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.
Handy tools: https://www.superuseful.com/
Me: https://www.edwinhayward.com/
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
@edwinhayward.com
· Dec 28
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The RW bias in UK media is a 'known known'.
Labour knew they wouldn't get a fair ride. They never ever do.
Doesn't make it right. But it's the reality of the situation they must contend with.
They have to be able to win DESPITE the inherent media bias against them. Or give up.
Labour knew they wouldn't get a fair ride. They never ever do.
Doesn't make it right. But it's the reality of the situation they must contend with.
They have to be able to win DESPITE the inherent media bias against them. Or give up.
February 11, 2026 at 3:52 AM
The RW bias in UK media is a 'known known'.
Labour knew they wouldn't get a fair ride. They never ever do.
Doesn't make it right. But it's the reality of the situation they must contend with.
They have to be able to win DESPITE the inherent media bias against them. Or give up.
Labour knew they wouldn't get a fair ride. They never ever do.
Doesn't make it right. But it's the reality of the situation they must contend with.
They have to be able to win DESPITE the inherent media bias against them. Or give up.
I don't understand why a Labour party with 400-odd MPs tolerates a 'Blue Labour' faction, eating away like cancer in its midst.
February 10, 2026 at 2:39 PM
I don't understand why a Labour party with 400-odd MPs tolerates a 'Blue Labour' faction, eating away like cancer in its midst.
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By the end of Trump's second term, visitors to Trump Washington DC will be able to visit the Trump Lincoln Memorial, view the Trump White House West Wing and Hole, tour the Trump Capitol, take a day trip to Trump Arlington Cemetery, and explore the Trump Smithsonian Institute.
February 10, 2026 at 6:53 AM
By the end of Trump's second term, visitors to Trump Washington DC will be able to visit the Trump Lincoln Memorial, view the Trump White House West Wing and Hole, tour the Trump Capitol, take a day trip to Trump Arlington Cemetery, and explore the Trump Smithsonian Institute.
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Getting really tired of "this is all a media concoction"...
Starmer has the lowest approval rating of any PM in history bar Truss. Senior ministers are openly and unsubtly positioning. His Chief of Staff, Director of Comms and Cab Sec have all resigned on the same day.
I mean come on...
Starmer has the lowest approval rating of any PM in history bar Truss. Senior ministers are openly and unsubtly positioning. His Chief of Staff, Director of Comms and Cab Sec have all resigned on the same day.
I mean come on...
February 9, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Getting really tired of "this is all a media concoction"...
Starmer has the lowest approval rating of any PM in history bar Truss. Senior ministers are openly and unsubtly positioning. His Chief of Staff, Director of Comms and Cab Sec have all resigned on the same day.
I mean come on...
Starmer has the lowest approval rating of any PM in history bar Truss. Senior ministers are openly and unsubtly positioning. His Chief of Staff, Director of Comms and Cab Sec have all resigned on the same day.
I mean come on...
Yesterday, Starmer was again touting the "landslide" that Labour won in 2024.
It's true that Labour won a massive number of seats.
But that's not because they had huge support, but because FPTP breaks down when 3+ parties are in real contention.
2029 will be even worse.
It's true that Labour won a massive number of seats.
But that's not because they had huge support, but because FPTP breaks down when 3+ parties are in real contention.
2029 will be even worse.
February 10, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Yesterday, Starmer was again touting the "landslide" that Labour won in 2024.
It's true that Labour won a massive number of seats.
But that's not because they had huge support, but because FPTP breaks down when 3+ parties are in real contention.
2029 will be even worse.
It's true that Labour won a massive number of seats.
But that's not because they had huge support, but because FPTP breaks down when 3+ parties are in real contention.
2029 will be even worse.
FYI. Not long left for you to put your views on record.
300,000 children face 10-year wait for settled status under UK plans, says IPPR
The consultation closes on Thursday. What is being proposed is dreadful. Can I encourage you to engage with the consultation and put your dissent on record?
