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‘All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.’ – Mark Twain
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So politicians want rid of the Senedd: would they abolish any other country’s democracy? | Will Hayward
So politicians want rid of the Senedd: would they abolish any other country’s democracy? | Will Hayward
The Welsh parliament has its faults – but talk of axing it is for charlatans, not leaders who are serious about the nation’s future, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
So politicians want rid of the Senedd: would they abolish any other country’s democracy? | Will Hayward
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Farage dodged parliament, went to the US, slagged off the UK, lied to Congress, grifted for donations and hoped to persuade the US to punish us for the Online Safety Act. And got his arse handed back to him.
You’d think our ‘patriotic’ media would go nuts. But no. Some quiet mumbling. Beyond feeble.
You’d think our ‘patriotic’ media would go nuts. But no. Some quiet mumbling. Beyond feeble.
September 4, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Farage dodged parliament, went to the US, slagged off the UK, lied to Congress, grifted for donations and hoped to persuade the US to punish us for the Online Safety Act. And got his arse handed back to him.
You’d think our ‘patriotic’ media would go nuts. But no. Some quiet mumbling. Beyond feeble.
You’d think our ‘patriotic’ media would go nuts. But no. Some quiet mumbling. Beyond feeble.
“Approximately 76,700 pigs are slaughtered each day in Denmark. This is calculated by dividing the annual slaughter of 28 million pigs by 365 days.”…. So it’s better to be a wild flower than a pig there.
August 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
“Approximately 76,700 pigs are slaughtered each day in Denmark. This is calculated by dividing the annual slaughter of 28 million pigs by 365 days.”…. So it’s better to be a wild flower than a pig there.
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The bullet train in 🇯🇵-as glorious as everyone says. A reminder the Japanese built their first high speed train for the 1964 Olympics and it became national by the 80s. They’re now building Maglevs (floating trains).
Meanwhile in 🇬🇧 we can’t be sure we’ll connect HS2 to Euston. Pathetic.
Meanwhile in 🇬🇧 we can’t be sure we’ll connect HS2 to Euston. Pathetic.
July 28, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The bullet train in 🇯🇵-as glorious as everyone says. A reminder the Japanese built their first high speed train for the 1964 Olympics and it became national by the 80s. They’re now building Maglevs (floating trains).
Meanwhile in 🇬🇧 we can’t be sure we’ll connect HS2 to Euston. Pathetic.
Meanwhile in 🇬🇧 we can’t be sure we’ll connect HS2 to Euston. Pathetic.
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Anyone in the UK who thinks Farage and "Reform" have the right idea about making healthcare private should watch this. And read the comments.
A U.S. surgeon trying to have a “peer to peer” consultation with a doctor at a health insurance company who is hiding his identity as her patient gets denied coverage. And it gets worse from there. You have to see it to believe it.
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July 19, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Anyone in the UK who thinks Farage and "Reform" have the right idea about making healthcare private should watch this. And read the comments.
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President Macron says people supporting Brexit argued it would make controlling migration easier - but the opposite was true. "Since Brexit, there is no migration deal with the EU" - Good to see Macron telling the government and the rest of us some home truths.
news.sky.com/video/macron...
news.sky.com/video/macron...
Macron suggests Brexit caused a rise in small boat crossings
President Macron says people supporting Brexit argued it would make controlling migration easier - but the opposite was true. "Since Brexit, there is no migration deal with the EU," he says.
news.sky.com
July 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
President Macron says people supporting Brexit argued it would make controlling migration easier - but the opposite was true. "Since Brexit, there is no migration deal with the EU" - Good to see Macron telling the government and the rest of us some home truths.
news.sky.com/video/macron...
news.sky.com/video/macron...
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Brexit was sold on lies by Charlatans Johnson Farage and tax avoiders !
July 11, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Brexit was sold on lies by Charlatans Johnson Farage and tax avoiders !
