Dai James🏴
@dai-cwmheulog.bsky.social
Jack of all trades, but know a bit about rural housing, cycling, sheep & Cymru
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What happened is precisely what the world's leading macroeconomists predicted would happen.
November 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
What happened is precisely what the world's leading macroeconomists predicted would happen.
Not every day you see someone carrying out their embroidery business on a TfW train!
November 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Not every day you see someone carrying out their embroidery business on a TfW train!
I’d start making a list of people who I wish would fuck off, but I’d need to take the day off! There’s also a good chance I’d probably break some sort of record for consecutive theme related posts. Maybe I’ll just give some thought to listing my top 5!
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I’d start making a list of people who I wish would fuck off, but I’d need to take the day off! There’s also a good chance I’d probably break some sort of record for consecutive theme related posts. Maybe I’ll just give some thought to listing my top 5!
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Nobody who should fuck off actually fucks off anymore. We're stuck with all these fucking people.
November 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Nobody who should fuck off actually fucks off anymore. We're stuck with all these fucking people.
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He also lobbies for U.S. Big Tech companies that have donated millions to Trump
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
He also lobbies for U.S. Big Tech companies that have donated millions to Trump
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The Lib Dems continue to do the right thing, and are doing far better than Labour at encouraging support.
Trump and his cronies have the BBC in their sights. Leaders can’t stay silent while one of our great institutions is attacked.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The Lib Dems continue to do the right thing, and are doing far better than Labour at encouraging support.
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What he said Part 3: 💯 🎯
November 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
What he said Part 3: 💯 🎯
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Very poor headlineby Guardian, making it seem she was guilty of something. What she actually did, was try to maintain a last shred of respect for human rights in Israel. More evidence of grotesque abuse of Palestinians. Israel long ago lost its legitimacy. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel top military lawyer arrested after she admitted leaking video of soldiers’ abuse
Rightwing politicians and pundits have called the soldiers accused of attack on Palestinian detainee ‘heroes’ and military investigators traitors
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Very poor headlineby Guardian, making it seem she was guilty of something. What she actually did, was try to maintain a last shred of respect for human rights in Israel. More evidence of grotesque abuse of Palestinians. Israel long ago lost its legitimacy. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Sorcery in Caerphilly:
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social visits the Welsh valleys on the trail of a Russian spy, his wife, a Reform politician taking bribes, party leader Nigel Farage and a vanishing by-election candidate.
Here's a sneak peak of John’s film - coming tomorrow only in the Nerve
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social visits the Welsh valleys on the trail of a Russian spy, his wife, a Reform politician taking bribes, party leader Nigel Farage and a vanishing by-election candidate.
Here's a sneak peak of John’s film - coming tomorrow only in the Nerve
October 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Sorcery in Caerphilly:
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social visits the Welsh valleys on the trail of a Russian spy, his wife, a Reform politician taking bribes, party leader Nigel Farage and a vanishing by-election candidate.
Here's a sneak peak of John’s film - coming tomorrow only in the Nerve
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social visits the Welsh valleys on the trail of a Russian spy, his wife, a Reform politician taking bribes, party leader Nigel Farage and a vanishing by-election candidate.
Here's a sneak peak of John’s film - coming tomorrow only in the Nerve
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Big guns for Reform UK out in Caerphilly.
October 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Big guns for Reform UK out in Caerphilly.
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I had some sympathy with Valleys Leave voters back in the day, but anyone who votes Reform in the Senedd in '26 is an irredeemable tosser.
25% reduction in injuries on Welsh Roads since introduction of 20mph. @20splenty.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nearly 900 fewer people injured since 20mph introduction in Wales
Figures show a 25% reduction in the number of injuries on Wales' roads in the past 18 months.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I had some sympathy with Valleys Leave voters back in the day, but anyone who votes Reform in the Senedd in '26 is an irredeemable tosser.
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Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
September 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
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Peak rail fares scrapped on ScotRail trains.
Scotland also has:
Public ownership of water, lower water bills than England's.
No university tuition fees for local students.
No prescription charges, abolished in 2011.
No two child benefit cap from March 2026.
England must follow.
Scotland also has:
Public ownership of water, lower water bills than England's.
No university tuition fees for local students.
No prescription charges, abolished in 2011.
No two child benefit cap from March 2026.
England must follow.
Peak time rail fares scrapped on ScotRail trains
Some routes will see fares fall by as much as 50% at busy times, but on others prices will be unchanged.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 2, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Peak rail fares scrapped on ScotRail trains.
Scotland also has:
Public ownership of water, lower water bills than England's.
No university tuition fees for local students.
No prescription charges, abolished in 2011.
No two child benefit cap from March 2026.
England must follow.
Scotland also has:
Public ownership of water, lower water bills than England's.
No university tuition fees for local students.
No prescription charges, abolished in 2011.
No two child benefit cap from March 2026.
England must follow.
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Our government is not defending us www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/09... The UK is facing the greatest existential threat since WW II and Labour is hoping we won’t notice.
