Jill Hayward
@frdragonspouse.bsky.social
Still all the things I was over at the Other Place. And still angry.
Preoccupations: politics, education, disability and inclusive feminism. Cishet trans ally. Widow. Socialist. She/her.
Preoccupations: politics, education, disability and inclusive feminism. Cishet trans ally. Widow. Socialist. She/her.
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Jill Hayward
@frdragonspouse.bsky.social
· Apr 16
It's not a good time to be the socialist parent of a disabled trans person,tbh.
The UK is a bit shit right now...
The UK is a bit shit right now...
On a bus from a cold but sunny Manchester towards Stockport, where a huge bank of threatening cloud is about to swallow the sun...
November 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
On a bus from a cold but sunny Manchester towards Stockport, where a huge bank of threatening cloud is about to swallow the sun...
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What was I saying two years ago? I said: there is no plan here, they think they’ll win then everyone will be so happy at being governed by them that the economy will boom. Because that’s what happened last time, isn’t it. That’s what all the chat about the imminent sunny optimism and Good Vibes was.
Lack of planning has hit Labour’s efforts to fix public services, says thinktank
Keir Starmer accused of failing to adequately strategise while in opposition, leading to uncoordinated policymaking
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:43 AM
What was I saying two years ago? I said: there is no plan here, they think they’ll win then everyone will be so happy at being governed by them that the economy will boom. Because that’s what happened last time, isn’t it. That’s what all the chat about the imminent sunny optimism and Good Vibes was.
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They are quite literally cheering Shabana Mahmood and anyone who tells you different is lying to you
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM
They are quite literally cheering Shabana Mahmood and anyone who tells you different is lying to you
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Nigel Farage wants to ban dual citizenship.
A quick reminder that the hypocrite-in-chief tried to add German citizenship to his own by lying about the place & length of his residence in Germany, & then had to withdraw his application when found out.
A quick reminder that the hypocrite-in-chief tried to add German citizenship to his own by lying about the place & length of his residence in Germany, & then had to withdraw his application when found out.
November 19, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Nigel Farage wants to ban dual citizenship.
A quick reminder that the hypocrite-in-chief tried to add German citizenship to his own by lying about the place & length of his residence in Germany, & then had to withdraw his application when found out.
A quick reminder that the hypocrite-in-chief tried to add German citizenship to his own by lying about the place & length of his residence in Germany, & then had to withdraw his application when found out.
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“The bizarre thing about McSweeney’s decision to call out an apparent coup last week, several MPs suggest, is that they were unaware a coup was even happening, and suspect that in reality it wasn’t.”
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-i...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-i...
Inside Starmer’s shambles
With some Labour MPs in despair and others in revolt, the prime minister’s situation now looks terminal
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:38 AM
“The bizarre thing about McSweeney’s decision to call out an apparent coup last week, several MPs suggest, is that they were unaware a coup was even happening, and suspect that in reality it wasn’t.”
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-i...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-i...
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Might it have been an idea for UK Labour to wait a few days for Danish local election results before adopting an even more extreme version of their migration policy? If Copenhagen is anything to go by, London could see a major surge by Greens. People chose to live in diverse cities for a reason
Denmark, Preliminary final election result:
Local election
A (S&D): 23.2% (-5.2)
V (RE): 17.9% (-3.3)
C (EPP): 12.7% (-2.5)
F (Greens/EFA): 11.1% (+3.5)
Ø (LEFT): 7.1% (-0.2)
O (PfE): 5.9% (+1.8)
I (EPP): 5.5% (+4.3)
B (RE): 5.4% (-0.2)
...
+/- vs. 2021 election result
➤ europeelects.eu/denmark
Local election
A (S&D): 23.2% (-5.2)
V (RE): 17.9% (-3.3)
C (EPP): 12.7% (-2.5)
F (Greens/EFA): 11.1% (+3.5)
Ø (LEFT): 7.1% (-0.2)
O (PfE): 5.9% (+1.8)
I (EPP): 5.5% (+4.3)
B (RE): 5.4% (-0.2)
...