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President Macron speaking at Guildhall,
"The European Union was stronger with the UK, and the UK was stronger with the European Union"
"We want to write our future and not be the story written by another continent.. The only way to chose our future is to do it together"
"The European Union was stronger with the UK, and the UK was stronger with the European Union"
"We want to write our future and not be the story written by another continent.. The only way to chose our future is to do it together"
July 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
President Macron speaking at Guildhall,
"The European Union was stronger with the UK, and the UK was stronger with the European Union"
"We want to write our future and not be the story written by another continent.. The only way to chose our future is to do it together"
"The European Union was stronger with the UK, and the UK was stronger with the European Union"
"We want to write our future and not be the story written by another continent.. The only way to chose our future is to do it together"
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I see Farage has accepted £100,000 of gifts since becoming an MP including a helicopter ride.
Surprised r4today aren’t making a big deal over this as they did when Starmer got a couple of concert tickets.
Any reason Farage is literally been given a “free ride “ by the media ? #r4today
Surprised r4today aren’t making a big deal over this as they did when Starmer got a couple of concert tickets.
Any reason Farage is literally been given a “free ride “ by the media ? #r4today
July 7, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I see Farage has accepted £100,000 of gifts since becoming an MP including a helicopter ride.
Surprised r4today aren’t making a big deal over this as they did when Starmer got a couple of concert tickets.
Any reason Farage is literally been given a “free ride “ by the media ? #r4today
Surprised r4today aren’t making a big deal over this as they did when Starmer got a couple of concert tickets.
Any reason Farage is literally been given a “free ride “ by the media ? #r4today
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Nigel Farage is either 'deliberately lying' or 'extremely stupid' for promising to reopen coal mines and restart blast furnaces, former Labour leader Lord Kinnock tells Sky’s Trevor Philips
July 6, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Nigel Farage is either 'deliberately lying' or 'extremely stupid' for promising to reopen coal mines and restart blast furnaces, former Labour leader Lord Kinnock tells Sky’s Trevor Philips
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BREAKING: Reform MP James McMurdock has suspended himself from the party
news.sky.com/story/reform...
news.sky.com/story/reform...
Reform MP suspends himself from party over allegations around his business affairs
Reform chief whip Lee Anderson said the suspension concerns allegations around James McMurdock's business affairs, likely to be published in a national newspaper.
news.sky.com
July 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
BREAKING: Reform MP James McMurdock has suspended himself from the party
news.sky.com/story/reform...
news.sky.com/story/reform...
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It will probably come as no surprise to anyone that Brexit has been slammed as a 'complete disaster' that 'ruined most of the country' in a poll marking nine years since the UK voted to leave the EU
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Brexit a 'disaster' that 'ruined the country' - referendum 'should be repeated'
On the ninth anniversary of the day the UK voted to leave the EU, we asked readers to have their say on whether Brexit has been a success - and Mirror readers had a lot to say on the matter.
www.mirror.co.uk
July 4, 2025 at 6:02 AM
It will probably come as no surprise to anyone that Brexit has been slammed as a 'complete disaster' that 'ruined most of the country' in a poll marking nine years since the UK voted to leave the EU
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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I spent the last few days at the Welsh Labour conference.
I have never been more convinced that the party is headed for opposition.
Full break down in this weeks newsletter:
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/the-endgam...
I have never been more convinced that the party is headed for opposition.
Full break down in this weeks newsletter:
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/the-endgam...
The endgame: Welsh Labour's conference
Starmer gets out of there quick
willhaywardwales.substack.com
June 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I spent the last few days at the Welsh Labour conference.
I have never been more convinced that the party is headed for opposition.
Full break down in this weeks newsletter:
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/the-endgam...
I have never been more convinced that the party is headed for opposition.
Full break down in this weeks newsletter:
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/the-endgam...
