Will 🏴🏳️🌈
@willdv2002.bsky.social
ESRC Funded PhD student in Politics at Cardiff University, studying electoral reform in Wales
(personal account)
Research profile: https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/research-staff/daviesw18
(personal account)
Research profile: https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/research-staff/daviesw18
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Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
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The amount of time devoted to covering Reform UK by TV broadcasters would appear to give the party led by Nigel Farage a significant advantage over Plaid Cymru in terms of exposure in the run-up to next May’s Senedd election ✍️Martin Shipton
TV airtime will favour Reform UK in Senedd election, but Plaid has other routes to voters
Martin Shipton The amount of time devoted to covering Reform UK by TV broadcasters would appear to give the party led by Nigel Farage a significant advantage over Plaid Cymru in terms of exposure in t...
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December 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The amount of time devoted to covering Reform UK by TV broadcasters would appear to give the party led by Nigel Farage a significant advantage over Plaid Cymru in terms of exposure in the run-up to next May’s Senedd election ✍️Martin Shipton
Hate incidents, already estimated to be massively under-reported due to lack of follow through from the police, will now have zero data collected on them. Awful for victims, awful for research, perfect for the far right this government thinks they can appeal to.
Always think: whose "common sense"?
Always think: whose "common sense"?
Non-crime hate incidents are no longer ‘fit for purpose’ and would be scrapped under plans to be presented to the Home Secretary
Non-crime hate incidents to be scrapped for ‘common sense’ system
Non-crime hate incidents are no longer “fit for purpose” and would be scrapped under plans to be presented to the Home Secretary. A review by police leaders set to be published next month will call fo...
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December 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Hate incidents, already estimated to be massively under-reported due to lack of follow through from the police, will now have zero data collected on them. Awful for victims, awful for research, perfect for the far right this government thinks they can appeal to.
Always think: whose "common sense"?
Always think: whose "common sense"?
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CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Year
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December 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Year
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🚨 NEW BLOG
Labour have won every election in Wales for 100 years, but they are on track to (badly) lose the 2026 Senedd election - why?
@jaclarner.bsky.social and I have looked at new data, which shows how support is shifting within (not between) Wales's blocs!
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...
Labour have won every election in Wales for 100 years, but they are on track to (badly) lose the 2026 Senedd election - why?
@jaclarner.bsky.social and I have looked at new data, which shows how support is shifting within (not between) Wales's blocs!
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...
Consolidation, Not Conversion: Understanding Wales’s Ongoing Realignment
Showcasing current research, comments and analysis on the law, politics, history, culture, government and political economy of Wales from the Wales Governance Centre.
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk
December 17, 2025 at 9:10 AM
🚨 NEW BLOG
Labour have won every election in Wales for 100 years, but they are on track to (badly) lose the 2026 Senedd election - why?
@jaclarner.bsky.social and I have looked at new data, which shows how support is shifting within (not between) Wales's blocs!
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...
Labour have won every election in Wales for 100 years, but they are on track to (badly) lose the 2026 Senedd election - why?
@jaclarner.bsky.social and I have looked at new data, which shows how support is shifting within (not between) Wales's blocs!
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...
Having heard of Andrew Doyle's new (allegedly) non-fiction The End of Woke, it's struck me that there really needs to be a Betteridge's law of headlines for political theory, like if a book is titled "The End of X", X probably hasn't ended. (see also Bell 1960, Fukuyama 1992)
December 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Having heard of Andrew Doyle's new (allegedly) non-fiction The End of Woke, it's struck me that there really needs to be a Betteridge's law of headlines for political theory, like if a book is titled "The End of X", X probably hasn't ended. (see also Bell 1960, Fukuyama 1992)
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When Hunter S. Thompson ran for sheriff of Aspen — this will always be one of my favorite political anecdotes
May 11, 2023 at 12:26 AM
When Hunter S. Thompson ran for sheriff of Aspen — this will always be one of my favorite political anecdotes
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Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
December 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
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Mae'r recordiad o'n Darlith Flynyddol 2025 gan Yr Athro Syr John Curtice, Prifysgol Ystrad Clud, nawr ar gael ar YouTube
