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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 4h

media.tenor.com

Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 4h

“Dyma frwydr ddiweddaraf Llafur yn eu rhyfel yn erbyn modurwyr…”
Bechod am Andrew RT; cam-ddeall ETO.
Targedu cerbydau mwy o faint mae’r cynllun hwn nid ‘modurwyr’.
(Pwy sydd â hiraeth amdano ers i Darren ei ddisodlu? 🙋🏻‍♀️🤣)
newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/30865

Caerdydd: Bwrw ymlaen â chynlluniau i godi pris trwyddedau parcio cerbydau mawr

Mae Cyngor Caerdydd wedi penderfynu bwrw ymlaen â chynlluniau i godi pris uwch am drwyddedau parcio i gerbydau mawr.

newyddion.s4c.cymru

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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 14h

A… remarkable @survation.bsky.social poll out today of voting intentions in Caerphilly ahead of next week’s Senedd by-election

Reform 42%
Plaid 38%
Labour 12%
Conservatives 4%
Greens 3%
LibDem 1%
#senedd #devolution

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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 5h

Dyw mwyafrif pobl Caerffili ddim yn uniaethu ag ideoleg Reform. Mae angen i’r mwyafrif hwnnw ystyried pa blaid gall guro Reform.
Yn seiliedig ar yr arolygon barn diweddaraf, mond @plaidcymru.bsky.social gall wneud hynny.
Dewch o na bobl dda Caerffili!

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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 5h

I thought that he was fuming!

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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 23h

Llond llwyfan o ddynion!

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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 1d

Yr hen ffefrynnau!

Nes i ddim gwylio tan diwedd. Llawer rhy gecrus.

a man in a tuxedo is standing in front of a christmas tree holding a pile of gold coins .

ALT: a man in a tuxedo is standing in front of a christmas tree holding a pile of gold coins .

media.tenor.com

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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 1d

Da oedd fam yr hogyn ofynnodd am fewnfudwyr. Yn dod â’r mater lawr i bobol. #Caerffili

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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 1d

Cytuno. Dwi ar iPlayer ac mae’n ddiflas

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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 1d

“Foreign embassies in Wales”
Datganiad gan y Tori, Gareth Potter.
Be?? Eh??
(Dwi ar iPlayer)

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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 1d

Gwell Cymraeg slac na Sarsneg slic 👍

Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 1d

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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 1d

‘In its rush to appear tough, this government is losing what friends it had.’
And it’s not making new friends

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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 2d

Possibly not the most judicious strstegy 🤣

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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 2d

Cywir! 👏

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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 2d

'Adar o'r unlliw a hedant i'r unlle'

Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 2d

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka ”Tommy Robinson,” says Tesla CEO Elon Musk is paying his legal bills.

Robinson says Musk is paying his legal costs in counterterrorism trial

Far-right activist accused of refusing to give his mobile phone pin to police

www.ft.com

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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 2d

“Bibi would call me for this weapon, for that weapon…. I would give them to him…. You put them to “good use”.

What a shocking admission.

He put them to “good use” perpetrating genocide

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 3d

Rupert Lowe on Nathan Gill, former Reform leader in Wales, who has pleaded guilty to taking bribes from pro-Russian proxies:

"I had absolutely no idea. I was new to the European Parliament, Nathan had been there for years alongside Farage - they were very close."

Shots fired. ~AA

Rupert Lowe MP
@RupertLowe10
I have received A LOT of questions about Nathan Gill, having sat as a Brexit Party MEP alongside him in Brussels and Strasbourg. He was also the Reform leader in Wales. For those who don’t know, he has pleaded guilty to taking pro-Russian bribes over a number of months.

Obviously, I had absolutely no idea. I was new to the European Parliament, Nathan had been there for years alongside Farage - they were very close. He was the head of the delegation of our MEPs, so with the whip ran the day-to-day affairs of our grouping and organised activity in Brussels/Strasbourg. He was one of just two MEPs from the previous term Farage allowed to stand again.

He seemed particularly interested in Russian/Ukrainian developments which I found peculiar. There was one event, right at the beginning of our term, which he asked me and other MEPs to attend. Due to his position in the grouping, I agreed. It had a very pro-Russian slant, with individuals who claimed to be close to Putin there. For obvious reasons, I did not attend another such event.

I thought his obsession with that part of the world was strange, but given his years in the Parliament and position in the party, I didn’t think there was more to it. Other MEPs also found it unusual, but we just got on with job.

So to journalists asking, there is my response.

It is disgraceful behaviour, treasonous behaviour.

I am ashamed to have ever sat alongside him.
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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 3d

So I understand

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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 3d

Barbie’s buddy?

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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 3d

Hope the Labour administration in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 do a more effective job with this money than they did with he EU’s Objective One funding #clueless

Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 3d

One of the presenters is a professor and the other…? 🤷‍♀️

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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 4d

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Brian Moore @briantrumpet.bsky.social · 5d

Everything he's reported to have said in this BBC piece sounds like he's desperately trying to distance himself, knowing that the connection is real and toxic. If the press were investigating Farage with the same enthusiasm they went for Rayner, he'd be done for.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nigel Farage 'stunned' ex-Wales Reform leader Nathan Gill took bribes

Nathan Gill has admitted taking money for pro-Russian statements as a European Parliament member.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 4d

”Nathan Gill isn’t some postscript to a minor episode of recent British history. He’s a key to understanding the scale and sophistication of the threat against us, a network of pro-Russian actors that stretches not only across the Atlantic but Europe too.” 😱

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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