Hywel Da

Hywel Da

@hjd.bsky.social

Former producer/reporter at BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera. Shortlisted for the Emerging Author Dagger by the Crime Writers’ Association. Represented by Tom Cull at Cull & Co Literary Agency. Interests: politics, writing, travel, London, rugby and cricket.

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Repeat after me: 1) PIP isn't an out of work benefit. It is a benefit paid to disabled people to pay for the extra costs of living with a disability. 2) Some PIP claimants work. Some PIP claimants will never able to work at all. 3) Impoverishing people doesn't get them closer to employment

Why do the BBC’s Newsnight run interviews with Frank Luntz as if he was a completely neutral observer of US politics? He’s worked for Newt Gingrich, Rudolph Giuliani and Pat Buchanan! At least point out he’s supported the Republicans his entire professional life. Or use someone less one-sided!

Too bloody right, an absolute hero.

UNITED24 Media@united24media.com

⚡️ BREAKING: Massive applause erupts outside 10 Downing Street as President Zelenskyy arrives and is greeted by UK PM Andy Burnham.

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Replying to @adamjschwarz.bsky.social

It’s hard to think of a better definition of a traitor to the West than someone who deliberately sabotages a European democracy’s military operation against a barbaric Russian invasion.

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Good night, dear friends. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for standing with Ukraine and helping us through these difficult times. Please keep Ukraine in your thoughts. Ukraine will win.

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8th-grader Anna Mur-Zak and 1st-grader Yelyzaveta Sorochyshyna were killed in a Russian airstrike on Zaporizhzhia on the morning of October 10.

Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦@perevaa.bsky.social

The death toll in Zaporizhzhia after the morning’s Russian strike has risen to 15. Best time ever to ease the sanctions on #Russia, isn’t it?

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Trump announces deal to import Russian diesel. Yet he imposed tariffs on China and India for importing fuel from Russia. 3 weeks ago signed law threatening 500% tariffs on India and China. Now facing midterm election defeat ... and Utter bankruptcy of Trump foreign, economic and other policies.

bbc.co.ukTrump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky calls it a 'gift to Putin'Ukraine's president sharply criticised the move, calling it an "investment in war that must be ended, not prolonged".

Lovely - and informative - explanation of the Man City Scandal.

Ray Douglas@raydouglas.bsky.social

⚽ Informative (and entertaining) explainer of how Manchester City FC reportedly breached Premier League rules, by TikTok's SportsBall #ManchesterCity #ManCity #Football #PremierLeague

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Replying to @drjennings.bsky.social

We are now in a society where flash mobs can turn up anywhere and police will simply stand back. Misinformation is enough to fuel it. At some point people will start using social media to dox people or organisations. It's a huge civil order threat that government and police aren't taking seriously.

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MPs call for emergency legislation for public control of Thames Water, let govt restore it and resell. Hedge funds want to takeover TW, want exemption from penalties for breaking laws. Neither will do. Profit motive is the cause of the crisis. Need public ownership.

theguardian.comMPs urge ministers to break off Thames Water talks with US hedge fundsEfra committee calls for emergency legislation enabling government to take public control of the company

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You'd think the fact that the son of the President of the "party of family values" 2nd marriage is to the daughter of Epstein's banker and it was funded by a Rusisan oligarch involved in the mass kidnap of Ukrainian kids during a KGB agent's illegal war Would be bigger news..

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It's a rare policy that would be welcomed by both business and trade unions - and at the same time would *improve* the UK's fiscal position. Dropping these proposals - for which there is no economic, moral or political case - would be one. www.ft.com/content/8a00...

ft.comUnions demand softening of UK immigration reformsProposals will ‘punish’ low-paid migrants doing essential work in public services and create a new staffing crisis in social care, says motion passed at TUC

This seem such an obvious thing to do, so why won’t Labour do it?

Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social

Canada has a total ban on company/corporate donations. Only individuals who are Canadian citizens or permanent residents can make contributions and it's capped at $1,750 a year. They still have functioning parties and the sky hasn't fallen in. Quite the opposite... www.elections.ca/content.aspx...

