Gareth Edwards
@gedw23.bsky.social
Cymru. Politics. Punk rock. In no order
Quiet family life in a quiet place, navigating middle age Helpless observer of a big picture thats falling apart
Quiet family life in a quiet place, navigating middle age Helpless observer of a big picture thats falling apart
I think there's a larger group who thrive in the space where their racism must be addressed as 'legitimate concerns', but never labelled racist.
December 7, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I think there's a larger group who thrive in the space where their racism must be addressed as 'legitimate concerns', but never labelled racist.
They had a window right after taking power. Feels like it's shut now, at least for them.
December 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM
They had a window right after taking power. Feels like it's shut now, at least for them.
A grown up would tell you that 'Rejoin' is a long term destination made up of incremental steps to reintegrate, not an event where UK rocks up with a completed application form to hand in.
December 6, 2025 at 8:17 AM
A grown up would tell you that 'Rejoin' is a long term destination made up of incremental steps to reintegrate, not an event where UK rocks up with a completed application form to hand in.
Nails it. The humiliation (of admitting Brexit is a broken clown car we should never have jumped into) Starmer won't countenance is exactly the reality check UK needs before it can move forward.
December 6, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Nails it. The humiliation (of admitting Brexit is a broken clown car we should never have jumped into) Starmer won't countenance is exactly the reality check UK needs before it can move forward.
It's only after Starmer has withdrawn the whip from any Labour MP voting for this that we know he will end up doing it
December 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
It's only after Starmer has withdrawn the whip from any Labour MP voting for this that we know he will end up doing it
Only 6 months ago it was his moral mission to chuck disabled people off benefits.
There's a credibility gap
There's a credibility gap
December 5, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Only 6 months ago it was his moral mission to chuck disabled people off benefits.
There's a credibility gap
There's a credibility gap
He's got it covered: one of his best friends is called Yusuf so he can't be racist
December 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
He's got it covered: one of his best friends is called Yusuf so he can't be racist
It wasn't botched. The boats are just one of many unintended consequences of a deal designed to achieve the separation that has caused them
December 5, 2025 at 9:10 AM
It wasn't botched. The boats are just one of many unintended consequences of a deal designed to achieve the separation that has caused them
Victimising migrants but in a decent, tolerant way?
Doing hard Brexit, but doing it well?
Doing hard Brexit, but doing it well?
December 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Victimising migrants but in a decent, tolerant way?
Doing hard Brexit, but doing it well?
Doing hard Brexit, but doing it well?
Without the wild promises what was there? People didn't vote out of a deep seated desire to leave EU, they did so on the strength of the lies. Take them away & there's nothing, which makes the insistence on maintaining hard Brexit as an act of faith with voters 👉 less
December 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Without the wild promises what was there? People didn't vote out of a deep seated desire to leave EU, they did so on the strength of the lies. Take them away & there's nothing, which makes the insistence on maintaining hard Brexit as an act of faith with voters 👉 less
BBC politics is a sheep that blindly follows where the right wing rage merchants lead.
November 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
BBC politics is a sheep that blindly follows where the right wing rage merchants lead.
At some point Labour will realise that this type of attack is gold dust for them & start doing a bit more to 'welcome their hatred'
November 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
At some point Labour will realise that this type of attack is gold dust for them & start doing a bit more to 'welcome their hatred'
'The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there' UK in 70's & 80's was nothing like UK now & this government is not 'Old Labour '.
November 28, 2025 at 7:14 AM
'The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there' UK in 70's & 80's was nothing like UK now & this government is not 'Old Labour '.
The hypocrisy that allows so many to back the benefit cap while also saying they'd like to see the end of child poverty is actually a British value
November 28, 2025 at 3:12 AM
The hypocrisy that allows so many to back the benefit cap while also saying they'd like to see the end of child poverty is actually a British value
Sorry the idiocy is too much for me. Bye
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Sorry the idiocy is too much for me. Bye
Firstly over excited people talking about spikes need to zoom out & look at a decades worth of data & see if the spikes still there- in this case it's not so calm down.