The consultation closes on Thursday. What is being proposed is dreadful. Can I encourage you to engage with the consultation and put your dissent on record?
February 10, 2026 at 8:28 AM
FYI. Not long left for you to put your views on record.
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It had been a while since we last heard about It's Your Party And I'll Cry If I Want To, or whatever they're called these days...
Ms #Sultana is calling for the election of Mr #Corbyn in the public officeholders’ section of the executive, but the former Labour leader has not reciprocated
Are #YourParty heading for unity or further meltdown?
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/your...
Are #YourParty heading for unity or further meltdown?
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/your...
Your Party leadership vote starts
VOTING has started in the election for the leadership of Your Party, the new left party launched by feuding leaders Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana.The party’s 60,000 members – or those of them regist...
morningstaronline.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 6:29 AM
It had been a while since we last heard about It's Your Party And I'll Cry If I Want To, or whatever they're called these days...
By the end of Trump's second term, visitors to Trump Washington DC will be able to visit the Trump Lincoln Memorial, view the Trump White House West Wing and Hole, tour the Trump Capitol, take a day trip to Trump Arlington Cemetery, and explore the Trump Smithsonian Institute.
February 10, 2026 at 6:53 AM
By the end of Trump's second term, visitors to Trump Washington DC will be able to visit the Trump Lincoln Memorial, view the Trump White House West Wing and Hole, tour the Trump Capitol, take a day trip to Trump Arlington Cemetery, and explore the Trump Smithsonian Institute.
It had been a while since we last heard about It's Your Party And I'll Cry If I Want To, or whatever they're called these days...
Ms #Sultana is calling for the election of Mr #Corbyn in the public officeholders’ section of the executive, but the former Labour leader has not reciprocated
Are #YourParty heading for unity or further meltdown?
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/your...
Are #YourParty heading for unity or further meltdown?
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/your...
Your Party leadership vote starts
VOTING has started in the election for the leadership of Your Party, the new left party launched by feuding leaders Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana.The party’s 60,000 members – or those of them regist...
morningstaronline.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 6:29 AM
It had been a while since we last heard about It's Your Party And I'll Cry If I Want To, or whatever they're called these days...
This is why I don't run unfettered AI agents: because so many of them come with gaping security holes. The risk's just not worth it.
Happy to code via a web browser interface though, because that's where the AI is insulated from everything else.
Happy to code via a web browser interface though, because that's where the AI is insulated from everything else.
More than 135,000 OpenClaw instances exposed to internet in latest vibe-coded disaster
More than 135,000 OpenClaw instances exposed to internet in latest vibe-coded disaster
By default, the bot listens on all network interfaces, and many users never change it
It's a day with a name ending in Y, so you know what that means: Another OpenClaw cybersecurity disaster.…
dlvr.it
February 9, 2026 at 5:31 PM
This is why I don't run unfettered AI agents: because so many of them come with gaping security holes. The risk's just not worth it.
Happy to code via a web browser interface though, because that's where the AI is insulated from everything else.
Happy to code via a web browser interface though, because that's where the AI is insulated from everything else.
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Good. Labour's PR has been beyond abysmal.
A few more flushes and the water may start to run clean.
A few more flushes and the water may start to run clean.
February 9, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Good. Labour's PR has been beyond abysmal.
A few more flushes and the water may start to run clean.
A few more flushes and the water may start to run clean.
FYI you can get in-depth Winter Olympics coverage if you subscribe to Discovery Plus Entertainment for £3.99 a month either directly or via Amazon Prime Video. (Many more events than on the BBC.)
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February 9, 2026 at 2:14 PM
FYI you can get in-depth Winter Olympics coverage if you subscribe to Discovery Plus Entertainment for £3.99 a month either directly or via Amazon Prime Video. (Many more events than on the BBC.)
If you sub via Amazon, turn off auto renewal immediately and you won't get rebilled in a month's time.
