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Ros Wynne-Jones

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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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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · Nov 15

#IntroPost Hello! I write the Mirror’s #RealBritain social justice column & other things. Posts on politics, bread, making booze out of things, writing, books, plants, soul/disco. Reported global conflicts in previous life. 🏳️‍🌈 parent to teens, terrier + cat so old he is named after Michael Jackson.

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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 1d

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.
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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 · 3d

Thank you Mark, that's very kind! Our Rotherham film is here on YouTube for those who missed the conference screening :)

It's a much more hopeful film than the flare-y still suggests...

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Rotherham: Searching for Unity | Mirror Originals

YouTube video by The Mirror

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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · 13d

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 · 15d

Wow, Farage has gone old school.
Swan Eaters is one of the old hits from Now That's What I Call Racist '99...

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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 · Sep 3

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.

Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · Sep 3

Melvyn Bragg has decided to stand down as host of In Our Time, the BBC says.

Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · Sep 3

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 · Aug 27

Hand of Cod

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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · Aug 12

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.

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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 · Jul 25

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 · Jul 25

“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."

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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 · Jul 21

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 · Jul 18

No-one wants to see piles of rubbish on the street - especially not binmen - but listen to Adrian and ask yourself if his colleagues are right to take strike action?

The vilification of Adrian and his colleagues is a tactic as old as the hills.

Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · Jul 18

Bin worker Adrian was told he was getting 'downgraded' - a paycut of £6k - just weeks after losing his son to sepsis.

Now he fears losing his home.

“It could put me and my family out on the street," he says.

“How can you just wake up one morning and lose £500 a month?"

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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · Jul 18

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.

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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 · Jul 17

Lionesses you are something else.
Resilient. Bloody. Unbowed.

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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · Jul 16

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.

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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 · Jul 15

I dunno. I get a bit tired of the 'I'm Doing A Hard-Hitting Interview' klaxon. O'Donaghue got something different out of him. Time to go back to the Rottweiler tho now.

Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · Jul 15

here you go! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How Trump woke me up for surprise interview - and the key takeaways

The US president signalled a new tone on Nato, voiced his respect for Keir Starmer - and showed his reflective side.

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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · Jul 15

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 · Jul 9

Second half. Come on #Dragons

The Women's Game @womensgamemib.bsky.social · Jul 9

JESS FISHLOCK SCORES AT WALES’ FIRST EVER MAJOR TOURNAMENT!!!!!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · Jul 9

Thank you Sarah! Clacton was looking lovely in the sun, and I met loads of great people. So much potential in your neighbourhood...

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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · Jul 2

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.
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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 · Jul 2

Thanks for the timely reminder of the alternatives tho

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Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · Jul 1

This year I saw 20+ acts - folk, techno, hiphop, silly, iconic, disco, indie, punk and 3x LeftField chats on Far Right, disability cuts & care crisis.
Loyle Carner to Luke Una, Scissor Sisters to Self Esteem, Pulp to Prodigy, Bragg to Boy Slim, it was all bloody joyous.

Ros Wynne-Jones @roswynnejones.bsky.social · Jul 1

There is no place for hate at #Glastonbury, but there were 3,000 performances on 100 stages seen by 210k people, across 900-acre site of which 1 caused controversy.
Yes it's got more posh, but 1k workers, 2k lovely volunteers & 10k stall holders also a huge part of the festival.

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