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Dr Nicholas K. Alderton

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Welsh Historian My book 'Emlyn Hooson and the Welsh Liberal Party 1962-1979.' Published by Gwasg Prifysgol/University of Wales Press. Available from all good booksellers.

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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I just spent two days at the Labour conference in Liverpool. The difference between Welsh and UK Labour was stark. There is a huge opportunity for Wales, but there is a risk it passes us by. My write up here: willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/inside-the...
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Welsh Labour risk missing a golden opportunity
Inside the Labour conference
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Welsh Bollocks @welshbollocks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A new luxury spa has opened in Port Talbot. The 1st customer tries out the locally sourced mineral bath containing sulphur, cadmium & some brown sludge found oozing out of a hole down the back of Tescos.
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Dr Nicholas K. Alderton @nickalito.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Awkward! 🫪
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 30/09/2026
The Welsh Language Commissioner and the Irish Language Commissioner for Northern Ireland have raised concerns about the impact of BBC cuts on minority-language services
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Welsh and Irish language commissioners raise concerns over BBC cuts
Stephen Price The Welsh Language Commissioner and the Irish Language Commissioner for Northern Ireland have raised concerns about the impact of BBC cuts on minority-language services. Efa Gruffudd Jon...
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Supertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Danny Tommo tries to look well 'ard but always ends up looking like Frank Spencer. A deep dive into the comically hapless Tommo, his "Christian Army", the endless crowdfunding and the gaggle of bells supporting him. Spoiler: This is FULL of pisstaking. youtu.be/K5-56mveR9s
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Danny Tommo: The Far Right Frank Spencer
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 26/09/2026
Rhun ap Iorwerth has used the words of actor Matthew Rhys to make the case for Welsh independence at a rally which attracted thousands of campaigners
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First Minister quotes actor Matthew Rhys at independence rally
Eleanor Storey, Press Association Rhun ap Iorwerth has used the words of actor Matthew Rhys to make the case for Welsh independence at a rally which attracted thousands of campaigners. The first Minis...
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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Plaid Cymru Welsh Government has set out a new ambition for a modern, thriving, ambitious and confident nation ✊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ni'n troi'r camau gweithredu cynnar i ganlyniadau parhaol 👇
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 26/09/2026
In Wales, climate change is discussed as if it sits apart from the cost-of-living crisis. Yet extreme weather affects harvests, supply chains and prices. Flooding threatens homes and businesses. The effects may begin elsewhere, but they do not remain elsewhere ✍️ Nicola Pulman
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Why climate change isn’t top of Wales’s agenda and how we change that
Nicola Pulman, Director of Size of Wales I had recently returned from visiting Size of Wales’s partners, the Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS) and TaHuKah, in a 118,000-hectare landscape that is one of...
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Cymdeithas Lloyd George/The Lloyd George Society @lloydgeorgesociety.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New post on our website - Charles Stephenson's 'Over me beat the invisible wings' - Ireland, Churchill and Lloyd George. Charles Stephenson's latest book, 'The Early Churchill' available from Pen & Sword. lloydgeorgesociety.org.uk/2026/09/17/o...
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'Over me beat the invisible wings' - Ireland, Churchill and Lloyd George - Cymdeithas Lloyd George / The Lloyd George Society
The author, Charles Stephenson, has kindly agreed that we can publish a recent article that he has written. Although far from conventionally religious, Churchill had long considered himself under the ...
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Dr Nicholas K. Alderton @nickalito.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The latest issue also includes a fantastic review of my book by J. Graham Jones. @gwasgprifcymru.bsky.social uwp.co.uk/book/emlyn-h...
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Emlyn Hooson and the Welsh Liberal Party, 1962-1979 | UWP
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Dr Nicholas K. Alderton @nickalito.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
1/2 - 60 years ago on the 10/09/1966 - 200 Welsh Liberal delegates attend a conference at Llandiloes, Montgomeryshire. Under the leadership of Emlyn Hooson MP they found the Welsh Liberal Party, as a separate state party from England and Scotland.
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Llafur: The Welsh People’s History Society @llafur.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This Saturday we are exploring the aftermath and legacy of 1926 with another fantastic line-up of speakers and panellists! 📅12.09.26 🕰️10am 🎟️Register for free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1926-and-c...
