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First minister demands 'new deal' from Andy Burnham to make Wales equal with Scotland

Andy Burnham should give Wales parity with Scotland on devolution. A key driver behind Welsh Labour's defeat in May was the widespread perception that the Party had stopped advocating strongly for Welsh interests. Recovery depends on addressing that perception.

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Rhun ap Iorwerth demands the UK government devolve policing, justice and welfare powers to Cardiff Bay.

And of course, the far-left and sics her followers to try to bully me because I pointed out her flawed logic. Just as toxic as Twitter, really

I am a queer person myself...

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They scrapped the two-child benefit cap, overturned the onshore wind ban on day one, and established a comprehensive Child Poverty Strategy to lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty. That is explicitly centre-left social democracy in practice. I could go on.

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They enacted the rail renationalisation bill to bring passenger services under public control as franchises expire, launched Great British Energy to co-invest in renewables, and created the National Wealth Fund to drive public-private green infrastructure investment.

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Since 2024, Labour has delivered the Workers' Rights Act (biggest upgrade to employment rights in a generation), the Renters' Rights Act ending Section 21 in England, boosted NHS funding, reformed private school VAT to fund state education, and introduced a more progressive tax structure.

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He is kidding himself if he thinks it is 50/50. He has very little chance of winning.

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The Greens prioritised membership numbers above all else, willingly inviting these people in despite knowing how they acted in Labour. I think the Greens lack the internal mechanisms or experience to survive this entryism. It’s ordinary Green members I feel most sorry for.

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Anyone who suggests Labour is "neoliberal" is not a serious person

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Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Utterly silly thing to say, no-one who listened to Andy's speech can seriously suggest he is "neoliberal"

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I think it is very good that the PM is being so publicly vulnerable about grieving his father. That is also a form of leadership

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That was an excellent speech by Burnham. I think it was one of the best leader speeches I've heard in a while and certainly one of the most socialist speeches by a Labour Prime Minister. Very excited to see what this Labour Government will achieve over the next few years.

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It is one of the best conference speeches in a long time, it is the change that the UK needs ever since the failed Thatcherite experiment.

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Welsh Ace @welshace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is a brilliant speech by Burnham so far.

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There was no Labour candidate.

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Welsh Ace @welshace.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Other Welsh parties elect their leader through a members' ballot; in Reform, Farage just appoints them. It says all you need to know about Reform. It is a one-man band.

Welsh Ace @welshace.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"Win", it is a rigged election

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Welsh Ace @welshace.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The attack on Moscow is an attempt to force the warmongering murderer Putin to end his illegal imperialist war of aggression against Ukraine.

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Welsh Ace @welshace.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The genuine "people who create wealth" are not the rich CEOs or fat cat shareholders but the workers who actually produce the products.

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Welsh Ace @welshace.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Am I the only one sceptical of all these "AI hacking" claims? Call me cynical, but these claims actually help AI companies: they drive market hype, inflate valuations, position tech firms as the sole security experts, and encourage regulation that suppresses upstart competitors.

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Welsh Ace @welshace.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

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Welsh Ace @welshace.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“In the past, even highly contested policy debates in the Greens have always been conducted in a mature and sensible way, even [a] boring way. Now it’s changed.” What did they expect? They opened the doors to the cranks who toxified the Labour Party under Corbyn

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Welsh Ace @welshace.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Shows what kind of lowlifes they are that they would cause a lifeboat station to shut.

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Welsh Ace @welshace.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Excellent, it is about bloody time.

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Welsh Ace @welshace.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I choose "EU socialism" please. Good public services, regulations and protections for consumers, public health and workers all sound great. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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UK must pick between US economic model or EU’s ‘socialism’, says Trump adviser

Stephen Moore suggests taking a ‘more socialist’ European outlook may harm future transatlantic trade negotiations

Welsh Ace @welshace.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

So, I joined this BlueSky thing. So far it seems okay