Chris Carter
@carterroutes.bsky.social
Newport West & Islwyn CLP Chair. National Policy Forum Member for Wales 🏴🌹
Labour Party activist and writer for LabourList.
Labour Party activist and writer for LabourList.
Great to be on BBC Wales Politics this morning talking about the year ahead following *that* poll earlier in the week and why I feel it is a double edged sword for Plaid Cymru 🏴
May 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Great to be on BBC Wales Politics this morning talking about the year ahead following *that* poll earlier in the week and why I feel it is a double edged sword for Plaid Cymru 🏴
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Interesting read from @carterroutes.bsky.social about the on-the-ground challenges facing Labour in the Valleys and the wider picture in Wales that will make the 2026 campaign such a challenge for the party domestically and in face of tough headwinds from the UK Party.
labourlist.org/2025/02/wels...
labourlist.org/2025/02/wels...
‘Welsh Labour prepares to fight or fall in the culture war as Reform threat looms’ – LabourList
"No, I won’t be voting Labour. They don’t even know what a woman is." The door slams in my face on a cold Saturday morning.…
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February 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Interesting read from @carterroutes.bsky.social about the on-the-ground challenges facing Labour in the Valleys and the wider picture in Wales that will make the 2026 campaign such a challenge for the party domestically and in face of tough headwinds from the UK Party.
labourlist.org/2025/02/wels...
labourlist.org/2025/02/wels...
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Starmer on grooming gangs: "Why didn't the last govt implement the Jay report? For ten years we've had reviews and reports. Did they do anything? No they're now tweeting and talking."
January 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Starmer on grooming gangs: "Why didn't the last govt implement the Jay report? For ten years we've had reviews and reports. Did they do anything? No they're now tweeting and talking."
So called ‘patriots’ Farage and Reform UK are cosying up to a US President who will cause material damage to the UK economy, businesses and workers with his tariff regime
www.ft.com/content/8a97...
www.ft.com/content/8a97...
January 5, 2025 at 8:27 AM
So called ‘patriots’ Farage and Reform UK are cosying up to a US President who will cause material damage to the UK economy, businesses and workers with his tariff regime
www.ft.com/content/8a97...
www.ft.com/content/8a97...
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Ballpark flat tax numbers: a fiscally neutral income tax flat tax would be about 25% - i.e. 5% increase in basic rate, 15% cut in higher rate. So the average earner would pay about £1,200 more tax/year. Someone on £100k would pay £5k less. Someone on £200k, £30k less.
December 17, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Ballpark flat tax numbers: a fiscally neutral income tax flat tax would be about 25% - i.e. 5% increase in basic rate, 15% cut in higher rate. So the average earner would pay about £1,200 more tax/year. Someone on £100k would pay £5k less. Someone on £200k, £30k less.
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🏴 "Labour can position itself as the stable, progressive option, contrasting sharply with Plaid’s perceived opportunism."
✍️ Chris Carter outlines six ways Welsh Labour can win in 2026:
labourlist.org/2024/12/six-...
✍️ Chris Carter outlines six ways Welsh Labour can win in 2026:
labourlist.org/2024/12/six-...
‘Pressure Plaid, be clinical in attack and build more homes: six ways Welsh Labour can win in 2026’ – LabourList
Welsh Labour had a tougher 2024 than most. Wales was the only part of the United Kingdom that saw a decline in Labour’s overall vote…
labourlist.org
December 15, 2024 at 7:14 AM
🏴 "Labour can position itself as the stable, progressive option, contrasting sharply with Plaid’s perceived opportunism."
✍️ Chris Carter outlines six ways Welsh Labour can win in 2026:
labourlist.org/2024/12/six-...
✍️ Chris Carter outlines six ways Welsh Labour can win in 2026:
labourlist.org/2024/12/six-...
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Two stages of writing:
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
December 4, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Two stages of writing:
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
Andrew RT Davies, spooked by the spectre of Reform UK, was forced to resign by his own party colleagues.
Labour in Wales need to ensure cooler heads prevail if they are to win reelection in 2026, but first, @prifweinidog.bsky.social needs to regain the initiative
labourlist.org/2024/12/refo...
Labour in Wales need to ensure cooler heads prevail if they are to win reelection in 2026, but first, @prifweinidog.bsky.social needs to regain the initiative
labourlist.org/2024/12/refo...
December 4, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Andrew RT Davies, spooked by the spectre of Reform UK, was forced to resign by his own party colleagues.
Labour in Wales need to ensure cooler heads prevail if they are to win reelection in 2026, but first, @prifweinidog.bsky.social needs to regain the initiative
labourlist.org/2024/12/refo...
Labour in Wales need to ensure cooler heads prevail if they are to win reelection in 2026, but first, @prifweinidog.bsky.social needs to regain the initiative
labourlist.org/2024/12/refo...
Fantastic news 👏
Blackwood Miners’ Institute will remain open at least until the end of March 2026, in what has been called ‘a victory for common sense’
‘Huge relief’ as at-risk Blackwood Miners’ Institute given lifeline
Nicholas Thomas, local democracy reporter Blackwood Miners’ Institute will remain open at least until the end of March 2026, in what has been called “a victory for common sense”. The ‘Stute, which…
buff.ly
December 4, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Fantastic news 👏
Now there’s a point
Whether it's in Reform's long term interests to have Andrea Jenkyns as one of their most prominent elected politicians is another question.
