Ros Wynne-Jones
@roswynnejones.bsky.social
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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#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.
After Wes Streeting's Today prog debut as Alan "I'm 100 per cent Faithful" Carr this morning - let the Celebrity Traitors 'Labour MPs edition' begin.
Luckily for Starmer, so far, no-one wants to be Jonathan - the traitor who has to be sacrificed for someone else to win (see Tom Watson, series 1).
Luckily for Starmer, so far, no-one wants to be Jonathan - the traitor who has to be sacrificed for someone else to win (see Tom Watson, series 1).
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
After Wes Streeting's Today prog debut as Alan "I'm 100 per cent Faithful" Carr this morning - let the Celebrity Traitors 'Labour MPs edition' begin.
Luckily for Starmer, so far, no-one wants to be Jonathan - the traitor who has to be sacrificed for someone else to win (see Tom Watson, series 1).
Luckily for Starmer, so far, no-one wants to be Jonathan - the traitor who has to be sacrificed for someone else to win (see Tom Watson, series 1).
Painful to see Labour do so badly in its Welsh heartland, but heartening to see people do want to stop Reform.
A lesson for Labour: it's more than possible to win with a bold, redistributive offer, rather than tanking to the right to stop Reform.
But time is running out.
A lesson for Labour: it's more than possible to win with a bold, redistributive offer, rather than tanking to the right to stop Reform.
But time is running out.
October 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Painful to see Labour do so badly in its Welsh heartland, but heartening to see people do want to stop Reform.
A lesson for Labour: it's more than possible to win with a bold, redistributive offer, rather than tanking to the right to stop Reform.
But time is running out.
A lesson for Labour: it's more than possible to win with a bold, redistributive offer, rather than tanking to the right to stop Reform.
But time is running out.
We're going to hear a lot about a divided Wales as the #CaerphillyByElection results are digested over next few days, ahead of Senedd elections next May.
So, here's a bid for the 'real South Wales' with a short film from our #IslandOfStrangers series...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4G5...
So, here's a bid for the 'real South Wales' with a short film from our #IslandOfStrangers series...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4G5...
Over-60s Cabaret Club Breaks Boundaries | Mirror Originals
YouTube video by The Mirror
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October 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
We're going to hear a lot about a divided Wales as the #CaerphillyByElection results are digested over next few days, ahead of Senedd elections next May.
So, here's a bid for the 'real South Wales' with a short film from our #IslandOfStrangers series...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4G5...
So, here's a bid for the 'real South Wales' with a short film from our #IslandOfStrangers series...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4G5...
Vote closes tmrw for Labour Deputy Leader... if you're eligible + haven't already voted, do consider my teenage partner-in-crime, @lucympowell.bsky.social.
She'd be a Deputy Leader with Clem's vision, Prezza's pugilism... and none of the qualities of Nick Clegg.
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She'd be a Deputy Leader with Clem's vision, Prezza's pugilism... and none of the qualities of Nick Clegg.
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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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October 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Vote closes tmrw for Labour Deputy Leader... if you're eligible + haven't already voted, do consider my teenage partner-in-crime, @lucympowell.bsky.social.
She'd be a Deputy Leader with Clem's vision, Prezza's pugilism... and none of the qualities of Nick Clegg.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
She'd be a Deputy Leader with Clem's vision, Prezza's pugilism... and none of the qualities of Nick Clegg.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'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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October 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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
September 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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
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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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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September 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Wow, Farage has gone old school.
Swan Eaters is one of the old hits from Now That's What I Call Racist '99...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Swan Eaters is one of the old hits from Now That's What I Call Racist '99...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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.
Melvyn Bragg has decided to stand down as host of In Our Time, the BBC says.
September 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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.
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..."
"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..."
September 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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..."
"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..."
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.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUPf...
And then have a listen to what Kemi Badenoch is proposing.
Years and Years was supposed to be a warning, not a manifesto.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUPf...
Years and Years Episode 5 | The Erstwhile Sites
YouTube video by Benjamin Nealon (Sky)
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August 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUPf...
