David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Reform Wales' Dan Thomas has told the BBC he would consider a donation from a criminal if it was his only option to pay for security - prompting scorn from some of his political rivals 151
Reposted by David DeansScott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Radio 4 Long Wave ends tomorrow www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...bbc.comRadio 4 broadcasts on Long Wave to end on 27 June 2026Long Wave infrastructure owned and operated by a third party is coming to the end of its life as a technology 74722
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Welsh Labour to find new leader by November But we've learned of a split at the top of the party and an argument over when that timetable should take place www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukWelsh Labour to have new leader by November but party splitBBC Wales is told the party's ruling body argued over how quickly the contest should take place. 020
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 30/04/2026MP Steve Witherden has been accused by a constituent of stealing an idea to have unused ventilators released from a Welsh hospital. The constituent says he asked the MP for help for them to go to Ukraine, but found out the MP later asked if they could go to Cuba. 110
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 29/04/2026At the end of last night's BBC debate the contours of a potential alliance that could keep Reform out of government were apparent It's been obvious to Welsh political anoraks but maybe not the public - four parties ruled out working with reform, but not each other 145
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Live Welsh political debate tonight on BBC 1 Wales - tune in! www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...bbc.co.ukSenedd election TV debate: Welsh Parliament parties face off in WrexhamPoliticians fighting for seats in the next Welsh Parliament are answering questions from an audience in Wrexham. 020
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 17/03/2026The Senedd has passed legislation paving the way for a ban on lying in Welsh Parliament election campaigns (50 votes for, 1 against), and for a ban on greyhound racing. (39 for, 2 abstentions and 10 against) 0259
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 17/03/2026On 18 February 2025 a Welsh government minister announced that his administration would ban greyhound racing. It came a day after officials, in a note signed off by the chief vet Richard Irvine, told him they hadn't gathered enough evidence to justify it 100
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Mr Nobody Against Putin, which has won a Bafta tonight, is on iPlayer. Profound doc self shot by a Russian school teacher who filmed as his school was forced to inject propaganda into its classrooms www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002kx2dbbc.co.ukStoryville - Mr Nobody Against PutinA Storyville documentary that follows a Russian schoolteacher as he risks everything to expose rising militarism in his classroom. 032
Reposted by David DeansKriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 12/02/2026#BBCNews - Lyse Doucet: In Tehran, rallies for Iran's revolution overshadowed by discontent and defiance www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukLyse Doucet: In Tehran, rallies for Iran's revolution overshadowed by discontent and defianceThe BBC visits the Iranian capital for the first time since authorities used unprecedented force to put down protests last month. 073
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Plaid have gained a seat on Pembrokeshire council via a council by-election in Fishguard North East. It had been won by Labour at the election in 2022 1276
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Focus in the Senedd & Welsh politics today will be on FMQs, where if the opposition doesn't challenge the FM on her stance on the UK Labour leadership I'd be very surprised. Starts at 1330. 120
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Former Tory MS James Evans, in Senedd debate on NHS where Tories are calling for a health emergency to be declared, says he didn't know what that meant in the 12 months he was a health spokesman. 120
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Get off Netflix and go to the pub if want to save them, Eluned Morgan told FMQs in the Senedd today, as she came under fire over business rates www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukStop watching Netflix to save pubs, Welsh first minister Eluned Morgan saysEluned Morgan said her government can't be expected 010
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Labour MS Alun Davies says there is no perfect time for the Senedd to vote on assisted dying, telling BBC Radio Wales that it might be too late to wait until the next term. He says the consequences of voting (like how assisted dying would happen in Wales) are still not known 110
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Tories promising grandparents £4.8k to help with childcare in an election pledge announced today www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukWelsh Conservatives pledge grandparents £4,800 for childcareGrandparents in Wales could get £4,800 a year to look after grandchildren if party wins Senedd election. 110
