Reposted by Meg ElisWilliam Humphrey 🏴 @williamhumphrey.bsky.social · 15hOff the scale arrogance 🙄 54828
Reposted by Meg ElisWini Davies @winidavies.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Am bnawn gwych yn heulwen #Aberystwyth yn datgan yn glir i Andy Burnham a'i griw mai ni, bobol Cymru, sydd biau'r hawl i benderfynu ein dyfodol ein hunain #annibyniaeth @yes.cymru 1108
Reposted by Meg ElisNia Campbell @niacampbell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Please can we stop referring to Welsh language public services as "translations" and start talking about bilingual design? 🏴 3289
Reposted by Meg ElisFiona McGregor @fionamcgregor.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Watching appalling #bbc commentary on the Bayeux Tapestry several times conflating England with UK. No, @bbcnews the Battle of Hastings was NOT fought between France and UK. There was no UK in 1066. 109242
Reposted by Meg ElisNikkSinc 📚 @nikksinc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Dear BBC, in the interests of impartiality (see your Charter), please give updates on LibDem, Green, SNP, Plaid Cymru etc policies alongside Reform’s. Thank you, a licence payer 7246128
Reposted by Meg ElisWill Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 15/07/2026My latest Guardian piece. "We need to learn the lessons from the devolution that has gone before. To do anything less would be to squander one of those rare occasions when our arcane and tradition-filled political system seems open to change" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comIn Wales, I've seen what happens when devolution isn't done right. Here's what Andy Burnham must know | Will HaywardIn my country, devolution has been the equivalent of giving someone a new electric car without the capacity to charge it. That can’t be the model for the whole UK, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward 34624
Reposted by Meg ElisMiriam @angelygogledd.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Wish they'd got someone who could pronounce Rhun, Cymru to present the programme. 232
Reposted by Meg ElisPlaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 24/05/2026❤️ Llywodraeth Plaid Cymru newydd ❤️ Syniadau ac egni newydd ❤️ Arwain Cymru o’r newydd Mae’r gwaith caled wedi dechrau er mwyn cyflawni dros ein cymunedau. 🏴 0196
Reposted by Meg ElisMatthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 24/05/2026‘Afonydd’ (Arachne Press) out in the wild in Hay on Wye. @arachnepress.bsky.social 073
Reposted by Meg ElisColeg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol @colegcymraeg.bsky.social · 24/05/2026'Da ni mor falch o lwyddiant Caerwyn ar ennill Medal y Dysgwyr yn Eisteddfod yr Urdd eleni! Gwych! "Mae'r Gymraeg yn perthyn i bawb" - Caerwyn 001
Reposted by Meg ElisPlaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Dros Gymru. For Wales. 🏴 213640
Reposted by Meg Elisabolishwestmin.bsky.social @abolishwestmin.bsky.social · 07/05/2026TODAY is the day to vote @plaidcymru.bsky.social! 🏴🌼🏴😍🏴🌼🏴 #senedd2026 02311
Reposted by Meg ElisAnn Hopcyn @annhopcyn.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Do you remember UKIP members of the Senedd 2016-21? Nathan Gill, Neil Hamilton, Gareth Bennett Mark Reckless et al. Their ignominious contribution was toxic negativity. I’m concerned Reform’s presence in the next Senedd will defile our Govt, to the detriment of the people of 🏴 Reject the chatlatans 2157
Reposted by Meg ElisPlaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Beth mae pleidlais dros Blaid Cymru yn ei olygu? ✅ sefyll fyny dros Gymru ✅ atal Reform ✅ arweinyddiaeth newydd i adeiladu Cymru decach ...a chymaint mwy! Dewch i ni greu hanes gyda'n gilydd. Pleidleisiwch Blaid Cymru ar 7 Mai. 🗳️🏴 01910
Reposted by Meg ElisPlaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 05/05/2026What does a vote for Plaid Cymru mean? It means: ✅ standing up for Wales ✅ stopping Reform ✅ new leadership to build a fairer Wales ...and so much more! Let's make history together. Vote Plaid Cymru this Thursday. ✊🏴 22712
Reposted by Meg ElisMatthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Great to see ‘Afonydd’ in the shop at Wales Millennium Centre - an anthology curated by @arachnepress.bsky.social #poetry #books I have a poem about St Teilo in this pages 🌊 244
Reposted by Meg ElisBleddyn Bowen @bleddb.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Unlike in Scotland, this is particularly bad for Welsh democracy because there’s no dominant Wales-centred English language media. As such anglophone Welsh voters get the London and England-dominated political news. Welsh language media is much better on clarifying Wales v UK matters. 0139
