Sean Christian
@ygigfran.bsky.social
Father of men. Cymro. Dog-follower.
Interests: Learning. Nature. Old buildings. Churchcrawling. Medieval stuff. Corvids.
Bro Morgannwg, Republic of Wales
Interests: Learning. Nature. Old buildings. Churchcrawling. Medieval stuff. Corvids.
Bro Morgannwg, Republic of Wales
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Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests,
A new survey reveals negative attitudes to Reform UK Ltd
Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests, provoking negative reactions
centralbylines.co.uk
January 17, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests,
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Its Welsh problem is worse. When Plaid Cymru beat a strongly polling Reform in Caerphilly all the BBC talked about was what it meant for England
Whilst mispronouncing everything bsky.app/profile/bart...
Whilst mispronouncing everything bsky.app/profile/bart...
English commentators are less hostile/more sympathetic to Icelandic than to Welsh
What really galls is Welsh is their heritage too - the oldest still-spoken language native to Britain (Scots Gaelic & Manx are Irish, & Pictish, Cumbric & Cornish all died out ie no native speakers left)
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What really galls is Welsh is their heritage too - the oldest still-spoken language native to Britain (Scots Gaelic & Manx are Irish, & Pictish, Cumbric & Cornish all died out ie no native speakers left)
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Listening to the coverage of Caerphilly I’m struck by the failure of commentators to even approach the correct pronunciation of the Plaid Cymru leader’s name. Welsh names can be tricky and no one expects perfection but hardly trying is telling….1/3
January 17, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Its Welsh problem is worse. When Plaid Cymru beat a strongly polling Reform in Caerphilly all the BBC talked about was what it meant for England
Whilst mispronouncing everything bsky.app/profile/bart...
Whilst mispronouncing everything bsky.app/profile/bart...
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This by @neilmackay.bsky.social is so baffling. And it's true. Every time I was up in Scotland I was astonished about how badly under- and misrepresented the independence movemnt is on the BBC. While its still going strong.
Ignore this at your own peril.
Plus it also undermines the BBC's authority
Ignore this at your own peril.
Plus it also undermines the BBC's authority
The BBC has a serious Scotland problem - so why is nobody talking about it?
Neil Mackay on the BBC's alleged bias on independence, and what he views as the wider media silence eroding trust and fairness.
www.heraldscotland.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:17 AM
This by @neilmackay.bsky.social is so baffling. And it's true. Every time I was up in Scotland I was astonished about how badly under- and misrepresented the independence movemnt is on the BBC. While its still going strong.
Ignore this at your own peril.
Plus it also undermines the BBC's authority
Ignore this at your own peril.
Plus it also undermines the BBC's authority
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Something beautiful for the weekend! ✨
A rare rock crystal tool made by Neanderthals between 200,000 - 40,000 years ago.
From a Mousterian level at the Merveilles rockshelter, Sergeac, Dordogne, France. 6 x 3.3 x 1.5 cm.
Musée d’Archéologie Nationale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 📷 by me
#Archaeology
A rare rock crystal tool made by Neanderthals between 200,000 - 40,000 years ago.
From a Mousterian level at the Merveilles rockshelter, Sergeac, Dordogne, France. 6 x 3.3 x 1.5 cm.
Musée d’Archéologie Nationale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 📷 by me
#Archaeology
January 17, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Something beautiful for the weekend! ✨
A rare rock crystal tool made by Neanderthals between 200,000 - 40,000 years ago.
From a Mousterian level at the Merveilles rockshelter, Sergeac, Dordogne, France. 6 x 3.3 x 1.5 cm.
Musée d’Archéologie Nationale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 📷 by me
#Archaeology
A rare rock crystal tool made by Neanderthals between 200,000 - 40,000 years ago.
From a Mousterian level at the Merveilles rockshelter, Sergeac, Dordogne, France. 6 x 3.3 x 1.5 cm.
Musée d’Archéologie Nationale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 📷 by me
#Archaeology
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Struck by the fact that the UK is still bombing Syria. When they say 'there is no indication of any risk having been posed to civilians' we have to take them on their word. Given they have claimed to have killed over 4,000 Daesh militants and only one civilian... I have questions.