Reposted by David DeansIan Hamilton @ianhamiltonbbc.bsky.social · 28/01/2026What would you do if your home was destroyed? For many Ukrainians in Scotland, that's the situation they find themselves in. Amid peace deal talks, will they have a choice about staying or returning? Our latest story across BBC Scotland www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukCan Scotland's Ukrainian refugees ever go home?With no progress in peace talks and Russia continuing to bomb Ukraine, refugees in Scotland look to the future. 023
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 28/01/2026On national radio the first minister Eluned Morgan repeatedly refused to offer support to the prime minister Sir Keir Starmer, telling voters the May election is not a time for a protest vote against his government www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukWales' first minister Eluned Morgan refuses to support Sir Keir StarmerEluned Morgan repeatedly refused to say if the prime minister is good at his job in a BBC interview. 130
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 28/01/2026"I'm sure people are waiting with baited breath to read all parties manifestos - I particularly encourage that if you struggle with insomnia" - Sam Rowlands, who is the Welsh Tory policy director, on Radio Wales 140
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Eluned Morgan took flack from all sides in the Senedd today over her speech calling for more devolution to stop pro-indy parties taking control of the Senedd 211
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 26/01/2026It was on Thursday that the first minister called again for policing to be devolved and on Monday that the home secretary rejected it 1205
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 21/01/2026BBC: Leicestershire and Rutland's police and crime commissioner (PCC) is facing a complaint that he asked a police officer to help him organise an election campaign photo with a horse in reference to Vladimir Putin's famous topless photoshoot. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukHearing for PCC over 'Putin-style' horse photo requestRupert Matthews has been accused of asking a police officer to set up a photoshoot with a horse. 131
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 20/01/2026The only thing Reform have said about James Evans all day: Farage denying a tweet claiming he spoke to the now ex Tory MS tonight about joining the party. Begs the question what exactly is going on 141
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 20/01/2026On Monday, Conservative MS James Evans did something a bit odd. Eagle eyed viewers of his Facebook page noticed that, at 1.16pm, he removed the words "Welsh Conservatives" from a post attacking Labour and Plaid Cymru. 164
Reposted by David DeansGareth Joy @lookoutwales2.bsky.social · 19/01/2026This is good fun. Choose your ABC (Australia) clock, tweak the interference, ghosting etc. You can even choose when to have the pips. @dirtyfeed.org @matt.cymru @aldupres.bsky.social mubd.net.au/tv-history/a...mubd.net.auABC TV ClockInteractive recreation of the ABC TV clock (1974, 1975, 1982). 34421
Reposted by David DeansShayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 17/01/2026During a speech in Tehran today, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that "several thousand people were killed" during the recent protests by those he described as "seditionists", confirming for the first time that the death toll from the protests is in the thousands. 616197
Reposted by David DeansScott Duffield @scottduffield.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Robert Jenrick joins Reform UK More on BBC News ⬇️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr... 011
Reposted by David DeansHenry Zeffman @hzeffman.bsky.social · 15/01/2026BREAKING Kemi Badenoch has sacked Robert Jenrick from the shadow cabinet, removed the whip and suspended his party membership. She says she was "presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect" to Reform 120485133
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 15/01/2026We headed to the Bargoed elections office on a wet and windy morning this week to see how the parties spent their money in the Caerphilly by-election campaign Labour spent double the victors Plaid, at roughly £27 per eventual vote. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukLabour outspent rivals on failed Caerphilly Senedd by-election bidLabour came third in the Caerphilly by-election, its first parliamentary defeat in the seat for 100 years. 120
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 13/01/2026ITV Wales/YouGov/Cardiff University polling is suggesting a rewiring of Welsh politics in its latest poll. Labour have won every domestic parliamentary election in Wales since the 1920s. This has them in fourth, level pegging with the Tories. Plaid first, Reform second, Greens third 42510
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 13/01/2026The Welsh government's attempt to stop lying in politics has gone down extremely badly with some Senedd committees, including some Labour MSs, who have issued withering warnings about bad law and unintended consequences. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukLying ban for politicians in Welsh elections prompts free speech fearsA report says the proposed bill, which passed its first hurdle on Tuesday, would be 120
