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Gwern Gwynfil @gwerngwynfil.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

‘Let us debate not just what we want to do, but who we want to be…the path toward a prosperous, sustainable, and empowered Cymru is not a gift that will be granted to us. It is a reality we must imagine, then build.’ nation.cymru/feature/a-ma...

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A manifesto for a new Wales

With the Senedd election approaching and Wales facing mounting pressure on public services, energy costs and the environment, a Welsh think tank is calling for a fundamental rethink of how the country...

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Gwern Gwynfil @gwerngwynfil.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

With so much confusion in the world about the concept of free speech I wrote a piece about it “a guide to free speech, its origins, its definition, and ideas on ways to test whether its rules are observed” Feel free to use wherever you come across the ill informed! nation.cymru/opinion/on-f...

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On free speech

Gwern Gwynfil There’s a lot of debate around free speech right now. This is a little strange as it’s a given as a fundamental right in a free and democratic state like ours. The general buzz seems roo...

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Dr. Sue Conlan @sueconlan.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

“By comparing Wales to Barnet, and the role of First Minister to being a council leader in London, he made it clear how Reform UK thinks of our nation. To Reform, Wales is an administrative region of greater England.”

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 07/02/2026

Not only will Reform have a declared policy which will result in killing people but they will also be adding an average £50/year to every motor insurance policy in Wales. Quite a challenge to sell this one once you get into the detail ✍️Gwern Gwynfil wp.me/p8Mk4U-1epY

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Gwern Gwynfil @gwerngwynfil.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Had to write something about ReformUK’s appointment of a ‘leader’ in Wales by their ‘self appointed ‘supreme leader’ in England Thoughts and comments welcome (but please read the article properly first!) 🙏😉 nation.cymru/opinion/a-co...

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A colonial mindset

Gwern Gwynfil In his maiden speech as leader of Reform UK in Wales, the hitherto unknown Dan Thomas, demonstrated the colonial mindset that underlies his appointment. By comparing Wales to Barnet, and...

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Neil Schofield-Hughes @neilschofield.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

For the benefit of those who are seeing Labour loyalists clutching their pearls about how a Green vote in Gorton and Denton will let in Reform, I’ll just leave this here. Aged like mayonnaise in a heatwave…

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Gwern Gwynfil @gwerngwynfil.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

The speeches in Davos this year have reminded me of the ancient 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 saying ‘a fo ben, bid bont’ - those who wish to lead must be a bridge In Mark Carney, 🇨🇦 has a leader who explicitly seeks to be exactly this - putting himself and 🇨🇦 forward as a bridge to a new world order 1/

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Gwern Gwynfil @gwerngwynfil.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

‘Gwern Gwynfil deserves a hat tip as he predicted the Green surge in Nation before Christmas’ 😁🙌

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Neil Schofield-Hughes @neilschofield.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Few things anger me more than people of my generation - the most fortunate in history - saying how easy young people today have it. We, with our free university education sitting in the homes we own outright with our final salary pensions, need to acknowledge we have utterly screwed them over.

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Gwern Gwynfil @gwerngwynfil.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

My piece for @nation.cymru contrasts with the BBC’s take (see link in 1st comment) I feel strongly that mainstream political commentators and observers are missing some underlying trends in the data + the implications of those trends The Labour collapse in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 is but one small part of the story

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 29/12/2025

The Plaid lead is deserved, it will probably grow as we approach the elections as more and more people realise that other parties have febrile and incomplete platforms upon which to campaign, whilst some have barely any platform to speak of✍️Gwern Gwynfil wp.me/p8Mk4U-1byn

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Gwern Gwynfil @gwerngwynfil.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

‘’Policy without reliable data is little more than guesswork dressed up as management’’ Anglocentric data framing is just one sign of the systemic way in which devolution was ‘set up to fail’ but more could have been done, and can be done, domestically to address this

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New Wales / Cymru Newydd @newwales.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

How can Wales level up when the numbers don’t even add up? Wales is repeatedly held back by the lack of reliable, Wales-specific data. Until Wales has the tools to properly measure its own performance, it can’t meaningfully shape its future.

