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Olly Haynes

The movement to ‘kill the bill’ is back.

The Police Crime Sentencing and Courts bill, which the Home Office says will, “protect the public by giving the police the tools needed to…

2 min readDec 11, 2021

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The movement to ‘kill the bill’ is back.

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Olly Haynes

Back In Love City

Most of the indie rock groups of the early 2000s and 2010s haven’t managed to master the transition into the 2020s. Many have become…

5 min readSep 19, 2021

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Back In Love City

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Olly Haynes

Notes ahead of the 2022 election

The prevailing narrative until recently was that 2022 would be a contest between Le Pen and Macron, that the left was in total disarray…

8 min readAug 9, 2021

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Notes ahead of the 2022 election

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Olly Haynes

Kill The Bill Demo Takes Place In Oxford.

Tim Hunt from Extinction Rebellion said “the policing bill has limitations of freedom written all over it. There are already significant…

4 min readApr 4, 2021

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Kill The Bill Demo Takes Place In Oxford.

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Olly Haynes

How unemployment is becoming more and more like a job.

One of the major economic side effects of the pandemic and the lockdowns that were introduced to mitigate it, is a much higher…

6 min readDec 11, 2020

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How unemployment is becoming more and more like a job.

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Olly Haynes

Graduates without a future? How students feel about graduating into a crisis.

The global financial crisis that began in 2007 prompted a significant reassessment of the higher education system by both the students and…

9 min readJul 22, 2020

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Graduates without a future? How students feel about graduating into a crisis.

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Olly Haynes

Is Protest Under Threat in the UK and France?

On the 6th of February the Stanstead 15, the activists convicted under anti-terror legislation for a protest which blocked a deportation…

3 min readFeb 10, 2019

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Is Protest Under Threat in the UK and France?

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Olly Haynes

France’s Great National Debate…

Since the first protest on the 17th of November it seems like a wave of anger was unleashed that still has as yet to break and dissipate.

3 min readJan 14, 2019

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France’s Great National Debate…

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Olly Haynes

The French rappers channelling anger and optimism to support the Gilets Jaunes

French hip-hop has tended to be more explicitly political than its counterpart across the channel. Of course, as Dan Hancox notes Grime is…

4 min readJan 5, 2019

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The French rappers channelling anger and optimism to support the Gilets Jaunes

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Olly Haynes

The graffiti slogans on the walls of Paris highlight the Gilets Jaunes’ ideological diversity: A…

Photos: Me in Paris, 15th December.

3 min readDec 21, 2018

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The graffiti slogans on the walls of Paris highlight the Gilets Jaunes’ ideological diversity: A…

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Olly Haynes

Olly Haynes

Soon to be journalism student. Interested in social movements, work and culture. If you like my writing then please consider supporting it at https://t.co/Zcak3

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