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru reach Welsh government budget deal, say sources to me and Emilia Belli 132
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 02/12/2025WLGA didn't push back on this from the Auditor General, warning that up to two councils could go bust in Wales www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukOne or two Welsh councils near bankruptcy, says watchdogSome Welsh councils could be close to going bust, public spending watchdog says. 020
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Excuse the the Disney reference (let it go etc)... WGC bods here saying freezing the thresholds will leave the Welsh budget with more money than expected 031
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 27/11/2025The Greyhound racing industry is getting a chance to challenge the ban in Wales in the courts www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukGreyhound racing ban in Wales faces legal challenge in courtAn industry body has accused ministers of not following the correct process when announcing the ban. 010
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 27/11/2025The opposition to Welsh Labour in the Senedd has won a vote for the first time since the Caerphilly by-election www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comWelsh government loses Senedd vote over Rachel Reeves' budgetConservatives and Plaid Cymru accuse Sir Keir Starmer's government of failing to deliver for Wales. 101
Reposted by David DeansSteve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 23/11/202545 years ago I made a pitch for the Director-General job. Didn’t get it – mind you, I was only 13. But I did get a reply from Ian Trethowan, who was DG at the time. All these years later I’m proud to work for the BBC. 501005114
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Lindsay Whittle MS, being sworn in by the Clerk of the Senedd and chief executive, Manon Antoniazzi (📸: Senedd Cymru) 1144
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Plaid's Caerphilly by-election campaign always felt a question of whether it could pull off the victory you could see available in the numbers. PC had a block of about 8,000 voters, and local knowledge from its council base - could they get Labour voters to switch over? 252
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Bernard Gentry is out as Welsh Tory chair after a year. Asked if he was forced out by senior party figures, he told me: "Some people might say that. You won't hear me saying that." 212
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 14/10/2025The Welsh government started talking about the budget on Monday in apocalyptic terms, raising the spectre of mass redundancies because of statutory cuts if it cannot get a deal. It has ended Tuesday with both big Senedd opposition parties ready to talk 132
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Nathan Gill was at the forefront of the Brexit push in Wales in the mid 2010s. He's now admitted that he spent part of the tail end of his career taking bribes from a pro Russian politician in Ukraine to say things for him in the European parliament, and elsewhere www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comReform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia briberyNathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament. 33112
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 25/09/2025There's a major Welsh by-election happening in Caerphilly next month. The prime minister is unsure if he will campaign in it www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukKeir Starmer unsure if he'll campaign in Caerphilly by-electionLabour is facing a fight to retain the seat in a Senedd by-election next month. 061
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 08/09/2025The campaign has begun Labour's Eluned Morgan says her party would find it 'tricky' to pass a budget if it lost the Caerphilly election, warning of cuts as a result www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukLabour warns of cuts if it loses Caerphilly Senedd by-electionThe first minister says her party will find it harder to pass a budget if she loses the by-election. 241
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 04/09/2025A pallbearer for Hefin David's funeral was among those in Caerphilly constituency who received a mail out from Reform on the day of the service 141
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Senedd by-election on October 23 in Caerphilly, Senedd presiding officer announces 111
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 13/08/2025A big part of the ambitious 2016 Senedd intake, Hefin David was keen to make an impact. The Caerphilly MS was an independent voice in the Labour group who banged the drum for the causes he most cared about, autism among them. 130
Reposted by David DeansSteve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 09/08/2025The speculation was: UAE, Saudi, Qatar, Turkey, Switzerland, or the Vatican The reality is: USA Wasn't expecting that. Trump-Putin summit in Alaska next Friday. 4822738
David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · 08/08/2025A source gets in touch with the Pen-y-bont Bro Morgannwg Labour shortlist Bearing in mind Sarah Murphy is the incumbent Others: Helen Mary Payne Camilla Beaven Huw John David OBE Jonathan Simon Cox OBE Neelo Farr William Rhys Goode Carys Stallard 020