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Owen Williams
@owswills.bsky.social
· Jun 5
The names of our rivers and mountains tell a story older than the state. Pen-y-Fan, Penicuik, Aberdeen, Aberystwyth – these aren’t just words on a map. They’re echoes of the first voices of this land.
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Immigration and Asylum are decided by UK Government.
“Nation of Sanctuary” is how Welsh Government follows the law once people are placed here.
Similar schemes exist in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Simple facts. No spin. Please share. 🏴
“Nation of Sanctuary” is how Welsh Government follows the law once people are placed here.
Similar schemes exist in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Simple facts. No spin. Please share. 🏴
January 30, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Immigration and Asylum are decided by UK Government.
“Nation of Sanctuary” is how Welsh Government follows the law once people are placed here.
Similar schemes exist in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Simple facts. No spin. Please share. 🏴
“Nation of Sanctuary” is how Welsh Government follows the law once people are placed here.
Similar schemes exist in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Simple facts. No spin. Please share. 🏴
February 3, 2026 at 8:08 AM
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‘You can tell the mood has changed’: How Plaid Cymru led the Welsh fightback against Reform
‘You can tell the mood has changed’: How Plaid Cymru led the Welsh fightback against Reform
Nigel Farage’s party was on the charge in Wales – but after the seismic Caerphilly byelection, progressives now believe they can come out on top in May
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:28 AM
‘You can tell the mood has changed’: How Plaid Cymru led the Welsh fightback against Reform
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Your regular reminder that immigration is not devolved to Wales.
Anyone who tries telling you that a vote for any party in the forthcoming Senedd elections is NOT a vote to end immigration.
Anyone who tries telling you that a vote for any party in the forthcoming Senedd elections is NOT a vote to end immigration.
Immigration and Asylum are decided by UK Government.
“Nation of Sanctuary” is how Welsh Government follows the law once people are placed here.
Similar schemes exist in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Simple facts. No spin. Please share. 🏴
“Nation of Sanctuary” is how Welsh Government follows the law once people are placed here.
Similar schemes exist in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Simple facts. No spin. Please share. 🏴
January 30, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Your regular reminder that immigration is not devolved to Wales.
Anyone who tries telling you that a vote for any party in the forthcoming Senedd elections is NOT a vote to end immigration.
Anyone who tries telling you that a vote for any party in the forthcoming Senedd elections is NOT a vote to end immigration.
Immigration and Asylum are decided by UK Government.
“Nation of Sanctuary” is how Welsh Government follows the law once people are placed here.
Similar schemes exist in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Simple facts. No spin. Please share. 🏴
“Nation of Sanctuary” is how Welsh Government follows the law once people are placed here.
Similar schemes exist in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Simple facts. No spin. Please share. 🏴
January 30, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Immigration and Asylum are decided by UK Government.
“Nation of Sanctuary” is how Welsh Government follows the law once people are placed here.
Similar schemes exist in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Simple facts. No spin. Please share. 🏴
“Nation of Sanctuary” is how Welsh Government follows the law once people are placed here.
Similar schemes exist in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Simple facts. No spin. Please share. 🏴
Hard truths for people voting Reform in Wales to “stop immigration”:
1. It won’t work
2. Only UK Government decides who is resettled, and where
3. The devolved governments created resettlement schemes to comply with UK Law:
- Nation of Sanctuary
- New Scots Strategy
- NI Refugee Resettlement Scheme
1. It won’t work
2. Only UK Government decides who is resettled, and where
3. The devolved governments created resettlement schemes to comply with UK Law:
- Nation of Sanctuary
- New Scots Strategy
- NI Refugee Resettlement Scheme
January 14, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Hard truths for people voting Reform in Wales to “stop immigration”:
1. It won’t work
2. Only UK Government decides who is resettled, and where
3. The devolved governments created resettlement schemes to comply with UK Law:
- Nation of Sanctuary
- New Scots Strategy
- NI Refugee Resettlement Scheme
1. It won’t work
2. Only UK Government decides who is resettled, and where
3. The devolved governments created resettlement schemes to comply with UK Law:
- Nation of Sanctuary
- New Scots Strategy
- NI Refugee Resettlement Scheme
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Also: Greenland is already under the NATO umbrella! Neither Russia nor China is going to "get it"! Look at a map – what are those two countries between Greenland and Russia? This is just absolute crankery. You can't sanewash this (even though people are trying).
Maybe good to remind the US president that the vast majority of citizens in his country DOES NOT WANT GREENLAND IN THE HANDS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Neither do the people of Greenland.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Neither do the people of Greenland.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
January 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Also: Greenland is already under the NATO umbrella! Neither Russia nor China is going to "get it"! Look at a map – what are those two countries between Greenland and Russia? This is just absolute crankery. You can't sanewash this (even though people are trying).
