Nick Haydon
@haynick.bsky.social
Retired radio and online journalist. Former chair of governors. Cycling for pleasure. Missing close ties with Europe.
Reposted by Nick Haydon
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 6:40 PM
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
Reposted by Nick Haydon
It's quite wrong to suggest Robert Jenrick is a racist. Racists believe in something. My SKETCH.
Rob whistle | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something. Some of us remember Jenrick as a chubby-cheeked fan of David Cameron fighting the…
thecritic.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It's quite wrong to suggest Robert Jenrick is a racist. Racists believe in something. My SKETCH.
Reposted by Nick Haydon
"The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something." Absolutely fantastic sketch by @roberthutton.co.uk. Every line is a banger:
Rob whistle | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something. Some of us remember Jenrick as a chubby-cheeked fan of David Cameron fighting…
thecritic.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something." Absolutely fantastic sketch by @roberthutton.co.uk. Every line is a banger:
Reposted by Nick Haydon
The ITV exposé on COVID now turns its sights on testing. I was stunned in 2020 when Sir Paul Nurse - Director of the Francis Crick Institute - told me he’d written to the government to offer the services of the Crick (the biggest biomeolecular lab in the country) - and never got a reply…
September 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The ITV exposé on COVID now turns its sights on testing. I was stunned in 2020 when Sir Paul Nurse - Director of the Francis Crick Institute - told me he’d written to the government to offer the services of the Crick (the biggest biomeolecular lab in the country) - and never got a reply…
Reposted by Nick Haydon
'The Conservative party, whose leader Kemi Badenoch has repeatedly pledged to fight for “free speech”, has banned Byline Times from attending her party’s annual conference'
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/04/k...
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/04/k...
Kemi Badenoch's 'Free Speech' Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Party Conference
The ban on covering the party's annual gathering came despite Badenoch's repeated commitment to "fight" for free speech and a free press
bylinetimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
'The Conservative party, whose leader Kemi Badenoch has repeatedly pledged to fight for “free speech”, has banned Byline Times from attending her party’s annual conference'
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/04/k...
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/04/k...
Reposted by Nick Haydon
Well, there's a thing.
New research from Oxford University says that misleading media coverage is shaping UK public debate on immigration, human rights and the European Convention on Human Rights #ECHR👇
🔗 www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09... via @bonavero.bsky.social
New research from Oxford University says that misleading media coverage is shaping UK public debate on immigration, human rights and the European Convention on Human Rights #ECHR👇
🔗 www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09... via @bonavero.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Well, there's a thing.
New research from Oxford University says that misleading media coverage is shaping UK public debate on immigration, human rights and the European Convention on Human Rights #ECHR👇
🔗 www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09... via @bonavero.bsky.social
New research from Oxford University says that misleading media coverage is shaping UK public debate on immigration, human rights and the European Convention on Human Rights #ECHR👇
🔗 www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09... via @bonavero.bsky.social
Reposted by Nick Haydon
The EU Entry/Exit system and EU travel authorisation system https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/the-eu-entry-exit-system-and-eu-travel-authorisation-system/
August 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The EU Entry/Exit system and EU travel authorisation system https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/the-eu-entry-exit-system-and-eu-travel-authorisation-system/
Reposted by Nick Haydon
🚨How Britain privatised itself into failure.🚨
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
How Britain privatised itself into failure
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
July 27, 2025 at 5:54 AM
🚨How Britain privatised itself into failure.🚨
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
Reposted by Nick Haydon
Sorry to burden you with another jaw-dropping scandal. But what the government intends to do to chemicals regulation in the UK is chilling. Its consultation was slipped out so quietly that most of us missed it. When I read it, I saw why.
This week's column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Want to import toxic chemicals into Britain with scant scrutiny? Labour says: go right ahead | George Monbiot
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Tory fantasy of a post-Brexit bonfire of regulations is coming true. Our bodies and ecosystems will pay the price, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Sorry to burden you with another jaw-dropping scandal. But what the government intends to do to chemicals regulation in the UK is chilling. Its consultation was slipped out so quietly that most of us missed it. When I read it, I saw why.
