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Mark Llety'r Deryn

@markrees.bsky.social
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Retired and loving it. Ex-Educator. Bexley , Aberystwyth, Llandrindod, Builth, Swansea. Rubbish profile picture. One less (fewer) brick in the wall. Keep on keeping on. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. Anti-Tory doesn't mean pro-Labour (I block any begging followers or messages)

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 4h
Trump fell asleep - for a full four minutes - on camera - during tonight’s White House media session. The monkeys around him had to keep jabbering to fill the embarrassing silence.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 4h
The two Iranian men charged over the alleged terror plot against Jewish people in Manchester entered the UK by small boats. In 2020 and 2023. When the Conservatives were supposed to be watching the borders.
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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 6h
Oh dear. Time to stick with €2 for any choice of seat at Trenitalia?
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 6h
By Braverman’s definition: I am not English (half Armenian) nor is the mother of my kids (parents Welsh). In fact of my kids’ great grandparents — only one is English What do to do, Suella? There are probably 80 or so descendants of my great grandparents which by your benchmark aren’t English
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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 6h
“Plaid Cymru politician demands Plaid Cymru demands”
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Mark Llety'r Deryn @markrees.bsky.social · 5h
Mirroring a Trump-style intellect!
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Nula Suchet is an @nulasuchet.bsky.social · 8h
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Lomelindi12 @lomelindi12.bsky.social · 8h
Again? 😒 SWW has only just been fined £8m for sewage dumps around here
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No swim warning at Plymouth Hoe after sewage discharge
The Environment Agency issues a warning after "unpermitted discharge" at a treatment works.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 7h
Poland’s Defence Ministry is drafting a law to prepare the state for a “pre-war” or full defence-readiness phase before martial law is formally declared, Rzeczpospolita reports.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 6h
Pretty clear, I think.
Chart: Monthly job creation in the U.S.
January 2022-September 2026
September's 29,000 net jobs created missed expectations, and estimates for July and August were revised down by 60,000 combined.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 6h
We seem to have reached a point where everyone is doing terror now.
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Ann Widdecombe murder suspect charged with planning terror act against Nigel Farage
Joshua Kerry, 28, of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, charged with one count of preparation of terrorist acts, say police
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 10h
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12h
The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding.
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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 8h
those behind this terrorist’s radicalisation must be rooted out www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Man jailed for 15 years over Sidcup Ulez camera blast
Kevin Rees, 63, faces a tougher sentence because the offence had a "terrorism connection".
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 8h
The UK’s powerful GMB union seems to be all on board for the climate crisis according to an interview General Secretary Gary Smith did with The Times: Labour’s energy policy is “batshit crazy” and the department overseeing net zero is “basically the ministry for P45s”.
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Labour energy policy ‘crazy’, union leader says as he urges drilling
Gary Smith, GMB general secretary, argues that blocking oil and gas field projects will ruin investment and trigger a fresh wave of strikes
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 8h
The Iranian regime has sentenced Ardabil; Sahar Mami-zadeh to 25 months in prison and 50 lashes for a social media post that “insulted the leadership”.
A young woman with brown hair and a blue shirt
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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 9h
EXCLUSIVE Reform MP Sarah Pochin asked a question about the impact second homes have on rural areas, just 48 hours before buying a £800k second home in Wales… willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/reform-mp-...
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Reform UK MP buys £800k Welsh second home just days after questioning their impact
Is this a case of politicians saying ‘do as I say, not as I do’?
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Mark Llety'r Deryn @markrees.bsky.social · 9h
Not many people know that....
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10h
Welsh first minister calls on Burnham to deliever ‘new deal’ on devolution
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Welsh first minister calls on Burnham to deliever ‘new deal’ on devolution
Plaid Cymru’s Rhun ap Iorwerth says he has asked PM to ‘put Wales on equal footing with Scotland as bare minimum’ * UK politics live – latest updates The Welsh first minister, Rhun ap Iorwerth, has formally called on the prime minister, Andy Burnham, to deliver a “new deal” in his first address to a Plaid Cymru annual conference since taking office. Ap Iorwerth told party members during a keynote speech in Llandudno on Friday that his government had a “clear mandate” for devolving more powers from Westminster. Continue reading...
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Chris Rivers @chrisrivers50.bsky.social · 10h
The UK’s largest private-sector employer offers three days of paid leave for attending court hearings, arranging emergency accommodation, changing locks, securing childcare etc. Managers across Tesco, which employs 300,000 people, have also been trained to spot signs of domestic abuse.
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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 10h
My musical tribute to legendary broadcaster and campaigner Dame Esther Rantzen who has died at the age of 86.
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My musical tribute to Esther Rantzen (1940-2026)
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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Disillusioned With Conservatives @neverevertory.bsky.social · 13h
This picture has surfaced of Nigel Farage pointing & laughing as the pound crashed after Britain voted to leave the EU. If you still think he’s the man of the people, who would make our country better than it’s ever been? Think again!
Picture of Nigel Farage pointing & laughing as the pound crashed after Britain voted to leave the EU.
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NHU Bretagne @nhubretagne.bsky.social · 10h
✅ Les nations celtiques avancent. Et la #Bretagne ? À Cardiff / Caerdydd, Rhun ap Iorwerth, John Swinney, Michelle O'Neill et Mary Lou McDonald - Sinn Féin ont affirmé ensemble le droit de leurs peuples à décider démocratiquement de leur avenir. 👉 www.nhu.bzh/yes-breizh-d...
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 10h
Dolly Parton sings Jolene in Welsh in recording released after her death. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Dolly Parton sings Jolene in Welsh in recording released after her death
Parton's niece Jada Star and Welsh singer Bronwen Lewis say the country artist was proud to sing in Welsh.
