Sian Beidas
@sb234327.bsky.social
🏴 Cymraes, ieithgi, diddordeb mewn pethau o bob math. Welsh speaker, language geek, interested in all sorts of things.
#Annibyniaeth #IndyWales
#Annibyniaeth #IndyWales
“Mae cyfeirio at y Gymraeg fel un o blith nifer o ieithoedd a siaredir yng Nghaerdydd eto yn dangos diffyg ymwybyddiaeth o'r statws swyddogol sydd iddi yma yng Nghymru. “
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‘Gwarthus‘ nad yw Ysgrifennydd Cymru'n cyfathrebu yn Gymraeg fel AS
Beirniadu Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru, Jo Stevens, wrth iddi esbonio pam ei bod yn cyfathrebu yn Saesneg yn unig fel AS Dwyrain Caerdydd.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“Mae cyfeirio at y Gymraeg fel un o blith nifer o ieithoedd a siaredir yng Nghaerdydd eto yn dangos diffyg ymwybyddiaeth o'r statws swyddogol sydd iddi yma yng Nghymru. “
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"All credible politicians know that the freedom of the media to hold them to account is vital to a functioning democracy. If Reform UK is trying to hinder that media, you have to ask why."
I don’t care if Reform calls me a bad word on WhatsApp. But the story behind its gaffe is far more worrying | Will Hayward www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I don’t care if Reform calls me a bad word on WhatsApp. But the story behind its gaffe is far more worrying | Will Hayward
The leaked exchange shows how much the party dislikes scrutiny – which reveals a lot about its approach to governing, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward
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December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"All credible politicians know that the freedom of the media to hold them to account is vital to a functioning democracy. If Reform UK is trying to hinder that media, you have to ask why."
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Yesterday the President fell asleep, yet again, during a televised fake Cabinet meeting staged so that each of his courtiers could heap praise on him, praise for which he couldn't stay conscious. He woke up just long enough to spew racism. Why is this not being treated as an emergency? >
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Yesterday the President fell asleep, yet again, during a televised fake Cabinet meeting staged so that each of his courtiers could heap praise on him, praise for which he couldn't stay conscious. He woke up just long enough to spew racism. Why is this not being treated as an emergency? >
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Wealth inequality is eating this country alive. Concentrated wealth is already endangering our democracy. Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive. Concentrated wealth is already endangering our democracy. Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
"Wales needs and deserves to be treated as an equal part of the UK and the UK government has a responsibility to act to deliver this equality."
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Welsh Labour MSs accuse Sir Keir Starmer of rolling back devolution
A letter signed by 11 MSs criticises a programme to fund Welsh councils which bypasses ministers in Cardiff.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:39 AM
"Wales needs and deserves to be treated as an equal part of the UK and the UK government has a responsibility to act to deliver this equality."
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"Mae angen i Gymru gael ei thrin fel rhan gyfartal o'r DU ac mae gan Lywodraeth y DU gyfrifoldeb i weithredu i gyflawni'r cydraddoldeb hwn."
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ASau Llafur Cymru'n cyhuddo Llywodraeth Lafur y DU o 'warth cyfansoddiadol'
Cyhuddo Llywodraeth y DU o fod
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December 4, 2025 at 8:38 AM
"Mae angen i Gymru gael ei thrin fel rhan gyfartal o'r DU ac mae gan Lywodraeth y DU gyfrifoldeb i weithredu i gyflawni'r cydraddoldeb hwn."
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Welsh Labour MSs accuse Starmer government of rolling back devolution | Welsh politics | The Guardian share.google/WCbP9PsQTvyz...
Welsh Labour MSs accuse Starmer government of rolling back devolution
More than third of party’s Senedd members write to PM, in move seen as further evidence of Labour decline in Wales
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December 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Welsh Labour MSs accuse Starmer government of rolling back devolution | Welsh politics | The Guardian share.google/WCbP9PsQTvyz...