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The missing numbers which hold back Wales

Simon Hobson Time-and-again in the Senedd, members struggle to place reliable numbers on subjects being debated. A case in point was a recent debate between Labour’s Eluned Morgan and Conservative…

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Anthony Slaughter @anthonyslaughter.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Zack living rent free in Labour heads. Labour governments at both ends of the M4 are clearly rattled. It's time for Greens to replace them. #BoldPolitics

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Gwern Gwynfil @gwerngwynfil.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Well now That’s an interesting thing to be saying in a TUC Cymru conference

Llun yn dangos darn o erthygl ar Nation Cymru

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Gwern Gwynfil @gwerngwynfil.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

‘It’s hard to be stuck with flags loaded with negativity – especially when one of your immediate neighbours has a super cool world leading flag with a dragon on it’ - 😎 indeed 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 nation.cymru/opinion/let-...

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Let Y Ddraig Goch roar

Gwern Gwynfil It is a joy to be Welsh. When we see Y Ddraig Goch flying, hanging on an M4 bridge or a lamp post, or even graffitied on other street furniture, our heart soars. Our flag transcends the ...

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Gwern Gwynfil @gwerngwynfil.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

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Let Y Ddraig Goch roar

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 24/08/2025

Unlike the swastika, the Cross of St George can still be reclaimed. England has the chance to take its flag back permanently from the right wingers and racists — to be as proud of it as the Welsh are of our dragon ✍️ Gwern Gwynfil

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Swastikas, flags, and other symbols

Gwern Gwynfil In the early 20th Century, the swastika became popular across the Western world as an ornamental symbol of hope, good fortune and, in the aftermath of the First World War, of peace. Now ...

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Gwern Gwynfil @gwerngwynfil.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I was at this - the reading of names of children killed in Gaza was very powerful They will be reading from 9am until midnight With more than 12500 children killed and more than 50000 killed or injured, they will not be running out of names 😔 We should not be willing to accept this in silence

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 16/07/2025

In any conflict, there are red lines that must never be crossed. In Gaza, those lines are not just being crossed - they are being obliterated✍️ Sarah Rees, Oxfam Cymru wp.me/p8Mk4U-12PQ

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Gwern Gwynfil @gwerngwynfil.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

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Oxfam Cymru @oxfamcymru.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Oxfam Cymru launch Red Line Cymru campaign - show your support for peace in Gaza by placing a Red Line in your window In the audio on this video, the names of children killed in Gaza are being read out on the Senedd steps - a poignant reminder of why we must speak up and speak out #redlinecymru

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Louvain Rees ⚰️ @hellohistoria.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

#IndependenceDay 🇺🇲 Rev Dr Richard Price • An influential Welsh moral philosopher and theologian 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 He is best known for his influence on both the French and American Revolutions 🇫🇷 🇺🇸 hellohistoria.substack.com/p/a-friend-o... #Wales #History

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Gwern Gwynfil @gwerngwynfil.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Thoughtful piece by James - important conversation for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 to have More voices needed for an open discussion ‘We go cap-in-hand to Westminster to ask for less than we are owed, as though it is more than we deserve. All the while, inequalities and unmet needs only deepen’ nation.cymru/opinion/what...

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What is 'England and Wales'?

James Downs, Mental Health Campaigner Legally, ‘England and Wales’ refers to a shared jurisdiction, that, unlike Scotland or Northern Ireland, remains constitutionally tethered in areas such as justic...

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Gwern Gwynfil @gwerngwynfil.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

‘we end up managing problems we didn’t create, with money we don’t control, through policies shaped by priorities that aren’t ours’ Indeed. Well put, another good piece here from ⁦Owen Williams‬⁩ 🙌 nation.cymru/opinion/what...

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What If the UK is just a chapter, not the whole story?

Owen Williams They’ve said it for decades. That Wales is too small. Too poor. That we’d never survive alone. But who gets to decide that? And why do we still believe them? Let’s break this down. Becau...

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Gwern Gwynfil @gwerngwynfil.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

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What If the UK is just a chapter, not the whole story?

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Gwern Gwynfil @gwerngwynfil.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Time to applaud lives saved, disruption eased, and a policy that has paid for itself in its first year Or will the enraged speedsters still insist that we should go back to more injuries and deaths? Crashes on 20mph and 30mph roads at 'record low' www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Serious collisions on 20mph and 30mph roads at record low

New data reveals casualties were at a record low in 2024, despite plans to change some speed limits.

