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The by-election takeaways Podcast Episode · Walescast · 30/10/2025 · 37m

Some reflections on the recent Caerphilly by-election with Lee Waters MS (Labour), Delyth Jewell (Plaid Cymru) and Jason O’Connell (Reform) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

A seismic shock in Welsh politics, for all kinds of reasons. I am touched by the human story of the seat being won by a man who has stood 14 times in previous elections and was touched by how respectful he was to the former seat holder who tragically died.
Caerphilly - making hope normal again ❤️

Plaid have won a massive victory in the Caerphilly by-election beating Reform comfortably.

The Labour vote has totally collapsed.

It seems that in Caerphilly more people feared those who oppose immigration than the immigrants themselves.

The EHRC guidance is NOT statutory
- Trans & gender nonconforming teenagers have a right to feel safe in schools.
- Trans & gender nonconforming staff have a right to feel safe in workplaces.
- Trans & gender nonconforming people have a right to feel safe in public.

Speak up #TransAlly

The Gist: Trans rights are Data rights A UK court has made a decision defining genders which has put it at odds with a less noticed, more important, decision from the CJEU. This is the Gist.

Looks like we're facing a head-on collision with EU law in respect of Wes Streeting's ideological opposition to the legitimacy of trans existence. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-tra...

There is a controlled demolition of US government underway, with a dismantling of democracy led by the 1%. Track it here 👇🏼

Trump Says He Would Have Had a ‘Very Nasty Life’ if He’d Lost the Election The president’s remarks were a surprisingly public acknowledgment that he had campaigned for his freedom as much as for the White House itself.

President Trump said he would have had a “very nasty life” if he lost the presidential election, a surprisingly public acknowledgment that his legal challenges could have consumed his life and brought jail time.

Trump attacks Zelenskyy as a ‘dictator without elections’ who duped US The president’s remarkable attack on the Ukrainian president is sure to deeply worry international allies and domestic supporters of an American-led global order.

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Brilliant!
Hey @chcymru.bsky.social - can we get @garyseconomics.bsky.social along to any of our sector conferences?

Babies are dying unnecessarily in homelessness accommodation. How did we get here and how do we get out? 74 children - most of them babies - have had 'temporary accommodation' identified as a contributing factor to their deaths since 2019. This is the grim consequence of years of housing policy failure.

Devastating article from Peter Apps. Decades of policy has resulted in the place we face today. We need courageous leaders to turn this around. #SocialHousing #Homelessness

BBC investigation exposes 'far-right' group in secret filming Undercover reporter infiltrated far-right group and exposed group's extreme views in secret filming.

There is no room for complacency.
Speak up. Speak out.
Create safety for those at risk.
The alternative is incomprehensible.

Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government – The White House By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United

So how does it feel today to be a feminist who has been disputing trans identities to have Trump as their leader? And also, if sex is defined at conception then we’re all female! Because….science. Trump appears to have erased all men! 😂

There is no planet B 😢

Top bosses join forces to get thousands of offenders into work Top UK business leaders will spearhead a major new drive to get thousands of offenders into stable jobs and away from a life of crime.

This looks promising

Looking forward to seeing these out and about on the road @beaconcymrugroup.bsky.social #ChangeYouCanSee ☀️

Navigating Mergers: Key Lessons from My Journey Late in 2023, the CEO invites me into a private space and says “I have news”. My first thought is “oh no, she’s leaving” but instead says “we’re exploring …

Some reflections in this latest blog on the last 12 months or so preparing for a merger. It’s been a real stretch but has been a brilliant challenge. And the real (integration) work has only really just started!

Please consider subscribing to Gary’s Patreon. An economist that tells it straight.

A nurse bullied her colleagues for years. Did her bosses do enough? Bullying and toxic backbiting affected an NHS clinic for nearly five years. The victims are still waiting for accountability

Bullying and harassment in the workplace can be subtle or overt but it is always toxic. Creating a culture that is high in relational literacy is key to preventing bullies from prospering.

AI has an environmental problem. Here’s what the world can do about that. The sprawling data centres that house AI servers churn out toxic electronic waste and are voracious consumers of electricity, which in most places is still produced from fossil fuels.

"A request made through ChatGPT, an AI-based virtual assistant, consumes 10 times the electricity of a Google Search"

This isn't a game. This is accelerated destruction via huge usage of power, water, resources etc. Stop using it - especially for messing about!!

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Exactly.
Solidarity to all affected and impacted by this stain on British policing history.

Gutted today’s hearing was cancelled. I travelled down from Swansea to attend, wanting to observe the inquiry in action with my own eyes and ears. I’m astonished this isn’t getting more mainstream coverage, but thank you to all those covering the inquiry
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These beautifully painted ‘blob people’ stones are a perfect way to share feelings without words. Very grateful to a generous colleague for gifting them to me, especially at a time when I needed the lift 💕

‘Legalising cannabis isn’t about going soft on crime – it’s about removing a highly lucrative market from criminal hands, undercutting gangs’ revenues, and taking dealers off street corners’

"We’re working within systems that are often absent of compassion so in some ways this feels like a protest," @platfform.org CEO @ewanhilton.bsky.social tells #CHCAnnual24.

"We can’t talk about being compassionate, and about social justice if we’re not prepared to tell our own stories," he adds.

@ewanhilton.bsky.social sharing @platfform.org’s journey towards being an organisation that truly invests in building deeper connections, relationships and is hardwiring compassion into all aspects of its activities 🤍
#CHCAnnual24

Trans and non-binary folk need us. Step up 🏳️‍⚧️
#TDOR24
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2472978...

Report from the inquiry into social housing supply in Wales #CHCAnnual24