Will Hayward - Wales Journo

Thank you so much!

This book explains to you why the person you should be angry with is the politician in the suit, not the migrant in a boat.

You can order book now wherever you get your books. www.ylolfa.com/products/978...

The book dissects how the people of Wales have been relentlessly failed by their own Government in Cardiff Bay & by politicians in Westminster. It calls on us to demand better.

But to do that we need to really understand the problems and then use our anger to force the changes that are needed. 2/3

I am so excited to announce my book "Who Cares About Wales" will be out this Friday! What is even more exciting is the reviews. When you pour a year of work into 95,000 words you start to question if what you have written is any good. 1/3

This book explains to you why the person you should be angry with is the politician in the suit, not the migrant in a boat.

You can order book now from Y Lolfa or wherever you get your books. www.ylolfa.com/products/978...

The book dissects how the people of Wales have been relentlessly failed by their own Government in Cardiff Bay, and by politicians in Westminster. It calls on us to demand better.
But to do that we need to really understand the problems and then use our anger to force the changes that are needed.

I am so excited to announce my book "Who Cares About Wales" will be out this Friday!

What is even more exciting is the reviews. When you pour a year of work into 95,000 words you start to question if what you have written is any good.

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Reform have misspelt 2 out of the 3 Welsh words on their manifesto for Wales.

Nigel Farage and Wales leader Dan Thomas proudly held up the manifesto at the launch yesterday.

On the front cover it reads "Family, community, country," which has been translated to "Teulu, gymnued, wlad."
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NEW POLLING OUT FOR WALES

New polling from @Moreincommon_ shows a drop in Reform polling from a month ago:

- Reform UK 26% (-5)
- Plaid Cymru 26% (+2)
- Labour 20% (nc)
- Conservative 10% (–3)
- The Green Party 10% (+5)
- Liberal Democrat 7% (+1)

Scrutinising Reform's plan for Wales We covered their manifesto launch and looked at the plans closely

I have been through Reform's manifesto for Wales so you don't have to.

(Spoiler, there are a lot of holes in it)

willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/scrutinisi...

'Community' should be spelt 'cymuned' and 'country' should be spelt 'gwlad' in this context.

What's weird is that other manifestos at the event had the correct spelling.

I would guess they spotted the error so got a new batch printed but forgot to throw away the old ones...

Reform have misspelt 2 out of the 3 Welsh words on their manifesto for Wales.

Nigel Farage and Wales leader Dan Thomas proudly held up the manifesto at the launch yesterday.

On the front cover it reads "Family, community, country," which has been translated to "Teulu, gymnued, wlad."
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Those proud bastions of free speech Reform UK banned @willhaycardiff.bsky.social from their manifesto launch because they are scared of the scrutiny he would provide. Imagine what these cowards will do in power.

Scrutinising Reform's plan for Wales We covered their manifesto launch and looked at the plans closely

Honest journalism that pulls apart the continuing snake oil peddled by the ‘ex precious metals trader’, sponsored by the fossil fuel industry
👏👏👏 @willhaycardiff.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/willhayw...

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Scrutinising Reform's plan for Wales We covered their manifesto launch and looked at the plans closely

I have been through Reform's manifesto for Wales so you don't have to.

(Spoiler, there are a lot of holes in it)

willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/scrutinisi...

Nigel Farage is literally spouting climate change denial in the Reform manifesto launch.

Casting doubt on climate change being man-made.

Nigel Farage starts his speech launching his parties manifesto for WALES by talking about Iran and complaining that Gorton and Denton by-election was "rigged".

Telling that he has mentioned Saddam Hussain more than Wales in the first 5 mins of his speech...

This is the front cover of ReformUK's Welsh manifesto.

If they achieve nothing else during this campaign at least they will always have the manifesto cover most clearly created with ChatGPT.

Reform are denying me access to the Welsh manifesto launch...

Remember a few weeks ago when Reform UK threatened to defund Bangor University in the name of "free speech"?

Well despite repeated requests, Reform are not allowing me to attend their manifesto launch.

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It shows a total contempt for free speech and democracy when political parties restrict journalists they fear will challenge them.

If they are willing to do this when they are in opposition, imagine what they will be like if they have all the levers of the state behind them.

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In the last week I have attended events and asked questions of the leaders of Plaid Cymru, Labour and the Conservatives. But Reform won't allow it.

The restriction of bonafide journalists from providing legitimate scrutiny is straight from the Trump playbook.

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Reform are denying me access to the Welsh manifesto launch...

Remember a few weeks ago when Reform UK threatened to defund Bangor University in the name of "free speech"?

Well despite repeated requests, Reform are not allowing me to attend their manifesto launch.

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“I am not afraid to embarrass Starmer” - The Rhun ap Iorwerth interview We spoke to the leader of Plaid Cymru

I sat down with Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth who the polls suggest is most likely to be the next First Minister of Wales.

We discussed how we plans to get get concessions from Keir Starmer.
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/i-am-not-a...

In launching the Welsh Labour manifesto, Eluned Morgan did not mention Keir Starmer once.

Eluned Morgan pledges to "end homelessness in Wales by 2034".

This will seemingly replace their previous 2021 plan to "end homelessness by 2026".

Eluned Morgan has just announced "5 pledges" to the people of Wales in what she has coined "fairness you can feel".

She's will to say:

“And here’s a message to our competitors in this election. You cannot fix waiting times with a hashtag. You cannot grow wages on TikTok. You cannot build a hospital with a committee. You need a plan. You need priorities. You need delivery. That’s what Welsh Labour is offering”

In Newport today where Eluned Morgan is launching Welsh Labour's Senedd election campaign.

“There is a fundamental disconnect between Wales’ needs, defined by Plaid, and what they can realistically achieve. They accurately dissect the challenges Wales faces across a whole range of issues. But this slams into the solid brick wall of the reality that: No more money is coming”