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Adrian Hallam.

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#NFFC. Dysgwr Cymraeg.

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Finn @thegoblinpoet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
hold up - will confidently interject on any subject, often with significant errors - can't actually read, instead relies on an elaborate method of parsing context through structure & likely words - looks financially impressive, actually built on huge amounts of unsustainable debt
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
cities that are much nicer for a wander than their reputation would have you believe, number 726 in a continuing series: having a lovely afternoon in Newport
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is simply far-right terrorism. And right now it’s being done with impunity.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New YouGov Welsh Voting Intention: PLC: 27% (-3) RFM: 19% (-7) LAB: 18% (+10) CON: 16% (+4) GRN: 8% (-5) LDM: 5% (-1)
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.
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Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Um you might want to watch channel 4 news right now. A lot of people's careers are over, it seems
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Capita civil service pension fiasco should be a much bigger scandal than it seems to be. There are people leaving work next week who won’t be paid their pensions as entitled and will have to claim Universal Credit.
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Adrian Hallam. @adrianhallam.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This story on C4 News about Reform finances seems like kind of a big deal?
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Adrian Hallam. @adrianhallam.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Dan! Dan! DAAAN! #nffc
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Huw Marshall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @huwmarshall.substack.com · 12/08/2026
Can our language be our economic USP? substack.com/@huwmarshall...
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Huw Marshall (@huwmarshall)
This is something I’ve been thinking long and hard about. The Welsh language is our economic USP.
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Adrian Hallam. @adrianhallam.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
youtu.be/-K4cEocL5kI?...
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John Shuttleworth - Two Margarines
YouTube video by Origins Reborn
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Nottinghamshire CCC @trentbridge.co.uk · 17/07/2026
Cricket's greatest-ever all-rounder, and an iconic figure in Nottinghamshire history. We are extremely saddened to hear of the passing of Sir Garfield Sobers. f.mtr.cool/hkzezavgyc
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Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 06/07/2026
Every lifelong football fan I've ever met is like "I think players are supposed to serve their suspension" and every adult convert is like "the Archon of Constantinople's epistle on the Pentacostine rites of the eucharist clearly states handballs are mandatory."
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Lest we forget... Claire Fox defended the IRA murdering two young boys in Warrington ("The right of the Irish people to take whatever measures necessary in their struggle for freedom") and has never apologised. #politicslive
Screencap of 2019 pre-general election tweetsl by Colin Parry: 

"Brexit party candidate for NW England in the EU elections, Claire Fox defended the IRA bombing of Warrington in 1993 because the IRA was 'defending itself'! Voters should reflect on her suitability to represent them when they cast their vote."
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Adrian Hallam. @adrianhallam.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
They all live together in a big mansion called 'Horseshoe House'.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
This is such a complex + rushed set of reforms that I think many people are simply unaware of just how many problems that implementing it could have for the government over the next 2-3 years - particularly on its lack of attention to the lessons of the Windrush scandal ukandeu.ac.uk/unsettled-st...
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Unsettled status: the policy and politics of indefinite leave to remain - UK in a changing Europe
Sunder Katwala looks at the government's proposed reforms to the settlement rules in the UK as part of its immigration overhaul and asks whether they could meet the fairness challenge.
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Over 50% of the welfare budget is spent on the state pension. As the biggest item, it should be the first place to look for savings. The sooner a bit of honesty enters the debate, the better.
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
This is *such* a consistent feature of living in the UK - the actual day to day experience of people in this country is so much nicer than what the press or our leadership cadre would have you think - it is remarkable in a somewhat destabilising fashion just how stark the difference is.
I posted: "Honestly this little anecdote is for me just emblematic of something I really believe: the British public are genuinely much nicer and more decent than either our political or media class are themselves, or would have you believe." I am quote tweeting a reporter Jessica Elgot noting that Labour MPs were finding people on the doorstep remonstrating with them about letting Reform in.
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Adrian Hallam. @adrianhallam.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Newcastle United's owner holds 200 Ethiopian men on death row, many convicted of low-level drug possession without even basic due procees. After a disappointing league campaign, the team currently sits in 13th. (Via @privateeyenews.bsky.social)
SAUDI WATCH

N Saudi Arabia's Khamis Mushait prison, 200 Ethiopian men are currently awaiting execution. Ethiopia's Tigray Youth Affairs Bureau say most were sentenced in mass trials without legal representation.

Sixty-five men face the most imminent risk: three of their group were taken out on 21 April, told they were going to court but were instead then executed.