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Dr Nicholas K. Alderton @nickalito.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
@rhunapiorwerth.bsky.social about to be on @mrjamesob.bsky.social show on @lbc.co.uk
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)
You cannot conduct a fair match when one side is playing with a ball and the other with bombs and, if democracy is to survive, it must be conducted according to definite and recognised rule. One of them is that no political party should resort to any weapon other than reason and argument. The introduction of private armies, as I see it, strikes at the root of democracy. I know it is contended that the Blackshirts are not armed and, therefore, are not an army, but I do not think that argument can be upheld. … Uniformed men in military formation suggest, and are meant to suggest, the idea of force. It is no argument to reply that at this or that demonstration no force is intended. It is an inescapable fact that a uniform in politics symbolises force, to be used either now or in the future.
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 09/09/2026
Following widespread public outcry over the revelation that sea eagles are being poisoned by toxic rat poisons, a Wales-based research group has called on the Senedd’s Environment Committee to push for tighter restrictions on the use of poisons which go on to enter the food chain
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Campaigners call on Senedd to restrict bird-killing poisons
Stephen Price Following widespread public outcry over the revelation that sea eagles in Britain were being poisoned by toxic rat poisons, a Wales-based research group has called on the Senedd’s Enviro...
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Dr Nicholas K. Alderton @nickalito.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Are Honest Bob (Robert) Jenrick, 50p Lee Anderson and LoadsaMoney Nigel Farage even safe to be around women? The party that admits a convicted woman beater become an MP confirms their contempt for women. Obviously, they agree with assaulting women. 1/2
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Farage’s ludicrous minions selling what’s left of their souls for coins, while either not knowing or caring that their boss secretly trousered five million for his ‘personal use’. He makes absolute twats of everyone who trusts him. And this James Orr character is supposed to be some sort of genius…
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 03/09/2026
The Welsh Government has said decisions on investment in the defence sector should be deferred until a new ethical framework governing its involvement with the industry is in place
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Welsh Government to defer defence investment decisions pending new ethical framework
Mark Mansfield The Welsh Government has said decisions on investment in the defence sector should be deferred until a new ethical framework governing its involvement with the industry is in place. Ent...
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
At what point does a British by-election get awarded to the silver medalist, à la Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis? Asking for a friend of a friend, i.e. me. #Clacton
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Cymdeithas Lloyd George/The Lloyd George Society @lloydgeorgesociety.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
New article on our website - Interview with Paul Spackman following the publication of his biography on Lloyd George. lloydgeorgesociety.org.uk/2026/09/01/i...
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 31/08/2026
Parents of seriously ill children are taking work calls from hospital rooms and risking losing their homes to stay by their child’s bedside, a campaigner said
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Parents ‘risk losing homes’ to be with their sick children, campaigner says
Ted Hennessey and Rosie Shead, Press Association Parents of seriously ill children are taking work calls from hospital rooms and risking losing their homes to stay by their child’s bedside, a campaign...
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Dr Nicholas K. Alderton @nickalito.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
scoutscymru.org.uk/welsh-awards... This is a very cool badge for the Scouts to get. As a volunteer with the last remaining Air Scouts (Gwendraeth Valley Air Scouts) in Cymru, very pleased about this.👍
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Gwobr Cennin Pedr/Cennin Pedr Award - ScoutsCymru
The Welsh Awards can be gained by Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers. They are tailored towards the unique Scouting experience in Wales.
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 25/08/2026
Country music superstar Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80, her family has announced.
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Country superstar Dolly Parton dies aged 80
Laura Harding, Press Association Entertainment Editor Country music superstar Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80, her family has announced. The musician was best known for her genre-defining hits ...
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton on funding education and childhood literacy programs: My daddy was the smartest man I have ever known, but I knew his inability to read probably kept him from seeing all of his dreams come true. Inspiring kids to love to read became my mission.
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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
My heart is breaking. In addition to her musical talents, she was an exemplary human being. R I P Dolly Parton www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/a...
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Dolly Parton, Country Music Superstar Whose Songs Spoke to Millions, Dies at 80
Known for her outsize persona, appearance and talent, she rose from rural poverty to become a top-selling singer, songwriter and entrepreneur.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 25/08/2026
This is truly heartbreaking. Dolly Parton was an extraordinary person and an irreplaceable champion of the working class. We are a better country because of her.
