I recall, at 16 yrs old, being told to ditch my Welshness otherwise I wouldn't get on in life.
Welsh Democracy is a class struggle.
#Annibyniaeth #ConfederalGB #RejoinEU
Welsh Democracy is a class struggle.
#Annibyniaeth #ConfederalGB #RejoinEU
🟨 Print Edition — Nazir Afzal: ‘Class Discrimination Isn’t a Complex Mystery – It’s a Structural Issue Quietly Enforced, Politely Denied, Endlessly Deferred’
The Chancellor of Manchester University has co-authored a new report, ‘Class Ceiling…
The Chancellor of Manchester University has co-authored a new report, ‘Class Ceiling…
Nazir Afzal: ‘Class Discrimination Isn’t a Complex Mystery – It’s a Structural Issue Quietly Enforced, Politely Denied, Endlessly Deferred’ – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
The Chancellor of Manchester University has co-authored a new report, ‘Class Ceiling’, examining working-class participation in the creative industries across Greater Manchester. He spoke to Hardeep Matharu and Peter Jukes about how opportunities for people from poorer backgrounds has declined since the 1960s, and why his work prosecuting the grooming gangs perpetrators as the former Chief Crown Prosecutor for the North West informed his insights on class
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February 19, 2026 at 6:22 PM
I recall, at 16 yrs old, being told to ditch my Welshness otherwise I wouldn't get on in life.
Welsh Democracy is a class struggle.
#Annibyniaeth #ConfederalGB #RejoinEU
Welsh Democracy is a class struggle.
#Annibyniaeth #ConfederalGB #RejoinEU
I believe that there is a majority in these Isles who are in favour of progressive constitutional change with a view to strengthening Democracy.
Replace the UK with a #ConfederalGB & Council of the Isles and #RejoinEU. Written constitutions enshrining the ECHR and PR for elections please.
Replace the UK with a #ConfederalGB & Council of the Isles and #RejoinEU. Written constitutions enshrining the ECHR and PR for elections please.
In case you missed it ...
Here's the polling guru Sir John Curtice explaining how anti-Brexit and pro-EU British voters have become.
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
Here's the polling guru Sir John Curtice explaining how anti-Brexit and pro-EU British voters have become.
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
February 17, 2026 at 11:49 AM
I believe that there is a majority in these Isles who are in favour of progressive constitutional change with a view to strengthening Democracy.
Replace the UK with a #ConfederalGB & Council of the Isles and #RejoinEU. Written constitutions enshrining the ECHR and PR for elections please.
Replace the UK with a #ConfederalGB & Council of the Isles and #RejoinEU. Written constitutions enshrining the ECHR and PR for elections please.
February 17, 2026 at 9:00 AM
An absolute scandal. Why we are not in open revolt at the way Wales is run is beyond me. We're part of an imperialist state whose government is captured by corporate interests and compete with racists in a race to the gutter.
I'm just exhausted by it.
#Annibyniaeth #ConfederalGB
I'm just exhausted by it.
#Annibyniaeth #ConfederalGB
'Climate breakdown' warning over polluted rivers and flooding
From filthy rivers to flooding, Wales faces
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 11:20 AM
An absolute scandal. Why we are not in open revolt at the way Wales is run is beyond me. We're part of an imperialist state whose government is captured by corporate interests and compete with racists in a race to the gutter.
I'm just exhausted by it.
#Annibyniaeth #ConfederalGB
I'm just exhausted by it.
#Annibyniaeth #ConfederalGB
This is undoubtedly true and @richardjmurphy.bsky.social makes many excellent points in his piece, I can't help fell that there is a need for a deeper dive and more detail.
1/5
1/5
The UK isn't a single nation. Are we in crisis because politicians keep pretending that it is? youtu.be/0xxEIhrqYOM?...
February 12, 2026 at 5:42 PM
From a Scotland/Wales perspective this is a must listen. It articulates a particular inequality in the UK that we have long sought to redress. How the centralised economy damages Wales, not only materially, but has huge cultural consequences also.
We desperately need a #ConfederalGB and #RejoinEU
We desperately need a #ConfederalGB and #RejoinEU
The finance curse: how Britain was hollowed out youtu.be/nKRq5UcsRCQ?...
