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Pete Davies

@pete-davies.bsky.social
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Guinnarcho-syndicalist/ Class struggle 👍 party politics 👎/ Cardiff City FC/ Chair Cardiff County Unison/ Books (mainly SF)/ Plant eating cat butler/ Da bedeirgoes, drwg dwygoes/ Save pubs FFS!

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Pete Davies @pete-davies.bsky.social · 7h
A completely accurate image of Cardiff.
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kimiannucci.bsky.social @kimiannucci.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Cardiff Archaeological Society- Our lecture is on Thurs 1st Oct by Miranda Aldhouse-Green.Murder Most Horrid!The Enigma of Iron Age Bog Bodies.This talk is a 'crime-scene-investigation' to try & unravel mysteries surrounding savagely-killed Iron-Age people.To join us, email cardiffarchsoc@gmail.com
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bhb @bhbentzman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Saint John the Baptist Church, Cardiff
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Porth, Rhondda, south Wales, 1946, painting by Glyn Morgan, 1926-2015 (National Museum Cardiff).
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Simon Pearson @anticapitalistmusings.com · 27/09/2026
A Portuguese hacker broke open football’s accounts. Everton got docked points. Manchester City got years. New piece on what that tells us about who really owns the game, and what money can buy once regulation comes calling.
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Dock Everton Ten Points
Manchester City’s case has revived an old Everton joke. It is funny because we already know how quickly an accounting breach can become a football punishment, and how slowly the game can move when ver
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Simon Pearson @anticapitalistmusings.com · 26/09/2026
Restore Britain did not create Britain’s decline. It learned how to weaponise it. The real British disease is economic abandonment. Can Andy Burnham offer something capable of reversing it?
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A Modern British Disease
Restore Britain did not create the decline it feeds on. It has learned how to turn it into a politics that hears your grievances.
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Pete Davies @pete-davies.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"£407 billion creates the impression of national emergency; £538 million reveals the actual scale of the proposed saving [0.13%]." simonpearson1.substack.com/p/the-407-bi...
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The £407 Billion Trick
Kemi Badenoch wants us to believe Britain’s welfare problem is the unemployed buying cigarettes. The numbers tell a rather different story.
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edwardstratmann.bsky.social @edwardstratmann.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Quality ShadowPlay by Moylan in the build-up to Cardiff's opener, as he then bursts forward to receive Salech's layoff before scoring.
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Cardiff Transformed @cardifftransformed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Join us for our plenary session as we ask IS THIS THE END OF THE TWO PARTY SYSTEM? @anthonyslaughter.bsky.social @walesgreenparty.bsky.social @tssa.bsky.social @bfawu.bsky.social @cardiffunison.bsky.social @rmtunion.bsky.social #CardiffTransformed2026 📅 26 Sep 3:45pm 🎟️ bit.ly/45vUHQ3
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Millions of Chopped Landlord Pieces @thirteentwelve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Charlotte Church roasting Ed Sheeran over a Dead Kennedy's cover
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Simon Pearson @anticapitalistmusings.com · 19/09/2026
An X account is building a personnel list of Stand Up to Racism activists, then profiling individuals with photos, jobs and locations. Britain has seen this method before. Redwatch did the same to anti-fascists. My latest looks at the list, the rhetoric around it and the historical parallel.
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The List
An alleged assault should be investigated as a crime. It does not erase the evidence around Restore Britain or justify compiling lists of its anti-racist opponents.
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DPAC Cymru - Disabled People Against Cuts Cymru @dpac-cymru.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Our protests have forced the Cardiff Timms Review workshop -- a top-down review controlled by private consultants -- to move online. The DWP should ask themselves the obvious question: why do disabled people feel the need to protest a review that is supposedly ‘co-produced’ with them? #TimmsReview
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MMTAction @mmt-action.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The framing says Wales must choose between children and the budget. But Wales is a currency user. The currency issuer is Westminster. Cardiff spends a block grant, borrowing capped by the Treasury. The real question: who rationed this money before it reached Wales? #MMT #Wales #UKPolitics
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Plaid warned not to cut help for poorer children if it wants Labour to back budget - BBC News
Welsh Labour leader Ken Skates makes early years programme Flying Start a red line in negotiations.