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Hard to find a bigger treat to freedom of the press than the President openly reminding a powerful journalist, on TV, that the journalist only has his job because of the President, and everyone being so lazily used to this sort of thing they don't even bother to edit it out for propriety's sake.
DOKOUPIL: When I travel the country, they tell me they don't feel it because grocery prices are up--
TRUMP: They're going to now. I've only been here for 11 months. I inherited a mess. If she got in, you wouldn't have this job right now.
TRUMP: They're going to now. I've only been here for 11 months. I inherited a mess. If she got in, you wouldn't have this job right now.
January 14, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Hard to find a bigger treat to freedom of the press than the President openly reminding a powerful journalist, on TV, that the journalist only has his job because of the President, and everyone being so lazily used to this sort of thing they don't even bother to edit it out for propriety's sake.
Let’s also lose the monarchy.
I spoke too soon. We will lose an ongoing anachronistic national embarrassment that we have people who sit by birthright in our legislature. Let them get real jobs, by their own merit.
December 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Let’s also lose the monarchy.
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Loves this I does!
This is “Plygain”.
It’s an old Welsh form of harmonic carol singing.
It’s the most Christmassy thing you’ll see today.🎄
Goosebumps. 🏴❤️
It’s an old Welsh form of harmonic carol singing.
It’s the most Christmassy thing you’ll see today.🎄
Goosebumps. 🏴❤️
December 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Loves this I does!
This is “Plygain”.
It’s an old Welsh form of harmonic carol singing.
It’s the most Christmassy thing you’ll see today.🎄
Goosebumps. 🏴❤️
It’s an old Welsh form of harmonic carol singing.
It’s the most Christmassy thing you’ll see today.🎄
Goosebumps. 🏴❤️
December 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This is “Plygain”.
It’s an old Welsh form of harmonic carol singing.
It’s the most Christmassy thing you’ll see today.🎄
Goosebumps. 🏴❤️
It’s an old Welsh form of harmonic carol singing.
It’s the most Christmassy thing you’ll see today.🎄
Goosebumps. 🏴❤️
Reform is not a new party, it’s a rehash of the Brexit Party, which is itself a rejig of UKIP.
Don’t con yourself that it’s anything other than a moneymaking exercise.
Don’t con yourself that it’s anything other than a moneymaking exercise.
December 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Reform is not a new party, it’s a rehash of the Brexit Party, which is itself a rejig of UKIP.
Don’t con yourself that it’s anything other than a moneymaking exercise.
Don’t con yourself that it’s anything other than a moneymaking exercise.
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Sickening. Racist POS. The same people are anti-Welsh bigots. WHITE ANGLO-SUPREMACIST IMPERIALIST FASCISM. Yes we should be outraged. Yes he should be loudly and publicly castigated for his views. The time to fight fascism is long overdue.
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Sickening. Racist POS. The same people are anti-Welsh bigots. WHITE ANGLO-SUPREMACIST IMPERIALIST FASCISM. Yes we should be outraged. Yes he should be loudly and publicly castigated for his views. The time to fight fascism is long overdue.
Last Christmas,
I gave you my heart,
But the very next day,
MRSA.
I gave you my heart,
But the very next day,
MRSA.
December 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Last Christmas,
I gave you my heart,
But the very next day,
MRSA.
I gave you my heart,
But the very next day,
MRSA.
Our girl left us Thursday. She was so unwell, and so ready to be still.
Wci was a joy. A gentle, caring little dog, and this house and this family is far emptier without her - but we are so much richer for having known her and having loved her.
And we’re so proud to have been her whole world ❤️
Wci was a joy. A gentle, caring little dog, and this house and this family is far emptier without her - but we are so much richer for having known her and having loved her.
And we’re so proud to have been her whole world ❤️
November 29, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Our girl left us Thursday. She was so unwell, and so ready to be still.
Wci was a joy. A gentle, caring little dog, and this house and this family is far emptier without her - but we are so much richer for having known her and having loved her.
And we’re so proud to have been her whole world ❤️
Wci was a joy. A gentle, caring little dog, and this house and this family is far emptier without her - but we are so much richer for having known her and having loved her.
And we’re so proud to have been her whole world ❤️
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I'd rather that the political power to develop the Welsh economy was in in the hands of Wales' democratically elected representatives thank you.
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...
nation.cymru
November 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I'd rather that the political power to develop the Welsh economy was in in the hands of Wales' democratically elected representatives thank you.
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@owswills.bsky.social explains very well here why this singular concept of Great Britain is divorced from reality. What stands for Cymraeg also stands for Scottish Gaelic. Moreover, Britain is a place of many cultures and languages. We are certainly not one nation nation.cymru/opinion/the-...
