Gareth Roberts
@cyfathrebwr.bsky.social
‘Cyfathrebwr’ is the Welsh for ‘communicator’. Polyglot, inactive radio ham ( GW4JXN), retired educational adviser. Pro European supporter of Welsh Independence.
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What does M&S want for Christmas? A UK-EU food deal to undo damage from Brexit
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What does M&S want for Christmas? A UK-EU food deal to undo damage from Brexit
The leading retailer said Britain quitting the EU had pushed up costs and impacted choice for customers
www.standard.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
What does M&S want for Christmas? A UK-EU food deal to undo damage from Brexit
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
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Farage has been told to apologise for his alleged teenage racism by 26 school contemporaries who have written an open letter telling of their “dismay and anger” at his response in recent weeks.
December 17, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Farage has been told to apologise for his alleged teenage racism by 26 school contemporaries who have written an open letter telling of their “dismay and anger” at his response in recent weeks.
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Read this. Then read it again.
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Read this. Then read it again.
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Interesting “warning for Keir Starmer: Brexit is falling apart, but if you are not bold on Europe, your Labour rivals will be” from Tom Baldwin
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A warning for Keir Starmer: Brexit is falling apart, but if you are not bold on Europe, your Labour rivals will be | Tom Baldwin
Leave support is falling. That’s an opportunity the PM should seize before pro-Europe challengers for the Labour leadership do, says Tom Baldwin, author of Keir Starmer, The Biography
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Interesting “warning for Keir Starmer: Brexit is falling apart, but if you are not bold on Europe, your Labour rivals will be” from Tom Baldwin
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Like they caused Brexit, the Russian social media army, and the equivalent of Cambridge Analytics will be bombarding millions of British voters with PsyOps warfare levels of brainwashing, with posts, adverts and subtle / not so subtle emotive messaging and lies.
December 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Like they caused Brexit, the Russian social media army, and the equivalent of Cambridge Analytics will be bombarding millions of British voters with PsyOps warfare levels of brainwashing, with posts, adverts and subtle / not so subtle emotive messaging and lies.
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If you lose Fox News on basic human decency, you’re not leading. You’re rotting.
December 16, 2025 at 4:02 AM
If you lose Fox News on basic human decency, you’re not leading. You’re rotting.
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🇳🇱🇺🇦 Dutch parliament gave a standing ovation to Zelensky!
December 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
🇳🇱🇺🇦 Dutch parliament gave a standing ovation to Zelensky!
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This week our Reform correspondent takes a look at the racism allegations surrounding Nigel Farage and talks to the journalist and author Michael Crick who first confronted the party leader about schoolboy anti-semitism over a decade ago
#TheNerve
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#TheNerve
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‘He was a bully at school, he's a bully now’: the long history of racism allegations against Nigel Farage
John Sweeney talks to the journalist and author Michael Crick, who confronted the Reform leader with allegations of schoolboy antisemitism over a decade ago. How does he feel about the party’s positio...
www.thenerve.news
December 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This week our Reform correspondent takes a look at the racism allegations surrounding Nigel Farage and talks to the journalist and author Michael Crick who first confronted the party leader about schoolboy anti-semitism over a decade ago
#TheNerve
www.thenerve.news/p/nigel-fara...
#TheNerve
www.thenerve.news/p/nigel-fara...
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Could you imagine the faux outrage and claims of threat to safety if Reform MPs were singled out like this, with such provocative wording.
December 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Could you imagine the faux outrage and claims of threat to safety if Reform MPs were singled out like this, with such provocative wording.
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Tra bod #Cymru’n talu am brosiectau rheilffyrdd yn Lloegr, mae rhwydwaith rheilffyrdd ein hunain yn cael ei esgeuluso.
Mae llywodraeth Lafur y DU yn gwrthod ariannu rheilffyrdd Cymru yn deg nac eu datganoli i Gymru.
Bydd Plaid Cymru bob amser yn ymladd dros system decach i’n cymunedau 🏴
Mae llywodraeth Lafur y DU yn gwrthod ariannu rheilffyrdd Cymru yn deg nac eu datganoli i Gymru.
Bydd Plaid Cymru bob amser yn ymladd dros system decach i’n cymunedau 🏴
December 16, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Tra bod #Cymru’n talu am brosiectau rheilffyrdd yn Lloegr, mae rhwydwaith rheilffyrdd ein hunain yn cael ei esgeuluso.
Mae llywodraeth Lafur y DU yn gwrthod ariannu rheilffyrdd Cymru yn deg nac eu datganoli i Gymru.
Bydd Plaid Cymru bob amser yn ymladd dros system decach i’n cymunedau 🏴
Mae llywodraeth Lafur y DU yn gwrthod ariannu rheilffyrdd Cymru yn deg nac eu datganoli i Gymru.
Bydd Plaid Cymru bob amser yn ymladd dros system decach i’n cymunedau 🏴
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Massively overdue. Very glad to see this happening
Comes a week after a Labour MP in Commons cited Democracy for Sale’s cash for access investigation as evidence of how weak Britain’s are
Comes a week after a Labour MP in Commons cited Democracy for Sale’s cash for access investigation as evidence of how weak Britain’s are
December 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Massively overdue. Very glad to see this happening
Comes a week after a Labour MP in Commons cited Democracy for Sale’s cash for access investigation as evidence of how weak Britain’s are
Comes a week after a Labour MP in Commons cited Democracy for Sale’s cash for access investigation as evidence of how weak Britain’s are
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BREAKING: Keir Starmer has launched a formal investigation into foreign election interference after a former senior Reform UK politician accepted bribes to promote Russian interests in the European Parliament
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Reform’s Russian bribe case prompts election interference inquiry
The PM has ordered an investigation into foreign influence in politics after the ex-leader of Reform in Wales was jailed for taking cash to parrot Kremlin lines
www.thetimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
BREAKING: Keir Starmer has launched a formal investigation into foreign election interference after a former senior Reform UK politician accepted bribes to promote Russian interests in the European Parliament
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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HURRAH! Petitions are crap at making gov'ts do things they don't want to. But they are good for two things: First, making them explain why they won't do something, but second (and more important) nudging/giving them permission to do something they DO want, but that's been crowded out bandwidth-wise.
UK to hold inquiry into foreign financial interference in domestic politics
Review, which will focus on effectiveness of political finance laws, follows conviction of former Reform politician for accepting bribes
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
HURRAH! Petitions are crap at making gov'ts do things they don't want to. But they are good for two things: First, making them explain why they won't do something, but second (and more important) nudging/giving them permission to do something they DO want, but that's been crowded out bandwidth-wise.
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Reform UK Councils
Council Tax increases
Durham: 4.9%
Worcestershire: 5-10%
Warwickshire: ~5%
Leicestershire: 3% TBC
Kent: 5%
Lincolnshire: 2.9-4.9%
Staffordshire: ~5%
West Northamptonshire: 5%
Derbyshire: 4.99%
North Northamptonshire: 4.99%
Nottinghamshire: 4.84%
Lancashire: assumed 5%
Council Tax increases
Durham: 4.9%
Worcestershire: 5-10%
Warwickshire: ~5%
Leicestershire: 3% TBC
Kent: 5%
Lincolnshire: 2.9-4.9%
Staffordshire: ~5%
West Northamptonshire: 5%
Derbyshire: 4.99%
North Northamptonshire: 4.99%
Nottinghamshire: 4.84%
Lancashire: assumed 5%
December 16, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Reform UK Councils
Council Tax increases
Durham: 4.9%
Worcestershire: 5-10%
Warwickshire: ~5%
Leicestershire: 3% TBC
Kent: 5%
Lincolnshire: 2.9-4.9%
Staffordshire: ~5%
West Northamptonshire: 5%
Derbyshire: 4.99%
North Northamptonshire: 4.99%
Nottinghamshire: 4.84%
Lancashire: assumed 5%
Council Tax increases
Durham: 4.9%
Worcestershire: 5-10%
Warwickshire: ~5%
Leicestershire: 3% TBC
Kent: 5%
Lincolnshire: 2.9-4.9%
Staffordshire: ~5%
West Northamptonshire: 5%
Derbyshire: 4.99%
North Northamptonshire: 4.99%
Nottinghamshire: 4.84%
Lancashire: assumed 5%
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While Wales pays into rail projects in England, our own network is left behind.
A 45-mile journey in Wales can take over 6 hours - because the UK Labour government refuses to fairly fund or devolve Welsh rail.
Plaid Cymru will always fight for a fairer system for #Wales! 🏴
A 45-mile journey in Wales can take over 6 hours - because the UK Labour government refuses to fairly fund or devolve Welsh rail.
Plaid Cymru will always fight for a fairer system for #Wales! 🏴
December 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
While Wales pays into rail projects in England, our own network is left behind.
A 45-mile journey in Wales can take over 6 hours - because the UK Labour government refuses to fairly fund or devolve Welsh rail.
Plaid Cymru will always fight for a fairer system for #Wales! 🏴
A 45-mile journey in Wales can take over 6 hours - because the UK Labour government refuses to fairly fund or devolve Welsh rail.
Plaid Cymru will always fight for a fairer system for #Wales! 🏴
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Mae Plaid Cymru wedi galw am ymchwiliad i ymyrraeth dramor ers i gyn-arweinydd Reform yng Nghymru bledio’n euog i dderbyn llwgrwobrwyon gan Rwsia.
Mae Llywodraeth y DU wedi llusgo eu traed a nawr, ni fydd amser i weithredu i amddiffyn ein democratiaeth cyn etholiad y Senedd fis Mai nesaf.
Mae Llywodraeth y DU wedi llusgo eu traed a nawr, ni fydd amser i weithredu i amddiffyn ein democratiaeth cyn etholiad y Senedd fis Mai nesaf.
December 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Mae Plaid Cymru wedi galw am ymchwiliad i ymyrraeth dramor ers i gyn-arweinydd Reform yng Nghymru bledio’n euog i dderbyn llwgrwobrwyon gan Rwsia.
Mae Llywodraeth y DU wedi llusgo eu traed a nawr, ni fydd amser i weithredu i amddiffyn ein democratiaeth cyn etholiad y Senedd fis Mai nesaf.
Mae Llywodraeth y DU wedi llusgo eu traed a nawr, ni fydd amser i weithredu i amddiffyn ein democratiaeth cyn etholiad y Senedd fis Mai nesaf.
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In a world where everything is terrible, let's enjoy this one unambiguously good thing.
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UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
In a world where everything is terrible, let's enjoy this one unambiguously good thing.
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https://www.thenational.scot/news/25694084.nigel-farage-urged-come-clean-reforms-unidentified-donors/
t.co
December 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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📢 This petition reflects what many of us already feel about Brexit’s impact. If you haven’t signed yet, here’s the link:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK
We believe Brexit's not working. The OBR judges that the UK economy is smaller and trade is weaker because of Brexit, and it will just get worse. 10 years after the Brexit vote, let's apply to rejoin ...
petition.parliament.uk
December 16, 2025 at 7:58 AM
📢 This petition reflects what many of us already feel about Brexit’s impact. If you haven’t signed yet, here’s the link:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Plaid Cymru called for an investigation into foreign interference after Reform’s ex-Welsh leader was found guilty of accepting Russian bribes.
The UK Government dragged their feet leaving no time for action before the Senedd election next May to protect our democracy.
The UK Government dragged their feet leaving no time for action before the Senedd election next May to protect our democracy.
December 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Plaid Cymru called for an investigation into foreign interference after Reform’s ex-Welsh leader was found guilty of accepting Russian bribes.
The UK Government dragged their feet leaving no time for action before the Senedd election next May to protect our democracy.
The UK Government dragged their feet leaving no time for action before the Senedd election next May to protect our democracy.
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SHOUT-OUT to multi-talented International Treasure: DICK VAN DYKE! Today we celebrate his 100th year+3 days birthday.
From the day I first met him (story included below) he's been an inspiration & a source of joy to his countless fans around the globe, myself included. Thank you sir 🙏
For DVD: 🎂❤️
From the day I first met him (story included below) he's been an inspiration & a source of joy to his countless fans around the globe, myself included. Thank you sir 🙏
For DVD: 🎂❤️
December 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
SHOUT-OUT to multi-talented International Treasure: DICK VAN DYKE! Today we celebrate his 100th year+3 days birthday.
From the day I first met him (story included below) he's been an inspiration & a source of joy to his countless fans around the globe, myself included. Thank you sir 🙏
For DVD: 🎂❤️
From the day I first met him (story included below) he's been an inspiration & a source of joy to his countless fans around the globe, myself included. Thank you sir 🙏
For DVD: 🎂❤️
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Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
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Ex-MP who attended Nazi-themed stag party still has access to Parliament
(He was welcomed with open arms by Nigel Farage in to Reform UK).
metro.co.uk/2025/12/11/e...
(He was welcomed with open arms by Nigel Farage in to Reform UK).
metro.co.uk/2025/12/11/e...
Ex-MP who attended Nazi-themed stag party still has access to Parliament
Former MPs with blemished records still have access to parliament.
metro.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Ex-MP who attended Nazi-themed stag party still has access to Parliament
(He was welcomed with open arms by Nigel Farage in to Reform UK).
metro.co.uk/2025/12/11/e...
(He was welcomed with open arms by Nigel Farage in to Reform UK).
metro.co.uk/2025/12/11/e...
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Sounds about right.
December 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Sounds about right.
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A double tragedy. Reiner was one of the greatest American film directors of all time. Almost unmatched in the catalogue of pure joy he gave to the world.
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Director and actor Rob Reiner found dead at home with wife Michele Singer Reiner
Authorities investigating ‘apparent homicide’ after 78-year-old director of Stand By Me and The Princess Bride was discovered dead at LA home with wife
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:54 AM
A double tragedy. Reiner was one of the greatest American film directors of all time. Almost unmatched in the catalogue of pure joy he gave to the world.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...