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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10/09/2025
So politicians want rid of the Senedd: would they abolish any other country’s democracy? | Will Hayward
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So politicians want rid of the Senedd: would they abolish any other country’s democracy? | Will Hayward
The Welsh parliament has its faults – but talk of axing it is for charlatans, not leaders who are serious about the nation’s future, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Farage dodged parliament, went to the US, slagged off the UK, lied to Congress, grifted for donations and hoped to persuade the US to punish us for the Online Safety Act. And got his arse handed back to him. You’d think our ‘patriotic’ media would go nuts. But no. Some quiet mumbling. Beyond feeble.
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buckneyt123.bsky.social @buckneyt123.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
“Approximately 76,700 pigs are slaughtered each day in Denmark. This is calculated by dividing the annual slaughter of 28 million pigs by 365 days.”…. So it’s better to be a wild flower than a pig there.
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 28/07/2025
The bullet train in 🇯🇵-as glorious as everyone says. A reminder the Japanese built their first high speed train for the 1964 Olympics and it became national by the 80s. They’re now building Maglevs (floating trains). Meanwhile in 🇬🇧 we can’t be sure we’ll connect HS2 to Euston. Pathetic.
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loopylaura.bsky.social @loopylaura.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Anyone in the UK who thinks Farage and "Reform" have the right idea about making healthcare private should watch this. And read the comments.
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buckneyt123.bsky.social @buckneyt123.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
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buckneyt123.bsky.social @buckneyt123.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
President Macron says people supporting Brexit argued it would make controlling migration easier - but the opposite was true. "Since Brexit, there is no migration deal with the EU" - Good to see Macron telling the government and the rest of us some home truths. news.sky.com/video/macron...
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Macron suggests Brexit caused a rise in small boat crossings
President Macron says people supporting Brexit argued it would make controlling migration easier - but the opposite was true. "Since Brexit, there is no migration deal with the EU," he says.
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Nula Suchet is an @nulasuchet.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Brexit was sold on lies by Charlatans Johnson Farage and tax avoiders !
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
President Macron speaking at Guildhall, "The European Union was stronger with the UK, and the UK was stronger with the European Union" "We want to write our future and not be the story written by another continent.. The only way to chose our future is to do it together"
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runtokeepup.bsky.social @runtokeepup.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
I see Farage has accepted £100,000 of gifts since becoming an MP including a helicopter ride. Surprised r4today aren’t making a big deal over this as they did when Starmer got a couple of concert tickets. Any reason Farage is literally been given a “free ride “ by the media ? #r4today
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Nigel Farage is either 'deliberately lying' or 'extremely stupid' for promising to reopen coal mines and restart blast furnaces, former Labour leader Lord Kinnock tells Sky’s Trevor Philips
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
BREAKING: Reform MP James McMurdock has suspended himself from the party news.sky.com/story/reform...
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Reform MP suspends himself from party over allegations around his business affairs
Reform chief whip Lee Anderson said the suspension concerns allegations around James McMurdock's business affairs, likely to be published in a national newspaper.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
It will probably come as no surprise to anyone that Brexit has been slammed as a 'complete disaster' that 'ruined most of the country' in a poll marking nine years since the UK voted to leave the EU www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Brexit a 'disaster' that 'ruined the country' - referendum 'should be repeated'
On the ninth anniversary of the day the UK voted to leave the EU, we asked readers to have their say on whether Brexit has been a success - and Mirror readers had a lot to say on the matter.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
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🌻Sheila 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺✌️ @sheilzz.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
I spent the last few days at the Welsh Labour conference. I have never been more convinced that the party is headed for opposition. Full break down in this weeks newsletter: willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/the-endgam...
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The endgame: Welsh Labour's conference
Starmer gets out of there quick
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buckneyt123.bsky.social @buckneyt123.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
How is David Cameron’s “Big Society” policy status these days? My guess is that its been cast into the rubbish bin. Just wish his infamous In / Out EU referendum had followed suit prior to its launch
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
BREAKING: “Nigel Farage isn’t interested in Wales. He’s interested in Nigel Farage and he takes people for fools” says Prime Minister Keir Starmer
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buckneyt123.bsky.social @buckneyt123.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
I wonder if you had to dig a tunnel to get in there or did you receive an invite?
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 27/06/2025
You would think the British public could spot a Thatcherite shakedown after forty-five years of them, but it seems the bait & switch tactic still works if you throw in enough xenophobic dog whistles✍️ Ben Wildsmith
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Devil In The Detail
Ben Wildsmith There’s a school of thought that we shouldn’t discuss Reform UK here. According to some on Facebook, any mention of the party or of Nigel Farage, no matter how critical, simply raises…
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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Around 3/4 of people don’t want Reform in power. But the narrative is that they are unstoppable. First-past-the-post has warped British politics for far too long. Now it risks letting the extreme right win a majority. It needs to go. My latest guardian column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Here is the single thing Labour can do to see off Reform and make British politics work | Will Hayward
Farage’s party could win 42% of Commons seats with only 26% of the vote. That’s not the way civilised countries do democracy, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 25/06/2025
Reform UK has been accused of using its candidate selection process for the Senedd election as a money-making opportunity after it was revealed that would-be MSs will be charged £200 to be assessed ✍️Emily Price
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Reform accused of 'money spinner' as party set to charge would-be Senedd Members £200 fee
Emily Price Reform UK has been accused of using its candidate selection process for the Senedd election as a money making opportunity after it was revealed that would-be MSs will be charged £200 to be...