January 17, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Struck by the fact that the UK is still bombing Syria. When they say 'there is no indication of any risk having been posed to civilians' we have to take them on their word. Given they have claimed to have killed over 4,000 Daesh militants and only one civilian... I have questions.
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UK Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch to The Times: “Reform is the party of traitors. You can’t trust them. Nigel Farage is doing my spring cleaning.”
January 17, 2026 at 11:43 AM
UK Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch to The Times: “Reform is the party of traitors. You can’t trust them. Nigel Farage is doing my spring cleaning.”
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The ambitions of Robert Jenrick and Nigel Farage spell difficulty for Reform
The ambitions of Robert Jenrick and Nigel Farage spell difficulty for Reform
The ambitions of Robert Jenrick and Nigel Farage spell difficulty for Reform
www.independent.co.uk
January 17, 2026 at 11:46 AM
The ambitions of Robert Jenrick and Nigel Farage spell difficulty for Reform
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This weeks update on the Velvet Shank Including a new addition on the log
January 17, 2026 at 11:51 AM
This weeks update on the Velvet Shank Including a new addition on the log
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Black Redstart at Penarth Marina feeding up on Cordyline australis!!💚#birdingWales
January 17, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Black Redstart at Penarth Marina feeding up on Cordyline australis!!💚#birdingWales
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This discovery is shedding light on how and why birds evolved, and whether they evolved powered flight just once or many times during the age of the dinosaurs
go.nature.com/49pD9YF
go.nature.com/49pD9YF
How did birds evolve? The answer is wilder than anyone thought
Nature - Discoveries in Jurassic rocks reveal that birds were adept fliers earlier than scientists realized.
go.nature.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:07 PM
This discovery is shedding light on how and why birds evolved, and whether they evolved powered flight just once or many times during the age of the dinosaurs
go.nature.com/49pD9YF
go.nature.com/49pD9YF
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Good article. Thank you. No compassion, no humanity. What a sad way to be.
January 17, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Good article. Thank you. No compassion, no humanity. What a sad way to be.
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In an extremely crowded field, I reckon Robert Jenrick is one of the worst, most dislikable politicians in modern Britain.
Here’s why 👇🏻
Here’s why 👇🏻
Jenrick’s anti-personality politics
Bland but sinister.
writesbright.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:42 AM
In an extremely crowded field, I reckon Robert Jenrick is one of the worst, most dislikable politicians in modern Britain.
Here’s why 👇🏻
Here’s why 👇🏻
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This is great stuff about Jenrick, who's typical of the worst of today's political opportunists – a man who believes absolutely nothing, and thinks nothing of pretending to believe the worst things possible, regardless of the cost to others.
In an extremely crowded field, I reckon Robert Jenrick is one of the worst, most dislikable politicians in modern Britain.
Here’s why 👇🏻
Here’s why 👇🏻
Jenrick’s anti-personality politics
Bland but sinister.
writesbright.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:19 PM
This is great stuff about Jenrick, who's typical of the worst of today's political opportunists – a man who believes absolutely nothing, and thinks nothing of pretending to believe the worst things possible, regardless of the cost to others.
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Lunch & a cuppa with a view. Looking out across the moorlands of Eryri/Snowdonia from the Rhinogydd range towards Trawsyfyndd 🤩
January 17, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Lunch & a cuppa with a view. Looking out across the moorlands of Eryri/Snowdonia from the Rhinogydd range towards Trawsyfyndd 🤩
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Some MPs say that the UK is doing enough on climate change.
The experts disagree.
Here, leading extreme weather expert & member of the Climate Change Committee, Prof @hayleyjfowler.bsky.social.
Please share with your MP.
Full talks: www.nebriefing.org
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
The experts disagree.
Here, leading extreme weather expert & member of the Climate Change Committee, Prof @hayleyjfowler.bsky.social.
Please share with your MP.
Full talks: www.nebriefing.org
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
January 17, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Some MPs say that the UK is doing enough on climate change.
The experts disagree.
Here, leading extreme weather expert & member of the Climate Change Committee, Prof @hayleyjfowler.bsky.social.
Please share with your MP.
Full talks: www.nebriefing.org
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
The experts disagree.
Here, leading extreme weather expert & member of the Climate Change Committee, Prof @hayleyjfowler.bsky.social.
Please share with your MP.