This week's column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Nick Haydon
Hey, UK media!
Are you just going to let Farage dump another steaming pile of populist bullshit on us *without ever* properly scrutinising his ideas or him…his funding, his riots, his links to Putin and Trump, his Brexit shitshow, his grifting side gigs, his lies, his ignorance…?
Call. Him. TF. Out.
Are you just going to let Farage dump another steaming pile of populist bullshit on us *without ever* properly scrutinising his ideas or him…his funding, his riots, his links to Putin and Trump, his Brexit shitshow, his grifting side gigs, his lies, his ignorance…?
Call. Him. TF. Out.
July 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Hey, UK media!
Are you just going to let Farage dump another steaming pile of populist bullshit on us *without ever* properly scrutinising his ideas or him…his funding, his riots, his links to Putin and Trump, his Brexit shitshow, his grifting side gigs, his lies, his ignorance…?
Call. Him. TF. Out.
Are you just going to let Farage dump another steaming pile of populist bullshit on us *without ever* properly scrutinising his ideas or him…his funding, his riots, his links to Putin and Trump, his Brexit shitshow, his grifting side gigs, his lies, his ignorance…?
Call. Him. TF. Out.
Reposted by Nick Haydon
There is a lot of deflection taking place by politicians this morning, suggesting that the court kept the superinjunction in place and that had to be overcome.
That's not true or not complete- the government kept it in place by repeatedly applying for its renewal.
That's not true or not complete- the government kept it in place by repeatedly applying for its renewal.
July 16, 2025 at 8:36 AM
There is a lot of deflection taking place by politicians this morning, suggesting that the court kept the superinjunction in place and that had to be overcome.
That's not true or not complete- the government kept it in place by repeatedly applying for its renewal.
That's not true or not complete- the government kept it in place by repeatedly applying for its renewal.
Reposted by Nick Haydon
Rachel Reeves says the UK is open for business with the US, EU and India deals:
But we only get £22 billion:
- £3.4 billion from UK-US tariff deal
- £14 billion from UK-EU reset
- £4.8 billion from UK-India
Rejoining the EU Single Market would give us £140 billion
But we only get £22 billion:
- £3.4 billion from UK-US tariff deal
- £14 billion from UK-EU reset
- £4.8 billion from UK-India
Rejoining the EU Single Market would give us £140 billion
July 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Rachel Reeves says the UK is open for business with the US, EU and India deals:
But we only get £22 billion:
- £3.4 billion from UK-US tariff deal
- £14 billion from UK-EU reset
- £4.8 billion from UK-India
Rejoining the EU Single Market would give us £140 billion
But we only get £22 billion:
- £3.4 billion from UK-US tariff deal
- £14 billion from UK-EU reset
- £4.8 billion from UK-India
Rejoining the EU Single Market would give us £140 billion
Reposted by Nick Haydon
First past the post is bad enough, ‘safe seats’ like Tatton are an insult to democracy but this practice of jumping ship after you’ve been voted in, is pure pisstaking. If you defect, your seat should be up for grabs. Voters deserve better than this. Even in rock solid Tory Tatton.
Odds on Esther McVey defecting to Reform UK today?
July 16, 2025 at 7:50 AM
First past the post is bad enough, ‘safe seats’ like Tatton are an insult to democracy but this practice of jumping ship after you’ve been voted in, is pure pisstaking. If you defect, your seat should be up for grabs. Voters deserve better than this. Even in rock solid Tory Tatton.
Reposted by Nick Haydon
Reposted by Nick Haydon
If the only way you'll ever hear someone call out Nigel Farage's destructive, divisive politics on the BBC is for me to do it, then so be it.