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buckneyt123.bsky.social @buckneyt123.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
The £50m building in Wales set to be redundant before it opens www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
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The £50m building in Wales set to be redundant before it opens
The new facility has been built at huge costs at a border point in Wales but may never be used
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buckneyt123.bsky.social @buckneyt123.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
A day that will live in infamy
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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
By my count there are only 3/27 Welsh Labour MPs on this list despite Wales being hit harder by the benefit cuts than any other part of the UK. Steve Witherden (Montgomeryshire), Ruth Jones (Newport West) & Henry Tufnell (Mid and South Pembs) are the Welsh rebels.
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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 24/06/2025
Congratulations. You've found the link to the least accurate thing anyone has ever written about Brexit. Daniel Hannan penned a piece 2 days before the referendum explaining what life would be like on 24 June 2025, ie today. It's worth a read for the laughs. www.reaction.life/p/britain-lo...
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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 23/06/2025
In the next 7 years: 5 million people will turn 18. - 63% of people aged 18-24 want to rejoin the EU. - Only 15% oppose rejoining. Over 4 million people will die (most aged 65+). - 37% of over 65s want to rejoin the EU. - A hefty 56% oppose rejoining. The UK is becoming ever more strongly rejoin.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Project Here.
OBR finds that its projection that Brexit would cost the country £40 billion have 'broadly materialised'.
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 23/06/2025
Part 2
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 23/06/2025
Nine years ago the godfather of Brexit, Lord Daniel Hannan, predicted life in Brexit Britain in June 2025. Roll the tape… (VO by @gavinesler.bsky.social. Part 2 below👇)
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buckneyt123.bsky.social @buckneyt123.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in power.
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
One of the biggest problems with the world is that fools are always so sure and certain about everything and intelligent people are so full of doubts and uncertainties.
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buckneyt123.bsky.social @buckneyt123.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... “Profits of the Crown Estate - a property business owned by the monarch but run independently - go to the Treasury. The level of profit is used as a benchmark to calculate the funding given by the government to the Royal Family in the Sovereign Grant.”
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Wind farms in Port Talbot and Bristol 'hugely significant'
Port Talbot and Bristol are the likely locations for where the turbines will be assembled.
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buckneyt123.bsky.social @buckneyt123.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
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buckneyt123.bsky.social @buckneyt123.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
When people tell me with pride how much they paid for their dog and how long they had to wait I can’t help thinking about the unfortunate dogs I see when I visit my local rescue (walking duty) and how they are very cheap and extremely deserving
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
It's frightful that people who are so ignorant should have so much influence. ~ George Orwell
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buckneyt123.bsky.social @buckneyt123.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
I’ve been listening to the Rest is History podcast on Charles VII of Sweden and The Great Northern War and it highlights the flawed system of putting total power and ultimately, people’s lives in the hands of one bloke. Especially when that bloke is flaky
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Richard Martin @mimosacymru.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
An excellent, full-throated call from within the Labour Party to both renew and expand Welsh home rule and to address the glaringly imbalanced distribution of power across the UK. And from #Pontypridd no less. Da iawn @mickantoniw.bsky.social & @iwa-wales.bsky.social www.iwa.wales/agenda/2025/...
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LONG READ: Devolution and Constitutional Reform: towards a stable and efficient democratic parliamentary structure - Institute of Welsh Affairs
Mick Antoniw MS argues that a constitutional reform and further devolution for Wales are urgently needed to settle the longer term democratic framework for the UK.
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back
Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
This planet is run by crazy people. Remember what they have to do to get where they are. Their perspective is so narrow, so...brief. A few years. In the best of them a few decades. They care only about the time they are in power. - Carl Sagan, Contact
This planet is run by crazy people. Remember what they have to do to get where they are. Their perspective is so narrow, so...brief. A few years. In the best of them a few decades. They care only about the time they are in power.

- Carl Sagan, Contact
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 16/06/2025
A major new funding row has erupted after the Welsh Government accepted a decision of its UK counterpart to allow an English ministry to administer the latest post-Brexit aid round for Wales ✍️Martin Shipton
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English government department will decide on aid projects for Wales - just like under the Tories
Martin Shipton A major new funding row has erupted after the Welsh Government accepted a decision of its UK counterpart to allow an English ministry to administer the latest post-Brexit aid round for ...
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
I guess every generation is doomed to fight its war, suffer the loss of the same old illusions, and learn the same old lessons on its own. – Phillip Caputo
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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
My latest newsletter is out. Let me know your thoughts! willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/get-back-d...
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Wales the after thought
Rachel Reeves fails to give Wales what we are owed
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buckneyt123.bsky.social @buckneyt123.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I’m currently watching a great series on Discovery + called “How The Universe Works”. Our little blue speck is floating like an atom and on it we all are very lucky to live. Until you see the news and then you realise this blue insignificant speck has a major flaw….despotic individuals
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buckneyt123.bsky.social @buckneyt123.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Imagine the uproar (and quite rightly so) if these poor souls were dogs. There’s a lot wrong in this world and these things are one of them
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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
The more you look at it, the more the spending review looks like a bad deal for Wales in terms of rail. Over 4 years Wales gets £348 million. This is only £108 million (45%) more than spending on a single station in Leeds... Figures from @walesgovernance.bsky.social
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Wales Governance Centre | Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru @walesgovernance.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
🚨 NEWYDD: Dadansoddiad llawn o beth fydd Adolygiad Gwariant ddoe yn ei olygu i Gymru. 💷 🚨 NEW: Full analysis of what yesterday's Spending Review will mean for Wales. 💷 blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...
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Spending Review 2025 – the implications for Wales
Showcasing current research, comments and analysis on the law, politics, history, culture, government and political economy of Wales from the Wales Governance Centre.
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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
How good is the Chancellors announcement for Wales when it comes to railways? Turns out it's not as good as the headlines suggested... [Thread]
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