The finance curse: how Britain was hollowed out
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 8:02 AM
From a Scotland/Wales perspective this is a must listen. It articulates a particular inequality in the UK that we have long sought to redress. How the centralised economy damages Wales, not only materially, but has huge cultural consequences also.
We desperately need a #ConfederalGB and #RejoinEU
We desperately need a #ConfederalGB and #RejoinEU
There is real democratic and political inequality in the UK. It's centralised power system is a feature of its imperialism.
We need a #ConfederalGB and to #RejoinEU
We need a #ConfederalGB and to #RejoinEU
The point is that if Reform came to power, even if Plaid Cymru miraculously won every single Westminster seat in Wales, because of the UK constitution Reform could repeal the Wales Act, shut down the Senedd, ban Welsh Medium education, shut our universties and we'd have bugger all power to oppose it
Reform's threat to defund Bangor University because a student debating society rejected a demand to host a meeting featuring one of its MPs indicates the bullying behaviour the party would engage in if it came to power, it has been claimed✍️Martin Shipton
February 10, 2026 at 8:02 PM
There is real democratic and political inequality in the UK. It's centralised power system is a feature of its imperialism.
We need a #ConfederalGB and to #RejoinEU
We need a #ConfederalGB and to #RejoinEU
Rule by a single party in Westminster is no longer credible. What’s next? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/02...
Rule by a single party in Westminster is no longer credible. What’s next?
Something tilted in my way of thinking yesterday afternoon when I heard the news that Morgan McSweeney had resigned as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff.
As some people will have noticed from the blog pos...
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February 9, 2026 at 8:20 AM
A chunk of this is also a clear argument for Welsh self-governance - a capacity we need to build and get good at. Westminster does not deliver for Wales. It is unresponsive to our needs. The UK needs to be replaced by a #ConfederalGB
Can the Greens escape Labour's fatal trap? youtu.be/e7oKv3K48qM?...
Can the Greens escape Labour's fatal trap?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 8:46 AM
A chunk of this is also a clear argument for Welsh self-governance - a capacity we need to build and get good at. Westminster does not deliver for Wales. It is unresponsive to our needs. The UK needs to be replaced by a #ConfederalGB
Welcome to my life. There are those of us in Cymru who have been pointing this out for decades. We called for political agency in the form of Democratic Statehood only to be condemned and slurred for daring to imagine we could do things differently.
#DissolveTheUnion
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
#DissolveTheUnion
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
January 1, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Welcome to my life. There are those of us in Cymru who have been pointing this out for decades. We called for political agency in the form of Democratic Statehood only to be condemned and slurred for daring to imagine we could do things differently.
#DissolveTheUnion
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
#DissolveTheUnion
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
This ties in precisely with Welsh/Scottish calls for constitutional change. We recognise how the State has been deficient wrt our nations. It is clear now that it fails even the core populace. UK was built for Empire. Rebuild a modern GB
#DissolveTheUnion
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
#DissolveTheUnion
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
In this New Year’s Day video, I explain why the neoliberal myth of “free markets” is not just wrong, but actively destructive — and why rebuilding the state, rethinking capital and restoring democratic accountability must define our economic direction for 2026.
youtu.be/vAkkZXfxb9Y?...
youtu.be/vAkkZXfxb9Y?...
Markets only exist because the state makes them possible
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
January 1, 2026 at 10:59 AM
This ties in precisely with Welsh/Scottish calls for constitutional change. We recognise how the State has been deficient wrt our nations. It is clear now that it fails even the core populace. UK was built for Empire. Rebuild a modern GB
#DissolveTheUnion
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
#DissolveTheUnion
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
England - if you vote Green, the rest of Great Britain will forgive you.
Then we can finally build #ConfederalGB, an equal union of nations. We can finally have nice things like functioning societies and functioning democracies. I'd really like to live in a decent GB.
Then we can finally build #ConfederalGB, an equal union of nations. We can finally have nice things like functioning societies and functioning democracies. I'd really like to live in a decent GB.
"You're a government of cowards"
Zack Polanski calls out the Labour government's inhumane approach to asylum- highlighting continued austerity as the root cause of structural issues in our society
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Zack Polanski calls out the Labour government's inhumane approach to asylum- highlighting continued austerity as the root cause of structural issues in our society
join.greenparty.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
England - if you vote Green, the rest of Great Britain will forgive you.
