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School pupils are to be taught how to tackle conspiracy theories, spot 'fake news' & root out misinformation. The Daily Mail, ajudged by Wikipedia to be an unreliable new source, is furious. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out why.

I would if I was there tbh.

Home game, crowd behind him, positive vibes, chance to get the blood pumping and rhythm going.

What he said: 💯 🎯

Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?

Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill

I hate it when posts are sorted and presented to me in a presumed order that isn’t chronological. Becomes pointless mush.

The UK gov’s attitude to Wales

I could get behind this
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Farage: epic grifter

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@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social Why do BBC give Reform such easy ride? Caerffili an embarrassment for them yet you allow them to paint it as success. They threw everything at it, including trying to claim they’d won when polls weren’t closed. Russia connections cut through but not a peep from BBC on it

Reform's defeat is a triumph for Wales Martin Shipton Lindsay Whittle’s triumph in the Caerphilly by-election is a victory not only for Plaid Cymru, but for Wales. Like many others, I had been seduced into believing that the Farage bandwag...

The people of Caerphilly are not nearly as gullible as Nigel Farage thought they were. For him and his abominable party, the by-election loss is a huge setback that they weren’t expecting✍️ Martin Shipton

‘Jail is inevitable’ for former Reform politician awaitin... Two other MEPs joined Nathan Gill on a trip paid for by pro-Russian interests – and 6 weeks later repeated his talking points in Parliament

Exclusive: Two of Nathan Gill's fellow Ukip/Brexit Party MEPs used the same pro-Russia talking points in European Parliament, after joining him on a paid-for trip to Kyiv

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Another lesson for Labour - local connections matter. Stop parachuting centrally vetted people in on everyone. They’re generally shite.

"Amazing result for Plaid Cymru, so here's a guest from Reform anyway..."

That scene of the Welsh BBC correspondent being the only person interviewing Caerphilly's new Plaid AM while the rest of the media interviewed Reform's loser in the background was far too on the nose.

“We have to concentrate on Reform because nobody’s interested in Wales except through a UK lens, and besides we can’t say the Plaid leader’s name anyway.”

Sincerely well done to Plaid. Thoroughly deserved and a win for decency over hate. Da iawn hogia!!!

Given the resources and all-out nature of their campaigning in this FPTP election, this was humiliating for Reform, so hard to stomach the wall-to-wall media analysis focusing on their “success” this morning. And lesson for Labour - progressives won out, stop trash-talking immigrants or you’re out

Well done Plaid for holding off the threat from a party with more genuine connections to Russia than to Wales

Great project. Lovely that this article acknowledges the work in this space already done by @mapio.cymru and others

People submit Welsh placenames to project to protect linguistic heritage Entries include Welsh language names for fields and hills in move to ensure preservation of stories and legends Dozens of placenames in Welsh, some hinting at ancient legends, others telling rich stories of how people used to live, have been submitted to a project designed to make sure they are preserved. The Welsh government appealed for people to add historical names that may be missing from online maps so they could be saved for future generations. Within two weeks, about 200 submissions were received, including local Welsh language names for fields, hills and areas. Dôl y Tylwyth Teg (Fairy Folk Meadow/Fairies’ Meadow) in Aberfan, south Wales. The person who sent the suggestion said the field was known by the Welsh name by people who spoke Cymraeg, the Welsh language. A nearby school that teaches through Welsh refers to the field by this name and uses it for events. Caeau Maelorddin (Fields of Maelor City) near Aberystwyth, west Wales, are a collection of fields near Tanybwlch beach. The contributor said his late grandfather recalled many people referring to a group of now individually named fields as Caeau Maelorddin. They were close to Pen Dinas, the hill where the giant Maelor Gawr was said to live. Ffynnon Glog (Rock Well) near Rhyd, in Gwynedd, north Wales, is a hidden well in a roadside bank, according to the contributor. The water in the well was once used as a remedy for ailments and takes its name from Y Glog, a prominent rocky outcrop nearby. Continue reading...

People submit Welsh placenames to project to protect linguistic heritage

Hey @zackpolanski.bsky.social I hear you are talking to Laura Kuenssberg tomorrow morning?

Can you ask her why this story is being exposed by a 3-week-old-old outlet @thenerve.news & not the BBC?? 🤔

Has the national media decided it’s a ‘Welsh story’? Or is it because all the r/w print outlets ignoring it?

Either way, voters in Caerphilly have been failed by both the police & now the media

👏 "We've lived here all our lives. And I have never felt so unwelcome in my own hometown as I do since your party came into Caerphilly."

"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."

"I blame you for that."

Nathan Gill will be sentenced on 21st November for 8 charges of taking Russian Bribes.

It’s essential that the European Parliament carries out an investigation in to UKIP, Brexit Party and Reform UK and their connection to Russia.

Investigation now!

#InvestigateReformUK #ReformRussianBribes

Fine - and forgive me if I’m wrong - but I can’t remember Biden ever condemning Netanyahu, supporting ICJ ruling on genocide, withholding support politically or militarily unless Israel rolled back actions in Gaza. This is on Biden and Democrats as much as anyone.

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Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic Worker for Farage’s group in EU parliament was ‘frequent visitor to embassy’ and accused of role in propaganda stunt

Go on then Nigel Farage, keep telling us you know nothing about Russian influence…

The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic

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