+/- vs. 2021 election result
➤ europeelects.eu/denmark
November 19, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Might it have been an idea for UK Labour to wait a few days for Danish local election results before adopting an even more extreme version of their migration policy? If Copenhagen is anything to go by, London could see a major surge by Greens. People chose to live in diverse cities for a reason
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Not sure how Labour can fully square the circle between admitting that Reform's proposals to deport children are racist, but their plans for deport children, even if born and raised in the UK, are "fair and compassionate".
November 19, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Not sure how Labour can fully square the circle between admitting that Reform's proposals to deport children are racist, but their plans for deport children, even if born and raised in the UK, are "fair and compassionate".
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Sometimes, a front page can sum up quite a lot that’s wrong with the world. Including the paper itself which has been so complicit in getting us to a place where children born to refugees could be deported, Trump celebrates despotic wealth and Boris Johnson’s sister moans about not being rich. Ugh.
November 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Sometimes, a front page can sum up quite a lot that’s wrong with the world. Including the paper itself which has been so complicit in getting us to a place where children born to refugees could be deported, Trump celebrates despotic wealth and Boris Johnson’s sister moans about not being rich. Ugh.
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Remembering that hideous Daily Mail story about Jews hiding their gold and jewellery when arriving as refugees. Of course they did if they had any. Would Daily Mail journalists and editors do any differently if they were in a similar plight? Such a failure of emphethetic imagination and compassion.
Govt minister Alex Norris is asked if the govt will take jewellery from people [fleeing war and persecution]. Norris says the govt won't be taking peoples wedding rings but they will seize assets.
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Remembering that hideous Daily Mail story about Jews hiding their gold and jewellery when arriving as refugees. Of course they did if they had any. Would Daily Mail journalists and editors do any differently if they were in a similar plight? Such a failure of emphethetic imagination and compassion.
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This is what happens when the Centre Left follow far right policies on immigration. Is Labour watching? Those Danish immigration policies still looking attractive?
Danish Social democrats suffered a massive defeat in Copenhagen last night. They incurred similar defeats across the country and there will be a general election in the next year. In Copenhagen the far-left Enhedslisten (the unity list) won the most mandates followed by the socialist people's party.
November 19, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This is what happens when the Centre Left follow far right policies on immigration. Is Labour watching? Those Danish immigration policies still looking attractive?
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Your Party is dead out of the gate, full stop.
Imagine being black or brown and arguing that 3rd spaces are not racist as a matter of logic or law.
He's a crumb maiden & his ancestors will never forgive him.
And when he is attacked for being Muslim, he'll never accept he helped contribute to hate
Imagine being black or brown and arguing that 3rd spaces are not racist as a matter of logic or law.
He's a crumb maiden & his ancestors will never forgive him.
And when he is attacked for being Muslim, he'll never accept he helped contribute to hate
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Your Party is dead out of the gate, full stop.
Imagine being black or brown and arguing that 3rd spaces are not racist as a matter of logic or law.
He's a crumb maiden & his ancestors will never forgive him.
And when he is attacked for being Muslim, he'll never accept he helped contribute to hate
Imagine being black or brown and arguing that 3rd spaces are not racist as a matter of logic or law.
He's a crumb maiden & his ancestors will never forgive him.
And when he is attacked for being Muslim, he'll never accept he helped contribute to hate
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Today is International Men’s Day. So here’s to refugee men fleeing abuse, trans men denied healthcare, queer men bullied for being different, Black men racially profiled, disabled men excluded from work, and all the other men who fail at being “real men.” May we continue to cultivate our humanity.
November 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Today is International Men’s Day. So here’s to refugee men fleeing abuse, trans men denied healthcare, queer men bullied for being different, Black men racially profiled, disabled men excluded from work, and all the other men who fail at being “real men.” May we continue to cultivate our humanity.
