Branwen
@branwen-ferch-llyr.bsky.social
Cymraes, yn angerddol am ein hanes a chadwraeth anifeiliaid a’r amgylchedd. Wrth eich bodd yn crwydro’r mynyddoedd.
Welsh girl, passionate about our history and the conservation of animals and the environment. Love to wander the mountains.
Welsh girl, passionate about our history and the conservation of animals and the environment. Love to wander the mountains.
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The last remaining female Reform UK branch chair in Wales has resigned, citing ‘personal reasons’, amid an internal row over the lack of elections for senior party positions ✍️ Emily Price
Reform UK's last female Welsh branch chair resigns
Emily Price The last remaining female Reform UK branch chair in Wales has resigned, citing ‘personal reasons’, amid an internal row over the lack of elections for senior party positions. The announce...
nation.cymru
October 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The last remaining female Reform UK branch chair in Wales has resigned, citing ‘personal reasons’, amid an internal row over the lack of elections for senior party positions ✍️ Emily Price
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No one in Reform U.K. Ltd knows Nathan Gill the ex Reform leader in Wales who was convicted of taking bribes to promote Putin’s Russia. Here is Richard Tice not knowing him.
October 6, 2025 at 7:49 AM
No one in Reform U.K. Ltd knows Nathan Gill the ex Reform leader in Wales who was convicted of taking bribes to promote Putin’s Russia. Here is Richard Tice not knowing him.
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Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’ say green groups
Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’ say green groups
Exclusive: Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’ say green groups
Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Welsh language music, a way of promoting a language once suppressed, respecting the past and tradition without the politics of nationalist ideas.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...
‘The Welsh language has been aggressively oppressed’: Tristwch y Fenywod, the gothic trio communing with a mystical Wales
Inspired by the ‘enchanted, sapphic feeling’ of the coast and with bat sounds for drums, this Wales-obsessed band sound like no one else. They explain how queerness, neurodivergence and anti-coloniali...
www.theguardian.com
August 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Welsh language music, a way of promoting a language once suppressed, respecting the past and tradition without the politics of nationalist ideas.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...
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What a world we live in where an organisation dedicated to saving lives at sea has to state they won't apologise for saving lives at sea, because some arseholes think some lives are more important than others.
Lifeboat crew members who are called out to migrants crossing the Channel in small boats have told the BBC they make no apologies for saving lives at sea.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
RNLI crew makes no apologies for saving migrants' lives in English Channel
It says it has saved the lives of 58 people crossing the Channel
www.bbc.co.uk
July 30, 2025 at 9:05 AM
What a world we live in where an organisation dedicated to saving lives at sea has to state they won't apologise for saving lives at sea, because some arseholes think some lives are more important than others.
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The moment I saw that "trans bra" M & S story I sensed it was nonsense.
Seconds later, having read the Telegraph piece I knew it was worse than that. It was deliberate hate mongering completely devoid of evidence, names and facts.
Superb job of debunking it here
www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/06/m...
Seconds later, having read the Telegraph piece I knew it was worse than that. It was deliberate hate mongering completely devoid of evidence, names and facts.
Superb job of debunking it here
www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/06/m...
Dispelling harmful misinformation about M&S 'trans' bra fitting row
Dangerous misinformation over an M&S 'trans' bra fitting story is spreading online; here's what we actually know.
www.thepinknews.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The moment I saw that "trans bra" M & S story I sensed it was nonsense.
Seconds later, having read the Telegraph piece I knew it was worse than that. It was deliberate hate mongering completely devoid of evidence, names and facts.
Superb job of debunking it here
www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/06/m...
Seconds later, having read the Telegraph piece I knew it was worse than that. It was deliberate hate mongering completely devoid of evidence, names and facts.
Superb job of debunking it here
www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/06/m...
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"What we should really do is go after the property developers."
@greenjennyjones.bsky.social responds to the prospect of councils flogging off allotments on Good Morning Britain.
@greenjennyjones.bsky.social responds to the prospect of councils flogging off allotments on Good Morning Britain.
August 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"What we should really do is go after the property developers."
@greenjennyjones.bsky.social responds to the prospect of councils flogging off allotments on Good Morning Britain.
@greenjennyjones.bsky.social responds to the prospect of councils flogging off allotments on Good Morning Britain.
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RP if you agree, it is time for DEFRA, to End terrier work on hunts. DEFRA has the power, they can do this today.
August 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
RP if you agree, it is time for DEFRA, to End terrier work on hunts. DEFRA has the power, they can do this today.
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If the IDF has nothing to hide with its military and aid operation, it should allow international journalists into Gaza
news.sky.com/story/if-the...
news.sky.com/story/if-the...
If the IDF has nothing to hide with its military and aid operation, it should allow international journalists into Gaza
IDF spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani was reluctant to flesh out the implications of an expanded operation or what a full military "occupation" will look like during an interview with Sky...
news.sky.com
August 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
If the IDF has nothing to hide with its military and aid operation, it should allow international journalists into Gaza
news.sky.com/story/if-the...
news.sky.com/story/if-the...
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August 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Don’t recognise all of these, but mostly true! 🤣
www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/fu...
www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/fu...
22 things Welsh people say that make no sense to anyone else alive
These words, phrases and sayings are second nature to the Welsh but largely meaningless to almost everyone else
www.walesonline.co.uk
June 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Don’t recognise all of these, but mostly true! 🤣
www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/fu...
www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/fu...
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A fox screams for hours, trapped in wire. A badger bleeds out slowly. A pet cat in agony.
This is what snares do—and they're STILL legal in England. Labour promised a ban. Where is it? Demand action now: protectthewild.org.uk/ban-snares/
This is what snares do—and they're STILL legal in England. Labour promised a ban. Where is it? Demand action now: protectthewild.org.uk/ban-snares/
June 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
A fox screams for hours, trapped in wire. A badger bleeds out slowly. A pet cat in agony.