Watch @EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk call out the BBC for their failure to hold Nigel Farage to account.
July 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
If the only way you'll ever hear someone call out Nigel Farage's destructive, divisive politics on the BBC is for me to do it, then so be it.
Reposted by Nick Haydon
Wes Streeting has defended only paying for half the population to get an NHS dentist
Current £3 billion budget for England is only enough to fund NHS dental care for half the population,just think about that
Shocking new data shows nearly 14 MILLION ADULTS unable to access NHS dentistry in England
Current £3 billion budget for England is only enough to fund NHS dental care for half the population,just think about that
Shocking new data shows nearly 14 MILLION ADULTS unable to access NHS dentistry in England
🚨SHOCKING new data shows nearly 14 MILLION ADULTS unable to access NHS dentistry in England
Some forced to pull out their own teeth with pliers - thats not Victorian, it’s medieval!
I’m joining BDA in calling for an urgent & proportionate response to save NHS dentistry
youtu.be/VpcNJ4HIStc?...
Some forced to pull out their own teeth with pliers - thats not Victorian, it’s medieval!
I’m joining BDA in calling for an urgent & proportionate response to save NHS dentistry
youtu.be/VpcNJ4HIStc?...
🚨SHOCKING new data shows nearly 14 MILLION ADULTS unable to access NHS dentistry in England
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
July 15, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Wes Streeting has defended only paying for half the population to get an NHS dentist
Current £3 billion budget for England is only enough to fund NHS dental care for half the population,just think about that
Shocking new data shows nearly 14 MILLION ADULTS unable to access NHS dentistry in England
Current £3 billion budget for England is only enough to fund NHS dental care for half the population,just think about that
Shocking new data shows nearly 14 MILLION ADULTS unable to access NHS dentistry in England
Reposted by Nick Haydon
✍️ Normalising the far-right in the media
As Reform gains ground, the media faces a stark choice: scrutinise its far-right populism – or risk normalising it
By Julian Petley
As Reform gains ground, the media faces a stark choice: scrutinise its far-right populism – or risk normalising it
By Julian Petley
Normalising the far-right in the media
As Reform gains ground, the media faces a stark choice: scrutinise its far-right populism – or risk normalising it
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
July 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
✍️ Normalising the far-right in the media
As Reform gains ground, the media faces a stark choice: scrutinise its far-right populism – or risk normalising it
By Julian Petley
As Reform gains ground, the media faces a stark choice: scrutinise its far-right populism – or risk normalising it
By Julian Petley
Reposted by Nick Haydon
🔁PLEASE SIGN ✍🏽 & SHARE!🔁
🚨Incredibly, a candidate for MP is not required to be registered to vote or be resident in the UK.🚨
The petition asks the Government to fix this.
Check it out here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
PS No idea why there’s a pic of Richard Tice in Dubai here.
🚨Incredibly, a candidate for MP is not required to be registered to vote or be resident in the UK.🚨
The petition asks the Government to fix this.
Check it out here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
PS No idea why there’s a pic of Richard Tice in Dubai here.
July 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
🔁PLEASE SIGN ✍🏽 & SHARE!🔁
🚨Incredibly, a candidate for MP is not required to be registered to vote or be resident in the UK.🚨
The petition asks the Government to fix this.
Check it out here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
PS No idea why there’s a pic of Richard Tice in Dubai here.
🚨Incredibly, a candidate for MP is not required to be registered to vote or be resident in the UK.🚨
The petition asks the Government to fix this.
Check it out here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
PS No idea why there’s a pic of Richard Tice in Dubai here.
Reposted by Nick Haydon
New post: Everyone knows Labour has made mistakes. What is more worrying is why those mistakes were made.
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/07/ever...
If Labour thinks that an Osborne sized state is sustainable, and that the way to defeat Farage is to repeat his rhetoric, it will continue to fail.
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/07/ever...
If Labour thinks that an Osborne sized state is sustainable, and that the way to defeat Farage is to repeat his rhetoric, it will continue to fail.