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Some of the people in this article have shared their recollections with me before - but on condition of anonymity. Coming forward now is an act of patriotism. Farage’s claim that it never happened is the opposite.
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Some of the people in this article have shared their recollections with me before - but on condition of anonymity. Coming forward now is an act of patriotism. Farage’s claim that it never happened is the opposite.
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
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I’ve known the source of this story for 30 years - and he’s never diverged from his account of Farage’s anti semitism. The only thing that’s changed is his willingness to take on anti semitic apologists
So proud of a very longstanding and close friend for going public with this - it takes real courage
@peterjukes.bsky.social Peter E is a real mensch!
@peterjukes.bsky.social Peter E is a real mensch!
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I’ve known the source of this story for 30 years - and he’s never diverged from his account of Farage’s anti semitism. The only thing that’s changed is his willingness to take on anti semitic apologists
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Trans people are waiting 25 years to get access to HRT on the NHS: It took me 5 hours!
“The whole time I was talking to my GP I couldn’t stop thinking about how my experience was so totally & completely different to that of a trans person. The contrast was impossible to ignore” #TransAwarenessWeek
“The whole time I was talking to my GP I couldn’t stop thinking about how my experience was so totally & completely different to that of a trans person. The contrast was impossible to ignore” #TransAwarenessWeek
Trans people are waiting 25 years to get access to HRT on the NHS: It took me 5 hours
In the space of an afternoon, I booked an appointment with my GP, talked through my symptoms, and walked out with a prescription for HRT in…
medium.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Trans people are waiting 25 years to get access to HRT on the NHS: It took me 5 hours!
“The whole time I was talking to my GP I couldn’t stop thinking about how my experience was so totally & completely different to that of a trans person. The contrast was impossible to ignore” #TransAwarenessWeek
“The whole time I was talking to my GP I couldn’t stop thinking about how my experience was so totally & completely different to that of a trans person. The contrast was impossible to ignore” #TransAwarenessWeek
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TERFs get wider support from terrible parents who see their kids as property by trying to overturn Gillick. They show their real agenda when they start referring to 25 year old trans adults as 'children' and demanding doctors seek their approval first for anything their offspring needs.
November 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
TERFs get wider support from terrible parents who see their kids as property by trying to overturn Gillick. They show their real agenda when they start referring to 25 year old trans adults as 'children' and demanding doctors seek their approval first for anything their offspring needs.
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There are MPs, some of them Labour, throwing in a "but..." but this does need to be remembered.
#R4Today
#R4Today
Very true: “The UK rarely loses at the @echr.coe.int, and almost never on immigration-related issues”👇
🔗 www.bbc.com/news/article... via www.bbc.news.com
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms
🔗 www.bbc.com/news/article... via www.bbc.news.com
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms
Unprecedented plans for asylum system sees government walk tightrope
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's plan is unprecedented and marks an enormous change in policy, writes Dominic Casciani.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:06 AM
There are MPs, some of them Labour, throwing in a "but..." but this does need to be remembered.
#R4Today
#R4Today
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Fresh from advising Morgan McSweeney last week, Labour peer Maurice Glasman addressed the annual conference of a pro-Reform group that has spread myths about the Covid vaccine and has claimed Starmer is "destroying Britain".
📝 New @desmog.com story 👇
📝 New @desmog.com story 👇
Influential Labour Peer Maurice Glasman Addressed Pro-Reform Conspiracy Group’s Conference
High-profile Labour peer Lord Maurice Glasman was one of the keynote speakers at the annual conference of the Together Declaration, a conspiracy theory group with ties to Reform UK. Together held its ...
www.desmog.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Fresh from advising Morgan McSweeney last week, Labour peer Maurice Glasman addressed the annual conference of a pro-Reform group that has spread myths about the Covid vaccine and has claimed Starmer is "destroying Britain".
📝 New @desmog.com story 👇
📝 New @desmog.com story 👇
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Funny how they never engage with the ones on the left they disagree with...
