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Deiseb: Gwnewch ddiwrnod Gŵyl Dewi ar Fawrth 1af yn Ddiwrnod Gwyliau Cyhoeddus 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Petition: Make St. David's Day on March 1st a Public Holiday 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Saturday will be the first St David’s Day since Labour won the general election. I asked both the Welsh and UK Government if there were any plans to make March 1 an official bank holiday. The responses I received appeared to be at odds.

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Scottish Parliament made St Andrew’s a bank holiday in 2006 St Patrick’s Day has been a Public Holiday in Ireland since 1903. Make Saint David's Day a Bank Holiday in Wales petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... + St George's petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant Hapus 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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A man from Birmingham who had a second home in Pwllheli has said he has sold it after being made to feel he was “taking homes from local people”. Literally was what you were doing mate. www.northwaleschronicle.co.uk/news/2496280...

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A man from Birmingham who had a second home in Pwllheli has said he has sold it after being made to feel he was “taking homes from local people”. Literally was what you were doing mate. www.northwaleschronicle.co.uk/news/2496280...

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🧵 For a few years now I have been thinking and writing about how both the Trade Union Movement and UBI are equally beneficial. Mostly my thoughts have been on how do we get Trade Unions to support the idea of a UBI. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlKT...

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Time for independence. There are pockets of deep poverty in Cymru, yet these two literally feed from our sea bottom and tide around in gold carriages. How stupid of Labour. The electorate will remember this at the Senedd elections next year and the next general election.

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Time for independence. There are pockets of deep poverty in Cymru, yet these two literally feed from our sea bottom and tide around in gold carriages. How stupid of Labour. The electorate will remember this at the Senedd elections next year and the next general election.

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Me, pretending Monday isn’t happening. #MondayMotivation

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This is Gilda. Retired, Gilda owns her own home, one she has paid off and now enjoys, mortgage free. Gilda thinks that "younger people nowadays are wanting too much, too soon". How long should I wait Gilda? I'm in my 40s. www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....

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#SocialistSunday 300 people a day die while living in poverty in Britain Marie Curie revealed that the Labour Party’s savage cut to the winter fuel payments will leave 44,000 terminally ill pensioners without the much-needed payment worth up to £300.

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This pack is a broad left collection of accounts that mostly do original posting (not RT's) Feel free to post any other Left starter packs below to spread the love! #SocialistSunday

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Happy #SocialistSunday Fuck Musk, Trump and Reform.

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New petition: "Nationalise the UK water industry" Deadline 29 May 2025, created by Leslie Allen #NewPetition

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We may have left the EU in 2016 after lies, misinformation, and promises of prosperity that have not materialised Luckily for us, the EU isn't that far away, it's just next door Anyone else want the UK 🇬🇧 to rejoin the EU 🇪🇺 ?

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The future of an independent Cymru and potential of a Universal Basic Income Some say Cymru can’t afford independence nor afford to adopt a Universal Basic Income. But neither is a unicorn dream and together they could end poverty. ✍️ @drdavebeck.bsky.social bylines.cymru/politics-and...

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📢 Out today, my article in @bylines.cymru arguing that The future of an independent Cymru is the best option to achieve real social security. Welcome to The Welsh Universal Basic Income. @plaidcymru.bsky.social @rhunapiorwerth.bsky.social @salforduni.bsky.social

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New article from @jenniekermode.bsky.social arguing Devolution: how Wales got a raw deal, and what that means today bylines.cymru/politics-and... @bylines.cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social @rhunapiorwerth.bsky.social

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Defiling childhood: child poverty and austerity in the UK bylines.cymru/politics-and... @bylines.cymru

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Join the call to ask your MP to attend this briefing session on Basic Income and Regrowth at Westminster to help them understand the potential of Basic Income To show your support, click on the link! actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...

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Budgets, block grants, and the Barnett Formula – how Welsh devolution embeds austerity bylines.cymru/politics-and...

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There's something very worrying happening in HE, including in wealthy Universities such as my own (Edinburgh University). Some are experiencing financial woes due to restrictions placed on international students affecting recruitment numbers. Others, struggling with years of mismanagement.

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www.change.org/p/support-a-...

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The University of Bangor is set to lose almost 10% of its staff - This is the crisis of HE! @bangoruniversity.bsky.social , @ucu.org.uk www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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UCU Live now on YouTube discussing the #HECrisis: www.youtube.com/live/WZFPM_C... Estimates that there will be at least 10,000 job losses in HE this year!

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How we can use Monopoly to explain how a Universal basic Income could work: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbT1...

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I get that it can be seen as ageist. However, it is true to say that the baby boomer gen has hoarded the majority of the wealth in housing assets. That's not a lie. Also, you forget to actually discuss that in the article & discuss digital exclusion instead.

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Thanks Rachel Reeves for once again not being on the side of the people and trying to protect your banking buddies. BBC News - Reeves' intervention in car loans case rejected www.bbc.com/news/article...

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As someone looking to (finally) buy their first house in the next few years, all I can say is - thank you @cyngorgwynedd.bsky.social Next, focus needs to be on the over use of student accommodation in Bangor. These houses need to be freed up for locals too! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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#SocialistSunday 🌹 #Solidarity ✊

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Happy #SocialistSunday I follow back all Socialists and Greens with active accounts

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Socialism: because sharing is caring, and hoarding is just fucking weird. #SocialistSunday

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#SocialistSunday

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