Yr iaith Gernyweg 'ar drothwy llwyddiant o'r diwedd' - Tim Sunders, un o brifeirdd yr iaith
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Yr iaith Gernyweg 'ar drothwy llwyddiant o'r diwedd' - prifardd
Mae un o brifeyrdd y Gernyweg wrth ei fodd â chyhoeddiad gan Lywodraeth y DU ynghylch statws yr iaith Gernyweg.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Yr iaith Gernyweg 'ar drothwy llwyddiant o'r diwedd' - Tim Sunders, un o brifeirdd yr iaith
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Not the Brexit deal.
Brexit.
A prejudiced moronathon that will continue to damage our country until we’re brave/sane enough to admit it, demand accountability from those who insisted upon it and then, finally, start to fix it.
Brexit.
A prejudiced moronathon that will continue to damage our country until we’re brave/sane enough to admit it, demand accountability from those who insisted upon it and then, finally, start to fix it.
The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.
November 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Not the Brexit deal.
Brexit.
A prejudiced moronathon that will continue to damage our country until we’re brave/sane enough to admit it, demand accountability from those who insisted upon it and then, finally, start to fix it.
Brexit.
A prejudiced moronathon that will continue to damage our country until we’re brave/sane enough to admit it, demand accountability from those who insisted upon it and then, finally, start to fix it.
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Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
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It never stops.
The grubby donations. The profiteering. The lobbying. The lies.
“In 2019-20, as the UK was leaving the EU, Harborne gave £10m to Nigel Farage’s Brexit party, since renamed Reform UK.”
They make damn sure they get what they want.
We get screwed.
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The grubby donations. The profiteering. The lobbying. The lies.
“In 2019-20, as the UK was leaving the EU, Harborne gave £10m to Nigel Farage’s Brexit party, since renamed Reform UK.”
They make damn sure they get what they want.
We get screwed.
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Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
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November 21, 2025 at 7:43 AM
It never stops.
The grubby donations. The profiteering. The lobbying. The lies.
“In 2019-20, as the UK was leaving the EU, Harborne gave £10m to Nigel Farage’s Brexit party, since renamed Reform UK.”
They make damn sure they get what they want.
We get screwed.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The grubby donations. The profiteering. The lobbying. The lies.
“In 2019-20, as the UK was leaving the EU, Harborne gave £10m to Nigel Farage’s Brexit party, since renamed Reform UK.”
They make damn sure they get what they want.
We get screwed.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Who could possibly have predicted Boris would be an unsuitable PM during Covid?
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Who could possibly have predicted Boris would be an unsuitable PM during Covid?
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Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop workers from organizing. Solidarity with the thousands of unionized Starbucks workers who are on strike. Keep up the fight. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/20/s...
Starbucks Workers United escalates strike during busy holiday season
Starbucks Workers United is expanding the strike, but the company says it has not yet disrupted the key holiday season.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop workers from organizing. Solidarity with the thousands of unionized Starbucks workers who are on strike. Keep up the fight. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/20/s...
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'If Putin is handed both impunity and rewards... we become more imperilled.'
James O'Brien and caller Hazel agree that we just hear 'words' on ending the war in Ukraine, without seeing much action.
James O'Brien and caller Hazel agree that we just hear 'words' on ending the war in Ukraine, without seeing much action.
November 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
'If Putin is handed both impunity and rewards... we become more imperilled.'
James O'Brien and caller Hazel agree that we just hear 'words' on ending the war in Ukraine, without seeing much action.
James O'Brien and caller Hazel agree that we just hear 'words' on ending the war in Ukraine, without seeing much action.
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Campaigners from Eryri have launched a new campaign against the 'colonial aspect' of the Ordnance Survey - targeting the use of names such as 'The Mushroom Garden' and 'The Nameless Cwm'
Campaign group criticise the 'colonial aspect' of the Ordnance Survey
Stephen Price Campaigners from Eryri have launched a new campaign against the ‘colonial aspect’ of the Ordnance Survey – targeting the use of names such as The Mushroom Garden and ‘The Nameless Cwm’. ...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Campaigners from Eryri have launched a new campaign against the 'colonial aspect' of the Ordnance Survey - targeting the use of names such as 'The Mushroom Garden' and 'The Nameless Cwm'
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This is very good indeed on how Mahmood talks about race. To suggest that immigration policy and racism are linked "reflects this government’s biggest failing, which is that it is essentially incapable of saying that racism is wrong, full stop".