The recording ofour 2025 Annual Lecture by Prof. Sir John Curtice of @unistrathclyde.bsky.social is now on YouTube
👇 'Can Devolution Survive the UK's New Politics?' #Senedd26
The recording ofour 2025 Annual Lecture by Prof. Sir John Curtice of @unistrathclyde.bsky.social is now on YouTube
👇 'Can Devolution Survive the UK's New Politics?' #Senedd26
‘Can Devolution Survive the UK’s New Politics?’ – Professor Sir John Curtice
YouTube video by School of Law and Politics
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December 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Mae'r recordiad o'n Darlith Flynyddol 2025 gan Yr Athro Syr John Curtice, Prifysgol Ystrad Clud, nawr ar gael ar YouTube
The recording ofour 2025 Annual Lecture by Prof. Sir John Curtice of @unistrathclyde.bsky.social is now on YouTube
👇 'Can Devolution Survive the UK's New Politics?' #Senedd26
The recording ofour 2025 Annual Lecture by Prof. Sir John Curtice of @unistrathclyde.bsky.social is now on YouTube
👇 'Can Devolution Survive the UK's New Politics?' #Senedd26
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i asked chat gpt to fact check an article for me
December 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
i asked chat gpt to fact check an article for me
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Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru reach Welsh government budget deal, say sources to me and Emilia Belli
December 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru reach Welsh government budget deal, say sources to me and Emilia Belli
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Absolutely cracking @walesgovernance.bsky.social annual lecture by Prof John Curtice of @unistrathclyde.bsky.social about the devolution elections in Scotland & Wales in the new era of multi-party politics in the UK, with Plaid Cymru/SNP emerging as chief rivals to Reform in #Senedd26 #Holyrood26
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Absolutely cracking @walesgovernance.bsky.social annual lecture by Prof John Curtice of @unistrathclyde.bsky.social about the devolution elections in Scotland & Wales in the new era of multi-party politics in the UK, with Plaid Cymru/SNP emerging as chief rivals to Reform in #Senedd26 #Holyrood26
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Checking in on Rudy Giuliani, I see he's having an insane one
November 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Checking in on Rudy Giuliani, I see he's having an insane one
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New blog
Cracks in the Stonehenge of Welsh Politics: Caerphilly and Labour’s Future
Read @nyedavies.bsky.social on why the result in Caerphilly should act as a wake-up call to Welsh Labour, despite many in the party having warned against reading too much into the defeat
Read more: edin.ac/4949g0m
Cracks in the Stonehenge of Welsh Politics: Caerphilly and Labour’s Future
Read @nyedavies.bsky.social on why the result in Caerphilly should act as a wake-up call to Welsh Labour, despite many in the party having warned against reading too much into the defeat
Read more: edin.ac/4949g0m
November 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
New blog
Cracks in the Stonehenge of Welsh Politics: Caerphilly and Labour’s Future
Read @nyedavies.bsky.social on why the result in Caerphilly should act as a wake-up call to Welsh Labour, despite many in the party having warned against reading too much into the defeat
Read more: edin.ac/4949g0m
Cracks in the Stonehenge of Welsh Politics: Caerphilly and Labour’s Future
Read @nyedavies.bsky.social on why the result in Caerphilly should act as a wake-up call to Welsh Labour, despite many in the party having warned against reading too much into the defeat
Read more: edin.ac/4949g0m
Lawyers can breathe a sigh of relief that the odds of being shot by Dick Cheney have now went from "improbable" to "impossible".
November 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Lawyers can breathe a sigh of relief that the odds of being shot by Dick Cheney have now went from "improbable" to "impossible".
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Pairwise visual conjoint experiment in the wild
October 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Pairwise visual conjoint experiment in the wild
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Arne Slot and Geert Wilders tonight:
October 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Arne Slot and Geert Wilders tonight:
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You think your elections are nail biters? In the last poll of the polls, the @peilingwijzer.bsky.social produced by @tomlouwerse.nl, before election day in the Netherlands tomorrow, three parties are tied for first place
peilingwijzer.tomlouwerse.nl
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Laatste Peilingwijzer – Peilingwijzer
De Peilingwijzer combineert de Tweede Kamerpeilingen van Ipsos I&O & Verian/EenVandaag
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October 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
You think your elections are nail biters? In the last poll of the polls, the @peilingwijzer.bsky.social produced by @tomlouwerse.nl, before election day in the Netherlands tomorrow, three parties are tied for first place
peilingwijzer.tomlouwerse.nl
peilingwijzer.tomlouwerse.nl
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this timeline is unreal
Open the page. Scroll down to the timeline. Go through the timeline.
It’s… shocking
It’s… shocking
The White House Building
Every president since John Adams has occupied the White House, and the history of this building extends far beyond the construction of its walls. From the Ground Floor Corridor rooms, transformed from...