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Pete Davies @pete-davies.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have a corpse in their mouth" simonpearson1.substack.com/p/the-left-i...
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The Left Is Speaking a Dead Language
The hard right has learnt to turn insecurity and decline into a language that travels. Parts of the left are retreating into the vocabulary of another century.
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Aodhán Ó'Coileáin @werslabber.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
One region and two countries met in Cardiff the day before to says they wanted out of the UK. That has been mostly ignored. A village in England squeaks and becomes headline news.
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Pete Davies @pete-davies.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"In the period between the circulation of the rumour and confirmation of Thomas’s arrest, news outlets were told by Reform representatives that if they published details of the arrest, they would be in breach of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights." 🤣🤣🤣 nation.cymru/news/reform-...
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Reform UK tried to 'cover up' assault incident that led to its Welsh leader's resignation
Martin Shipton Reform UK tried to suppress coverage of its leader’s arrest on suspicion of assault and coercive control by warning news outlets they would break European privacy law by reporting it, w...
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Slightly out of focus @normandy661944.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Training of Barge Girls, Cardiff, by Evan Charlton, 1944. IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 4531
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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Penny Illustrated in 1891 summing up what it thought was the popular view of Cardiff.
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Ameé Ruszkai @ameeruszkai.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
UEFA has confirmed the venues for the 2028 and 2029 Women's Champions League finals ⬇️ 2028: Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon 🇫🇷 2029: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
There’s no need for a windfall tax on bank profits; it would be simpler to stop paying them subsidies by removing the 3.75% the Bank of England pays out on their reserves. Before 2006 this didn’t happen — Gerard Holtham, partner at Cadwyn Capital and visiting professor at Cardiff Metropolitan Uni
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Why are we giving a £24bn-a-year subsidy to profitable commercial banks? | Letter
Letter: Gerald Holtham suggests that it time to cut the 3.75% that the Bank of England pays out on the lenders’ reserves
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Pete Davies @pete-davies.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Marking the 100th anniversary of Cardiff City’s FA Cup victory in 1927. Love, Cardiff: Football Stories. Contemporary accounts of the cup win and the impact football had on people’s lives. The Blue Bird. Its popularity in 1911 gave rise to the club nickname. ​ nation.cymru/culture/week...
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Sherman Theatre reveals first season under Francesca Goodridge’s artistic leadership
Nation.Cymru staff A female-driven reworking of Macbeth, a new play by International Emmy-winning writer Daf James and productions celebrating Cardiff City’s historic FA Cup triumph will feature in th...
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Pete Davies @pete-davies.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Going to watch Cardiff City women v Wrexham in a bit. A first time for me. Hopefully the women can start doing better than the men are currently!
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Mauve and Yellow Army @tobw.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Cardiff, unconvincing at both ends of the pitch, face a long winter, Same old story as midfield domination counts for very little. mauveandyellowarmy.net
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Cardiff City mauve and yellow army. | A Cardiff City blog covering seven decades of supporting the club – in association with The Owl Centre.
Cardiff City mauve and yellow army.: A Cardiff City blog covering seven decades of supporting the club - in association with The Owl Centre.
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Pete Davies @pete-davies.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"It is possible to look at a rave in St Paul’s and ask whether something has gone wrong when even sacred space has to demonstrate commercial usefulness. But that argument leads towards property, finance, declining public support and the market. Murray goes somewhere else. He goes to the Visigoths."
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Pete Davies @pete-davies.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"The character I most identify with in Animal Farm is the cat. The cat is the criminal classes, who only get involved in the revolution at the very last minute. The cat is self-sufficient. He looks after himself and is very cynical about the whole experiment.” morningstaronline.co.uk/article/alex...