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Oden @oden-gjallarhornet.bsky.social · 10h
#Russia Loses 1,520 Troops, 37 Artillery Systems in One Day #StandWithUkraine #RussiaAggression #RussianCrimes #Dictatorship #Surveillance #Censorship #RussianWarCrimes #PutinsWar #Muscovy united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
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Daily Update: Russia Loses 1,520 Troops, 37 Artillery Systems in One Day
Ukraine’s General Staff reports Russia lost 1,520 troops and 37 artillery systems in one day, with personnel losses now at 1,537,390 since February 2022.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 10h
According to Suella Braverman not one of these ENGLAND players are English. FUCK HER 🖕🖕🏾🖕🏿🖕🏽🖕🏼
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Alex Gallagher @alexgallagher.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 13h
Oleg Levushkin is behind the attempt to plant explosives at Leipzig airport - joint investigation by The Telegraph and Welt Am Sonntag. Evidence analyzed by these media suggests that there are clear similarities between the attacks in Leipzig
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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 11h
Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth takes to the stage for his first conference speech as Wales’ First Minister.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11h
Moldova’s Chișinău airport has been evacuated. Specialist crews are now searching the terminal.
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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 13h
jfc. well done Lewis for disclosing this so publicly.
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'We’re watching you’: MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir
In a letter to his former Labour colleague, the peer, who joined Peter Thiel’s AI company this month, writes: ‘You have made the case against the company more or less continuously’. By Carole Cadwalla...
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Derek Sherratt @olddek.bsky.social · 13h
Can I keep repeating myself the English are mongrel race composed of several invaders Romans, Saxons , Jutes, Angles, Vikings, Norman's, French Hugonauts like Farage, Jews, Dutch by invitation, and numerous others. This white crap is Nazi aryanism, the master race bs. Plus all our Celtic relations
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YesCymru @yes.cymru · 13h
The myths about Wales and our constitutional future are beginning to fall apart. Independence is normal. Nations smaller than Wales thrive as independent countries. It’s time for Wales to take its place on the world stage. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #indyWales
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 14h
#FOTW Daily Post 2 Fossil fuels are just old sunlight - stored solar energy from deep time that we're now burning all at once. The sun already sends us 10,000x the energy we need. We're digging up the past instead of making the most of the gift above #FateOfTheWorld — please reshare + tag 2
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Stevie Bennett @steviebennett.bsky.social · 13h
Have you sent #CaptainThugwash an #RNLI Christmas card yet? — at Hmp Winchester.
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Orchard Notes @orchardnotes.com · 14h
"This Sunday, 4 October, is Apple Day from 11-3pm. You can join a variety of family friendly activities, including apple tasting and pressing" at the Hollybush Conservation Centre on Broad Lane in Kirkstall, Leeds. (via West Leeds Dispatch)
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Apples, hocus pocus and Friends galore at Hollybush Conservation Centre - West Leeds Dispatch
By Iola Shaw Fancy some apples and a bit of hocus focus? TCV Hollybush and the Friends of Hollybush have two major annual events coming up in October. This Sunday, […]
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Mini_Motobeic @minimotobeic.bsky.social · 14h
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Braverman's big problem is confusing England for the UK. Black Welsh people who speak perfect Welsh? What has she to say of them?
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Diane Messias @comedywriter.bsky.social · 14h
Every time #RichardTice #ReformUK opens his mouth, his IQ drops 10 points. And he didn't have that many to start with.
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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 15h
The UK actually ended up with a DUP-Shaped Brexit. The DUP, incredibly, held the balance of power in the UK when theresa mays snap election backfired. they kyboshed her soft brexit and backed johnsons harder brexit. Britain is welcome to them. 3/3
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15h
UAE officials have warned the UK that a severe punishment for Man City could hurt future Emirati investment in Britain, Bloomberg reports. This is the perfect argument for keeping foreign money out of football.
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Public Service Ombudsman @publicservomb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
From today, we’re the Public Service Ombudsman. A clearer name means more people can find us, understand what we do and where we've found things have gone wrong, trust us to put things right. Find out more: t.co/bBOH6UfJGv
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Chris Rivers @chrisrivers50.bsky.social · 17h
To join the Single Market but not the EU would mean signing up to EFTA: (joining Norway & Iceland). But would require restoration of FoM: a good idea in the light of declining net migration.
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Hart Cunningham @hart28.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
👺Donald Trump Is Now More Unpopular Than Joe Biden on the Economy: ‘Trump’s approval on the economy has fallen to a new low of just 26%, with only 17% approving of his handling of the cost of living’🇺🇸
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Brian @brianscant.bsky.social · 17h
The moment a man in Brixton confronts Robert Jenrik and asks ‘why do you think you’re above the law?’ ‘You approved a £billion housing development for a Tory donor.’ Jenrik and his film crew who were out shopping for vegetables in Brixton slunk away back to GB News.
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Mark Llety'r Deryn @markrees.bsky.social · 16h
Bore da. Torrential rain here last night. There hasn't been so much water in our stream for over 6 months. Here comes the sun 😊. The weekend starts here! Enjoy your day.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 17h
Your weekend reminder that Nigel Farage wants to - leave the ECHR - repeal the Equality Act - Strip back workers rights - Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts - repeal the Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes no fault evictions He is not on your side youtu.be/KxOQRt8PQys?...
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If UK media actually explained Nigel Farage’s policies to the public no one would be supporting him
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Mark Llety'r Deryn @markrees.bsky.social · 17h
Correct and while it has a lot of coastline, many parts of it are inland.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Good, lock that little shit-weasel up!
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Mark Llety'r Deryn @markrees.bsky.social · 17h
It is a nice place but it's not on the coast
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Tim Thomas @timofnewbury.bsky.social · 18h
Please stop all this Traitors non-news on #r4today
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