Our government is not defending us
As The Guardian reports this morning:
Prominent women including cultural figures, politicians and campaigners have signed a letter criticising rightwing attempts to link sexual violence in Britain to...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
September 2, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Our government is not defending us www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/09... The UK is facing the greatest existential threat since WW II and Labour is hoping we won’t notice.
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In the 1960s more than 40% of the money you spent went straight back to Government, everything spent on Water, Oil, Gas, Coal, Electricity, Social Housing, Telecoms, Steel, Ships...
Now it's less than 5%, and all that goes to billionaires Tax Havens
That's why there is no money
Now it's less than 5%, and all that goes to billionaires Tax Havens
That's why there is no money
July 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
In the 1960s more than 40% of the money you spent went straight back to Government, everything spent on Water, Oil, Gas, Coal, Electricity, Social Housing, Telecoms, Steel, Ships...
Now it's less than 5%, and all that goes to billionaires Tax Havens
That's why there is no money
Now it's less than 5%, and all that goes to billionaires Tax Havens
That's why there is no money
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Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat.
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you spread the word?
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you spread the word?
June 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat.
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you spread the word?
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you spread the word?
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When did you ever hear the BBC stating that it must alter “story selection” and “other types of output, such as drama”, to win the trust of Green voters, or of unrepresented people on the left?
All the shifts are in just one direction.
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
All the shifts are in just one direction.
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output
The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party
bylinetimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 7:04 AM
When did you ever hear the BBC stating that it must alter “story selection” and “other types of output, such as drama”, to win the trust of Green voters, or of unrepresented people on the left?
All the shifts are in just one direction.
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
All the shifts are in just one direction.
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
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Starmer's language was deplorable.
It was grotesquely offensive, accusing people who have brought their gifts to this country of doing "incalculable" "damage"; & politically foolish, in endorsing Farage's claims of an establishment conspiracy.
But bad analogies with Powell miss the key problem. 🧵
It was grotesquely offensive, accusing people who have brought their gifts to this country of doing "incalculable" "damage"; & politically foolish, in endorsing Farage's claims of an establishment conspiracy.
But bad analogies with Powell miss the key problem. 🧵
May 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Starmer's language was deplorable.
It was grotesquely offensive, accusing people who have brought their gifts to this country of doing "incalculable" "damage"; & politically foolish, in endorsing Farage's claims of an establishment conspiracy.
But bad analogies with Powell miss the key problem. 🧵
It was grotesquely offensive, accusing people who have brought their gifts to this country of doing "incalculable" "damage"; & politically foolish, in endorsing Farage's claims of an establishment conspiracy.
But bad analogies with Powell miss the key problem. 🧵
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We have a desperate shortage of care workers. This has a catastrophic effect on the NHS too.
Labour’s decision to close the care worker visa scheme for overseas recruitment is appalling, kneejerk politics that - yet again - will penalise the most vulnerable.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Labour’s decision to close the care worker visa scheme for overseas recruitment is appalling, kneejerk politics that - yet again - will penalise the most vulnerable.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK care homes face ban on overseas recruitment under migration plans
Yvette Cooper to announce proposals to reduce net migration in response to growing pressure from Reform UK
www.theguardian.com
May 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
We have a desperate shortage of care workers. This has a catastrophic effect on the NHS too.
Labour’s decision to close the care worker visa scheme for overseas recruitment is appalling, kneejerk politics that - yet again - will penalise the most vulnerable.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Labour’s decision to close the care worker visa scheme for overseas recruitment is appalling, kneejerk politics that - yet again - will penalise the most vulnerable.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
May 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
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Voting for Nigel Farage because you want things to get better for the Working Class is like voting for Jimmy Savile because you want to help kids.
May 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Voting for Nigel Farage because you want things to get better for the Working Class is like voting for Jimmy Savile because you want to help kids.
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The idea of Farage’s goons controlling health, social care and education in 12 months from now should chill the bones of every Welsh resident.
May 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The idea of Farage’s goons controlling health, social care and education in 12 months from now should chill the bones of every Welsh resident.
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French workers encouraged to arrive late in protest over pension age rise from 62 to 64.
UK state pension age to rise from 66 to 67, lower pension than in France.
Rich retire whenever they want. Work till drop for the rest. LL
Britons need French lessons on resistance and protest.
UK state pension age to rise from 66 to 67, lower pension than in France.
Rich retire whenever they want. Work till drop for the rest. LL
Britons need French lessons on resistance and protest.
Disgruntled French workers encouraged to arrive late in protest over pension age rise
Artists created an AI ‘minister of latecomers’, who encourages people to compensate for years lost, and a tool calculating exactly how late to turn up
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 6:39 AM
French workers encouraged to arrive late in protest over pension age rise from 62 to 64.
UK state pension age to rise from 66 to 67, lower pension than in France.
Rich retire whenever they want. Work till drop for the rest. LL
Britons need French lessons on resistance and protest.
UK state pension age to rise from 66 to 67, lower pension than in France.
Rich retire whenever they want. Work till drop for the rest. LL
Britons need French lessons on resistance and protest.
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Exactly this.
Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
April 22, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Exactly this.
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Could JD Vance please also pray for the good health of Vladimir Putin?
April 21, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Could JD Vance please also pray for the good health of Vladimir Putin?