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Ann Davies AS / MP @anndaviesplaid.bsky.social · 1d

Ahead of my debate on coal tip safety today – a day after the 59th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster – we remember the 144 lives lost.

No family should go to bed fearing the hillside above them. Westminster must fully fund coal tip safety.

MP: Coal tip safety should be fully funded to prevent repeat of Aberfan disaster

In 1966, a spoil-heap landslide crushed Pantglas Primary School in the coal-mining village of Aberfan near Merthyr Tydfil, killing 144 people.

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Ann Davies AS / MP @anndaviesplaid.bsky.social · 1d

Cyn fy nadl ar ddiogelwch tomenni glo – drannoeth diwrnod cofio trychineb Aberfan – rydym yn cofio’r 144 o fywydau a gollwyd.

Ni ddylai unrhyw deulu fynd i’r gwely gan ofni’r bryniau o’u cwmpas. Rhaid i San Steffan ariannu diogelwch tomenni glo yn llawn.

‘Rhaid atal Aberfan arall’

Drannoeth diwrnod cofio trychineb Aberfan, mae Plaid Cymru’n galw ar San Steffan i ariannu diogelwch tomenni glo er mwyn atal trychinebau tebyg yn y dyfodol. Daw’r alwad gan Ann Davies, Aelod Seneddol...

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Ben Lake @benlake.bsky.social · 1d

Mae'n warthus bod dros draean o blant Cymru yn byw mewn tlodi ac mae disgwyl i'r nifer hwn godi.

Mae adroddiadau yn dangos mai diddymu’r cap dau blentyn yw'r ffordd fwyaf effeithiol o godi plant allan o dlodi ond mae Llafur wedi gwrthod gwrthdroi'r polisi Torïaidd niweidiol hwn.

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Ben Lake @benlake.bsky.social · 1d

It is shocking that over a third of children in Wales are living in poverty and this number is projected to rise.

Scrapping the two-child benefit cap has been reported to be the most effective way of lifting children out of poverty but Labour has refused to reverse this damaging Tory policy.

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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 1d

‼️Politics should be about what you do for your community.

Lindsay Whittle has spent his life standing up for #Caerphilly - and now he's ready to be its strong voice in the Senedd.

🗳️ Vote Plaid Cymru on Thursday to stop Reform and put Caerphilly first.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 23h

Thank you to @mrjamesob.bsky.social for having me on, one of the v few people in the UK press to follow this story during what is now a decade of media apathy &/or complicity

LBC @lbc.co.uk · 1d

‘The threat couldn’t be more urgent and imminent. Yet here we are, still putting our head in the sand.’

@carolecadwalla.bsky.social says it’s ‘peculiar’ that the case of Farage ally Nathan Gill admitting to making pro-Russia speeches for cash isn’t being followed more closely.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 1d

Nigel Farage has, very clearly, broken parliamentary rules. Will any journalists challenge him on it? Via Private Eye

COINCIDENCE CORNER

3 October: The Observer contacts Reform UK leader Nigel Farage for comment over why he has not updated his register of interests since May, despite continuing to work second jobs and parliamentary rules requiring interests be declared within 28 days. A spokesperson for Farage responds: “All declarations have been made for any earnings outside of Parliament.”

3 October: Farage registers more than £120,000 of earnings, from making speeches in May and June and presenting shows on GB News in July and August, which he received more than 28 days earlier (ie before 5 September) – meaning he is in breach of parliamentary rules.

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Steve Lake @steffanllyn.bsky.social · 1d

Not suspicious at all!

NationCymru @nation.cymru · 1d

Reform UK's Caerphilly by-election candidate Llŷr Powell has removed thousands of his social media posts including online interactions with his former boss Nathan Gill ✍️Emily Price

Online interactions with Nathan Gill deleted from Reform Caerphilly by-election candidate's social media

Emily Price Reform UK’s Caerphilly by-election candidate Llŷr Powell has removed thousands of his social media posts including online interactions with his former boss Nathan Gill. Wayback Machine – ...

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 1d

A Reform UK activist got more than he bargained for when he knocked on the door of a Ukrainian refugee in Caerphilly ✍️Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-17yB

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 2d

The reason that I try and draw attention to this every year is that the UK government still haven't properly funded the clean up the tips nearly 60yrs later. They've extracted resources from Wales for a couple of centuries, bled it dry and dgaf. It should shock people, everyone should be reminded.

Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 2d

On 21st of October 1966, 116 children and 28 adults were killed in the horrific Aberfan disaster, caused by the failure of the National Coal Board.

Today, we remember those who lost their lives and stand with the community of Aberfan now and always.

Never again.