Everyone knows Labour has made mistakes. What is more worrying is why those mistakes were made.
Every political journalist has been writing their one year assessment of the Labour government. The general view is that Labour is in cris...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:12 AM
New post: Everyone knows Labour has made mistakes. What is more worrying is why those mistakes were made.
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/07/ever...
If Labour thinks that an Osborne sized state is sustainable, and that the way to defeat Farage is to repeat his rhetoric, it will continue to fail.
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/07/ever...
If Labour thinks that an Osborne sized state is sustainable, and that the way to defeat Farage is to repeat his rhetoric, it will continue to fail.
Reposted by Nick Haydon
But will anyone listen?🥺The BBC consistently provide a platform for ReformUK. Other MSM do likewise thus making them acceptable. If only they would examine their utterances & make them totally accountable in the way they do the Lib Dem’s & Greens!☹️
Reform has lost 11 councillors and 2 MPs in a matter of months… and when I say ‘lost’ I mean, they’ve quit following rows, impropriety or inability to do their jobs.
So, if Brexit weren’t proof enough, then this barrelling shitshow should confirm forever that they should be nowhere near govt.
So, if Brexit weren’t proof enough, then this barrelling shitshow should confirm forever that they should be nowhere near govt.
July 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
But will anyone listen?🥺The BBC consistently provide a platform for ReformUK. Other MSM do likewise thus making them acceptable. If only they would examine their utterances & make them totally accountable in the way they do the Lib Dem’s & Greens!☹️
Reposted by Nick Haydon
I don't care if they win the next election or not, there is no way i'm letting this cabal of lowest-common-denominator baiting racist troglodytes collect my personal data.
July 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I don't care if they win the next election or not, there is no way i'm letting this cabal of lowest-common-denominator baiting racist troglodytes collect my personal data.
Reposted by Nick Haydon
Ok, British media. You have here all the information you need to scrutinise Farage/Reform’s latest populist, headline-grabbing tosh.
If you’re still handing out free ‘Robin Hood’ passes to them now we have the details, then you are actively deceiving voters and undermining democracy.
Just don’t.
If you’re still handing out free ‘Robin Hood’ passes to them now we have the details, then you are actively deceiving voters and undermining democracy.
Just don’t.
Reform UK is proposing a "Britannia card" that would let wealthy foreigners pay a £250k fee to move to the UK, and live here exempt from all tax on their foreign assets
What they don't say: it would cost the UK £34bn
Report here, and thread below: buff.ly/gpe2Dpf
What they don't say: it would cost the UK £34bn
Report here, and thread below: buff.ly/gpe2Dpf
June 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Ok, British media. You have here all the information you need to scrutinise Farage/Reform’s latest populist, headline-grabbing tosh.
If you’re still handing out free ‘Robin Hood’ passes to them now we have the details, then you are actively deceiving voters and undermining democracy.
Just don’t.
If you’re still handing out free ‘Robin Hood’ passes to them now we have the details, then you are actively deceiving voters and undermining democracy.
Just don’t.
Reposted by Nick Haydon
🚨🚨 Whilst the EU-UK deal was a clear improvement and win for Starmer, we should not forget that it does not change the major premises of relationship which is enshrined in the TCA and that #brexit still is a long and dragging beast of misery and pain. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/brit...
www.politico.eu/article/brit...
Britain’s got an EU deal — but the Brexit red tape keeps coming
U.K. plows ahead with unpopular ‘Not for EU’ labels in Northern Ireland, despite planned deal with Brussels.
www.politico.eu
June 19, 2025 at 7:36 AM
🚨🚨 Whilst the EU-UK deal was a clear improvement and win for Starmer, we should not forget that it does not change the major premises of relationship which is enshrined in the TCA and that #brexit still is a long and dragging beast of misery and pain. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/brit...
www.politico.eu/article/brit...