effort by some to talk down London, because it suits their political agenda. The truth must hurt for them - because London has once again been crowned the greatest city in the world.
If, like me, you love London, then my message is this:
If, like me, you love London, then my message is this:
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Now’s the time for “this is how it is” direct media appearances from senior ministers and Starmer.
A lot of people - and I am no innocent- too keen to blame the electorate’s supposed unreasonableness for Labour’s problems. We need to take the full responsibility in our shoulders though. Can hardly blame voters for thinking can fix the deep problems without higher taxes on incomes - because we…
November 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Now’s the time for “this is how it is” direct media appearances from senior ministers and Starmer.
Until I find out that those polished stones have been gleaned from the River Avon, I don’t believe a word of it…
You wouldn't believe what @showerabsolute.bsky.social looks like now...
I am all in for William Basinski’s new look on Instagram.
November 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Until I find out that those polished stones have been gleaned from the River Avon, I don’t believe a word of it…
Wait… this is the same bloke who did a “fire and rehire” on thousands of heating technicians?
I wonder why I start off highly sceptical of this intervention… www.bbc.com/news/article...
I wonder why I start off highly sceptical of this intervention… www.bbc.com/news/article...
British Gas boss concerned for Scotland's energy industry jobs
Chris O'Shea, the boss of Centrica, which owns British Gas, says the energy transition is correct, but worries over the impact on jobs.
www.bbc.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Wait… this is the same bloke who did a “fire and rehire” on thousands of heating technicians?
I wonder why I start off highly sceptical of this intervention… www.bbc.com/news/article...
I wonder why I start off highly sceptical of this intervention… www.bbc.com/news/article...
They don't make Tories like Lord Patton (and Lord Heseltine) any more.
And out democracy and country suffers because of this.
And out democracy and country suffers because of this.
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
They don't make Tories like Lord Patton (and Lord Heseltine) any more.
And out democracy and country suffers because of this.
And out democracy and country suffers because of this.