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cymruwanderer.bsky.social @cymruwanderer.bsky.social · 1h

Unfortunately, on that showing I'd be hard pressed to vote for any of them. The only highlight was Welsh Dave getting handed his arse by a member of the audience when immigration was discussed.

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cymruwanderer.bsky.social @cymruwanderer.bsky.social · 2h

Ffs he was introduced as helping them to write their health policy #newsnight

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cymruwanderer.bsky.social @cymruwanderer.bsky.social · 4h

If you read the article, only 4 reverting from 20mph back to 30mph and 3 actually going from 30 to 20......
But most people will only see the headline and get the wrong idea as usual

cymruwanderer.bsky.social @cymruwanderer.bsky.social · 5h

Well the only thing I learnt from that #Caerphilly debate is that TV debates are a waste of time .... oh and Labour's Richard Tunicliffe is delusional

cymruwanderer.bsky.social @cymruwanderer.bsky.social · 6h

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Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti assaulted by Israeli prison guards, son says

Family fears for 66-year-old’s life after assault while he was being transferred between prisons

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cymruwanderer.bsky.social @cymruwanderer.bsky.social · 6h

I hate to say this, but if i was eligible to vote in the #Caerphilly #Senedd By-Election and was using tonight's #BBCWales debate to make my decision......so far, I wouldn't bother getting out of bed to vote next Thursday 🤦‍♂️

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Christine Binzel @christinebinzel.bsky.social · 8h

Horrific testimony by Greta Thunberg

www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 14h

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Trying to make sense of the nonsensical decision to drop the Chinese spying prosecutions

How the positions of neither the CPS nor the government stand up to scrutiny

By me

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The more one knows about this case, the more confusing it becomes.

The CPS insists on further evidence it does not require, and the government insists it could not give that evidence, even though it could.

Neither side makes sense, and together they make no sense absolutely.

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cymruwanderer.bsky.social @cymruwanderer.bsky.social · 1d

With time, it's easy to forget just how ridiculously dreadful those Tory governments were.....then you see Gavin Williamson and Therese Coffey on #Newsnight

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 1d

Wales' First Minister has agreed to take part in discussions with the Conservatives in the Senedd about the Welsh Government's budget ✍️Emily Price

First Minister agrees to budget discussion with Welsh Conservatives

Emily Price Wales’ First Minister has agreed to take part in discussions with the Conservatives in the Senedd about the Welsh Government’s budget. At First Minister’s Questions on Tuesday (October 14...

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cymruwanderer.bsky.social @cymruwanderer.bsky.social · 1d

I guess that means vote Tory get Labour, and vice versa ..... at least that's what we're told when it involves Plaid Cymru 🤔

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 1d

‘Something is shifting’: Wales is on the verge of a political earthquake

Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru looks set to battle Reform UK to end a century of Labour political dominance

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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 1d

Richard Tunnicliffe is the Labour candidate in the Caerphilly.

So a Labour candidate, wants you to vote Labour, to get him elected to a Labour run Senedd, to tell a Labour run council to spend UK Labour provided money to not close libraries that a Labour council are trying to close. Simple.

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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 2d

Last week I was at the Plaid Cymru conference.

Based on the current polls, they are the party most likely to lead the Welsh Government after May's election.

This would mean a monumental change to Welsh politics. You can read my analysis here:

willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/inside-the...

Inside the Plaid Cymru conference...

What we learnt about the party most likely to form the next Welsh Government

willhaywardwales.substack.com

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cymruwanderer.bsky.social @cymruwanderer.bsky.social · 2d

Good news, and all it took was an impending electoral wipeout....not that I'm cynical or anything

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3d

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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Liz Saville Roberts AS / MP @lsrplaid.bsky.social · 4d

Being Welsh is about belonging and shared values.

I was a loud south-east London girl who became Welsh, heart and soul.

Our Wales is one that welcomes, includes and builds, not one that divides.

Proud to close an inspiring weekend at Plaid Cymru conference 💚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Owen Williams @owswills.bsky.social · 4d

Re: Nation of Sanctuary 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

There’s a lot of confusion about “Nation of Sanctuary”, so here’s what it really means 👇

It’s a *resettlement scheme* to help people the UK Government has *already* given asylum to.

Welsh Government doesn’t control immigration, and it can’t choose who comes here. It *must* take in people the UK Home Office sends here - by law.

So Welsh Government set up a plan to do that, and called it Nation of Sanctuary - just like Scotland called theirs The New Scots Strategy, and NI has its Northern Ireland Refugee Resettlement Scheme.

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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 4d

Labour's failure to get the basics right in literacy and numeracy is letting our children down.

A Plaid Cymru government will invest in our children's future, with a new plan to help pupils thrive.

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Liz Saville Roberts AS / MP @lsrplaid.bsky.social · 5d

Parents should not have to choose between work and childcare.

A Plaid Cymru government will deliver a universal new childcare offer for children aged 9 months to 4 years – worth over £30,000 in childcare costs in the first four years of a child’s life.

@plaidcymru.bsky.social 💚

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 5d

Nigel Farage has described a former senior figure in his party who has been convicted of taking pro-Russian bribes as a “bad apple”

Ex-Reform leader in Wales who took pro-Russian bribes was ‘bad apple’ – Farage

Nigel Farage has described a former senior figure in his party who has been convicted of taking pro-Russian bribes as a “bad apple”. Nathan Gill, who led Reform UK in Wales in 2021, admitted taking br...

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cymruwanderer.bsky.social @cymruwanderer.bsky.social · 5d

Feeble response from Farage..... but maybe the fact that he felt it necessary to address it at all, shows he is feeling pressure from this story

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 5d

Reform's only Senedd politician has been branded a 'part timer' after refusing to join the Welsh Parliament’s education committee ✍️ Emily Price

Reform MS branded 'part timer' after declining spot on education committee

Emily Price Reform’s only Senedd politician has been branded a “part timer” after refusing to join the Welsh Parliament’s education committee. South Wales East MS Laura Anne Jones is now the only Sene...

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cymruwanderer.bsky.social @cymruwanderer.bsky.social · 6d

I mean it's a mystery why teachers may dislike Nige and his acolytes...........

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Reform councillor defends parents meeting with far-right group

Emily Price A Welsh Reform councillor has defended a meeting she chaired with parents from a Swansea school and two notorious associates of Tommy Robinson. Nation.Cymru reported on Wednesday (October...

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 6d

A Welsh Reform councillor has defended a meeting she chaired with parents from a Swansea school and two notorious associates of Tommy Robinson ✍️Emily Price

Reform councillor defends parents meeting with far-right group

Emily Price A Welsh Reform councillor has defended a meeting she chaired with parents from a Swansea school and two notorious associates of Tommy Robinson. Nation.Cymru reported on Wednesday (October...

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