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Alexei Sayle: ‘The Palestine marches are entirely miraculous. The best of humanity’
ALEXEI SAYLE is the only child of two members of the Communist Party, a fact that is the wellspring of his identity and his humour. I was a “burned child,” he says.So, given the need to rebel against ...
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Pete Davies @pete-davies.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"It is remarkable how much Winstanley’s ideas anticipate those of subsequent self-proclaimed anarchists. He opposed those reformers and revolutionaries who sought to take power into their own hands, which they would inevitably use to further their own interests." freedomnews.org.uk/2026/09/10/g...
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Gerrard Winstanley: "To make the Earth a Common Treasury" - Freedom News
Marking 350 years since the death of the English revolutionary Digger (1609-1676) ~ Robert Graham, Illustrations: Clifford Harper ~ During the pe…
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Pete Davies @pete-davies.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Cardiff City playlist on Spotify open.spotify.com/playlist/5aY...
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Bluebirds, Cardiff, Football & Adjacent
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 11/09/2026
A new exhibition of works by Elfyn Lewis takes place in Cardiff from today - with all pieces formed as the result of a period processing personal grief - grief of loss, grief of closure, grief of letting go
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O'r Afon i'r Môr: Cardiff gallery hosts exhibition of new works from Elfyn Lewis
Stephen Price A new exhibition of works by Elfyn Lewis takes place in Cardiff from today – with all pieces formed as the result of a period processing personal grief – grief of loss, grief of closure,...
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Pete Davies @pete-davies.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If anyone in Cardiff likes jazz, this is on next month.
Poster for jazz event in Cardiff
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Freedom Press @freedompress.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Seeing this latest from Patriot Platform, with Thomas promising to pay masked paramilitaries day rates for attendance while cops stand impassively a few feet away, I'm seriously wondering if the left should start using "patriot" in group names when taking direct action. Incredible.
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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#RobertJenrick on the Pakistani flag being raised at Cardiff Castle on its Independence Day: "I am sick to death of foreign flags being hoisted above our historic buildings.” Ex-colonized nations across the world right now;
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Tea Eyeing Stare
ALT: Tea Eyeing Stare
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Simon Pearson @anticapitalistmusings.com · 08/09/2026
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Put the Special Relationship in the Dustbin of History
American threats over Britain’s proposed ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements expose the price of a relationship successive governments have treated as beyond question.
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elfynlewis.bsky.social @elfynlewis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
O’r Afon i’r Môr 11.09.2026 | 17.10.2026 Ten. R/O 143 Donald Street Caerdydd | Cardiff CF24 4TP www.gallery-ten.co.uk Ymylon (14.5 x 14.5 inches acrylic on mdf 2026)
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Cardiff Transformed @cardifftransformed.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Join us for our plenary session as we ask IS THIS THE END OF THE TWO PARTY SYSTEM? with @anthonyslaughter.bsky.social @richardwynjones.bsky.social, Kiera Marshall and @jennyrathbone.bsky.social #CardiffTransformed2026 📅 26 Sept 3:45pm 🎟️ bit.ly/45vUHQ3
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Pete Davies @pete-davies.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“Ask me anything… except about South Africa. I’ve just got in, and I don’t know anything about the country or the standard of soccer” elevennamedpeople.substack.com/p/what-kevin...
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What Kevin Keegan knew about South Africa
One troubling aspect of the late Kevin Keegan’s long football career, largely overlooked since his recent passing, was his relationship with apartheid South Africa.
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Real Counties | Historic Counties @realcounties.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Is Cardiff in Glamorgan? Cardiff is geographically in Glamorgan, its historic county, but the current council area extends into Monmouthshire, demonstrating the distinction between geographic and administrative boundaries.
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Is Cardiff in Glamorgan?
