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.... the king #traitors

One thing that hasn't changed is the UK medias inability to say a word as simple as "Cymru" correctly. Is it unfair to expect political editors and presenters to learn the same way they happily go native saying "Macron" or "Taoiseach"

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View of Hamburg TV tower from the Hamburg Bunker

Hamburg 📌

#cityscape #travel #photos #Hamburg

View sailing through Sognefjord of the sun breaking trough clouds with mountains and fjords

Trying to break through 🌄

#cruise #mountains #fjords #travel #travelphotos

MSC Euribia cruise ship pool deck at sunset

Sunset over the Euribia was particularly spectacular on the last night 🌅

#cruise #sunset #travel #photos

Mountains with sun breaking through overlooking a lake and huts near Olden

The rain has it's benefits #Norway #fjords #landscape #mountains #photo

A waterfall being blown upwards in the wind

Can't get over how stunning the landscape is across Norway. Beautiful colours this time of year #Norway #norwegianfjords #Travel #travelphotos #photos #waterfall #landscapes

Norwegian Fjords at sunset with clouds

Rainy fjords at sunset 🌧
#norwegianfjords #travelphotos #photos

Mountain and lake side cabins in Olden, Norway

Think the valleys might have a bit of competition ...

Norway 🇳🇴

We’re expecting our new Welsh Politics Pod to drop into the feeds this week. If you fancy giving us an early bird follow, head over to @welshpolitics.bsky.social 👀 #Wales #Cymru #Senedd26

Senedd Welsh Labour and Westminster Welsh Labour have never felt so ideologically distant. The Welsh Labour brand is useless for voters to understand anymore. If the Senedd party wants a future ... time to ditch the MPs publicly

So blessed for the bounty bestowed upon Wales, we are all very grateful 🙏

Treasury minister tells Wales to "be grateful" for the money given to it over rail funding.

It shows total disconnect with reality.

For the record, the Treasury's own figures show Wales is getting £350m compared to Scotland's £4bn!

Oh it just gets better! So the UK Gov funding for the already announced woefully low impact Cardiff central upgrade is coming out of the £445m!

They really are taking the piss out of us at this point

Steak on TFWs First Class service to Manchester

Transport for Wales appreciation post. The best food on a British train bar none 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

£445m over *10 years* is only a TENTH of the *billions* we're owed on HS2 - not even accounting the historic underinvestment of Welsh rail. 😤

While Labour in Wales are happy to settle for less, Plaid Cymru will continue to fight for every penny Wales is owed. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💪

So the £445m is over 10 years ... so not really paying us back for the historic underfunding just doing the bare minimum we should expect over the next 10 years.

25 minutes in and a single mention of Wales so far re Port Talbot (nothing new just a name drop) ... about 10 re Scotland. There is no passion down there to even throw Welsh Labour a bone. Let's see how much she says about rail might be lucky to get 2 mentions.

Labour frantically spinning the £445m rail funding hoping the people of Wales are too stupid to remember the £4bn owed to us because of HS2, the £300m+ we're denied because of the Cambridge-Oxford line, let alone the decades of chronic under investment.

People aren't stupid.

£445m for heavy rail improvements (what the UK gov is in most part responsible for anyway as its not devolved and have underfunded for years so not really extra cash) so I'm assuming we'll see a nice big consequential from the "light" rail announcements last week too?

Spending review: New stations in £445m rail plan for Wales Five new stations in Newport, Cardiff and Monmouthshire, plus upgrades in north Wales are on the cards.

#Wales will be dizzy tomorrow due to the sheer amount of spin being put on this modest, grudging investment in Wales from the UK Govt.

It’s not nothing, but it’s hardly something. “Historic investment” is some of the most brazen fibbing I’ve ever heard.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The real Barnett formula =

If UK has to pay Wales more through Barnett, don't use Barnett (e.g. HS2)

If UK can pay Wales less through Barnett, use Barnett (e.g. public sector NI increases)

Wales really would be better off in charge of its own finances instead of being constantly being ripped off

YouTube video by ConneXionG Independence In Our Time

Perfect Sunday morning viewing whilst nursing a @ddean90.bsky.social inflicted hangover.

More proof that @leannewood.bsky.social is one of our best communicators in Wales youtu.be/tJpVx68mdeU?...

big big sigh at the realisation that I first wrote up this exact take over five years and approx seventeen PMs ago

Northern lights over Newport, south Wales.

Joining in with the #NorthernLights memories from last year, amazing to see how many people got to see this across Europe from thier backyards. Was a sight I won't forget quickly.

Bombshell poll drops in Welsh politics For Wales, See Wales · Episode

A political carousel of MS's today, great listen as always. Feels like this will be the most interesting Senedd campaign ever. 🦄 open.spotify.com/episode/1Rio...

Graphic with "Plaid in the lead" in capital letters at the top in both Welsh and English. A photo of Rhun on the right-hand side. On the left - a graph titled "Senedd voting intention" with Plaid Cymru at 30% (+6%), Reform at 25% and Labour at 18%. Data: YouGov / ITV Wales survey of 1265 adults in Wales (16+) Fieldwork: 23rd - 30th April 2025.

🚨BREAKING: Plaid Cymru is now leading the polls in Wales!

More and more people are turning to Plaid Cymru as the only party standing up for Wales’s interests - and the alternative to Labour’s failure and Reform’s division 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Port Talbot - abandoned
🇬🇧 Scunthorpe - saved

UK Labour hardly making friends in Wales ahead of #Senedd26

In a real emergency, governments step up to defend their strategic interests.

Plaid Cymru recognised the importance of Welsh steelmaking.

Labour chose to look the other way.