Then we can finally build #ConfederalGB, an equal union of nations. We can finally have nice things like functioning societies and functioning democracies. I'd really like to live in a decent GB.
Then we can finally build #ConfederalGB, an equal union of nations. We can finally have nice things like functioning societies and functioning democracies. I'd really like to live in a decent GB.
Anglo-British Fascism is born of Anglo-British Imperialism. If you want to stop the first, you must end the latter. Deal with the legacy of Empire and put an end to its State.
#DissolveTheUnion
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
#DissolveTheUnion
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
GB News urged to cut ties with contributor accused of racism
Rightwing activist claimed Commons deputy speaker Nusrat Ghani should be barred because she was born in Pakistan
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Rightwing activist claimed Commons deputy speaker Nusrat Ghani should be barred because she was born in Pakistan
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
GB News urged to cut ties with contributor accused of racism
Rightwing activist claimed Commons deputy speaker Nusrat Ghani should be barred because she was born in Pakistan
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Anglo-British Fascism is born of Anglo-British Imperialism. If you want to stop the first, you must end the latter. Deal with the legacy of Empire and put an end to its State.
#DissolveTheUnion
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
#DissolveTheUnion
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
How can a State that evolved hand in glove with an Empire, that retains that constitutional structure, ever be fit for the democratic governance of a multinational island in a modern world of multinational institutions and agreements?
It's time for a #ConfederalGB and #RejoinEU
It's time for a #ConfederalGB and #RejoinEU
The foundations of the UK ‘can’t and won’t be fixed’, SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has said, as he pushed Scots to back his party next year in the hopes of securing an independence referendum
Flynn warns foundations of UK ‘can’t and won’t be fixed’ as SNP eyes indyref2
The foundations of the UK “can’t and won’t be fixed”, SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has said, as he pushed Scots to back his party next year in the hopes of securing an independence referendum....
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November 30, 2025 at 8:14 AM
How can a State that evolved hand in glove with an Empire, that retains that constitutional structure, ever be fit for the democratic governance of a multinational island in a modern world of multinational institutions and agreements?
It's time for a #ConfederalGB and #RejoinEU
It's time for a #ConfederalGB and #RejoinEU
It's clear that some believe that breaking up the UK would be a geopolitical advantage. I don't want to hand that to malign regimes. I am in favour of a #ConfederalGB and #RejoinEU. I believe in Democracy. I've no interest in furthering Russian interests. Europe needs to stand strong in unity.
God, I love this.
A big Scottish independence account that is actually run by Iranians is now getting community noted.
A big Scottish independence account that is actually run by Iranians is now getting community noted.
November 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It's clear that some believe that breaking up the UK would be a geopolitical advantage. I don't want to hand that to malign regimes. I am in favour of a #ConfederalGB and #RejoinEU. I believe in Democracy. I've no interest in furthering Russian interests. Europe needs to stand strong in unity.
#DissolveTheUnion, #ConfederalGB with PR and written constitutions enshrining the ECHR and #RejoinEU.
We must strengthen democratic governance with structures that reflect British Pluralism and renew our ties to the continent and its markets.
Turn the fascist tide.
We must strengthen democratic governance with structures that reflect British Pluralism and renew our ties to the continent and its markets.
Turn the fascist tide.
‘GDP reduced by 8%’ – Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
'GDP reduced by 8%' - Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy
Can't help but feel those responsible for Brexit should not, for example, be riding high in the polls with a new party...
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
#DissolveTheUnion, #ConfederalGB with PR and written constitutions enshrining the ECHR and #RejoinEU.
We must strengthen democratic governance with structures that reflect British Pluralism and renew our ties to the continent and its markets.
Turn the fascist tide.
We must strengthen democratic governance with structures that reflect British Pluralism and renew our ties to the continent and its markets.
Turn the fascist tide.
The answer is to replace the UK with functional democracies. GB needs a rebuild. I'm very open to discussing confederation. It's time to end the "inner empire".
#DissolveTheUnion
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
7/7
#DissolveTheUnion
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
7/7
November 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The answer is to replace the UK with functional democracies. GB needs a rebuild. I'm very open to discussing confederation. It's time to end the "inner empire".
#DissolveTheUnion
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
7/7
#DissolveTheUnion
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
7/7
But when we do, we will finally ditch the UK, embrace our pluralist space on Earth and build governments and perhaps a new union that is fit for purpose.
#DissolveTheUnion
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
6/6
#DissolveTheUnion
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
6/6
November 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
But when we do, we will finally ditch the UK, embrace our pluralist space on Earth and build governments and perhaps a new union that is fit for purpose.
#DissolveTheUnion
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
6/6
#DissolveTheUnion
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
6/6
Wow!
Look at @plaidcymru.bsky.social and @greenparty.org.uk combined vote share .... 49%
Both parties with significant constitutional change as political positions.
I'll say it again ...
#DissolveTheUnion
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
Look at @plaidcymru.bsky.social and @greenparty.org.uk combined vote share .... 49%
Both parties with significant constitutional change as political positions.
I'll say it again ...
#DissolveTheUnion
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
A poll that has to be treated with caution because of its low sample has put Plaid Cymru seven points ahead of Reform UK at a notional general election in Wales ✍️Martin Shipton
Poll puts Plaid Cymru ahead in Wales for Westminster election
Martin Shipton A poll that has to be treated with caution because of its low sample has put Plaid Cymru seven points ahead of Reform UK at a notional general election in Wales. The YouGov poll, which ...
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November 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Wow!
Look at @plaidcymru.bsky.social and @greenparty.org.uk combined vote share .... 49%
Both parties with significant constitutional change as political positions.
I'll say it again ...
#DissolveTheUnion
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
Look at @plaidcymru.bsky.social and @greenparty.org.uk combined vote share .... 49%
Both parties with significant constitutional change as political positions.
I'll say it again ...
#DissolveTheUnion
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
“Britain deserves an electoral system that treats voters with respect. One where the link between votes and power is clear, and where stability comes from shared purpose, not artificial majorities.”
#getPRdone
electoral-reform.org.uk/latest-yougo...
#getPRdone
electoral-reform.org.uk/latest-yougo...
Latest YouGov poll shows multi-party Britain breaking the voting system
If there were a general election tomorrow, who would form the next government? It sounds like a simple question if you have access to the latest polls. But when the latest YouGov poll, r
electoral-reform.org.uk
November 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
October 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I think we've reached the point where people reject Faragism and coalesce around alternatives. I expect a lot of tactical voting and a hung parliament at the next GE followed by Scottish seccession and finally, the dissolution of the UK.
All empires crumble in the end.
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
All empires crumble in the end.
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
Farage isn’t a politician; he’s a peddler of prejudice. His racism isn’t subtle, it’s the main act dressed as “straight talking.” A fascist tribute act leading a racist sewer called Reform UK, bigots posing as patriots, fuelled by xenophobia, arrogance, and hate.
October 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I think we've reached the point where people reject Faragism and coalesce around alternatives. I expect a lot of tactical voting and a hung parliament at the next GE followed by Scottish seccession and finally, the dissolution of the UK.
All empires crumble in the end.
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
All empires crumble in the end.
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
#DissolveTheUnion Democratic Statehood for the British Nations. #ConfederalGB and written constitutions enshrining the ECHR. #RejoinEU.
That would be a start.
That would be a start.
The Spectator and others have chosen (deliberately I suspect) to interpret this article as a desire to stop a future Reform UK government from legislating. My purpose is to stop *any* government crushing our fundamental rights. It’s just more urgent now. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation | Goerge Monbiot
It means breaking with hundreds of years of tradition, but it can’t wait. As hard-right figures spread division and laud autocrats, a fail-safe is vital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:22 AM
#DissolveTheUnion Democratic Statehood for the British Nations. #ConfederalGB and written constitutions enshrining the ECHR. #RejoinEU.
That would be a start.
That would be a start.
October 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
And look at where the UK is on that list. And then think on why Reform are polling at 30%+
#DissolveTheUnion
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
#DissolveTheUnion
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
Same people stealing democracy are stealing wages.
USA. #1 in stealing wages from the middle class.
USA. #1 in stealing wages from the middle class.
October 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
And look at where the UK is on that list. And then think on why Reform are polling at 30%+
#DissolveTheUnion
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU
#DissolveTheUnion
#ConfederalGB
#RejoinEU