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Dr Nicholas K. Alderton @nickalito.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
To paraphrase Alison Krauss in the 1990's: "heaven is hearing Dolly Parton sing." I'm a non-believer, stridently so, but Dolly was something other-worldly. There was never a voice like hers, musically or otherwise, and we're all the better for it. What a beautiful life ❤️
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 20/08/2026
Sir Gareth Edwards – arguably rugby’s greatest ever player – has been honoured with the renaming of a stand at Cardiff Arms Park and the unveiling of a new portrait.
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Stand renamed in honour of Sir Gareth Edwards at Cardiff Arms Park
Nation.Cymru staff Sir Gareth Edwards – arguably rugby’s greatest ever player – has been honoured with the renaming of a stand at Cardiff Arms Park and the unveiling of a new portrait. As preparations...
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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Mae Llywodraeth Plaid Cymru wrthi'n gweithio i greu Cymru fwy gwydn a gwyrdd 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Bydd Cynllun Gweithredu Hinsawdd a Natur Cymru yn mynd i'r afael â'r materion o newid hinsawdd a cholli natur fel un - gan ddiogelu'r systemau hollbwysig a chreu dyfodol gwell i'n cymunedau. 💚
Outline of Wales against a blue sky with clouds above a green field, featuring text "Wales' first Climate and Nature Action Plan" in Welsh.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
“Dicky is ubiquitous these days…Perhaps he can’t resist the feeling of freedom he gets when not umbilically attached to Nige. It lets him believe he is a fully sentient independent being. Rather than one of the last clowns standing in the circus” Beautiful scorn. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform UK hates ‘Mickey Mouse’ degrees – apprenticeships in dodgy crypto, anyone?
Dicky Tice recalls digging trenches with a JCB as a young man, omitting to say the firm he went on to run was founded by his grandfather
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Duncan Hill @duncanducky.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Interested in Welsh politics? Liberalism? The history of devolution? Then you'll want a signed copy of "Emlyn Hooson and the Welsh Liberal Party 1962-1979" by Nicholas K. Alderton @nickalito.bsky.social lloydgeorgesociety.org.uk/2026/07/08/b...
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Book Offer - Signed copies of Emlyn Hooson and the Welsh Liberal Party 1962-79 - Cymdeithas Lloyd George / The Lloyd George Society
I have a small number of signed copies of my book available for sale. £20 plus £2 postage. 10% of sales will be donated to the Lloyd George Society. Drop me an email at Nicholas.alderton@hotmail.com i...
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Cymdeithas Lloyd George/The Lloyd George Society @lloydgeorgesociety.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Latest issue includes a review of Richard R. O'Brien's The 'Woman Who Helped Win the War - The Welfare Campaigns of Margaret Lloyd George, 1914-1918' by the Chair of the Society Russell Deacon
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LiberalHistoryToday @libhistorytoday.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
New Journal of Liberal History just published. Includes articles on the General Strike and the Liberal Party, Michael Meadowcroft, the Manchester Liberal Union and the South African War and the Lib-Lab Pact. mailchi.mp/1dc4e4b8c20d...
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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Plaid Cymru: connecting communities and making it easier to travel between north and south 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Taith Cymru, launching on 25 October, is a brand new coach service which will run between Bangor and Carmarthen. Get your tickets from 6 October 👉 tfw.wales/taithcymru
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
When I see commentators using terms like “DEI” I immediately suspect that they’re trying to ignite a US inspired (and maybe funded?) culture war here. Because the acronym used in the UK is EDI - equality, diversity, inclusion - linked to the equality act 2010. www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/1...
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Equality Act 2010
An Act to make provision to require Ministers of the Crown and others when making strategic decisions about the exercise of their functions to have regard to the desirability of reducing socio-economi...
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 12/08/2026
As wildfires continued to burn across parts of Wales overnight, a Senedd petition has been created calling for the Welsh Government to organise a prime-time televised briefing on the climate and nature emergency, delivered by independent experts
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Welsh Government urged to make televised briefing on the climate and nature emergency
Stephen Price As wildfires continued to burn across parts of Wales overnight, a Senedd petition has been created calling for the Welsh Government to organise a prime-time televised briefing on the cli...
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Hey, remember when Fauci privately told a reporter on Feb 7th 2020 that Covid was "more deadly than even your strenuous flus... This is deadly stuff" but then told a public press conference on Feb 27th 2020: "This is a flu. This is like a flu"? Oh wait! That was... Donald Trump.
