Alison Hayward
@alihayward.bsky.social
Mostly walking and wildlife a bit of rugby ( both codes) and politics ( big P and small p thrown in. Living Kidney Donor
Raising money for Kidney Care UK
https://www.justgiving.com/page/alison-hayward-1726237538597
Raising money for Kidney Care UK
https://www.justgiving.com/page/alison-hayward-1726237538597
High Level Bridge - Newcastle upon Tyne looking moody
November 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
High Level Bridge - Newcastle upon Tyne looking moody
Me and Ben Bear off to walk 100 km this weekend to raise money for
@kidneycareuk.bsky.social
Would love it if you have any pennies to give to this brilliant charity
www.justgiving.com/page/alison-...
@kidneycareuk.bsky.social
Would love it if you have any pennies to give to this brilliant charity
www.justgiving.com/page/alison-...
July 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Me and Ben Bear off to walk 100 km this weekend to raise money for
@kidneycareuk.bsky.social
Would love it if you have any pennies to give to this brilliant charity
www.justgiving.com/page/alison-...
@kidneycareuk.bsky.social
Would love it if you have any pennies to give to this brilliant charity
www.justgiving.com/page/alison-...
Later this month I will be walking 100km to raise money for Kidney Care UK. I was a living kidney donor for my son, they have been amazing support for him before during and after. If you have any spare pennies to give I would be very grateful.
www.justgiving.com/page/alison-...
www.justgiving.com/page/alison-...
Alison's fundraiser for Kidney Care UK
Help Alison Hayward raise money to support Kidney Care UK
www.justgiving.com
July 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Later this month I will be walking 100km to raise money for Kidney Care UK. I was a living kidney donor for my son, they have been amazing support for him before during and after. If you have any spare pennies to give I would be very grateful.
www.justgiving.com/page/alison-...
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EXCLUSIVE: Neil Kinnock slams Labour’s strategy on Reform as “100% wrong” and “mortally stupid” in a new Prospect interview with @arusbridger.bsky.social. “Appeasers get eaten,” he says.
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
Neil Kinnock: Labour is ‘100 per cent wrong’ to fight Reform UK on its own turf
The former Labour leader on his party’s ‘mortally stupid’ strategy to combat Reform
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
June 7, 2025 at 6:56 AM
EXCLUSIVE: Neil Kinnock slams Labour’s strategy on Reform as “100% wrong” and “mortally stupid” in a new Prospect interview with @arusbridger.bsky.social. “Appeasers get eaten,” he says.
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
Slightly outnumbered, on a train south out of Warrington. Good natured crowd. #UpTheRobins #MatchDay #RugbyLeague
June 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Slightly outnumbered, on a train south out of Warrington. Good natured crowd. #UpTheRobins #MatchDay #RugbyLeague
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"Since Brexit, over two billion pieces of paperwork have been added to UK exporters, enough to wrap around the world 15 times." @clivejonesmp.bsky.social
Trade minister Douglas Alexander says govt is pursuing a trade agenda "based on data, not on post-imperial delusion". 🔥
Trade minister Douglas Alexander says govt is pursuing a trade agenda "based on data, not on post-imperial delusion". 🔥
May 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
"Since Brexit, over two billion pieces of paperwork have been added to UK exporters, enough to wrap around the world 15 times." @clivejonesmp.bsky.social
Trade minister Douglas Alexander says govt is pursuing a trade agenda "based on data, not on post-imperial delusion". 🔥
Trade minister Douglas Alexander says govt is pursuing a trade agenda "based on data, not on post-imperial delusion". 🔥
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As so often, Simon manages to distil the thoughts swirling in my head. Nicely put @simonforstroud.bsky.social.
1/3
The first thing is to congratulate everyone who was elected today, and thank those who run the elections.
I wish the successful candidates all the best. Gloucestershire is a wonderful place to live & we do best when we celebrate the diversity of the district and our inclusive approach to life.
The first thing is to congratulate everyone who was elected today, and thank those who run the elections.
I wish the successful candidates all the best. Gloucestershire is a wonderful place to live & we do best when we celebrate the diversity of the district and our inclusive approach to life.
May 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
As so often, Simon manages to distil the thoughts swirling in my head. Nicely put @simonforstroud.bsky.social.
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The Trump administration is comfortable disappearing people to foreign gulags partially because the Trumpis Justices on the Roberts Court have enabled him at every turn, rewriting the Constitution when necessary to accommodate Trump's lawlessness www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
April 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The Trump administration is comfortable disappearing people to foreign gulags partially because the Trumpis Justices on the Roberts Court have enabled him at every turn, rewriting the Constitution when necessary to accommodate Trump's lawlessness www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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I'm optimistic that Starmer wouldn't do a deal with the US that would rule out an EU deal, but it's worth building pressure on Labour to make damn sure they don't. They're perfectly capable of making the most disasterous decisions www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
Starmer’s strategy is back to front - the trade deal we need isn’t with the US
In Donald Trump’s mad world, up is down, black is white, and war is peace.
www.lbc.co.uk
April 4, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I'm optimistic that Starmer wouldn't do a deal with the US that would rule out an EU deal, but it's worth building pressure on Labour to make damn sure they don't. They're perfectly capable of making the most disasterous decisions www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
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We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham
March 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham
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YW is back!!!
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
YW is back!!!
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
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Bunch of rich people here - calling for more tax on rich people.
It’s not a class war.
It’s not a class war.
March 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Bunch of rich people here - calling for more tax on rich people.