I'm afraid to say I think she'll win too.
November 28, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Now there’s a point
Christmas may well have come early this year for @prifweinidog.bsky.social
nation.cymru/news/andrew-...
nation.cymru/news/andrew-...
Andrew RT Davies asked to step down as leader of the Welsh Conservatives by MSs
Emily Price The leader of the Welsh Conservatives Andrew RT Davies has been asked to step down amid criticism from within his own group. A well placed source told us that a series of controversial “g...
nation.cymru
November 28, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Christmas may well have come early this year for @prifweinidog.bsky.social
nation.cymru/news/andrew-...
nation.cymru/news/andrew-...
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Tomorrow I will appear before the @seneddcymru.bsky.social Health and Social Care Committee for Stage 2 of the Health & Social Care (Wales) Bill which seeks to eliminate private profit from the care of looked after children
business.senedd.wales/mgIssueHisto....
business.senedd.wales/mgIssueHisto....
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill | Senedd
Senedd
business.senedd.wales
November 27, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Tomorrow I will appear before the @seneddcymru.bsky.social Health and Social Care Committee for Stage 2 of the Health & Social Care (Wales) Bill which seeks to eliminate private profit from the care of looked after children
business.senedd.wales/mgIssueHisto....
business.senedd.wales/mgIssueHisto....
Brilliant. Now introduce all day off peak fares and I can die happy.
Rail passengers travelling across the South Wales Metro can now access easier ways to pay and great value fares with a new Pay As You Go system
nation.cymru/news/pay-as-...
nation.cymru/news/pay-as-...
Pay As You Go extended to almost 100 train stations
Rail passengers travelling across the South Wales Metro can now access easier ways to pay and great value fares with a new Pay As You Go system. Transport for Wales is the first train operator outside...
nation.cymru
November 26, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Brilliant. Now introduce all day off peak fares and I can die happy.
There is so much podcast in this podcast
November 25, 2024 at 2:05 PM
There is so much podcast in this podcast
Got absolutely soaked but great round in Blackwood this morning 🚪🌹☔️
November 23, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Got absolutely soaked but great round in Blackwood this morning 🚪🌹☔️
A friend texts “just took out an annual Private Eye subscription”
November 21, 2024 at 9:10 AM
A friend texts “just took out an annual Private Eye subscription”
Rest in peace John Prescott 😞
November 21, 2024 at 7:06 AM
Rest in peace John Prescott 😞
Openly mocking a formal censure by the Welsh Parliament standards committee after weeks of her party calling for its abolition goes to show everything you need to know about the respect Welsh Tories have for the institution.
Solidarity @waterslee.bsky.social
nation.cymru/news/tory-ms...
Solidarity @waterslee.bsky.social
nation.cymru/news/tory-ms...
Tory MS blasted over anti-20mph protest effigy stunt
Emily Price Natasha Asghar has been blasted for “abuse” and “harassment” after a photo taken on the steps of the Senedd showed her with her arm around the neck of a crude effigy of former deputy minis...
nation.cymru
November 20, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Openly mocking a formal censure by the Welsh Parliament standards committee after weeks of her party calling for its abolition goes to show everything you need to know about the respect Welsh Tories have for the institution.
Solidarity @waterslee.bsky.social
nation.cymru/news/tory-ms...
Solidarity @waterslee.bsky.social
nation.cymru/news/tory-ms...
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Important context here:
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
A message from a REAL farmer who hasn’t been brainwashed by the Tories, wealthy landowners and the right wing media👇🏽
#FarmersProtest
#FarmersProtest
November 20, 2024 at 7:36 AM
Important context here:
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
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Tax due if parents hand on £3m house: £940k
Tax due if parents hand on a £3m farm: £0
A reminder of significant tax advantage to farmers vs everyone else AFTER these changes
Tax due if parents hand on a £3m farm: £0
A reminder of significant tax advantage to farmers vs everyone else AFTER these changes
November 19, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Tax due if parents hand on £3m house: £940k
Tax due if parents hand on a £3m farm: £0
A reminder of significant tax advantage to farmers vs everyone else AFTER these changes
Tax due if parents hand on a £3m farm: £0
A reminder of significant tax advantage to farmers vs everyone else AFTER these changes
Welsh Football a safer haven than Welsh Rugby for fans for now 🏴🥰😭
November 19, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Welsh Football a safer haven than Welsh Rugby for fans for now 🏴🥰😭
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We have a great and rapidly-growing Welsh journalist / newyddiadurwyr community here too. Easy-follow list as below:
go.bsky.app/Ca1TsNH
go.bsky.app/Ca1TsNH
November 19, 2024 at 1:40 PM
We have a great and rapidly-growing Welsh journalist / newyddiadurwyr community here too. Easy-follow list as below:
go.bsky.app/Ca1TsNH
go.bsky.app/Ca1TsNH