EXCLUSIVE Revealed: The offensive tweets and memes that could get man sacked from Waitrose as he accuses woke bosses of destroying his life
The tweets and memes Waitrose is using to threaten one of its own employees with the sack can be revealed for the first time today.
The tweets and memes Waitrose is using to threaten one of its own employees with the sack can be revealed for the first time today.
Wine specialist Ben Woods, 41, has worked at the Henley branch of Waitrose in Oxfordshire for 25 years - since he was just 15 years old.
But woke bosses at the upmarket store have accused Woods of misconduct, listing 27 pages of tweets in its investigation into Woods.
Today, MailOnline has published the exact tweets that could see Woods sacked.
His critics have highlighted his posts in support of Tommy Robinson and Enoch Powell as evidence of white supremacy and being a Nazi.
However, the posh supermarket listed no tweets that mentioned Robinson or Powell, instead opting for posts including a cartoon mocking trans ideology and a meme likening a black umbrella to Shamima Begum.
Woods previously told MailOnline that Waitrose had destroyed his life and made him suicidal by suspending him from the job he loved.
He said: Ive given them my life. Waitrose has been treating me like a criminal. Im a Conservative. Thats not illegal.
Scroll down to see the offensive tweets Waitrose listed as part of its investigation into Ben Woods that could see him sacked...
Wine specialist Ben Woods, 41, (pictured) is facing the sack from Waitroses branch in Henley
Ben Woods reposted and commented on an image of an umbrella that allegedly looks like Isis bride Shamima Begum
Ben Woodss tweet suggesting a horse run away from an obese woman was one that Waitrose included on its list
MailOnline understands Waitrose believes it has fair and detailed people policies to safeguard its employees welfare.
In a meeting on Monday, Waitrose chiefs said they needed more time to determine whether they would sack Woods.
Now he is in limbo as the supermarkets bosses decide his fate.
Although Ben remains afraid of being sacked, he fears what his treatment could spell for other Waitrose employees.
Does that mean anyone who works for Waitrose cant have an opinion? Theyre not allowed to vote?
Im very passionate about politics and my country. I have an opinion - my personal account has nothing to do with Waitrose. All views are my own.
I have to fight back and protect my name and image.
Its been really hard. Its very overwhelming. Ive been there 25 years. Its destroyed my life.
He said a book about a man giving pregnant was spreading misinformation
Some people may find Woodss statement that a trans mans baby is a poor child. He also claimed there was no telling what all that synthetic hormone might do the baby and called the person just fat
Many of Ben Woodss tweets could be seen as offensive by some people, although many of his followers support him
He also posted a cartoon from the Telegraph that Waitrose would have sold in its own stores
Woods posted an image from MailOnlines exclusive interview with the Ulez Blade Runners, who vandalise traffic cameras in London
He criticised Labour MP Carolyn Harris for appearing to fall asleep. Harris has claimed she was actually reading from her phone
He suggested OnlyFans star Lily Phillips was engaging in prostitution after she slept with 100 men in a day
He later called the OnlyFans model a sad pathetic narcissist and attention seeker with low self-esteem and a greedy appetite for money after an ad asking for 1,000 men to sleep with her
He also added that Phillips had lost her dignity forever and that he felt sorry for her
Woods also said he doubted Syrian refugees would return to their homeland and said they have an easy ride in Britain
He also questioned why Bengali writing was needed in Whitechapel tube station. The sign was added in 2022 as a tribute to the Bangladeshi communitys contribution to east London. In another tweet, he asked what his followers told their mother when they were two
In this tweet, Ben Woods asked if the burqa and hijab should be banned in the UK and said: support the country you live in or live in the country you support
Other tweets included Woods asking if the Palestinian flag should be banned and a video of a woman in a niqab scraping a slit in her car window so she can drive
In what may come as a surprise to many, Waitrose did not use any tweets mentioning either Tommy Robinson or Enoch Powell.
Social media users attacking Woods have said his support for both men was an issue.
In posts seen by MailOnline, Woods said that he believed former MP and classical scholar Powell had hindsight and vision decades ahead of his time and was proven right despite being villainized when he was alive.
Powell has long been a controversial figure in British political history. He is best remembered for rivers of blood speech about how immigration could change the national identity of Britain.
Powells 25-minute speech contained high rhetoric, vivid language and was peppered with phrases that even in 1968 would have been offensive to many people.
He warned, in the starkest possible terms, that unless immigration was stopped - and immigrants already in the UK were given financial incentives to return home - there would be racial strife of a seriousness never before seen in Britain.
He never actually uttered the phrase rivers of blood, instead referring to a classical line from Virgil Aeneid.
He said: I am filled with foreboding; like the Roman, I seem to see the River Tiber foaming with much blood.
Powell added: We are seeing the growth of positive forces acting against integration, of vested interests in the preservation and sharpening of racial and religious differences, with a view to the exercise of actual domination, first over fellow-immigrants and then over the rest of the population.