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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 2d

Cofiwch Dryweryn - 21.10.65 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

#CofiwchDryweryn #Tryweryn #WelshHistory

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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 2d

It's worse than that. Frankly the parties that aspire to power in the UK all too often need to be reminded that the UK is not just just England.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 5d

Calls for Reform MS to confirm whether tax payers cash was spent on legal contracts to gag staff

Emily Price Urgent calls have been made for Wales’ most senior Reform politician to confirm whether she used taxpayers money to fund legal agreements that gagged her staff from speaking out about...

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 5d

The TV host, the web of influence and the trip booked to Moscow

Ahead of a critical Welsh by-election for Reform next week, part two of @carolecadwalla.bsky.social's investigation for the Nerve into disgraced former Ukip MEP and Reform UK politician Nathan Gill

Treated social media images of pictures of Nadia Sass with Nathan Gill and separately with Nigel Farage

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Steve Lake @steffanllyn.bsky.social · 5d

What would an independent Wales’ defence budget and equivalent of the MoD be? stateofwales.com/2025/09/what...

What would an independent Wales’ defence budget and equivalent of the MoD be?

Potential for a big cash saving? It depends.

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 6d

We’ve spotted several videos on social media claiming that the government is introducing a £10 charge for NHS GP appointments from next month.

This is false.

The government isn’t introducing a £10 charge for GP appointments – Full Fact

Videos circulating on social media claim that from November it will cost £10 to see an NHS GP, with a £30 fine for missing an appointment.

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Llinos Medi AS/MP @llinosmedi.bsky.social · 6d

Powerful.

A party built on hatred and division has no place in Wales.

Vote Plaid Cymru to stop Reform. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 7d

⚠Reform aren't offering real solutions - they're exaggerating and exploiting immigration to divide us.

Their rhetoric is making families feel unwelcome in their own communities.

🗳On 23 October, vote Plaid Cymru to stop Reform's hate-fuelled politics in its tracks.

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Steve Lake @steffanllyn.bsky.social · 7d

I look forward to seeing some action on this

KVincent @kvincentabdnshire.bsky.social · 7d

He did an interview just this week explicitly supporting an independent Welsh Green Party, abolishwestminster.substack.com?utm_campaign...

Abolish Westminster | Adam Ramsay | Substack

Discussing the UK's unfolding constitutional omnicrisis -written by Adam Ramsay. Click to read Abolish Westminster, by Adam Ramsay, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

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Steve Lake @steffanllyn.bsky.social · 7d

It's a shame that there's a Scottish Green Party but no Welsh Green Party - only an Englandandwales version. How about practising what you preach?

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 8d

EXCLUSIVE: Zack Polanski has backed Scottish and Welsh independence, The National can reveal

Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...

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Jonathan T Clark @jonathantclark.bsky.social · 13d

A new era for Wales starts today 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Plaid Cymru is ready to lead - with new energy and ambitious plans to build a fairer, more confident, and more prosperous nation.

Together, we can build the Wales we deserve ✊

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manonradge.bsky.social @manonradge.bsky.social · 18d

newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/30655
Mae enillwyr y Gwobrau Cymreig Cerddoriaeth Ddu cyntaf erioed wedi cael eu cyhoeddi yng Nghaerdydd.

'S'dim geirie 'da fi': Cyhoeddi enillwyr y Gwobrau Cymreig Cerddoriaeth Ddu cyntaf

Mae enillwyr y Gwobrau Cymreig Cerddoriaeth Ddu cyntaf erioed wedi cael eu cyhoeddi yng Nghaerdydd.

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Steve Lake @steffanllyn.bsky.social · 18d

Yet another of Israel's hostages

BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 18d

As news comes out that Greta Thunberg and hundreds of other flotilla members are being tortured in Israeli 'prisons'.

I ask you.

Do you stand with Greta Thunberg?

Spread the message Free Greta Thunberg if you do.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 19d

Answers on a postcard. Farage - who is currently in line to be the next Prime Minister of the UK - won't explain this mounting ties to a hostile foreign power. We need more investigation and public inquiry before its too late 12/12
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‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem

Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 19d

Fascism is an ideology that divides humanity into “superior” and “inferior” groups — with catastrophic consequences. In this video, I explain what fascism really means, why its essence is exclusion, and why true democracy depends on equality and respect for all. youtu.be/H7pjd_G3088?...

What is fascism really about?

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

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Steve Lake @steffanllyn.bsky.social · 19d

...and while the media refer to Israelis as hostages, Palestinians are always prisoners

Feral Millennial Communists of Late Stage Capitalism @feralcommie.bsky.social · 19d

There are roughly 48 Israel hostages in Gaza.
There are roughly 3300 kidnapped Palestinians being held without charge, trial or access to a lawyer in desert prison camps in Israel.
So there are about 68x more Palestinians being held as hostages, not all will be released in the 'deal'

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