Reposted by Meg ElisAndy Burnham Earnestness Enjoyer @jorisbinned.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Of course Labour had a result EXACTLY LIKE THIS in Caerphilly nearly six months ago but because Wales doesn't exist that prompted absolutely no soul searching and in fact they doubled down on McSweeney-ism. 212430
Reposted by Meg ElisLiz St Clair @lemurskulls.bsky.social · 17/02/2026They aren’t a shadow cabinet, they aren’t the opposition, they are not even all MPs. This is nonsense and you know it. 3325
Reposted by Meg ElisSimon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 19/12/2025A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas. Be a love, and pay it today. 027911053
Reposted by Meg ElisAlexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Any EU or US journalist and commentator interested in the UK's trajectory needs to start brushing up on the ABCs of Welsh politics 911528
Reposted by Meg ElisMark🦢🏴🌍 @mlz1962.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Why the fuuck are the BBC news asking Furhage for an opinion on the train attacks ? He will pour petrol on it and it just panders to his own agenda. Why not the Greens or Plaid or SNP? It's open propaganda on the part of the state broadcaster 29394104
Reposted by Meg ElisMartyn Brunt @skybluebrunty.bsky.social · 24/10/2025I heard @lsrplaid.bsky.social on @quietriotpod.bsky.social last week and if Lindsay Whittle is the same as her then the people of Caerphilly have elected themselves a very good representative indeed. 183
Reposted by Meg Eliscathaguamia.bsky.social @cathaguamia.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Icymi @mattwalshjourno.bsky.social 042
Reposted by Meg ElisRichard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 24/10/2025We’re told tax is a curse and even “theft.” That’s wrong. Tax is how we build a fair society. It’s how we express our shared responsibility. The real immorality lies in avoiding tax. In this video, I explain why tax is not a burden but the foundation of democracy itself. youtu.be/4UXpnRL3WVE?...youtu.beThe moral case for tax: why fairness depends on itYouTube video by Richard J Murphy 421893
Reposted by Meg ElisLiz Saville Roberts AS / MP @lsrplaid.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Being Welsh is about belonging and shared values. I was a loud south-east London girl who became Welsh, heart and soul. Our Wales is one that welcomes, includes and builds, not one that divides. Proud to close an inspiring weekend at Plaid Cymru conference 💚🏴 07818
Reposted by Meg ElisPlaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Arwain Cymru o'r newydd - gyda llywodraeth Plaid Cymru. 🏴💚 1115
Reposted by Meg ElisPlaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Mae Caerffili a Chymru ar groesffordd - gobaith gyda Phlaid Cymru yn erbyn Reform sy’n ceisio rhannu ein cymunedau. Mae pleidlais dros Lindsay Whittle yn isetholiad Caerffili ar 23 Hydref yn gyfle i osod Cymru ar lwybr at y dyfodol tecach a mwy uchelgeisiol dim ond Plaid Cymru sy’n ei gynnig. 🏴 1155
Reposted by Meg ElisBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 05/10/2025Want to see what Reform UK's politics would look like in government? 🇦🇷 Look to Argentina. Massive spike in poverty and a crashed economy. 📉 A template for disorder and chaos. www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2… theguardian.comFarage, Trump, Musk: your boy Javier Milei just took one hell of a beating. Why so quiet? | Aditya ChakraborttyThe wild politics and chainsaw made Argentina’s president an economic hero for the right. And now, with his nation’s finances in chaos: silence, writes Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty 917069
Reposted by Meg ElisAlastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 28/09/2025German media seems to be taking more seriously than ours the fact a leading light in the party UK press keeps saying will be next government took bribes from Russia to spout their lies. Maybe it’s because they put NEWS ahead of propaganda 32794321
Reposted by Meg Elisbleddwgan🦑 @radekllundain.bsky.social · 22/09/2025If Reform's apparent victory in the next Westminster election warrants such fawning coverage, why doesn't the same apply to other likely winners, such as Plaid Cymru in Wales? I want the news to cover every passing thought Rhun ap Iorwerth has!!! 002
Reposted by Meg ElisBleddyn Bowen @bleddb.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Well, having lived with a UK media system that has long provided more attention to US mid-term elections than devolved elections in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland and local elections in England, I'll just shrug and tell you to get used to it. 0154
Reposted by Meg ElisI Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Charlie Kirk should not have been shot. Charlie Kirk was a far right racist, transphobe, misogynist, and spreader of hate. These two things are true. He was not, as the BBC seems intent on misleading us, some sort of hero who was widely loved and adored by all who met him. #Newsnight 1723170