Glasman's spox said he “regularly engages with people with whom he does not agree... He will continue to listen and debate on the work of renewing our country.”
I fail to see how rubbing shoulders with a bunch of cranks and conspiracy theorists will "renew" Britain, but maybe Morgan disagrees.
I fail to see how rubbing shoulders with a bunch of cranks and conspiracy theorists will "renew" Britain, but maybe Morgan disagrees.
November 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Funny how they never engage with the ones on the left they disagree with...
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Next time you hear DOGE being mentioned, just realise that Reform UK up and down the country are hiring consultants on tax payer’s money.
Reform UK Authority pays consultants PwC £325k for new 'super council' plans
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reform UK Authority pays consultants PwC £325k for new 'super council' plans
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Worcestershir pays PwC £325,000 for new 'super council' plans - BBC News
Consultants were asked to draw up proposals to merge the county's councils into one.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Next time you hear DOGE being mentioned, just realise that Reform UK up and down the country are hiring consultants on tax payer’s money.
Reform UK Authority pays consultants PwC £325k for new 'super council' plans
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reform UK Authority pays consultants PwC £325k for new 'super council' plans
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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THOU SHALT NOT CALL WOMEN ‘PIGGY’!
Never. Not once. Not even in a dream. Every decent human being knows this.
Never. Not once. Not even in a dream. Every decent human being knows this.
Thou Shalt Not Call Women “Piggy"
Can God get a frigging amen?
www.thegodpodcast.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
THOU SHALT NOT CALL WOMEN ‘PIGGY’!
Never. Not once. Not even in a dream. Every decent human being knows this.
Never. Not once. Not even in a dream. Every decent human being knows this.
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Over two decades ago, a Labour government repealed “Section 28” which aimed to prevent positive discussions about homosexuality and gay lives in schools. Now a Labour government pursues transphobia and erases trans and non-binary lives. Today’s political transphobia is basically recycled homophobia.
Twenty-two years ago today Section 28 was repealed.
But we're seeing history repeat itself as some in the media and in politics spread bigotry and misinformation about trans people.
1/8🧵
But we're seeing history repeat itself as some in the media and in politics spread bigotry and misinformation about trans people.
1/8🧵
November 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Over two decades ago, a Labour government repealed “Section 28” which aimed to prevent positive discussions about homosexuality and gay lives in schools. Now a Labour government pursues transphobia and erases trans and non-binary lives. Today’s political transphobia is basically recycled homophobia.
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The justice secretary David Lammy and his predecessor Shabana Mahmood were found by the High Court yesterday to have breached article 3 of the human rights convention, which prohibits inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
rozenberg.substack.com/p/inhuman-tr...
rozenberg.substack.com/p/inhuman-tr...
Inhuman treatment
High Court finds unprecedented breach of article 3 by home secretary
rozenberg.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:07 AM
The justice secretary David Lammy and his predecessor Shabana Mahmood were found by the High Court yesterday to have breached article 3 of the human rights convention, which prohibits inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
rozenberg.substack.com/p/inhuman-tr...
rozenberg.substack.com/p/inhuman-tr...
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Good thread. In short, we'd all be better off if Labour leadership obsessed about Spain instead of Denmark, where the centre left's hardline stance on immigration has - and you'll never guess what's coming - hugely alienated their base for few returns elsewhere.
🚨🚨Perhaps a hardline populist stance on immigration isn't the way to go. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/cope...
Danish voters turn on PM Frederiksen over housing costs
After 122 years in power, voters in Copenhagen are turning their backs on the governing Social Democrats and expressing increased dissatisfaction with the party’s rightward turn.
www.politico.eu
November 19, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Good thread. In short, we'd all be better off if Labour leadership obsessed about Spain instead of Denmark, where the centre left's hardline stance on immigration has - and you'll never guess what's coming - hugely alienated their base for few returns elsewhere.
