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John Haylett (born 8 June 1945) is a British journalist. He is a former editor of the Morning Star (1995-2008).
In 1998 many of the Star's workers - then earning £10,500 a year and with no raise for 11 years - went on strike. These strikes were provoked Haylett's sacking by chief executive Mary Rosser, a member of a rival Communist Party of Britain faction. During the protest a breakaway from the Morning Star, the Workers' Morning Star was formed, and published by a small group of journalists who worked for the Morning Star at the same time. This paper was discontinued before the end of the decade. Haylett was eventually reinstated as editor and the protests stopped, as the circulation saw a moderate increase. "Our political relationship is still with the Communist Party of Britain", he said in 2005, pointing out that only about 10% of readers were members of the party, "but now we represent a broad movement".