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October 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
this timeline is unreal
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That scene of the Welsh BBC correspondent being the only person interviewing Caerphilly's new Plaid AM while the rest of the media interviewed Reform's loser in the background was far too on the nose.
October 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
That scene of the Welsh BBC correspondent being the only person interviewing Caerphilly's new Plaid AM while the rest of the media interviewed Reform's loser in the background was far too on the nose.
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📺 New research from @cujournmedcul.bsky.social's Enhancing the Impartiality of Political News project
Our latest study analyses how BBC Cymru Wales and ITV Wales have covered the Caerphilly by-election across TV, online & social media.
🔗 www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/bbc-itv...
TLDR 👇
Our latest study analyses how BBC Cymru Wales and ITV Wales have covered the Caerphilly by-election across TV, online & social media.
🔗 www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/bbc-itv...
TLDR 👇
The impartiality of broadcasters in Wales: An analysis of BBC and ITV news coverage of the Caerphilly by-election — Researching the impartiality of political news
On 15 October 2025, the BBC hosted six of the eight candidates standing in the Senedd Caerphilly by-election the following week. This included figures from Labour, Conservative, Reform, Plaid Cymru, t...
www.enhancingimpartiality.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
📺 New research from @cujournmedcul.bsky.social's Enhancing the Impartiality of Political News project
Our latest study analyses how BBC Cymru Wales and ITV Wales have covered the Caerphilly by-election across TV, online & social media.
🔗 www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/bbc-itv...
TLDR 👇
Our latest study analyses how BBC Cymru Wales and ITV Wales have covered the Caerphilly by-election across TV, online & social media.
🔗 www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/bbc-itv...
TLDR 👇
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My mistake, you are correct! I generated the file, but I did not give you a download link — let me go get it for you [pretends to walk down stairs behind couch]
This person is paying OpenAI two hundred dollars a month to have a chatbot gaslight them about making an excel spreadsheet
October 20, 2025 at 2:22 AM
My mistake, you are correct! I generated the file, but I did not give you a download link — let me go get it for you [pretends to walk down stairs behind couch]
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Y NEWYDDION DIWEDDARAF - Pôl isetholiad Caerffili wedi'i rhyddhau gan Camlas a @survation.bsky.social
Mae ein pôl ar gyfer isetholiad #Caerffili yn darogan y bydd Reform UK yn ennill gyda Phlaid Cymru yn ail agos.
Mae Llafur Cymru yn drydydd gyda dim ond 12% o’r pôl.
Mae ein pôl ar gyfer isetholiad #Caerffili yn darogan y bydd Reform UK yn ennill gyda Phlaid Cymru yn ail agos.
Mae Llafur Cymru yn drydydd gyda dim ond 12% o’r pôl.
October 16, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Y NEWYDDION DIWEDDARAF - Pôl isetholiad Caerffili wedi'i rhyddhau gan Camlas a @survation.bsky.social
Mae ein pôl ar gyfer isetholiad #Caerffili yn darogan y bydd Reform UK yn ennill gyda Phlaid Cymru yn ail agos.
Mae Llafur Cymru yn drydydd gyda dim ond 12% o’r pôl.
Mae ein pôl ar gyfer isetholiad #Caerffili yn darogan y bydd Reform UK yn ennill gyda Phlaid Cymru yn ail agos.
Mae Llafur Cymru yn drydydd gyda dim ond 12% o’r pôl.
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BREAKING - New Caerphilly by-election prediction poll released by Camlas and Survation Ltd
Our poll for the upcoming #Caerphilly by-election places Reform UK to win with Plaid Cymru close behind.
Welsh Labour is pushed to a vote share of just 12%.
Our poll for the upcoming #Caerphilly by-election places Reform UK to win with Plaid Cymru close behind.
Welsh Labour is pushed to a vote share of just 12%.
October 16, 2025 at 5:15 AM
BREAKING - New Caerphilly by-election prediction poll released by Camlas and Survation Ltd
Our poll for the upcoming #Caerphilly by-election places Reform UK to win with Plaid Cymru close behind.
Welsh Labour is pushed to a vote share of just 12%.
Our poll for the upcoming #Caerphilly by-election places Reform UK to win with Plaid Cymru close behind.
Welsh Labour is pushed to a vote share of just 12%.
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Someone at the Guinea-Bissau electoral commission was having a lot of fun with WordArt in 1994
October 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Someone at the Guinea-Bissau electoral commission was having a lot of fun with WordArt in 1994