Yet another plant ID please

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Very woody and has spiky bits.

Looks like a bramble to me

Could it be a self sown Gooseberry Bush?

Ah I hadn’t thought about gooseberry.
It grows every year but I cut it back.

I don’t think it’s the right kind of leaves.

I don't think that's a gooseberry.

Definitely not gooseberry or bramble, but no idea what it is.There aren't that many ornamental shrubs with spines.

It grows like a bastard. I can’t dig it up.

Sloe? (Blackthorn). Let it grow and you can make gin...

Not a sloe, wrong leaves. Sloes are related to plums and Damsons.

New plum/damson/sloe foliage can look like this when growing back after being pruned hard. OP will have to wait and see!