Seems to come earlier every year…

Louise, Prof/Dr@louiselocock.bsky.social

If you prefer to make your own choice for the National Trust Council, 'Restore Trust' have helpfully provided a list of their preferred infiltrators. Here's who to AVOID: Bonigala, Cristea, Goldman, Mealing and Omrani 2/2

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Reform has already enjoyed several years of support from a loss-making TV channel whose main function seems to be to give money and favourable coverage to its MPs. The government has done nothing about this. It's probably a more effective way of spending millions than Farage will manage.

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🌐 In an ever changing global economic order - Britain should align itself with Europe, prioritise the EU, and rejoin. 🇬🇧🇪🇺 UK membership of the EU would make both the EU and UK much stronger in a multipolar world. We both have no time to waste.

bbc.co.ukBrics 2026: Trump shadow looms large over Delhi summit as Modi hosts Putin and XiAs Brics leaders meet in Delhi, divisions within the bloc make a united response to Washington unlikely.

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This does suggest Britain is a) very good at integration b) actively attracts the world's smart and ambitious people who want to get on and do well for themselves Both of these are very good, competitive qualities to have and should be celebrated.

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One reason England does so well is our second generation immigrants outperform their peers which is not true in most OECD countries. We are also very good at integration. And it's v sad that this is never acknowledge in debates on immigration.

Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social

New PISA data out England is now top ten in all three areas (reading, maths, science) and the second highest performing country outside of east Asia (after Estonia). This is a huge public policy success.

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No arrests. When environmentalists block roads to protest about climate change, they are prosecuted and jailed. When masked fascists do it to promote race hate, they are allowed to go home without a fuss. How about that for two-tier policing?

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I simply do not understand what's going on in Labour that renders its leaders incapable of finding a TV camera and speaking out against street violence. Even if you assume they agree about immigration, violence is wrong, unpopular AND against the interests of any even vaguely left wing govt.

Completely absurd waste of time and resources, that could be used to actually fight terrorism…

Defend Our Juries@defendourjuries.bsky.social

DAWN RAIDS Dozens of peaceful activists are having their homes raided by counter-terrorism police for campaigning to lift the ban on Palestine Action. Police have been witnessed removing items such as Palestine flags, posters, technology/phones and even bracelets!

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If Serbia insists on burying Maladić with state honours, that is its sovereign prerogative. However such a move would be entirely inconsistent with being a candidate for EU membership, and the accession process should be formally suspended as a result.

TVP World@tvpworld.bsky.social

Serbia’s Justice Minister has announced that former Bosnian-Serb military commander and convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić will be buried with state honors.

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The off-shore tax evading British press have been harassing people for decades… Jason Arday, Meghan Markle, Tulisa, Caroline Flack, Diana All while poisoning our daily public discourse with 💩 to serve their billionaire mates with impunity. Something needs to change. Leveson 2 now !!!

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🇬🇧 "The capital’s homicide rate has fallen to the lowest level in recorded history on a per capita basis. It’s now lower than that in Berlin, Brussels, Barcelona, Madrid, Milan, Paris – and every US state." London is not lawless. It is a myth used to sow fear about multiculturalism and diversity.

theguardian.comIf you’ve heard that London is dystopian and dangerous – read this. It just isn’t | Sadiq KhanBritain’s capital has faced social media, press and political attacks designed to make residents and tourists feel unsaf

Oh my God. Amazing!

Eric Ansley Díaz 🏳️‍🌈@geekboyeric.bsky.social

RIP Bonnie Tyler. And RIP Tandi Iman Dupree. This remains the best stage entrance by a drag queen of all time, even some 25 years later, and the best use of Tyler’s “Holding Out for a Hero” ever. youtu.be/IHQA5vqn6rw?...

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📉 "The Climate Change Committee estimates that reaching net zero by 2050 will cost £4bn a year – a 73% drop from its estimate five years previously." 👏 "That amounts to just 0.2% of GDP and the savings it will generate are so great that by 2040 net zero will be a net benefit to the economy."

theguardian.comA bargain price for reaching net zero in Britain | LettersLetters: Dr Charlie Gardner says the public are vastly overestimating the cost of net zero. Plus letters from Moira Gomm