Ryan Thomas

Labour conference told Plaid and Reform would be a poison to Wales Eluned Morgan tells Labour's Autumn conference about Reform

Given how easily voters switch between Plaid and Welsh Labour, this is awful stuff from Eluned Morgan www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Health secretary Jeremy Miles will not stand in 2026 Senedd election The health secretary says it is time to seek a different challenge and spend time with loved ones.

Really worrying for Welsh Labour that Jeremy Miles has decided to stand down www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Some years ago, visiting family in Wales, I had a pint with an ex police sergeant who’d once been based in Blackwood. For some reason we got on to JFK. He was adamant that there had been a murder conspiracy - “I definitely know there was…” (gulps beer) “..’cos I’ve seen the files at Gwent Police”

Just witnessed a pigeon fighting with a magpie over a tree

She’ll definitely receive a pardon from a future Reform/Tory administration

Poster for Swansea beer and cider festival at the Brangwyn, 21st to 23rd August

Hey folks! My friends have worked like absolute dogs to get the Swansea Beer and Cider festival back on its feet.
If you're local, or feel like travelling, come along for what will once again be an amazing day out.
Tickets can be bought at the door or through Camra or the Brangwyn website
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Is it Blaenafon by any chance?

I see a lot of these random maps of Great Britain/UK and Ynys Môn has disappeared. However, the Hebrides and the Orkneys are always perfectly rendered.

#Estonia for the win 🇪🇪 #eurovision

Over last year I've been building a Senedd Election Simulator tool. It gives a useful (I hope!) visual explainer of how the new election system turns votes into seats.

🧵 on some of what it can do below:

jaclarner.github.io/senedd_ethol...

This was followed by a second just-under 6k on Saturday

I managed to get back to running this week after a few weeks off - starting with a 6k on Thursday

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi hapus! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Happy Saint David’s day! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

The Lorne Michaels Book-Event Thread Is the Reply-All Disaster We Need Susan Morrison’s invitation quickly went haywire, thanks to some boomer journalists and Tina Fey.

i will venture that this kind of thing should go back to happening more nymag.com/intelligence...

Last week, the staff of a Welsh refugee charity funded by the Welsh Gov received death threats due to the actions of a Trump Cabinet appointment.

Good to know the FM is taking a hard line on this eh?

Second session completed today #CouchTo5k

I hadn’t been for a run for two months after being ill, being super busy with work and the Christmas break. Today I finally put on my running shoes and started from scratch.

Eira - Snow ❄️

I’ve been an avid listener to @hiraethpod.bsky.social over the last few years and I’m sorry it’s coming to an end. Diolch to Matt, Ceri and Richard for all their hard work!

It’s beginning to look a lot like … Easter?

You're telling me

that Margo Martindale

and Wayne Knight

were once partners

on a team of character actors who moonlit as private investigators

to supplement film/tv income by busting bad guys with their acting skills

and this has never been adapted into the longest-running show on NBC?

A brimming biscuit tin and a warm welcome – this is how an Englishman found his home in Wales | Will Hayward I’d moved around many places but never found the place that spoke to my heart. In Wales, I felt I’d met a friend, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward

A brilliant quote from Gwynfor Evans “Anybody can be Welsh, they just have to be willing to face the consequences” in another great article from @willhaycardiff.bsky.social

Nadolig Llawen - Merry Christmas!

“I did not have sexual relations with that woman”

Not a clue

Presumably they’re dropping it in favour of a 100% target?

The latest Barn Cymru Senedd voting intention poll sees Plaid Cymru leading for the first time since 2010.

The poll for ITV Cymru Wales and @walesgovernance.bsky.social also sees Reform equal with Labour.

- Plaid Cymru 24%
- Labour 23%
- Reform 23%
- Conservatives 19%

www.itv.com/news/wales/2...

Welsh Labour really need to hurry up and find their identity. Centre left, competent but with some populist distributive stuff throw in. It was the whole point of Welsh Labour.

They've spent 5 years struggling to implement anything and don't seem to know what their fighting for. 1/

Take it with a pinch of salt but this would make for an interesting outcome

Blimey.

Barn Cymru poll by YouGov for ITV Cymru Wales/ @walesgovernance.bsky.social

Puts Plaid Cymru ahead of Labour. Reform joint 2nd.

Senedd voting intention:

- Plaid Cymru - 24% (+1)
- Labour - 23% (-4)
- Reform UK - 23% (+5)
- Con - 19% (+1)
- Lib Dem - 5% (-1)
- Green - 6% (+1)