Rachel Garrick
@rcgarrioch.bsky.social
Cymraes. Mam. Cynghorydd Castell Cil-y-coed. Diwydiant niwclear. Annibyniaeth. Fy marn Welsh. Mam. Councillor Caldicot Castle Ward. Nuclear Industry. Independence. My opinions. Often unfiltered.
#NewportRising marching out to Bella Ciao. Commemorating our #Chartist history.
We see your flags and we raise our torches. #FlagsIsIt?
We see your flags and we raise our torches. #FlagsIsIt?
November 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
#NewportRising marching out to Bella Ciao. Commemorating our #Chartist history.
We see your flags and we raise our torches. #FlagsIsIt?
We see your flags and we raise our torches. #FlagsIsIt?
Is it though? Plaid's always been a strong 2nd in the Senedd constituency in Caerphilly. Its run the council twice in the past and is in opposition there with councillors concentrated in the constituency itself. This isn't the bellwether it's being made out to be - we still need tactical voting.
Lindsay Whittle has won the Caerphilly Senedd by-election for Plaid Cymru, defeating Labour in one of its strongholds
Breaking News: Plaid Cymru wins Caerphilly Senedd by-election
Lindsay Whittle has won the Caerphilly Welsh Parliament by-election for Plaid Cymru, defeating Labour in one of its strongholds. The by-election was called following the sudden death of Hefin David, w...
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October 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Is it though? Plaid's always been a strong 2nd in the Senedd constituency in Caerphilly. Its run the council twice in the past and is in opposition there with councillors concentrated in the constituency itself. This isn't the bellwether it's being made out to be - we still need tactical voting.
October 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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How do you humiliate a fascist? Caerphilly.
Bore da iawn, Gymru.
Bore da iawn, Gymru.
October 24, 2025 at 7:04 AM
How do you humiliate a fascist? Caerphilly.
Bore da iawn, Gymru.
Bore da iawn, Gymru.
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Legends, Cole and his mum made a massive difference in the Caerffili by-election. Hope Cole gets involved in politics, Wales needs more Cole's 👏🏼👍😊🏴
October 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Legends, Cole and his mum made a massive difference in the Caerffili by-election. Hope Cole gets involved in politics, Wales needs more Cole's 👏🏼👍😊🏴
Hard to disagree here.
The worst element of what happened this week isn't even about immigration specifically. It's that Starmer surrendered against populism.
May 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Hard to disagree here.
Yup. If Keir Starmer is coming to Welsh Labour Conference, he should speak Cymraeg. It's common sense.
And probably the only olive branch available.
And probably the only olive branch available.
The UK is not a single-language state.
A powerful argument by @owswills.bsky.social for understanding and valuing multiculturalism.
nation.cymru/opinion/the-...
A powerful argument by @owswills.bsky.social for understanding and valuing multiculturalism.
nation.cymru/opinion/the-...
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...
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May 14, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Yup. If Keir Starmer is coming to Welsh Labour Conference, he should speak Cymraeg. It's common sense.
And probably the only olive branch available.
And probably the only olive branch available.
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A very extensive report of the Visitor Levy that makes no mention at all of the fact I've done a load of economic modelling on its likely economic impacts for Welsh Government, looking at high mid and low impact scenarios, including 'ripple effects', and impacts are... minimal.
Wales tourism tax 'risky economic move', says holiday let provider
Wales tourism tax 'risky economic move', says holiday let provider
The UK's largest holiday let provider warns a tourism tax would be a 'very risky economic move'.
www.bbc.com
April 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A very extensive report of the Visitor Levy that makes no mention at all of the fact I've done a load of economic modelling on its likely economic impacts for Welsh Government, looking at high mid and low impact scenarios, including 'ripple effects', and impacts are... minimal.
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A former coal-fired power station in Newport is expected to become one of the UK’s largest battery energy storage plants
Former power station site set to host major battery energy storage plant
Nicholas Thomas – Local democracy reporter A former coal-fired power station in Newport is expected to become one of the UK’s largest battery energy storage plants. Uskmouth B, near the village of Na...
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April 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
A former coal-fired power station in Newport is expected to become one of the UK’s largest battery energy storage plants
This is an interesting proposal. With the right regulatory reform that Labour is pushing through, the investment in modular reactors will rapidly return profit. It would be a good social investment for the area too.
nuclear advocates seem convinced that an advanced modular reactor (AMR) is what Port Talbot Steelworks needs, but a steel industry source told me they thought electricity from AMRs would be too expensive
www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/peer-...
www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/peer-...
Peer advocates for AMR to power Port Talbot steelworks | New Civil Engineer
Domestic UK steelmaking has shot up the agenda this month as concerns have increased about the last British Steel blast furnaces being shut off as its
www.newcivilengineer.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
This is an interesting proposal. With the right regulatory reform that Labour is pushing through, the investment in modular reactors will rapidly return profit. It would be a good social investment for the area too.
Good day on wordle.
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April 12, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Good day on wordle.
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Very hard to disagree with this sentiment. UK Labour is giving me huge concerns over its position on HS2, Crown Estate and Steel. Wales appears to be second class at every turn and it challenges my ability to represent the party.
UK Parliament recalled today for emergency debate on the future of English Steel. If it was British Steel they'd be discussing how new blast furnaces could be made operational in Port Talbot. When Starmer says British he really means English. When he talks about the nation he means England.
