Damian Haywood
@damohaywood.bsky.social
Ex County Councillor
Active Traveller
Disability Advocate
Public Health
Carer of Matias
Uses "I think it is a bit more complicated than that" a lot.
Was once called a "sweetie" by Emma Thompson. 🥰
Active Traveller
Disability Advocate
Public Health
Carer of Matias
Uses "I think it is a bit more complicated than that" a lot.
Was once called a "sweetie" by Emma Thompson. 🥰
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Damian Haywood
@damohaywood.bsky.social
· Mar 28
We often talk about our "hill".
This is my hill. You come for him and you come for hundreds and thousands of us. We will absolutely die on this hill...
This is my hill. You come for him and you come for hundreds and thousands of us. We will absolutely die on this hill...
"babies born to black mothers were 81% more likely to die in neonatal care and that babies whose mothers lived in the most deprived areas had a 63% higher risk."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Maternity: Babies born to certain groups up to 81% more likely to die in neonatal care, study finds
“Stark socioeconomic and ethnic inequalities” in the mortality of babies admitted to NHS neonatal units have been reported in new research.
The study, carried out at Liverpool University and publishe...
www.bmj.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
"babies born to black mothers were 81% more likely to die in neonatal care and that babies whose mothers lived in the most deprived areas had a 63% higher risk."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Reposted by Damian Haywood
Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
This could be tremendous news for the region...
A major partnership has today been launched to tackle the UK's R&D crisis. Equinox, led by the University of Oxford, is a national innovation and investment hub, facilitating collaboration between government, academia, investors, and business.
www.oxfordequinox.com
www.oxfordequinox.com
Equinox
www.oxfordequinox.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
This could be tremendous news for the region...
1.5⁰C is dead! 2.0⁰C is mostly dead...
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
1.5⁰C is dead! 2.0⁰C is mostly dead...
"no going back to a majoritarian politics in which most voters loyally choose one of two archaic teams. All that has gone. What hasn’t yet occurred to most politicians is that the same applies to people in suits spouting cliches about “hardworking families”"
Spot on @johnharris1969.bsky.social
Spot on @johnharris1969.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 AM
"no going back to a majoritarian politics in which most voters loyally choose one of two archaic teams. All that has gone. What hasn’t yet occurred to most politicians is that the same applies to people in suits spouting cliches about “hardworking families”"
Spot on @johnharris1969.bsky.social
Spot on @johnharris1969.bsky.social
Unsure how to communicate the congestion charge?
Well the @oxfordclarion.bsky.social does it just fine...
Well the @oxfordclarion.bsky.social does it just fine...
Hello bluesky! Are you thinking about heading home on your commute? Here are 12 easy hacks to beat the Congestion Charge. Don't forget to share!
oxfordclarion.uk/twelve-easy-...
oxfordclarion.uk/twelve-easy-...
Twelve easy hacks to beat Oxford’s congestion charge
Don't want to pay? We got you. Here's the tea on how you can avoid the congestion charge entirely, and still visit all your favourite places in the city centre. Here's the official website, but our ha...
oxfordclarion.uk
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Unsure how to communicate the congestion charge?
Well the @oxfordclarion.bsky.social does it just fine...
Well the @oxfordclarion.bsky.social does it just fine...
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Reposted by Damian Haywood
The #Oxford Temporary Congestion Charge for Cars is off to a good start: Sreets that were jammed are now free. Buses can move as they should, and more people are using them. Essential services can get around.
Great to go forward, not back to jams!
news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/start-of-tem...
Great to go forward, not back to jams!
news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/start-of-tem...
Start of temporary congestion charge boosts park and ride use
Observations from the first days of Oxford’s temporary congestion charge indicate that the scheme is improving bus services and boosting the take-up of park and ride. On Wednesday 29 October, Oxfordsh...
news.oxfordshire.gov.uk
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The #Oxford Temporary Congestion Charge for Cars is off to a good start: Sreets that were jammed are now free. Buses can move as they should, and more people are using them. Essential services can get around.
Great to go forward, not back to jams!
news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/start-of-tem...
Great to go forward, not back to jams!
news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/start-of-tem...
Nov 4th, 2025, Oxford, UK
06.30, 14⁰C.
06.30, 14⁰C.
November 4, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Nov 4th, 2025, Oxford, UK
06.30, 14⁰C.
06.30, 14⁰C.
My mother-in-law's fig tree has fruited twice this year (never twice previously), I still have tomatoes growing. It was 13⁰C at 7am this morning.
We are screwed!
#ClimateCatastrophe
We are screwed!
#ClimateCatastrophe
November 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
My mother-in-law's fig tree has fruited twice this year (never twice previously), I still have tomatoes growing. It was 13⁰C at 7am this morning.
We are screwed!
#ClimateCatastrophe
We are screwed!
#ClimateCatastrophe
We don't really care about this, do we?
Probably because these are atrocities caused by poor brown people on other poor brown people.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Probably because these are atrocities caused by poor brown people on other poor brown people.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik
The massacres carried out by the RSF in El Fasher, Darfur, with the support of its UAE sponsors, will only stop when the international community acts, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:19 AM
We don't really care about this, do we?