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The UK is not a single-language state. It’s time Starmer caught up
Owen Williams When Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared that “if you want to live in the UK, you should speak English,” he wasn’t just parroting a tired line about integration. He was exposing a deepe...
nation.cymru
October 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
@owswills.bsky.social explains very well here why this singular concept of Great Britain is divorced from reality. What stands for Cymraeg also stands for Scottish Gaelic. Moreover, Britain is a place of many cultures and languages. We are certainly not one nation nation.cymru/opinion/the-...
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And had Reform not been standing, you'd have heard nothing about an election in a small Welsh town...
October 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
And had Reform not been standing, you'd have heard nothing about an election in a small Welsh town...
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the new Plaid Cymru assembly member for Caerphilly sounds like a proper community-minded character:
"Still a councillor, he also has four voluntary jobs, working in two local schools, a community coffee shop and a foodbank...."
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politic...
"Still a councillor, he also has four voluntary jobs, working in two local schools, a community coffee shop and a foodbank...."
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politic...
What you need to know about Lindsay Whittle, new Senedd member for Caerphilly
The veteran Plaid Cymru campaigner won the Caerphilly by-election
www.walesonline.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 6:45 AM
the new Plaid Cymru assembly member for Caerphilly sounds like a proper community-minded character:
"Still a councillor, he also has four voluntary jobs, working in two local schools, a community coffee shop and a foodbank...."
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politic...
"Still a councillor, he also has four voluntary jobs, working in two local schools, a community coffee shop and a foodbank...."
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politic...
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"Amazing result for Plaid Cymru, so here's a guest from Reform anyway..."
October 24, 2025 at 7:55 AM
"Amazing result for Plaid Cymru, so here's a guest from Reform anyway..."
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Caerphilly byelection a triumph of positivity over division, says Plaid Cymru leader
Caerphilly byelection a triumph of positivity over division, says Plaid Cymru leader
Rhun ap Iorwerth says party’s win was more than just rejection of immigration-obsessed Reform or rudderless Labour
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UK politics live – latest updates
Plaid Cymru can offer a positive vision for Wales for voters who want to reject the divisiveness of Reform UK, the party’s leader has said after a triumphant Welsh parliamentary byelection.
Rhun ap Iorwerth said the 47% win for his party in the Caerphilly byelection was a rejection of Reform and its obsession with immigration, which, while important, did not overshadow more pressing issues, such as healthcare and housing. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Caerphilly byelection a triumph of positivity over division, says Plaid Cymru leader
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Ymateb @lauramcallister30.bsky.social i canlyniad is-etholiad #Caerffili ar @bbc5live.bsky.social #Senedd26 #Cymru
Prof Laura McAllister responds to the #Caerphilly by-election result on BBC Radio 5 #Wales
Prof Laura McAllister responds to the #Caerphilly by-election result on BBC Radio 5 #Wales
October 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Ymateb @lauramcallister30.bsky.social i canlyniad is-etholiad #Caerffili ar @bbc5live.bsky.social #Senedd26 #Cymru
Prof Laura McAllister responds to the #Caerphilly by-election result on BBC Radio 5 #Wales
Prof Laura McAllister responds to the #Caerphilly by-election result on BBC Radio 5 #Wales
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Notwithstanding all the erudite analysis, could I just say, as a long-ago Valleys resident .... bloody well done, Plaid Cymru!
Thank you for your attention etc.
Thank you for your attention etc.
Lessons of Caerphilly by-election IMV:
1) UK has become a country with bloc politics
2) enough voters don't want Reform that they are very vulnerable to being on the wrong side of it
3) but Labour, an essential component of that anti-Reform bloc being able to win, are too unattractive at present.
1) UK has become a country with bloc politics
2) enough voters don't want Reform that they are very vulnerable to being on the wrong side of it
3) but Labour, an essential component of that anti-Reform bloc being able to win, are too unattractive at present.
Labour’s Caerphilly humiliation is a bad omen
Result shows how Reform’s polarising nature may also be its weakness
www.ft.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Notwithstanding all the erudite analysis, could I just say, as a long-ago Valleys resident .... bloody well done, Plaid Cymru!
Thank you for your attention etc.
Thank you for your attention etc.
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Scale of Plaid win in Caerphilly is significant, not least because of what it says about the potential for progressive tactical voting in (relatively) high turnout elections to block Reform. Voters in this race knew it was a Plaid-Reform contest and voted accordingly.
October 24, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Scale of Plaid win in Caerphilly is significant, not least because of what it says about the potential for progressive tactical voting in (relatively) high turnout elections to block Reform. Voters in this race knew it was a Plaid-Reform contest and voted accordingly.