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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Gyda gormod o bobl yn wynebu digartrefedd ac yn byw mewn llety dros dro anaddas, mae Cymru yn wynebu argyfwng tai. Dyna pam mae Plaid Cymru yn adeiladu 20,000 o gartrefi cymdeithasol erbyn 2030.
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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
With too many people facing homelessness and living in unsuitable temporary accommodation, Wales is facing a housing crisis. That's why Plaid Cymru is building 20,000 social homes by 2030.
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Cymdeithas Lloyd George/The Lloyd George Society @lloydgeorgesociety.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
New post on our website by @duncanducky.bsky.social - Looks like the BBC got ahead of itself and didn't ask those who know first. Glad to say the Beeb have updated their article 😀 www.lloydgeorgesociety.org.uk/2026/07/22/the-first-serving-pm-to-receive-the-legion-of-honour/
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The first serving PM to receive the Legion of Honour? - Cymdeithas Lloyd George / The Lloyd George Society
The BBC and The Guardian have both recently reported that Sir Keir Starmer was the first serving British PM to receive the French Legion of Honour. Both are wrong. David Lloyd George was invested as Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour in 1920. Grand Cordon was the secularist Third republic’s name for the Legion’s […]
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Cymdeithas Lloyd George/The Lloyd George Society @lloydgeorgesociety.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
lloydgeorgesociety.org.uk/2026/07/21/w... New post on our website by @duncanducky.bsky.social Looks like this will be the play to see! Go get your tickets now!
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"Winston and David" on stage - Cymdeithas Lloyd George / The Lloyd George Society
Robert Lloyd George’s play Winston and David, a sell-out hit at Edinburgh in 2022, will have a limited run at London’s Tabard Theatre in Chiswick this August. The play is performed by Maverick Theatre...
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 17/07/2026
A Welsh comedian has upset England fans after his alternative take on Wonderwall went viral
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Welsh comic gets death threats after his take on Wonderwall upsets England fans
David Owens If you’ve been to a comedy gig in Wales during the last year, it’s very likely you would have been blessed with the presence of Welsh Jesus on stage. The messianical mirth-maker dreamt up ...
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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Plaid Cymru has long called for more powers and fair funding so that we have the tools to invest in our communities and to see our nation thrive. Will the new pro-devolution Prime Minister stand by his principles once he gets the keys to No10 to deliver for the people of Wales?
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 18/07/2026
“This narrow-minded amendment which will never reach the statute book tells you everything you need to know about Reform and their blinkered view of the diverse multilingual, multicultural country Britain really is."
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Scottish minister condemns Reform plan to ‘ban’ Gaelic at elections
Reform UK have been accused of attempting to criminalise Gaelic, Scots and British Sign Languages at elections.
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Cymdeithas Lloyd George/The Lloyd George Society @lloydgeorgesociety.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
New post on our website lloydgeorgesociety.org.uk/2026/07/18/l...
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Lloyd George Society Chair - Welsh Lib Dem Peers face extinction - Cymdeithas Lloyd George / The Lloyd George Society
Martin Shipton, friend of the Lloyd George Society and our recent after-dinner speaker, has written an article for Nation.Cymru, highlighting the decline in the number of Welsh Liberal Democrat peers....
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Ooh.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This is the party currently demanding that I apologise for comparing Nigel Farage to a poo…
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 16/07/2026
Women should be believed when they speak about pain and their symptoms should no longer be dismissed, Wales' first Women's Health Minister has said as ministers pledged to strengthen women's influence over NHS services
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Women's voices 'must be heard' on pain, says Wales' first Women's Health Minister
Nation.Cymru staff Women should be believed when they speak about pain and their symptoms should no longer be dismissed, Wales’ first Women’s Health Minister has said as ministers pledged to strengthe...
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 16/07/2026
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Wales has accused Reform's Senedd group of attempting to intimidate journalists after it shared a covertly taken image on social media mocking a reporter while he was working ✍️Emily Price
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Journalists' union condemns Reform Wales over post mocking journalist at work
Emily Price The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Wales has accused Reform’s Senedd group of attempting to intimidate journalists after it shared a covertly taken image on social media mocking a ...
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Good. This sort of behaviour is disgusting. Whoever it’s aimed at. It will, less importantly, also be interesting to see how his fans square it with their bogus ‘free speech’ rhetoric & Reform’s canonisation of the despicable Lucy Connelly.
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