April 12, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Very hard to disagree with this sentiment. UK Labour is giving me huge concerns over its position on HS2, Crown Estate and Steel. Wales appears to be second class at every turn and it challenges my ability to represent the party.
Every penny spent on British steel nationalisation should generate payment to Wales for Port Talbot.
Government in England really needs to articulate why it finds English steel jobs more important than Welsh steel jobs.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Government in England really needs to articulate why it finds English steel jobs more important than Welsh steel jobs.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Starmer steps in to seize control of British Steel with nationalisation likely
Parliament recalled on Saturday for emergency vote to pass bill taking assets into public control
www.theguardian.com
April 12, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Every penny spent on British steel nationalisation should generate payment to Wales for Port Talbot.
Government in England really needs to articulate why it finds English steel jobs more important than Welsh steel jobs.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Government in England really needs to articulate why it finds English steel jobs more important than Welsh steel jobs.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
#UKNuclear I feel we are missing raves from modern nuclear professionalism.
In 1976, California banned the construction of new nuclear plants. But now, the bipartisan Assembly Bill 305 is moving through Sacramento to legalize nuclear again.
Bay Area: come out to the Rave For Nuclear Energy on 4/20 to celebrate this legislation!
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Bay Area: come out to the Rave For Nuclear Energy on 4/20 to celebrate this legislation!
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April 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
#UKNuclear I feel we are missing raves from modern nuclear professionalism.
Looking forward to David Lammy having a conversation with J D Vance about free speech.
April 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Looking forward to David Lammy having a conversation with J D Vance about free speech.
*Stares in Welsh*
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Parliament to be recalled to debate nationalising beleaguered British Steel
Parliament closed for the Easter recess on Tuesday, but MPs will be recalled on Saturday to discuss plans for the company
www.independent.co.uk
April 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
*Stares in Welsh*
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Is it unprecedented? Sydenham had a similar incident in 2008. I arrived to take over the substation for refurb after 72hrs and it was still smouldering. Thousands of homes were out of power.
Transformers are terrible when they go.
Transformers are terrible when they go.
Counter-terror police leading inquiry into ‘unprecedented’ Heathrow fire
Met officers say no immediate indication of foul play as passengers face days of disruption from electrical substation blazeHeathrow airport closed – live updatesCounter-terror police are leading the investigation into...
Met officers say no immediate indication of foul play as passengers face days of disruption from electrical substation blazeHeathrow airport closed – live updatesCounter-terror police are leading the investigation into...
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March 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Is it unprecedented? Sydenham had a similar incident in 2008. I arrived to take over the substation for refurb after 72hrs and it was still smouldering. Thousands of homes were out of power.
Transformers are terrible when they go.
Transformers are terrible when they go.
See @garrickbad.bsky.social - my need to go camping is pathological
Exposure to nature may change the way the brain responds to processing pain, according to a study
Exposure to nature reduces brain activity linked to pain – study
Exposure to nature may change the way the brain responds to processing pain, according to a study. Scans showed activity linked to pain perception reduced when people were shown videos of natural scen...
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March 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
See @garrickbad.bsky.social - my need to go camping is pathological
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The difference a Labour Government makes.
BREAKING: The House of Commons has just passed Labour’s Employment Rights Bill. This will deliver the biggest upgrade in workers' rights in a generation 👏
March 13, 2025 at 6:20 AM
The difference a Labour Government makes.
I just saw a lad getting a bit of a char from a police officer on the hard shoulder of the M4 by Newport.
I think it was something about him riding his push bike on the motorway....
I think it was something about him riding his push bike on the motorway....
March 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I just saw a lad getting a bit of a char from a police officer on the hard shoulder of the M4 by Newport.
I think it was something about him riding his push bike on the motorway....
I think it was something about him riding his push bike on the motorway....
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Solidarity with our members at the Civil Aviation Authority, they are on the picket line today for a second round of strike action in a dispute over pay ✊
March 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Solidarity with our members at the Civil Aviation Authority, they are on the picket line today for a second round of strike action in a dispute over pay ✊
Dropkicks are awesome. They were awesome when I saw them pre kids and they were awesome this year, coming on to Yma O Hyd in Cardiff. Amazing way to warm up a gig.
Dropkick Murphys just had an epic moment at their show:
They made a friendly wager with a fan in a MAGA shirt—“Let’s see where it’s made.”
Then they checked his MAGA shirt tag…
Made in Nicaragua.
They swapped it with a Made in America Dropkick Murphys tee.
Legendary.
They made a friendly wager with a fan in a MAGA shirt—“Let’s see where it’s made.”
Then they checked his MAGA shirt tag…
Made in Nicaragua.
They swapped it with a Made in America Dropkick Murphys tee.
Legendary.
March 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Dropkicks are awesome. They were awesome when I saw them pre kids and they were awesome this year, coming on to Yma O Hyd in Cardiff. Amazing way to warm up a gig.
Every day I wake up and question further my political allegiance
The latest newsletter is out. I break down the holes in the arguments put forward by Labour MPs who votes against giving Wales more money open.substack.com/pub/willhayw...
Wales shafted by its own MPs
Plus the damning report into the Welsh Government's record
open.substack.com
March 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Every day I wake up and question further my political allegiance
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HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE.
(President of Mexico on International Women’s Day)
(President of Mexico on International Women’s Day)
March 9, 2025 at 4:19 AM
HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE.
(President of Mexico on International Women’s Day)
(President of Mexico on International Women’s Day)