This is what snares do—and they're STILL legal in England. Labour promised a ban. Where is it? Demand action now: protectthewild.org.uk/ban-snares/
This is what snares do—and they're STILL legal in England. Labour promised a ban. Where is it? Demand action now: protectthewild.org.uk/ban-snares/
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Reform Councillor and Cabinet Member for the Environment says that climate change is a "hoax" and causes a spat.
Another Reform cllr quit after six days.
Four more don't turn up for work, as their leader dithers over simple questions.
They've really hit the ground "umming"
Another Reform cllr quit after six days.
Four more don't turn up for work, as their leader dithers over simple questions.
They've really hit the ground "umming"
May 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Reform Councillor and Cabinet Member for the Environment says that climate change is a "hoax" and causes a spat.
Another Reform cllr quit after six days.
Four more don't turn up for work, as their leader dithers over simple questions.
They've really hit the ground "umming"
Another Reform cllr quit after six days.
Four more don't turn up for work, as their leader dithers over simple questions.
They've really hit the ground "umming"
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Sounds exactly like Ronald Reagan's Star Wars program.
I'm pretty sure Reagan just made it up.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I'm pretty sure Reagan just made it up.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Golden Dome missile defense program won’t be done by end of Trump’s term
Exclusive: Pentagon officials expect a space-based weapon to be ready only for a demonstration by 2028
www.theguardian.com
May 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Sounds exactly like Ronald Reagan's Star Wars program.
I'm pretty sure Reagan just made it up.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I'm pretty sure Reagan just made it up.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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William Parkes of Newport, last of the Welsh Bantam Brigade, survived WWI, built a life in California, and lived to 106 – small in stature, giant in legacy
✍️ Peter Brown
@peteinsaltaire.bsky.social
✍️ Peter Brown
@peteinsaltaire.bsky.social
William Parkes of Newport
William Parkes, last of the Welsh Bantam Brigade, survived WWI, built a life in California, lived to 106 – small in stature, giant in legacy
bylines.cymru
May 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
William Parkes of Newport, last of the Welsh Bantam Brigade, survived WWI, built a life in California, and lived to 106 – small in stature, giant in legacy
✍️ Peter Brown
@peteinsaltaire.bsky.social
✍️ Peter Brown
@peteinsaltaire.bsky.social
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Heatwaves - a seriously underconsidered #PublicHealth threat in the #ClimateEmergency
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Exceptional heatwaves and mortality in Europe: Greater impacts since the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak
Record-breaking hot weather (exceptional heatwaves) has been increasingly common worldwide, posing a significant threat to human health. However, litt…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Heatwaves - a seriously underconsidered #PublicHealth threat in the #ClimateEmergency
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Reform don’t think climate change is real and all the other parties are dancing to their tune.
Here’s @carladenyer.bsky.social on @novaramedia.com explaining how we as Greens must be steadfast in fighting their lies.
Here’s @carladenyer.bsky.social on @novaramedia.com explaining how we as Greens must be steadfast in fighting their lies.
May 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Reform don’t think climate change is real and all the other parties are dancing to their tune.
Here’s @carladenyer.bsky.social on @novaramedia.com explaining how we as Greens must be steadfast in fighting their lies.
Here’s @carladenyer.bsky.social on @novaramedia.com explaining how we as Greens must be steadfast in fighting their lies.
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The third councillor Labour lost in Cumberland recently, Labour needs to start listening to the reasons and become true to their roots again | LDRS Press release
northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/cum...
northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/cum...
Cumberland: another councillor leaves Labour, this time to go Green
The third councillor Labour lost in Cumberland recently, Labour needs to start listening to the reasons and become true to their roots again
northwestbylines.co.uk
May 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The third councillor Labour lost in Cumberland recently, Labour needs to start listening to the reasons and become true to their roots again | LDRS Press release
northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/cum...
northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/cum...
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'Cooker' an Australian inspired conspiracy theorist. Usage: 'Any thread on solar farms on FB is full of cookers baking their strange and inedible bread'
May 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
'Cooker' an Australian inspired conspiracy theorist. Usage: 'Any thread on solar farms on FB is full of cookers baking their strange and inedible bread'
Quite aside from their motivation and competence, the 2 Reform councillors in Wales must look to London for their leadership. How well do we think Nigel Farage understands the issues facing people at local level in Wales today?
Reform Wales: Welsh party leader questions 'a distraction'
www.bbc.co.uk
May 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Quite aside from their motivation and competence, the 2 Reform councillors in Wales must look to London for their leadership. How well do we think Nigel Farage understands the issues facing people at local level in Wales today?
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Bylines Cymru’s Henry Morris satirises Musk’s successful “Coup Klux Klan” /1
@bylines.cymru
@bylines.cymru
The Papua New Guinea Courier’s overseas correspondent on America’s Coup Klux Klan
To America, where Elon Musk – the world’s most economically wealthy and spiritually impoverished man – is staging a coup
bylines.cymru
April 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Bylines Cymru’s Henry Morris satirises Musk’s successful “Coup Klux Klan” /1
@bylines.cymru
@bylines.cymru
We really, really don’t!
Something I have always been aware of but apparently some men less so - reading @jess-davies.Sky.social ‘s new book
April 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
We really, really don’t!
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Earth Day is a reminder that we only have one planet. Sometimes, it takes seeing Earth from space to truly grasp how precious it is. 🧵⬇️ (1/4)
April 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Earth Day is a reminder that we only have one planet. Sometimes, it takes seeing Earth from space to truly grasp how precious it is. 🧵⬇️ (1/4)