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Gwern Gwynfil @gwerngwynfil.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

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Serious collisions on 20mph and 30mph roads at record low

New data reveals casualties were at a record low in 2024, despite plans to change some speed limits.

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Gwern Gwynfil @gwerngwynfil.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

‘It’s an Anglocentric framing in which the UK Parliament is default, and all else is deviation’ Good explainer/analysis piece this by ⁦‪Ows Wills‬⁩ - well worth a read nation.cymru/opinion/this...

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This isn’t a Union. It’s a monologue

Owen Williams On a recent episode of The News Agents, Lewis Goodall dismissed the idea that Westminster politics is too adversarial. “The essence of politics is division,” he said. “Especially in our ...

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Sarah Rees @sarahrees500.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

You can do something for Gaza today, read this… then ask our @welshgovernment.bsky.social why they won’t speak up

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Monty Lit Fest @montylitfest.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

First of our questing heroes this week is @mateoy.bsky.social. The Welsh coast prompts questions about how the sea has shaped us through history, mythology, literature and culture - and climate change. With Jon Gower Pirates possible. montylitfest.com/?page_id=7644

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2025 Sunday - 3.30pm Matthew Yeomans

How the sea has shaped Welsh history, culture and mythology and what we need to do secure a healthy future for our coast and coastal communities.

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New Wales / Cymru Newydd @newwales.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

In this personal, thought provoking piece, one of our team reflects on how and what we choose to remember on occasions such as VE Day - what lessons have we learnt from the past? buff.ly/LJS7rbd

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Have we forgotten?

Gwern Gwynfil Subjectively, 80 years is a long time. My Mamgu was born at a time when cars and electricity were still novel (she remembered seeing her first car when she was a little girl, it was a…

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Gwern Gwynfil @gwerngwynfil.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

I do love the way civil servants so savagely maul politicians with such diffidence and aplomb - quite delightful Bravo Desmond 👏😁

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Gwern Gwynfil @gwerngwynfil.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

I do love the way civil servants so savagely maul politicians with such diffidence and aplomb - quite delightful Bravo Desmond 👏😁

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Gwern Gwynfil @gwerngwynfil.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

‘One problem that Welsh Labour has is that its funding depends…on allocations from UK Labour. Staff salaries are paid by UK Labour from central coffers…That can have an impact on where loyalty lies’ Paymasters call the tune - they won’t stand up for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 nation.cymru/opinion/elun...

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Eluned Morgan's apology to me - and what it says about Welsh Labour

Martin Shipton A personal apology I received this week from Eluned Morgan illustrates the difficulties she has within her own party, let alone the challenges she faces from opponents. Emily Price, my ...

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Oxfam Cymru @oxfamcymru.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Congratulations to Future Generations Wales on their 10th anniversary, much work has been done, there's much more to do, but together Cymru Can make change happen - read their full report to understand more of the important work they do 👇 buff.ly/5sRFxzT #llesdyfodol10 #futuregen10

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Future Generations Report 2025 - Future Generations Wales

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Oxfam Cymru @oxfamcymru.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Llongyfarchiadau i Genedlaethau'r Dyfodol Cymru ar eu pen-blwydd yn 10 oed, mae gwaith wedi'i wneud, mae mwy i'w wneud, ond gyda'n gilydd Gall Cymru creu newid - darllenwch eu hadroddiad llawn i ddeall mwy am y gwaith pwysig maent yn gwneud 👇 buff.ly/pS8BevW #llesdyfodol10

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Adroddiad Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol 2025 - FGC - CYM

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Gwern Gwynfil @gwerngwynfil.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

In a world where it’s been proven categorically that growing up and speaking two languages side by side has enormous, lifelong, benefits who would actively want to deny children this opportunity? Tories want county's Welsh language plan stopped www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Welsh language plan for Gwynedd is wrong, says Tory leader

Senior Welsh Tory believes the Welsh, or even UK government, should help put a stop to the move.

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@sandypalma.bskysocial @sandypalma.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

It's wonderful to have an education in more than one language, my kids speak English (Mother), Spanish (Father) and have grown up in a Catalan speaking area of Spain, we get to live, hug, argue,cook, laugh, play and basically enjoy life in all 3 languages. Never deny your kids this opportunity.

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