Why should people who “look like” the home secretary be on the hook for immigration policy?
This is great by @stephenkb.bsky.social:
This is great by @stephenkb.bsky.social:
Defence of Labour asylum policy reveals backsliding on racism
Home secretary’s framing of failures is partly low politics, but also a result of ministers’ poor approach to race relations
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November 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This is very good indeed on how Mahmood talks about race. To suggest that immigration policy and racism are linked "reflects this government’s biggest failing, which is that it is essentially incapable of saying that racism is wrong, full stop".
"The zeitgeist or national mood in the UK has changed for the worse since the Brexit referendum in 2016."
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Starmer will pay the price for his spinelessness toward Trump
Silence on the US President's misdeeds will be interpreted as complicity
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November 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"The zeitgeist or national mood in the UK has changed for the worse since the Brexit referendum in 2016."
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Her portrayal of asylum seekers doesn't just respond to the racist narratives of the Far Right: by othering asylum seekers as unworthy winners of riches, in implicit contrast to struggling families, Shabana Mahmood actively promotes and feeds those Far Right lies.
For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
November 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Her portrayal of asylum seekers doesn't just respond to the racist narratives of the Far Right: by othering asylum seekers as unworthy winners of riches, in implicit contrast to struggling families, Shabana Mahmood actively promotes and feeds those Far Right lies.
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Anyone with an iota of support for human rights should totally condemn the Labour Party for pursuing this disgraceful path.
Her portrayal of asylum seekers doesn't just respond to the racist narratives of the Far Right: by othering asylum seekers as unworthy winners of riches, in implicit contrast to struggling families, Shabana Mahmood actively promotes and feeds those Far Right lies.
For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
November 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Anyone with an iota of support for human rights should totally condemn the Labour Party for pursuing this disgraceful path.
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You know when you see politicians talking about the British generosity, they’re going to say something deeply unpleasant. It’s not so different to J.D.Vance’s ‘have you even said thank you?’
Yet more details of the government’s planned slashing of asylum seekers’ rights out tonight: on.ft.com/4oIueqp
UK to curtail asylum seekers’ automatic right to accommodation
Home secretary says Britain’s ‘generosity’ is ‘drawing illegal migrants’
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November 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM
You know when you see politicians talking about the British generosity, they’re going to say something deeply unpleasant. It’s not so different to J.D.Vance’s ‘have you even said thank you?’
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Tommy Robinson, Sargon of Akkad, Rupert Lowe.
Getting the whole spectrum of far-right nasties on your side is not a good look, Labour.
Getting the whole spectrum of far-right nasties on your side is not a good look, Labour.
November 16, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Tommy Robinson, Sargon of Akkad, Rupert Lowe.
Getting the whole spectrum of far-right nasties on your side is not a good look, Labour.
Getting the whole spectrum of far-right nasties on your side is not a good look, Labour.
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Aside from the cruelty of this, I’d just like to know why it’s ok to ignore and disappoint liberal/progressive voters.
Why do governments chase Farage and his voters, thinking that will neutralise them. It’s NEVER worked. He’s leading in the polls and his ideas have ruined us. WTF are you doing?
Why do governments chase Farage and his voters, thinking that will neutralise them. It’s NEVER worked. He’s leading in the polls and his ideas have ruined us. WTF are you doing?
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
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Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
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UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
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November 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Aside from the cruelty of this, I’d just like to know why it’s ok to ignore and disappoint liberal/progressive voters.
Why do governments chase Farage and his voters, thinking that will neutralise them. It’s NEVER worked. He’s leading in the polls and his ideas have ruined us. WTF are you doing?
Why do governments chase Farage and his voters, thinking that will neutralise them. It’s NEVER worked. He’s leading in the polls and his ideas have ruined us. WTF are you doing?