![Woods asked Angela Rayner why she was giving [homes] away to illegal immigrants who have never contributed anything to this country](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/03/22/08/96385447-14508159-Woods_asked_Angela_Rayner_why_she_was_giving_homes_away_to_illeg-a-47_1742632731222.jpg)
Woods asked Angela Rayner why she was giving [homes] away to illegal immigrants who have never contributed anything to this country
On December 9, 2024, he said Britain was a tolerant society that did not see or look at skin colour but instead focuses on the person. On the same day, he asked his followers to describe Angela Rayner in two words and replied himself, chavs chavs
He also posted about cousin marriages. Although it is well-documented that there is an issue of babies with birth defects in Muslim communities often owing to marriages between cousins, MailOnline has not been able to verify this image as being an example
However, as well as supporting Powell, Woods has also expressed support for right-wing thug and convict Tommy Robinson, 41, the founder of the far-right and Islamaphobic English Defence League.
Robinsons real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon and he is the son of an Irish immigrant.
However, despite his immigrant roots and years of lawbreaking, the father-of-three has remained the darling of far-right thugs hellbent on bringing racism and violence to the streets, as seen in the sickening riots last summer.
Woods has asked his thousands of followers whether they support Robinson, but also wrongly stated Yaxley-Lennon was jailed for telling the truth. In fact he was last jailed for repeating false allegations about a Syrian refugee.
Woods also suggested Robinson should receive a knighthood and should be freed from prison.
People opposing Woods on social media have suggested posts such as these are the reasons Waitrose is right in suspending him.
However, Waitrose sent Woods a file with 27 pages of his offensive tweets and none mention Robinson or Powell.
One was a tweet joking that a horse standing beside an obese woman should run away as fast as you can old boy.
He suggested Labour was supporting incest by not backing a ban on marriages between first cousins
He made multiple posts about the issue of first cousin marriages in the Muslim community
Woods said that burqas and hijabs were a medieval practice that were used to oppress women
He also replied true to a cartoon of the Simpsons as a black family and suggested a naked Pride march was not normal
Answering one of his polls on X, 98.3 per cent of the 4,239 voters said they would like to close the borders. Woods added: I have no problem with legal immigrants
Another said a book entitled In My Daddys Belly with an image of a pregnant man was spreading misinformation.
A third joked a black umbrella spotted over a fence allegedly resembled Shamima Begum.
In more of his tweets, Ben called OnlyFans model Lily Phillips a pathetic narcissist with low self esteem and a greedy appetite for fame and money and asked if burqas and hijabs should be banned in the UK.
A poll he made asking if the UK should close its borders received more than 4,000 votes, with 98.3 per cent voting yes.
The wine specialist doesnt believe any of his tweets were racist and he was not a white supremacist or a Nazi as some social media users have called him.
The posts, which some people have found offensive, were seen as problematic by Waitrose.
Some people alleged they were discriminatory, racist, sexist, transphobic, classist and insulting.
Many of the posts were not opinions but questions asked by Ben. Of the ones that did have opinions, many people disagreed with him and many agreed.
Ben maintained he was simply a Conservative who enjoyed posting his views on social media.
In other posts he wrongly claimed a transgender police officer strip-searching women was sexual assault and criticised immigrants
Woods also said it was obvious that men shouldnt use womens toilets
He also posted about the John Lewis Christmas advert. John Lewis is the parent company of Waitrose
Last December he showed his support for Harry Potter writing J K Rowling, joked about mens struggles in dealing with women and said Labour was working for migrants rather than British people
Waitrose also included tweets from other people talking about Woods in its 27-page document
Waitrose also included a list of replies to unknown posts, one of which said Woodss account has nothing whatsoever to do with Waitrose as well as tweets mocking Woods as having a small mouth
Woods is now raising money to support his legal battle against Waitrose with the help of employment lawyer Elliot Hammer from legal firm Branch Austin McCormick.
Hammer, who is the head of employment and a partner at Branch Austin McCormick, said: Employees like Ben have rights under the Equality Act and Article 10 to manifest lawful beliefs and engage in robust debate about political matters.
Elon Musks team is rumoured to have reached out to Woods, although MailOnline has not been able to verify this.
A Waitrose spokeswoman said: We would never discuss individuals so we wont be making any comment.
Toby Young, the founder of the Free Speech Union, said: John Lewis must ask itself if it would sack Ben for expressing robust left-wing views on social media. If the answer is no, as I suspect it is, then it must conclude it would be wrong to sack him for expressing robust right-wing views.
Ben is a member of the Free Speech Union and if he is sacked we will help him in any way we can, up to and including suing John Lewis for unfair dismissal.
In that scenario, I would hope the Employment Tribunal would rule that Bens political beliefs are protected by the Equality Act, just as a belief in democratic socialism is. If that is the conclusion, sacking him for expressing those beliefs would be an act of unlawful discrimination.