It’s not a class war.
It’s not a class war.
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But if we need to cut welfare to save money we should cut welfare to the very richest of us - the tax allowances and loopholes that enable people with money to pay half the rate of tax that people with a job do.
Take from the few not the many.
Take from the few not the many.
March 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
But if we need to cut welfare to save money we should cut welfare to the very richest of us - the tax allowances and loopholes that enable people with money to pay half the rate of tax that people with a job do.
Take from the few not the many.
Take from the few not the many.
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Trump's budget plan may cut NASA science funding by up to 50%, alarming scientists who call it an "extinction-level event" for space science. This threatens ongoing missions and would cede future space exploration to China. Also, about 30% of NASA's science budget is for Earth and climate science.
White House may seek to slash NASA’s science budget by 50 percent
“It would be nothing short of an extinction-level event for space science.”…
arstechnica.com
March 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Trump's budget plan may cut NASA science funding by up to 50%, alarming scientists who call it an "extinction-level event" for space science. This threatens ongoing missions and would cede future space exploration to China. Also, about 30% of NASA's science budget is for Earth and climate science.
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'The Park Authority condemns the illegal killing of raptors in the strongest possible terms. Raptor persecution has no place in 21st century Scotland but sadly incidents such as this are still taking place'.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/03/01/c...
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/03/01/c...
Cairngorms National Park Authority condemns latest shooting of red kite
Following yesterday’s news that a red kite has been found shot dead in the Glenbuchat area of Strathdon (here), the Cairngorms National Park Authority has issued the following statement: STAT…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
March 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
'The Park Authority condemns the illegal killing of raptors in the strongest possible terms. Raptor persecution has no place in 21st century Scotland but sadly incidents such as this are still taking place'.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/03/01/c...
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/03/01/c...
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Designed as a spoof by Wild Justice but probably closer to the truth than not!
#Ornithology #WildlifeCrime #RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/03/02/v...
#Ornithology #WildlifeCrime #RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/03/02/v...
Vermin or not vermin? How do gamekeeper’s decide?
A spoof guide from Wild Justice: Please sign the petition to ban driven grouse shooting HERE
raptorpersecutionuk.org
March 2, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Designed as a spoof by Wild Justice but probably closer to the truth than not!
#Ornithology #WildlifeCrime #RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/03/02/v...
#Ornithology #WildlifeCrime #RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/03/02/v...
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"Have you said thank you even once?"
March 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
"Have you said thank you even once?"
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*Cut to a reconstruction of the groaning aftermath of the Battle of Hastings,Darren shouting at mutilated Saxons and Normans: "DOES ANYBODY SPEAK ENGLISH?"
March 2, 2025 at 8:32 AM
*Cut to a reconstruction of the groaning aftermath of the Battle of Hastings,Darren shouting at mutilated Saxons and Normans: "DOES ANYBODY SPEAK ENGLISH?"
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Was it a social 'crisis' when it was gripping young women? 🧐
Young women are now consistently earning more than their male counterparts for the first time, according to a report that warns of a social “crisis” gripping young men
The lost boys: how a generation of young men fell behind women on pay
www.thetimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Was it a social 'crisis' when it was gripping young women? 🧐
Incredibly harsh on wombats but otherwise.......
What a wombat.
Elon Musk tells the Trump Cabinet:
"We will make mistakes... With USAID, one of the things we accidentally cancelled was Ebola prevention."
"We will make mistakes... With USAID, one of the things we accidentally cancelled was Ebola prevention."
February 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Incredibly harsh on wombats but otherwise.......
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Right now, the UK Government is considering cuts to the nature-friendly farming budget – the biggest pot of funding for nature.
Here’s why that would be a disaster for farmers, food security, and wildlife.
A thread. 🧵👇
Here’s why that would be a disaster for farmers, food security, and wildlife.
A thread. 🧵👇
February 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Right now, the UK Government is considering cuts to the nature-friendly farming budget – the biggest pot of funding for nature.
Here’s why that would be a disaster for farmers, food security, and wildlife.
A thread. 🧵👇
Here’s why that would be a disaster for farmers, food security, and wildlife.
A thread. 🧵👇
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Quite obviously the top story on the planet right now...
Global sea ice continues to set new record daily lows. Yesterday's record low extent was 2,053,000 square kilometers below the 1991-2020 average.
I know I've been posting these images a lot lately, but the ongoing collapse of global sea ice is quite obviously the top story on the planet right now.
I know I've been posting these images a lot lately, but the ongoing collapse of global sea ice is quite obviously the top story on the planet right now.
February 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Quite obviously the top story on the planet right now...
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We’ve landed on Bluesky - just in time for our 90th anniversary! 🎉🦋 The Amateur Entomologists’ Society has shared its passion for insects since 1935, from butterflies to beetles - and even fabulous flies! 🦟 Follow us for news on our events, books, journals & more. 🐞🦗 #amentsoc #Entomology #BugClub
February 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We’ve landed on Bluesky - just in time for our 90th anniversary! 🎉🦋 The Amateur Entomologists’ Society has shared its passion for insects since 1935, from butterflies to beetles - and even fabulous flies! 🦟 Follow us for news on our events, books, journals & more. 🐞🦗 #amentsoc #Entomology #BugClub
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They are deliberately crossing the red lines, in order to make the unacceptable commonplace and, eventually, acceptable again.
February 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
They are deliberately crossing the red lines, in order to make the unacceptable commonplace and, eventually, acceptable again.