Secondly the ripple was a consequence of bad government policy they incompetently pursued, not the MPs who refused to back it.
Secondly the ripple was a consequence of bad government policy they incompetently pursued, not the MPs who refused to back it.
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Firstly over excited people talking about spikes need to zoom out & look at a decades worth of data & see if the spikes still there- in this case it's not so calm down.
Secondly the ripple was a consequence of bad government policy they incompetently pursued, not the MPs who refused to back it.
Secondly the ripple was a consequence of bad government policy they incompetently pursued, not the MPs who refused to back it.
And it's up to MPs if they vote for it. Point is if it's not in the manifesto they can't automatically expect MPs to vote it through
November 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
And it's up to MPs if they vote for it. Point is if it's not in the manifesto they can't automatically expect MPs to vote it through
Was there a manifesto commitment, or even a hint that large benefit cuts were planned before the election?
As a rule would you expect Labour MPs to back benefit cuts?
So of course it's true & yes it contradicts your assertion.
As a rule would you expect Labour MPs to back benefit cuts?
So of course it's true & yes it contradicts your assertion.
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Was there a manifesto commitment, or even a hint that large benefit cuts were planned before the election?
As a rule would you expect Labour MPs to back benefit cuts?
So of course it's true & yes it contradicts your assertion.
As a rule would you expect Labour MPs to back benefit cuts?
So of course it's true & yes it contradicts your assertion.
It's more that the government demonstrated its incompetence in trying to push through a hastily drawn up benefits cut very few Labour MPs could vote for. That's no way to do a key financial bill & it's failure was down to the executive
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It's more that the government demonstrated its incompetence in trying to push through a hastily drawn up benefits cut very few Labour MPs could vote for. That's no way to do a key financial bill & it's failure was down to the executive
This government does not exist to keep Rachel Reeves in a job. I'd say MPs who've spent the last year answering for her many egregious errors won't appreciate the call to pull together so she's in a position to make more
November 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
This government does not exist to keep Rachel Reeves in a job. I'd say MPs who've spent the last year answering for her many egregious errors won't appreciate the call to pull together so she's in a position to make more
If they want to 'fix' Brexit, it's a fight they should have. Otherwise it's empty whining about a path they're choosing to walk down
November 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
If they want to 'fix' Brexit, it's a fight they should have. Otherwise it's empty whining about a path they're choosing to walk down
The economy wasn't well but Brexit took away the tools to fix it. The UK economy as an independent unit wasn't sustainable in 1973& that hasn't changed. The longer it takes to acknowledge & try to remedy it, the greater & more terminal the damage.
None of it is easy but 'as is' is not an option
None of it is easy but 'as is' is not an option
November 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The economy wasn't well but Brexit took away the tools to fix it. The UK economy as an independent unit wasn't sustainable in 1973& that hasn't changed. The longer it takes to acknowledge & try to remedy it, the greater & more terminal the damage.
None of it is easy but 'as is' is not an option
None of it is easy but 'as is' is not an option
Leadership bid incoming...
But no, bringing in a morally suspect policy that'll rip out the party's soul if they let it pass, & won't work other than as confirmation bias for Reform will do the exact opposite
But no, bringing in a morally suspect policy that'll rip out the party's soul if they let it pass, & won't work other than as confirmation bias for Reform will do the exact opposite
November 22, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Leadership bid incoming...
But no, bringing in a morally suspect policy that'll rip out the party's soul if they let it pass, & won't work other than as confirmation bias for Reform will do the exact opposite
But no, bringing in a morally suspect policy that'll rip out the party's soul if they let it pass, & won't work other than as confirmation bias for Reform will do the exact opposite
The last time CO2 levels in the atmosphere rose by as much and as rapidly as they are today.
But everythings fine...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permian...
But everythings fine...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permian...
Permian–Triassic extinction event - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The last time CO2 levels in the atmosphere rose by as much and as rapidly as they are today.
But everythings fine...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permian...
But everythings fine...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permian...