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Owen Williams
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Re: Nation of Sanctuary 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
There’s a lot of confusion about “Nation of Sanctuary”, so here’s what it really means 👇 It’s a *resettlement scheme* to help people the UK Government has *already* given asylum to. Welsh Government doesn’t control immigration, and it can’t choose who comes here. It *must* take in people the UK Home Office sends here - by law. So Welsh Government set up a plan to do that, and called it Nation of Sanctuary - just like Scotland called theirs The New Scots Strategy, and NI has its Northern Ireland Refugee Resettlement Scheme.
October 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Done!
October 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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What an abject mess Reform is
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October 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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How often have parties shared *some form of power* with Labour in the past 26 years?

• Lib Dems: 29%
• Plaid Cymru: 25% (15% in government)
• Independents: 13%
A pie chart titled “The Story of the Senedd: Coalitions and Compacts with Labour since 1999.” The chart is split into four sections: 33% Labour minority rule (red), 29% Liberal Democrats (yellow), 25% Plaid Cymru (green, with a note showing 15% in government and 10% not in government), and 13% Independents (grey). The design has a navy-blue background with white labels and a small Welsh dragon logo bottom left.
September 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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I’m done being nice to Welsh people who type “REFORM 100%”
Facebook comment from me: “Stuart Williams Of course it's different. What a preposterous assertion. Reform has no policies, no platform and no leadership in Wales. And the election is a mere eight months away. And you're voting for them blindly based on what? Lunatic rhetoric about small boats and immigration - none of which is within the Senedd's control? Simple solutions to complex problems that pour out of Farage's gaping maw like spittle? Farage, Tice, Dorries and the rest of rabble will not be sitting in the Senedd. It'll be an abject mess, and you'll have wilfully neglected your own country by appointing the party. You're not a patriot, you're a traitor.”
September 6, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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July 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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What he said. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
June 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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May 22, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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I should have mentioned that I added context in the Alt Text!
May 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Welsh-speaking eggs?
Whatever will they think of next?!
Close-up of an egg box label that reads “WYAU CYMRAEG MAES RHYDD,” which is intended to mean “Welsh free-range eggs.” However, the label mistakenly uses “Cymraeg” (the word for the Welsh language) instead of “Cymreig” (which describes something Welsh in character or origin, like Welsh eggs). The result erroneously implies the eggs speak Welsh rather than come from Wales.
May 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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What’s your sign?
Promotional message displayed on the green LCD screen of an early-2000s supermarket till (cash register): “Try a tasty cookie warmed in Owen”
May 13, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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Fixed it for you, AP.
Altered BlueSky post. Text reads: “Some of the fastest canines on four very short legs have raced for glory in Scotland's annual Corgi Derby. The national dogs of Wales (best country on Earth) compete in the world's greatest canine event Some of the fastest canines on four very short legs have raced for glory in Scotland's annual Corgi Derby.” Image features two ridiculously cute corgis running at full pelt towards the camera
April 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Not tonight Mrs Airfryer, not tonight.
AirFryer digital display reads “Out out”.
April 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Anyone else’s toddler absolutely obsessed with Big Lizard on iPlayer?

A delightful, charming series with terrific voice actors, and a belting soundtrack.

Although honestly, there are *SOME* creative choices that leave me scratching my head…
Big Lizard, the ten-fingered hero of Aardman’s newest series, in what seems to be (at first) a rather risqué pose involving his own lizardhood…
April 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Couldn’t be prouder. Worked closely with Fiction Factory Films on socials for this dark, surreal, Fargo-esque gem, and watching Tree on a Hill and Pren at y Bryn take Penwyllt to the world has been a joy.

These two Banff World Media Festival Rockie nominations are richly deserved. 🎉
March 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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A beautiful spring afternoon in Trehafod, near Pontypridd – where the debris of the all-too-frequent floods are a constant reminder of this glimmering river’s simmering fury.
The river Rhondda, flanked by trees, set against an azure sky. Rubbish is strewn through the underbrush on either side of the banks. The river Rhondda, flanked by trees, set against an azure sky. Rubbish is strewn through the underbrush on either side of the banks. The village of Trehafod sits on the right of the image.
March 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Remember when Twitter was lovely? 🥰
Screengrab of a 20 March 2020 Tweet from me (@OwsWills): Heading into Day 5 of household isolation. Key findings: 1. Fresh fruit runs out FAST 2. It's surprisingly easy to become vegetarian when you forget to defrost meat 3. I wish l'd bought bread flour 4. Does anyone have any bread flour? 5. Could someone get me bread flour? 6. [bread emoji] Screengrab of a 21 March 2020 tweet from me: My text: Twitter, you astound me. Image of 25kg sack of bread flour and the text “In Dinas Powys heading your way” Screengrab of a 21 March 2020 tweet from me: Twitter, meet Nev. Nev is a beautiful flour-wielding human, and we should all #BeMoreNev @nevjimbob Photo is of Nev with a sack of flour on his shoulders, and me looking delighted
March 21, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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That’s not the world’s ugliest animal.

This is:
Trump. A bastard.
March 18, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Former test international rugby player, and now Wales scrum coach Adam Jones, sporting long curly hair and a beard, wearing a black jacket, leans against a doorframe with his elbow raised, his fist at his temple. He has a contemplative (or dejected) expression as he gazes into the middle distance. The setting is a Millennium Stadium hallway with white walls, a red floor, and a poster featuring athletes in the background. Wales has just been thumped by England. At home.
March 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Imagine losing £5bn to a train you’ll never see.

That’s HS2.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales: paying for England’s ride.
“HS2. England’s train. Wales pays. Give us our money”
March 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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I say it every year (and I’m clearly extremely biased!), but I find our lovely school’s “Siop Swap Llyfrau” (bring a book, and exchange it for another) to be a far more appropriate response to #WorldBookDay than dressing up…
March 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Gave a presentation on a monolithic screen today. 🙌

Apple doesn’t make displaying across multiple screens particularly easy though. *Especially* when you’re running your slides from a web browser. It all feels overtly cumbersome.
Words on a huge projector screen. Siml “Al for Storytelling & Content Creation in Community Sport” Owen Williams @OwsWils
March 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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I celebrated Dydd Gŵyl Dewi by running a 10k.

I’ve never run a 10k in my life.

This is a good day to do the little things. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Apple Fitness screenshot featuring today’s step distance of 11.15км A person standing atop a rocky promontory holding a Draig Goch flag, waving majestically in the breeze. Text reads: Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus Happy St. David's Day
March 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Someone sent me Grok’s analysis of my old Twitter account.

Considering the AI tool is owned by Musk, its choice of a pertinent quote is quite something…
• Grok Owen Williams, a proud Welshman who's ditched Labour to champion an independent Cymru, rails against monarchy and Brexit while dreaming of a people-led democracy from his soapbox of 34k followers. OwsWills skewers millionaires we fund, from monarchs to grifters, while begging for sinkhole fixes and bilingual tickets. The X community celebrates @OwsWills as an inspiring Welsh voice, with @alexwinterstv praising his influence and @SMCCymru honoring his keynote. Elon Musk is a liar and a coward. -@OwsWills
February 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Leaving this here.

Yes, it’s real.
Yes, you can read it on The Telegraph website: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne...
February 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM