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Another good newsletter from @willhaycardiff.bsky.social .....sobering stats on poverty, unsurprising stats on uk news coverage of Welsh politics and a few examples of NRW failures. Already looking forward to the next one.
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The worst person to be in Wales
A crisis we are just accepting
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November 9, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Another good newsletter from @willhaycardiff.bsky.social .....sobering stats on poverty, unsurprising stats on uk news coverage of Welsh politics and a few examples of NRW failures. Already looking forward to the next one.
open.substack.com/pub/willhayw...
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Splits have emerged at the top of Labour over breaking its manifesto promises on tax hikes, as Sir Keir Starmer was forced to reprimand a Cabinet minister and defend another from criticism
Headache for Starmer as splits erupt over tax hikes and minister breaks rules
Splits have emerged at the top of Labour over breaking its manifesto promises on tax hikes, as Sir Keir Starmer was forced to reprimand a Cabinet minister over ethics and defend another from criticism...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Splits have emerged at the top of Labour over breaking its manifesto promises on tax hikes, as Sir Keir Starmer was forced to reprimand a Cabinet minister and defend another from criticism
I have a lot of respect for Clive Lewis. I'm not sure that I fully agree with him on Ukraine, but what does seem ridiculous is advocating for sending troops in while still buying oil and gas from Russia #newsnight
November 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I have a lot of respect for Clive Lewis. I'm not sure that I fully agree with him on Ukraine, but what does seem ridiculous is advocating for sending troops in while still buying oil and gas from Russia #newsnight
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The Welsh Government has secured an agreement with the UK Government to 'explore' the controversial Barnett Formula funding arrangement ✍️ Emily Price
Welsh ministers secure agreement with UK Government to 'explore' controversial Barnett Formula
Emily Price The Welsh Government has secured an agreement with the UK Government to “explore” the controversial Barnett Formula funding arrangement. The public spending formula has attracted consider...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The Welsh Government has secured an agreement with the UK Government to 'explore' the controversial Barnett Formula funding arrangement ✍️ Emily Price
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The Caerphilly by-election was a ‘cataclysmic disaster’ for Labour and the contest was ‘over before it started’, according to a former Welsh Government minister ✍️Emily Price wp.me/p8Mk4U-18hJ
November 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The Caerphilly by-election was a ‘cataclysmic disaster’ for Labour and the contest was ‘over before it started’, according to a former Welsh Government minister ✍️Emily Price wp.me/p8Mk4U-18hJ
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Welsh indie music duo Rogue Jones have become the latest in a string of artists to remove their music from Spotify, opposing the CEO's controversial investments and the platform's ‘popularity contest’
‘Greedy men are wrecking the place’: Welsh duo latest to quit Spotify
Molly Stubbs Welsh indie music duo Rogue Jones have become the latest in a string of artists to remove their music from Spotify, opposing the CEO’s controversial investments and the platform’s deliber...
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November 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Welsh indie music duo Rogue Jones have become the latest in a string of artists to remove their music from Spotify, opposing the CEO's controversial investments and the platform's ‘popularity contest’
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Is Whitehall pushing Wales towards nationalism? We discuss the working/not working relationship between Welsh and UK Governments in our latest pod with @lauramcallister30.bsky.social Lauren McEvatt and Lee Waters MS
#Cymru #Wales #senedd26
#Cymru #Wales #senedd26
October 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Is Whitehall pushing Wales towards nationalism? We discuss the working/not working relationship between Welsh and UK Governments in our latest pod with @lauramcallister30.bsky.social Lauren McEvatt and Lee Waters MS
#Cymru #Wales #senedd26
#Cymru #Wales #senedd26
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The former head of the British Army has said the UK is too focused on welfare spending rather than funding defence despite the threat posed by Russia, as he claimed Nato is not sufficiently backing Ukraine
UK prioritising welfare rather than defence, former Army chief says
The former head of the British Army has said the UK is too focused on welfare spending rather than funding defence despite the threat posed by Russia, as he claimed Nato is not sufficiently backing Uk...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The former head of the British Army has said the UK is too focused on welfare spending rather than funding defence despite the threat posed by Russia, as he claimed Nato is not sufficiently backing Ukraine
Unfortunately, the king hasn't done this out of empathy for the victims or as some sort of measure of justice, he's done it as damage limitation for the royal family #newsnight
October 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Unfortunately, the king hasn't done this out of empathy for the victims or as some sort of measure of justice, he's done it as damage limitation for the royal family #newsnight
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3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
Keir Starmer tries to look tough - and exposes himself as a coward
The government's immigration policy is in desperate need of a bold change in direction.
metro.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
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This from X is a striking example of what I argue in today’s column. Reform and the Tories are out here gleefully saying disabled people on Motability should be forced to drive a 3-wheeler, like a scarlet letter. The stigma is not an accident - it’s the design.
October 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
This from X is a striking example of what I argue in today’s column. Reform and the Tories are out here gleefully saying disabled people on Motability should be forced to drive a 3-wheeler, like a scarlet letter. The stigma is not an accident - it’s the design.
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A major political row has broken out after it was reported that a Treasury Minister in the House of Lords has been appointed to oversee Labour’s election campaigns, including next May’s Senedd election ✍️Martin Shipton
Labour Senedd election campaign 'to be overseen by Treasury Minister in the House of Lords'
Martin Shipton A major political row has broken out after it was reported that a Treasury Minister in the House of Lords has been appointed to oversee Labour’s election campaigns, including next May’s...
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October 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
A major political row has broken out after it was reported that a Treasury Minister in the House of Lords has been appointed to oversee Labour’s election campaigns, including next May’s Senedd election ✍️Martin Shipton
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BREAKING | Truck hauling monkeys carrying hepatitis C, herpes and Covid overturns in Mississippi
Truck hauling monkeys carrying hepatitis C, herpes and Covid overturns in Mississippi
www.independent.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
BREAKING | Truck hauling monkeys carrying hepatitis C, herpes and Covid overturns in Mississippi
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19 doctors from Gaza are still held in Israeli prisons, without any charges against them. They were abducted from hospitals in the Strip many months ago, and are held in inhumane conditions.
October 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
19 doctors from Gaza are still held in Israeli prisons, without any charges against them. They were abducted from hospitals in the Strip many months ago, and are held in inhumane conditions.
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
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Like clockwork, we can soon expect another raft of harrowing news updates of petrified, injured or dead animals, and with them repeated calls to restrict the sale and use of fireworks falling on deaf ears ✍️ Stephen Price
Fireworks: A selfish pastime in need of change
Stephen Price Walking to my car the other night with the dogs in tow, I jolted as I heard the first firework of the season. With two weeks to go until bonfire night, it should have been on my radar, b...
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October 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Like clockwork, we can soon expect another raft of harrowing news updates of petrified, injured or dead animals, and with them repeated calls to restrict the sale and use of fireworks falling on deaf ears ✍️ Stephen Price
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Plaid Cymru has accused Labour of taking Wales for granted after the party’s crushing defeat in the Caerphilly by-election
Plaid Cymru claims 'Labour’s ship has sailed in Wales' after Caerphilly drubbing
Plaid Cymru has accused Labour of taking Wales for granted after the party’s crushing defeat in the Caerphilly by-election. The party’s Westminster leader Liz Saville Roberts MP also hit back at comme...
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October 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Plaid Cymru has accused Labour of taking Wales for granted after the party’s crushing defeat in the Caerphilly by-election
When a politician refuses to call clearly racist language, racist, then that politician is as bad as a racist Chris Philp #BBCLauraK
October 26, 2025 at 9:23 AM
When a politician refuses to call clearly racist language, racist, then that politician is as bad as a racist Chris Philp #BBCLauraK
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Proud to be Welsh 🏴 🏴🏴
October 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Proud to be Welsh 🏴 🏴🏴
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At two a.m. Caerffili
breathed deep and woke again;
and in the hush before the cheer
the valleys spoke as one. ✍️ Adam Price
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breathed deep and woke again;
and in the hush before the cheer
the valleys spoke as one. ✍️ Adam Price
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October 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
At two a.m. Caerffili
breathed deep and woke again;
and in the hush before the cheer
the valleys spoke as one. ✍️ Adam Price
wp.me/p8Mk4U-17Nd
breathed deep and woke again;
and in the hush before the cheer
the valleys spoke as one. ✍️ Adam Price
wp.me/p8Mk4U-17Nd
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Gonna be honest here and say as a journalist working in Westminster this makes me want to cry
My grandparents had to deal with this crap and now we are, it’s so wrong
How are we here where politicians feel so emboldened to say things that are so obviously racist?
My grandparents had to deal with this crap and now we are, it’s so wrong
How are we here where politicians feel so emboldened to say things that are so obviously racist?
October 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Gonna be honest here and say as a journalist working in Westminster this makes me want to cry
My grandparents had to deal with this crap and now we are, it’s so wrong
How are we here where politicians feel so emboldened to say things that are so obviously racist?
My grandparents had to deal with this crap and now we are, it’s so wrong
How are we here where politicians feel so emboldened to say things that are so obviously racist?
Just watched #AHouseOfDynamite ..... WOW! Brilliant, Tense, Traumatic. Left me with the same feelings as #Threads did, when I watched that as a teenager in the 80's
October 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Just watched #AHouseOfDynamite ..... WOW! Brilliant, Tense, Traumatic. Left me with the same feelings as #Threads did, when I watched that as a teenager in the 80's
It's amazing that people who consider themselves unionists and want to keep the UK together can't even be bothered to learn how to pronounce names (places,people,parties) from outside their own corner of the UK #newsnight
October 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
It's amazing that people who consider themselves unionists and want to keep the UK together can't even be bothered to learn how to pronounce names (places,people,parties) from outside their own corner of the UK #newsnight
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By now, the Reform suits had been joined by Laura Anne Jones MS, whose permanent smile had a long night ahead of it. It was a lonely night too, as by midnight the men at C&A had faces like half a tin of condemned veal ✍️Ben Wildsmith wp.me/p8Mk4U-17Kq
October 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
By now, the Reform suits had been joined by Laura Anne Jones MS, whose permanent smile had a long night ahead of it. It was a lonely night too, as by midnight the men at C&A had faces like half a tin of condemned veal ✍️Ben Wildsmith wp.me/p8Mk4U-17Kq
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Wales generally has a left of centre political identity.
This is how Caerphilly voted.
Reform may win a lot of seats in Wales, but it will be so hard for them to ever form a Government as most ppl don't agree with them.
This is why proportional systems are so much better.
This is how Caerphilly voted.
Reform may win a lot of seats in Wales, but it will be so hard for them to ever form a Government as most ppl don't agree with them.
This is why proportional systems are so much better.
October 24, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Wales generally has a left of centre political identity.
This is how Caerphilly voted.
Reform may win a lot of seats in Wales, but it will be so hard for them to ever form a Government as most ppl don't agree with them.
This is why proportional systems are so much better.
This is how Caerphilly voted.
Reform may win a lot of seats in Wales, but it will be so hard for them to ever form a Government as most ppl don't agree with them.
This is why proportional systems are so much better.