Full talks: www.nebriefing.org
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
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Spoke to senior Tories about Robert Jenrick, who called him a "snake", a "mediocre middle manager" and a bitter man who never got over being snubbed for Home Secretary. My long read:
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Robert Jenrick branded 'snake' with 'motive' for quitting Tories clear
The former Tory minister was sensationally booted out of his own party this week after Kemi Badenoch found evidence he was planning to defect, and has now been branded a snake
www.mirror.co.uk
January 17, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Spoke to senior Tories about Robert Jenrick, who called him a "snake", a "mediocre middle manager" and a bitter man who never got over being snubbed for Home Secretary. My long read:
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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The strategic/tactical reason not to do it is to not raise the bar for future defections. (But Reform are pretending they are averse to future defections + pretending they have a May 2026 deadline when the door will close, which is obviously not something they will maintain after May 2026)
January 17, 2026 at 10:09 AM
The strategic/tactical reason not to do it is to not raise the bar for future defections. (But Reform are pretending they are averse to future defections + pretending they have a May 2026 deadline when the door will close, which is obviously not something they will maintain after May 2026)
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After having his defection ambushed, Robert Jenrick could have got onto front-foot by calling a by-election. He could dramatise his claims about a democratic shift in the right. He would have a more credible case about risk > personal ambition
(I also think he would have won it pretty comfortably)
(I also think he would have won it pretty comfortably)
January 17, 2026 at 10:07 AM
After having his defection ambushed, Robert Jenrick could have got onto front-foot by calling a by-election. He could dramatise his claims about a democratic shift in the right. He would have a more credible case about risk > personal ambition
(I also think he would have won it pretty comfortably)
(I also think he would have won it pretty comfortably)
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January 17, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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I imagine Farage would gloss over the fact that she already left Labour years ago
January 17, 2026 at 1:05 PM
I imagine Farage would gloss over the fact that she already left Labour years ago
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if the Labour defector to Reform is Kate Hoey that would be the dampest squib ever
January 17, 2026 at 9:47 AM
if the Labour defector to Reform is Kate Hoey that would be the dampest squib ever
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So many totally inadequate people have risen to the top.
Look at this ridiculous man
Thinks he could and should be Prime Minister.
Not an original idea in his head and all the charisma of a potato.
Look at this ridiculous man
Thinks he could and should be Prime Minister.
Not an original idea in his head and all the charisma of a potato.
Robert Jenrick, "I have chosen to put long standing party allegiance to one side and to put the country first"
Laura Kuenssberg, "You've done the opposite"
"You've joined the party that is ahead in the polls"
"Precisely because of your own personal ambition"
Laura Kuenssberg, "You've done the opposite"
"You've joined the party that is ahead in the polls"
"Precisely because of your own personal ambition"
January 16, 2026 at 10:47 PM
So many totally inadequate people have risen to the top.
Look at this ridiculous man
Thinks he could and should be Prime Minister.
Not an original idea in his head and all the charisma of a potato.
Look at this ridiculous man
Thinks he could and should be Prime Minister.
Not an original idea in his head and all the charisma of a potato.
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A week and a bit into the job search, so obviously going to keep re-upping this. Pretty sure that this is the worst time of year to be looking for jobs in my area, but if you are looking for a Comms, policy, advocacy person, or know someone who is, please do let me know or share.
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Sadly it is official, my current employment contract finishes at the end of March. It has been a fantastic three years at Migrant Voice. If you, or someone you know, knows of job opportunities for an experienced policy, advocacy and comms person, across multiple sectors, please do let me know.
January 17, 2026 at 9:22 AM
A week and a bit into the job search, so obviously going to keep re-upping this. Pretty sure that this is the worst time of year to be looking for jobs in my area, but if you are looking for a Comms, policy, advocacy person, or know someone who is, please do let me know or share.
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What strikes me is that all these political crises that Labour faces are homemade. They're to do with terrible internal communication, terrible external communication, terrible planning and terrible management. On a non-partisan governance level, Starmer and his whole team are terrible at their jobs
January 17, 2026 at 1:11 PM
What strikes me is that all these political crises that Labour faces are homemade. They're to do with terrible internal communication, terrible external communication, terrible planning and terrible management. On a non-partisan governance level, Starmer and his whole team are terrible at their jobs