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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 2h

Gwell Cymraeg slac na Sarsneg slic 👍

Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 5h

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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 6h

‘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 · 21h

Possibly not the most judicious strstegy 🤣

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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 21h

Cywir! 👏

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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 1d

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

Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

“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 · 2d

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 · 2d

So I understand

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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 2d

Barbie’s buddy?

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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 2d

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

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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 3d

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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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Brian Moore @briantrumpet.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 3d

”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 · 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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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 3d

Dwi newydd ychwanegu at tokens glas Clwb Rygbi Caernarfon (yn Tesco dre) i gefnogi’r gwaith cymunedol clodwiw sy’n digwydd yno 👍

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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 4d

He was one of my representatives in the EU. I didn’t have much faith in his ability to deliver anything for us in the north of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 but the revelation that he was acting for a hostile power is shocking. The Russia Report needs to be released www.theguardian.com/world/2020/j...

Russia report reveals UK government failed to investigate Kremlin interference

Intelligence and security committee publishes long-delayed findings on Russian influence over UK politics

www.theguardian.com

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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 4d

Bit of a stretch to suggest it’s just one rogue bad 🍎

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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, Caerffili!
I hope you recognise snake-oil salespeople when you encounter them. Characteristics?
👎Sowing division
👎Easy answers to difficult problems
👎Othering
They don’t have the ability to enact necessary actions to improve ppl’s lives

a cartoon snake with hypnotic eyes and the words trust in me trust in me

ALT: a cartoon snake with hypnotic eyes and the words trust in me trust in me

media.tenor.com

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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 4d

Could Gill be tip of iceberg? 🤷‍♀️

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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 4d

Ras dau geffyl fydd etholiad y Senedd, rhwng Plaid Cymru a Reform UK.

Mae pobl yn wynebu dewis rhwng polisïau cadarn i wella eu bywydau neu gam am yn ôl i'n cenedl.

Ar ôl 26 mlynedd o fethiant Llafur, mae'n bryd pleidleisio dros newid credadwy.

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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 4d

The Senedd election will be a two-horse race between Plaid Cymru and Reform UK.

People face a choice between credible, costed policies to improve their lives or a backward step for our nation.

After 26 years of Labour failure, it’s time for a positive alternative.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 4d

Same day. Same plenary session. Same visit to Gill’s office. Same Farage, Same Gill, same wife of sanctioned pro Russian agent.

Six days after the first bribery charge

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Ann Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 4d

“He was appointed by Nigel Farage in 2014”

‼️APPOINTED BY FARAGE 11 yrs ago‼️

www.bbc.com/news/uk-wale...

UKIP Wales leader Gill 'can't give up at last hurdle'

In the first of a series of political leader profiles ahead of May's assembly election, Daniel Davies talks to UKIP Wales' Nathan Gill.

www.bbc.com

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 4d

I hereby declare war on premature Christmassing.

Any shop caught doing this before 1st December must be shut down and turned into affordable housing.

Choose sanity. Vote Binface.

(Photo dated 9th October 2025)

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