How is David Cameron’s “Big Society” policy status these days? My guess is that its been cast into the rubbish bin. Just wish his infamous In / Out EU referendum had followed suit prior to its launch
June 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
How is David Cameron’s “Big Society” policy status these days? My guess is that its been cast into the rubbish bin. Just wish his infamous In / Out EU referendum had followed suit prior to its launch
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BREAKING: “Nigel Farage isn’t interested in Wales. He’s interested in Nigel Farage and he takes people for fools” says Prime Minister Keir Starmer
June 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
BREAKING: “Nigel Farage isn’t interested in Wales. He’s interested in Nigel Farage and he takes people for fools” says Prime Minister Keir Starmer
I wonder if you had to dig a tunnel to get in there or did you receive an invite?
On rail funding the SoS for Wales told conference:
“For years the Tories peddled their lies and false promises on rail. Chronically underfunding Wales. Conference, we’ve put an end to that.”
My keyboard has almost caught fire from how quickly I’m writing the next news letter.
“For years the Tories peddled their lies and false promises on rail. Chronically underfunding Wales. Conference, we’ve put an end to that.”
My keyboard has almost caught fire from how quickly I’m writing the next news letter.
June 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I wonder if you had to dig a tunnel to get in there or did you receive an invite?
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You would think the British public could spot a Thatcherite shakedown after forty-five years of them, but it seems the bait & switch tactic still works if you throw in enough xenophobic dog whistles✍️ Ben Wildsmith
Devil In The Detail
Ben Wildsmith There’s a school of thought that we shouldn’t discuss Reform UK here. According to some on Facebook, any mention of the party or of Nigel Farage, no matter how critical, simply raises…
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June 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
You would think the British public could spot a Thatcherite shakedown after forty-five years of them, but it seems the bait & switch tactic still works if you throw in enough xenophobic dog whistles✍️ Ben Wildsmith
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Around 3/4 of people don’t want Reform in power.
But the narrative is that they are unstoppable.
First-past-the-post has warped British politics for far too long.
Now it risks letting the extreme right win a majority.
It needs to go. My latest guardian column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
But the narrative is that they are unstoppable.
First-past-the-post has warped British politics for far too long.
Now it risks letting the extreme right win a majority.
It needs to go. My latest guardian column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here is the single thing Labour can do to see off Reform and make British politics work | Will Hayward
Farage’s party could win 42% of Commons seats with only 26% of the vote. That’s not the way civilised countries do democracy, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Around 3/4 of people don’t want Reform in power.
But the narrative is that they are unstoppable.
First-past-the-post has warped British politics for far too long.
Now it risks letting the extreme right win a majority.
It needs to go. My latest guardian column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
But the narrative is that they are unstoppable.
First-past-the-post has warped British politics for far too long.
Now it risks letting the extreme right win a majority.
It needs to go. My latest guardian column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Reform UK has been accused of using its candidate selection process for the Senedd election as a money-making opportunity after it was revealed that would-be MSs will be charged £200 to be assessed ✍️Emily Price
Reform accused of 'money spinner' as party set to charge would-be Senedd Members £200 fee
Emily Price Reform UK has been accused of using its candidate selection process for the Senedd election as a money making opportunity after it was revealed that would-be MSs will be charged £200 to be...
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June 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Reform UK has been accused of using its candidate selection process for the Senedd election as a money-making opportunity after it was revealed that would-be MSs will be charged £200 to be assessed ✍️Emily Price
The £50m building in Wales set to be redundant before it opens www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
The £50m building in Wales set to be redundant before it opens
The new facility has been built at huge costs at a border point in Wales but may never be used
www.walesonline.co.uk
June 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The £50m building in Wales set to be redundant before it opens www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
A day that will live in infamy
It was at 435am for Tom Bradby on ITV and just before 440am for David Dimbleby on the BBC, the major news channels called the EU referendum for Leave on 24th June 2016. Leave had an 800,000 vote plurality from 80% of the declarations
June 24, 2025 at 7:51 AM
A day that will live in infamy