Their convictions relate to drug offences. Many had brought khat - a legal, commonly chewed mild stimulant in Ethiopia - into the kingdom, where it is illegal. They had no chance to tell the court they didn't know it was illegal, nor say anything else for that matter, because after arrest they were beaten until they signed documents they didn't understand. Court proceedings were also conducted in a language they didn't understand; and they only saw a translator when their death sentences were pronounced, the judge adding that they would he "an example to others
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Adrian Hallam. @adrianhallam.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
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Can you find ten UK parliamentary constituencies on a map? Click inside for full marks.
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Lest we forget... Claire Fox defended the IRA murdering two young boys in Warrington ("The right of the Irish people to take whatever measures necessary in their struggle for freedom") and has never apologised. Below is a tweet from one of the fathers. #politicslive
Screencap of tweet by Colin Parry, father of one of the boys killed by the IRA bomb in Warrington: "Brexit Party candidate for North West England in the EU elections, Claire Fox, defended the IRA bombing of Warrington in 1993 because the IRA was 'defending itself'! Voters should reflect on her suitability to represent them when they cast their vote".
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Adrian Hallam. @adrianhallam.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Well, that #NFFC lineup sends a clear message, I suppose.
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LeftLion Magazine Nottingham @leftlion.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
It is with deep sadness that we mark the passing of Julie Pritchard, columnist for LeftLion and the founder of the original Nottingham Forest fanzine 'The Almighty Brian', who passed away after a short illness on 17 February 2026. 💔 leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
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Julie Pritchard 1966-2026
It is with deep sadness that we mark the passing of Julie Pritchard, columnist for LeftLion and the founder of the original Nottingham Forest fanzine Brian, who passed away after a short illness ...
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Football club goes to doctor, says 'my team is misfiring, playing relegation form. What do I do?' Doctor says: 'solution is simple. Go to North London, play a clown club. Easy fillip' Football club starts crying: 'Doctor, I am a North London clown club'
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The Welsh universities are by far the most exposed to collapse. And yet the country's election campaign sees not one serious thought on what to do. (1/2) www.timeshighereducation.com/news/wales-n...
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Wales needs ‘systemic reform’ as universities lose £100 million
Calls for regulator to act on subject review findings and better align education provision with nation’s needs, as six of its eight universities face deficits
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Kate Osborne MP @kateosbornemp.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The Government is looking for your input into a consultation aiming to improve support for adopted children and children in kinship care The consultation is open until 5th May, have your say www.gov.uk/government/c...
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Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
🧵In today’s Times @joshglancy.bsky.social has a brilliant write up of our focus groups he sat in on. Definitely read it in full! But I want to focus on two voters: Kylie & Eve I think have outsized importance in explaining today’s politics www.thetimes.com/article/b75e...
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Gareth Roberts @garicgymro.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
"Caouissin ... would like to think the language will follow a similar path to Welsh, which has enjoyed a revival over the past half-century and is spoken by 538,000 people" People keep getting this wrong about Welsh! There has not been a "revival". Let me explain. 1/
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
the oldest adage in journalism is “follow the money” new in the FT:
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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Why would Jeffrey Epstein, a non-British non-banker, have cared so much about British regulation of bankers' bonuses? #IYKYK
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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Actually this was a win-win situation because British emigration to the USA raised the average intelligence of both countries.
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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Imagine thinking it is safe to come to the United States as a foreigner to watch the World Cup
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
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Jack Blackburn @hackblackburn.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
I love Stephen. The face of a doomed WW1 officer and the wardrobe of John Travolta. #thetraitors
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Louise Haigh @louisehaighmp.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The incentives for states to acquire nuclear weapons are a lot stronger in a “might makes right” world.
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Adrian Hallam. @adrianhallam.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying to my attorney, Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, 'I feel a bit light-headed, maybe you should drive...'
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 09/12/2025
The new visitor centre at Newport’s iconic Transporter Bridge may not open until the end of 2026, after parts of the structure were found “in a worse condition than expected at the start of the project”
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Transporter Bridge reopening delayed until late 2026
Nicholas Thomas The new visitor centre at Newport’s iconic Transporter Bridge may not open until the end of 2026, after parts of the structure were found “in a worse condition than expected at the sta...
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
"He wanted the deportations of people born in Britain to be “as voluntary as possible”. So not "voluntary" then. Labour and Reform are essentially aligned on anti-immigration. The only difference being that Labour claims its xenophobic cruelty is "progressive". archive.today/6jlRL
Alex Norris, Labour's Border Security and Asylum Minister, told The Telegraph that he wanted the deportations of people born in Britain to be "as voluntary as possible".

Deportations have reached their highest levels in a decade under Labour, with returns at 50,000 since the election and enforced removals up 24%, the paper reports.

Norris confirmed the UK Government aimed to deport children born in the UK would be deported under Labour's plans.
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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
I live in Wales and today received my Join Us letter from Reform UK, complete with SAE which I posted back to them, immediately, empty. If every other person in Wales did this, Reform would spend over £1.5 million on postage. Not sorry. Join me Cymru.
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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Millionaire Tory frontbencher Robert Jenrick billed the taxpayer £24,587.67 in rent expenses in 2024/25 for his constituency home in Newark, Notts His monthly claim is 77% higher than the average privately rented four-bed home in the Newark and Sherwood local authority area
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Revealed: MPs rack up huge rent expenses while pushing through cuts to benefits
MPs are allowed to rent a second home, but while they are simultaneously cutting benefits for the vulnerable, the cost feels hard to swallow.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 29/11/2025
Pete’s Eats, north Wales’ famous climbers’ cafe, reopens its doors
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Pete’s Eats, north Wales’ famous climbers’ cafe, reopens its doors
This Eryri refuge for hillwalkers and climbers has been reborn, breathing new life into the once-struggling mountain village of Llanberis
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LeftLion Magazine Nottingham @leftlion.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Basking in the glory of recent wins against Malmo and Liverpool, it's the latest from our own Julie Pritchard covering the last month at Nottingham Forest... #nottinghamforest #nottinghamforestfc leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
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Left Brian: November 2025 - Three Bald Musketeers
Our Forest columnist Julie Pritchard, the creator of the classic nineties 'Brian' fanzine, seems delighted by the new dawn at Forest under Dyche, Woan and Stone...
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