Cardiff is geographically in Glamorgan, its historic county, but the current council area extends into Monmouthshire, demonstrating the distinction between geographic and administrative boundaries.
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Simon Pearson @anticapitalistmusings.com · 07/09/2026
For years Reform has called Channel crossings an “invasion”. This weekend some people acted as though they believed it. Reform demanded restraint. Rupert Lowe moved to stand with the protesters. The rhetoric has escaped its authors, and now there is a fight over who owns the anger.
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What Happens When People Believe You?
Something changed over the weekend. Not necessarily in public opinion, and perhaps not permanently, but in the relationship between Reform UK and the political forces gathering to its right.
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Miners Returning on a Wet Evening (version III), painting by John Elwyn, Welsh artist, 1916-97 (National Museum Cardiff).
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Pete Davies @pete-davies.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Cardiff Top Rank, 1964. A nightclub on the cusp between the old and new. Very entertaining! www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCmW...
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Top Rank nightclub - Cardiff 1964
YouTube video by Archif ITV Cymru/Wales @ LlGC | ITV Cymru/Wales Archive @ NLW
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Reform UK Conference Ban List Michael Crick Anna Isaac - Guardian Peter Geoghegan - Democracy for Sale Ethan Shone - Open Democracy Isabella Link - Politics UK Ed Campbell - The Nerve Imran Mulla - Middle Eastern Eye Will Hayward - Guardian There’s a reported 50 journalists banned.
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Strike Map @strikemap.org · 03/09/2026
BREAKING 🚨 | Unions tell @icr.ac.uk board: end the strike, value your workforce and protect our national resource. Trade Unions representing 800,000 workers have just sent the below letter to the Executive Board and Trustees of the ICR. Share the letter below 👇 #StrikeMap
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Pete Davies @pete-davies.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Britain's number one complainer complains about Britain's complaints culture. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reform up against 'complainants' society', Nigel Farage tells BBC
The Reform UK leader said a "whole ecosystem" didn't want "new kids on the block succeeding".
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elfynlewis.bsky.social @elfynlewis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
O’r Afon i’r Môr 11.09.2026 | 17.10.2026 Ten. R/O 143 Donald Street Caerdydd | Cardiff CF24 4TP www.gallery-ten.co.uk O’r Afon i’r Môr (14 x 13 inches acrylic on mdf 2026)
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
'The Fraud' author to investigate how Labour Together shaped parliament Labour Together and its key donors spent over £2m to get two-thirds of the Labour MPs currently in the House of Commons elected. www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...
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'The Fraud' author to investigate how Labour Together shaped parliament
Labour Together, and its key donors, spent over £2m on getting two thirds of the Labour MPs currently in the House of Commons elected.
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sasha @2damntrans.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
there’s some fassh bloke doing the whole charlie krik thing in cardiff city centre.
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oatmaster @oatmaster.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
lol, Cardiff centre has one of those 'debate me bro' cunts sat at a table with a sign saying 'we need to deport millions'. About a dozen people watching, periodically drowned out by the trans healthcare protest.
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Andy Burnham Earnestness Enjoyer @jorisbinned.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Sad to see this little nazi tosser in Cardiff hopefully someone lamps him before the day is out
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Pete Davies @pete-davies.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"Greenstein’s landmark victory in a case with huge implications for free speech – and the right to speak out on the British state’s partnership in Israel’s genocide – was almost entirely ignored by the establishment media." jonathancook.substack.com/p/the-britis...
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The British state has lost the argument, even as it rigs the trials of genocide opponents
The UK isn’t a dispassionate arbiter of justice in prosecuting anti-genocide activists. It has been aggressively colluding in Israeli crimes. That huge conflict of interest is the elephant in the room
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sasha @2damntrans.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
According to Trans Aid Cymru’s insta there is a protest scheduled against this, the surgery cancellations, on this coming Monday, 12pm in Cardiff outside the Senedd building.
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