If you sub via Amazon, turn off auto renewal immediately and you won't get rebilled in a month's time.
Labour continue to stampede down the Reform path, burning votes as they go.
This type of extreme cruelty is not what their voter base signed up for.
This type of extreme cruelty is not what their voter base signed up for.
New research shows 1.35m people already living in the UK would face a longer qualifying period for settlement under changes planned by the Home Office, including over 300,000 children
Government must publish an impact assessment before going ahead with these reforms, writes Labour MP Olivia Blake
Government must publish an impact assessment before going ahead with these reforms, writes Labour MP Olivia Blake
Changes to earned settlement risk deepening child poverty
The government must publish an impact assessment of its settlement reforms before going ahead with the changes.
www.politicshome.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Labour continue to stampede down the Reform path, burning votes as they go.
This type of extreme cruelty is not what their voter base signed up for.
This type of extreme cruelty is not what their voter base signed up for.
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Exactly this! Labour's PR since the election has been abysmal, and so very disappointing. (Not helped, obviously, by some disappointing early decisions from the top.)
Good. Labour's PR has been beyond abysmal.
A few more flushes and the water may start to run clean.
A few more flushes and the water may start to run clean.
February 9, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Exactly this! Labour's PR since the election has been abysmal, and so very disappointing. (Not helped, obviously, by some disappointing early decisions from the top.)
Ironic that episode 1 of 'Silicon Valley' begins with Kid Rock playing to a practically non-existent audience at a tech party.
February 9, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Ironic that episode 1 of 'Silicon Valley' begins with Kid Rock playing to a practically non-existent audience at a tech party.
Good. Labour's PR has been beyond abysmal.
A few more flushes and the water may start to run clean.
A few more flushes and the water may start to run clean.
February 9, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Good. Labour's PR has been beyond abysmal.
A few more flushes and the water may start to run clean.
A few more flushes and the water may start to run clean.
Feels like the next few days/weeks will be filled with will he won't he Starmer melodrama. And then, after too many colleagues have burnt credibility and political capital backing him, he'll u-turn and quit anyway.
Has a history of getting others to bat for him then pulling the rug from under them.
Has a history of getting others to bat for him then pulling the rug from under them.
February 9, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Feels like the next few days/weeks will be filled with will he won't he Starmer melodrama. And then, after too many colleagues have burnt credibility and political capital backing him, he'll u-turn and quit anyway.
Has a history of getting others to bat for him then pulling the rug from under them.
Has a history of getting others to bat for him then pulling the rug from under them.
McSweeney's gone. Hurrah!
That's not the end of the scandal. But hopefully it's at least the end of the beginning.
Let's see if Starmer can rehabilitate himself with better advisers.
That's not the end of the scandal. But hopefully it's at least the end of the beginning.
Let's see if Starmer can rehabilitate himself with better advisers.
February 8, 2026 at 4:48 PM
McSweeney's gone. Hurrah!
That's not the end of the scandal. But hopefully it's at least the end of the beginning.
Let's see if Starmer can rehabilitate himself with better advisers.
That's not the end of the scandal. But hopefully it's at least the end of the beginning.
Let's see if Starmer can rehabilitate himself with better advisers.
A one-term Labour government is the absolute worst possible outcome of the 2024 GE.
Not long enough to fix anything. Long enough to whitewash away all Tory sins.
I wrote about it at length in 2023. If you take the time to read the article you'll understand my position.
medium.com/@edwinhaywar...
Not long enough to fix anything. Long enough to whitewash away all Tory sins.
I wrote about it at length in 2023. If you take the time to read the article you'll understand my position.
medium.com/@edwinhaywar...
How Labour can avoid a one-term disaster: a Brexit and PR roadmap
Britain is at a crossroads. The next general election may determine the fate of the country for decades to come. But Labour face a daunting…
medium.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:28 AM
A one-term Labour government is the absolute worst possible outcome of the 2024 GE.
Not long enough to fix anything. Long enough to whitewash away all Tory sins.