Probably because these are atrocities caused by poor brown people on other poor brown people.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Probably because these are atrocities caused by poor brown people on other poor brown people.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Again and again, we are shocked by the treatment of learning-disabled people. Yet we never learn from the past | John Harris www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Again and again, we are shocked by the treatment of learning-disabled people. Yet we never learn from the past | John Harris
A landmark book exposes the history of loathing that underpins scandals like Winterbourne View. It has received next to no attention, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
July 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Again and again, we are shocked by the treatment of learning-disabled people. Yet we never learn from the past | John Harris www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As usual @johnharris1969.bsky.social is on the money here...
At Glastonbury, I saw what England’s silent majority really looks like. Why aren’t politicians listening? | John Harris www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
At Glastonbury, I saw what England’s silent majority really looks like. Why aren’t politicians listening? | John Harris www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
At Glastonbury, I saw what England’s silent majority really looks like. Why aren’t politicians listening? | John Harris
Orthodox politics no longer represents how people feel about the world. Sooner or later, something will have to give, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
July 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
As usual @johnharris1969.bsky.social is on the money here...
At Glastonbury, I saw what England’s silent majority really looks like. Why aren’t politicians listening? | John Harris www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
At Glastonbury, I saw what England’s silent majority really looks like. Why aren’t politicians listening? | John Harris www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Damian Haywood
If you, like Oxford Labour would like:
* Cheaper and more accessible Public Transport
* Action on private school traffic
* More frequent P&R buses and shuttles
Then support the Temporary Congestion Charge and in Q9 select the relevant options.
🗳️Consultation link: shorturl.at/FuVxo
* Cheaper and more accessible Public Transport
* Action on private school traffic
* More frequent P&R buses and shuttles
Then support the Temporary Congestion Charge and in Q9 select the relevant options.
🗳️Consultation link: shorturl.at/FuVxo
July 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
If you, like Oxford Labour would like:
* Cheaper and more accessible Public Transport
* Action on private school traffic
* More frequent P&R buses and shuttles
Then support the Temporary Congestion Charge and in Q9 select the relevant options.
🗳️Consultation link: shorturl.at/FuVxo
* Cheaper and more accessible Public Transport
* Action on private school traffic
* More frequent P&R buses and shuttles
Then support the Temporary Congestion Charge and in Q9 select the relevant options.
🗳️Consultation link: shorturl.at/FuVxo
It cannot be a preventative health service without addressing the social determinants of health, which this plan does not mention. Disappointing silo thinking.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Starmer outlines 10-year plan to change NHS ‘from sickness service to health service’
PM says work in England will focus on prevention, with early diagnosis, community hubs and lifestyle measures
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It cannot be a preventative health service without addressing the social determinants of health, which this plan does not mention. Disappointing silo thinking.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
July 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
It's a fucked up world when Rachel Reeves crying affects our cost of living.
July 3, 2025 at 7:16 AM
It's a fucked up world when Rachel Reeves crying affects our cost of living.
I wonder how many Palestinians were murdered overnight?
July 2, 2025 at 6:05 AM
I wonder how many Palestinians were murdered overnight?
This!
The welfare bill has passed but it’s barely the same bill. It is government by cut and paste and with such chaotic speed, many ministers will barely know what’s in it. An utter shambles for Labour - and horrific unnecessary stress and suffering for disabled and sick people watching on.
July 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This!
102 killed today. But words are more hurtful apparently!
Attacks come as Israeli forces continue to demolish homes as fears of another ground incursion grow.
Israel kills 102 in Gaza as Trump says he will be ‘firm’ with Netanyahu
Attacks come as Israeli forces continue to demolish homes as fears of another ground incursion grow.
bit.ly
July 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
102 killed today. But words are more hurtful apparently!
How inept, shambolic and embarassing this is for any Labour government. Let alone one with such a majority!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...
Government's key welfare reform bill passes after last-minute concessions
The government's plan to reform the welfare system passed after an amendment to reject the bill was defeated.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
How inept, shambolic and embarassing this is for any Labour government. Let alone one with such a majority!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...
Reposted by Damian Haywood
Bus-stop bypasses. Here's the @livingstreets.bsky.social 2024 report: "If levels of cycling are to be significantly increased, and this is to become an ordinary, inclusive means of transport, then entirely ruling out the use of bus stop bypasses is not a viable option. "
www.livingstreets.org.uk
July 1, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Bus-stop bypasses. Here's the @livingstreets.bsky.social 2024 report: "If levels of cycling are to be significantly increased, and this is to become an ordinary, inclusive means of transport, then entirely ruling out the use of bus stop bypasses is not a viable option. "
"After that carers should stop enabling newly disabled people by refusing to look after them."
Ouch!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Ouch!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Liz Kendall is a listening kind of woman but can’t seem to hear Labour discontent on welfare bill | John Crace
Not one member of the work and pensions secretary’s party came to her rescue as she laid out the government’s concessions – sorry, measures
www.theguardian.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:50 AM
"After that carers should stop enabling newly disabled people by refusing to look after them."
Ouch!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Ouch!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
God damn it I'm glad that Ireland exists.
June 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
God damn it I'm glad that Ireland exists.