And then have a listen to what Kemi Badenoch is proposing.
Years and Years was supposed to be a warning, not a manifesto.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUPf...
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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
July 25, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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
Reposted by Ros Wynne-Jones
“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."
🔗https://shorturl.at/hx9O6
"In order to fix the foundations of our democracy, we must act boldly and do things differently."
🔗https://shorturl.at/hx9O6
'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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July 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
“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."
🔗https://shorturl.at/hx9O6
"In order to fix the foundations of our democracy, we must act boldly and do things differently."
🔗https://shorturl.at/hx9O6
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...
Absolute disgrace.
Headline should be 'I'm not Tommy Robinson but...'
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07...
July 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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...
Absolute disgrace.
Headline should be 'I'm not Tommy Robinson but...'
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07...
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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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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July 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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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But in the end the strike comes down to stories like Adrian's.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Lionesses you are something else.
Resilient. Bloody. Unbowed.
Resilient. Bloody. Unbowed.
July 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Lionesses you are something else.
Resilient. Bloody. Unbowed.
Resilient. Bloody. Unbowed.
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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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.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
'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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July 16, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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.
July 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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.
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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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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July 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Rachel Reeves is the Chancellor of the Exchequer. She's also a human being like the rest of us.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Thanks for the timely reminder of the alternatives tho
July 2, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Thanks for the timely reminder of the alternatives tho
Been going to Glastonbury for almost 30 yrs, by hook or crook with the same mates... always fascinated to return and hear about the hate-filled/middle class/abomination I've attended that bears zero resemblance to the lovely, music and joy-filled 3/4 days I've witnessed on Worthy Farm
July 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Been going to Glastonbury for almost 30 yrs, by hook or crook with the same mates... always fascinated to return and hear about the hate-filled/middle class/abomination I've attended that bears zero resemblance to the lovely, music and joy-filled 3/4 days I've witnessed on Worthy Farm
Labour should admit it's made a pig's ear of #WelfareReform, go away, come back with something practical & compassionate.
Draw a line under winter fuel and disability cuts, and say look, sorry, we weren't confident enough to govern as ourselves - but we're ready now.
Draw a line under winter fuel and disability cuts, and say look, sorry, we weren't confident enough to govern as ourselves - but we're ready now.
July 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Labour should admit it's made a pig's ear of #WelfareReform, go away, come back with something practical & compassionate.
Draw a line under winter fuel and disability cuts, and say look, sorry, we weren't confident enough to govern as ourselves - but we're ready now.
Draw a line under winter fuel and disability cuts, and say look, sorry, we weren't confident enough to govern as ourselves - but we're ready now.
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Parent Simon Morley: "Our lives would be apocalyptic without The Ark. The Ark is like the oxygen mask on a plane, it helps us to then help Ruby. Without it being there, her life would be so diminished, she would not be the happy girl she is."
@journomaryamq.bsky.social @roswynnejones.bsky.social
@journomaryamq.bsky.social @roswynnejones.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Parent Simon Morley: "Our lives would be apocalyptic without The Ark. The Ark is like the oxygen mask on a plane, it helps us to then help Ruby. Without it being there, her life would be so diminished, she would not be the happy girl she is."
@journomaryamq.bsky.social @roswynnejones.bsky.social
@journomaryamq.bsky.social @roswynnejones.bsky.social
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"There were times growing up I was told not to open the door because of the bailiffs. All the physical things – like having nits for months because we couldn’t afford the treatments – have a real impact" - Georgia
#REALBRITAIN @roswynnejones.bsky.social @journomaryamq.bsky.social
#REALBRITAIN @roswynnejones.bsky.social @journomaryamq.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"There were times growing up I was told not to open the door because of the bailiffs. All the physical things – like having nits for months because we couldn’t afford the treatments – have a real impact" - Georgia
#REALBRITAIN @roswynnejones.bsky.social @journomaryamq.bsky.social
#REALBRITAIN @roswynnejones.bsky.social @journomaryamq.bsky.social