I wrote about it at length in 2023. If you take the time to read the article you'll understand my position.
medium.com/@edwinhaywar...
Not long enough to fix anything. Long enough to whitewash away all Tory sins.
I wrote about it at length in 2023. If you take the time to read the article you'll understand my position.
medium.com/@edwinhaywar...
Grifting until the very last second.
February 8, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Grifting until the very last second.
How crazy is it that McSweeney is deliberately prolonging Labour's agony?
If he really has already made up his mind to go, even one second longer in the job is one second too much.
If he really has already made up his mind to go, even one second longer in the job is one second too much.
Morgan McSweeney is on the brink of resigning "on his own terms," according to the Sunday Times www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
February 7, 2026 at 10:40 PM
How crazy is it that McSweeney is deliberately prolonging Labour's agony?
If he really has already made up his mind to go, even one second longer in the job is one second too much.
If he really has already made up his mind to go, even one second longer in the job is one second too much.
Journalism in the "Serial killer cannibal is caring and misunderstood family man who nurses stray kittens back to health in his spare time" vein.
I deleted my post from before…
I thought it was fake
So I went to WH Smith and here it is
An unbelievable attempt to sanitise this man and normalise what’s he’s done.
I thought it was fake
So I went to WH Smith and here it is
An unbelievable attempt to sanitise this man and normalise what’s he’s done.
February 7, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Journalism in the "Serial killer cannibal is caring and misunderstood family man who nurses stray kittens back to health in his spare time" vein.
"I don't believe in Pascal's Wager, but I cosy up to those who do just in case lightning strikes too close for comfort."
Trump: "Mike Johnson is a very religious person. He does not hide it. He'll say to me sometimes at lunch, 'Sir, may we pray.' I'll say, 'Excuse me? We're having lunch.'"
February 7, 2026 at 1:11 AM
"I don't believe in Pascal's Wager, but I cosy up to those who do just in case lightning strikes too close for comfort."
The ideal next Labour leader would be someone nobody knows. I'm not joking.
There are 400-odd Labour MPs. So pick someone with zero history and zero baggage, and let them fill the front bench with similar unknowns.
A total blank slate would allow them to do ANYTHING, unencumbered by the past...
There are 400-odd Labour MPs. So pick someone with zero history and zero baggage, and let them fill the front bench with similar unknowns.
A total blank slate would allow them to do ANYTHING, unencumbered by the past...
February 7, 2026 at 1:08 AM
The ideal next Labour leader would be someone nobody knows. I'm not joking.
There are 400-odd Labour MPs. So pick someone with zero history and zero baggage, and let them fill the front bench with similar unknowns.
A total blank slate would allow them to do ANYTHING, unencumbered by the past...
There are 400-odd Labour MPs. So pick someone with zero history and zero baggage, and let them fill the front bench with similar unknowns.
A total blank slate would allow them to do ANYTHING, unencumbered by the past...
Starmer has to go, and soon.
Even the best plumber in the world shouldn't be in charge of cake-making.
Starmer is good at a lot of things. But being PM is not one of them.
Labour need someone MUCH more adept at the game of politics.
There's no way to fake it by giving Starmer better advisers.
Even the best plumber in the world shouldn't be in charge of cake-making.
Starmer is good at a lot of things. But being PM is not one of them.
Labour need someone MUCH more adept at the game of politics.
There's no way to fake it by giving Starmer better advisers.
February 7, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Starmer has to go, and soon.
Even the best plumber in the world shouldn't be in charge of cake-making.
Starmer is good at a lot of things. But being PM is not one of them.
Labour need someone MUCH more adept at the game of politics.
There's no way to fake it by giving Starmer better advisers.
Even the best plumber in the world shouldn't be in charge of cake-making.
Starmer is good at a lot of things. But being PM is not one of them.
Labour need someone MUCH more adept at the game of politics.
There's no way to fake it by giving Starmer better advisers.