Reposted by Meg ElisJohn Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 11/09/2025Grimly crisp illustration of the mechanism whereby toxic and unrepresentative social media shapes mainstream coverage. Prominent journalist logs onto X, sees claim, assumes truth, repeats in national broadcast from trusted mainstream news org. Happens all day every day, just especially stark here. 411444370
Reposted by Meg ElisJane @localnotail.bsky.social · 05/09/2025On the same day in the Telegraph: 12464463183
Reposted by Meg ElisIestyn @iestynap.eurosky.social · 23/08/2025I know the answer to number 2. It's Bannau Brycheiniog. The answer is literally in the question! 0164
Reposted by Meg ElisYesCymru SirFflint @yescymrusirfflint.bsky.social · 24/08/2025Www.yes.cymru/Independence After the recommendations made by the Independent Commission on the Constitutional future of Wales - let’s now have a much wider National conversation on Independence from the uk - Our start point 🏴 #Indepenenceisnormal ##IndyWales #Annibyniaeth 🏴yes.cymruIndependence in Your PocketThe 'Independence in your Pocket' booklet serves as an important and positive starting point for future discussions. We hope YesCymru can fundamentally shift the tone and content of the debate on inde... 165
Reposted by Meg ElisRhys Kaminski-Jones @rhyskamjones.bsky.social · 20/08/2025If the test is "their English is good enough, they aren't allowed an interpreter" you're automatically stacking the odds against systemically minoritized languages. I know plenty of Welsh speakers with excellent English who'd still rather express themselves in Welsh - politically *and* practically 153
Reposted by Meg ElisMatthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Day 15 Sealey Challege - Afonydd: Poems for Welsh Rivers, Arachne Press A poem by @tigerbaynatasha.bsky.social #poetry #writing @nessowen.bsky.social @arachnepress.bsky.social 192
Reposted by Meg ElisEsgobaeth Bangor Diocese @esgobaethbangor.bsky.social · 22/07/2025"Bu’n fraint enfawr." | "It has been the greatest privilege." Pregeth y Gwasanaeth Olaf | Bishop Andrew John's sermon from his farewell service bangor.eglwysyngnghymru.org.uk/newyddion/20...bangor.eglwysyngnghymru.org.ukPregeth y Gwasanaeth Olaf - Diocese of BangorBishop Andrew's final sermon 001
Reposted by Meg ElisEsgobaeth Bangor Diocese @esgobaethbangor.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Lansiad Llyfr Llwybr Cadfan | New Book Launch! 🎉 Bydd llyfr newydd sy'n dogfennu prosiect pererindod lenyddol Cymraeg yn cael ei lansio yn Nhafarn y Plu yn Llanystumdwy ar 23 Orffennaf am 6.30yp. 🎟️https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lansiad-llyfr-llwybr-cadfan-tickets-1414658324129?aff=oddtdtcreator 001
Reposted by Meg ElisSamantha's Silver Earrings @samanthasearrings.bsky.social · 13/07/2025A very important moment in history. Smallpox killed untold millions of people before the vaccine existed. 011
Meg Elis @llenor26.bsky.social · 13/07/2025I was vaccinated against smallpox. My brother ( 2 and a half years younger) was not. Why? Because vaccination had eliminated the disease from the world by then. An object lesson or what? 110
Reposted by Meg ElisYesCymruCaernarfon @yescymrucaernarfon.bsky.social · 13/07/2025⛴️🏴 Dydd Sul nesaf!! ⛴️ 🏴 Mordaith Queen of the Sea efo YesCymru Caernarfon a’r Acordions Dros Annibyniaeth! Dydd Sul 20/07 am 16:30. Hwylio’r Fenai, o dan y ddwy bont. Dim ond £20. Bydd offerynwyr, a lot o ganu! Dewch ag offeryn! Am docynnau e-bostiwch: rhodri@yes.cymru 001
Reposted by Meg ElisYesCymruCaernarfon @yescymrucaernarfon.bsky.social · 13/07/2025⛴️🏴Cruise on the Queen of the Sea with YesCymru Caernarfon and the Acordions Dros Annibyniaeth! ⛴️🏴 Sunday 20/07, sailing at 16:30, for a round trip to the bridges. Musicians welcomed and singing is allowed! Only £20 each. For tickets, e-mail rhodri@yes.cymru 001
Reposted by Meg ElisEsgobaeth Bangor Diocese @esgobaethbangor.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Llongyfarchiadau Canon Dr Manon Ceridwen James! bangor.eglwysyngnghymru.org.uk/newyddion/20...bangor.eglwysyngnghymru.org.ukDeon newydd wedi’i phenodi i Gadeirlan Bangor - Diocese of BangorNew Dean appointed to Bangor Cathedral 011
Meg Elis @llenor26.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Novak!! (Pwy alla ddyfalu mod i'n o ffans mwya yr anfarwol.Djokovic!) :) 010
![The Telegraph
Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement
Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence
[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]
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Money > Property > Second homes
How to avoid tax on your second home
From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net
[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]
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