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‘🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 needs more people talking constructively, confidently and with ambition for the future of our nation. Too often we constrain ourselves in a…culture which combines blaming the British government for all our ills with resignation to our fate as a subservient ‘region’ ‘ nation.cymru/news/new-wal...

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Where next for Wales? Ble nesaf i Gymru? 6pm Wednesday 2nd April in the Senedd Neuadd Be there or be square! 😉 😄 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/where-next...

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A new Welsh think tank will launch in the Senedd early next month wp.me/p8Mk4U-WnY

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One for the Gold Bugs here 😉😁 ‘The price (of gold) will go up and down and it will always be used as a store of wealth. But it is in its transformation, into things of beauty and wider meaning, that its true value lies’ nation.cymru/opinion/more...

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Senedd to see the launch of New Wales: an engine for change New Wales will launch in the Senedd at 6pm on Wednesday 2nd April. Tickets to attend are free.

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Not to blow my own trumpet 🎺but If you haven’t listened to this podcast yet, add it to the queue and make sure you do! This is an instruction 😁😉

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Not to blow my own trumpet 🎺but If you haven’t listened to this podcast yet, add it to the queue and make sure you do! This is an instruction 😁😉

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The latest episode of Spare a Thought is out now. @gwerngwynfil.bsky.social from @newwales.bsky.social joined me for a conversation about Welsh identity, devolution, history and the future of Wales.

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Just listened to this excellent podcast on Wales, the Welsh language and our future here politically. It’s insightful, thought provoking, and a must listen. Highly recommend. #Wales #Politics #Welsh

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Very much enjoyed this pod with ⁦‪@Tomspare.bsky.social I got to talk at length about Wales - what’s not to love? 😁❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Have a listen, please share your thoughts (constructive criticism please! 🙏) Discussion and debate always welcome podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

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This will be very interesting Wednesday April 2nd 6pm in the Senedd Neuadd Come and join us, bring your questions! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 www.eventbrite.com/e/what-next-...

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I am travelling from Québec to be at this event. And, very much looking forward to it. Pob lwc!

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‘It’s not the job of retirees, white saviours and hobbyists with a love of quirky, Tolkien Welsh who would have learned Klingon before 2020 to ‘save the Welsh language’ and make 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 a bilingual nation’ 👏 Stephen Price Let’s all support our language fervently 💪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 nation.cymru/opinion/one-...

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‘The one and only way we will achieve 1 million speakers is by ensuring all young Welsh people leave school fluent in the language of their country. Why is this even something up for debate?’ Powerful stuff here from Stephen Price nation.cymru/opinion/one-...

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Do ⁦‪Welsh Liberals‬⁩ and ⁦‪the Welsh Greens‬⁩ have the vision, political pragmatism, and desire for real power? 🤔 They certainly have a window of opportunity if they collectively have the boldness to seize upon it… nation.cymru/opinion/a-ma...

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Small parties in closed list systems everywhere only survive through electoral pacts. And at times of democratic crisis, shared values are more important than party identities. Great piece from @gwerngwynfil.bsky.social

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‘We must be brave. We must be the ordinary people that say “No. Not in our name”’ This is a good piece by Ethan Jones on the dangers of ‘El Muce’ and company, of revived symbols and of corporate statism Even a paper tiger has dangerous teeth… bylines.cymru/voices-lleis...

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Credit where it is due Dylan Jones-Evans is very good here. Don't always agree with him but he's spot on here.

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Prof Dylan Jones-Evans very strong in this episode of Walescast 👏 Let’s have more of this - shining a light on the paucity of government and governance in Wales and on the inequities and iniquities of an inadequate devolution settlement podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

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‘Reform UK Party LTD are a confused party. They solely function as a protest vehicle criticising everything going wrong without providing tangible solutions’ ✍️Meg Davies nation.cymru/opinion/refo...

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🎧Updated every month the playlist currently contains a whopping 800+ songs - that's more than 50 hours of wonderful Welsh music to discover From pop, punk, funk, soul and rock 'n' roll to hip hop, folk, reggae and rap, there's something for everyone

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‘Reform UK Party LTD are a confused party. They solely function as a protest vehicle criticising everything going wrong without providing tangible solutions’ ✍️Meg Davies nation.cymru/opinion/refo...

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Dydd Santes Dwynwen Hapus 💞 Here's a blogpost about Welsh tokens of love 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 "The heart is the universal symbol of love... It is a sign of passion and strong emotion which surely signifies the carver’s depth of feeling for his beloved." museum.wales/blog/1894/Lo... #Wales

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🌎📰🗞️ ‘Two worlds colliding, as the 'America First' President was beamed in like a 30-foot interplanetary emperor, into the beating heart of the rules-based international economic order’ - an interesting image conjured here by Faisal Islam at the BBC www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Santes Dwynwen Yfory ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Tomorrow is St Dwynwen’s Day The true patron saint of lovers Be sure to celebrate with someone you love (even if you’re not blessed to be Welsh! 😉) Here’s a piece I wrote a few weeks ago for anyone new to Dwynwen or just curious about her 😁 nation.cymru/opinion/why-...

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Exactly this - What MD actually said was that Wales needs more Primary Care (redesigned GP surgeries offering more and better treatment at first point of contact) and fewer expensive hospitals He also slammed austerity Cherry picking for a headline which will mislead is poor from by the BBC

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Santes Dwynwen Yfory ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Tomorrow is St Dwynwen’s Day The true patron saint of lovers Be sure to celebrate with someone you love (even if you’re not blessed to be Welsh! 😉) Here’s a piece I wrote a few weeks ago for anyone new to Dwynwen or just curious about her 😁 nation.cymru/opinion/why-...

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Trafodaeth a sgwrs difyr a diddorol iawn ar Dros Ginio heddiw. Diolch o galon i fy nghyd-gyfrannwyr! 👏 Joio rhain bob amser 😁 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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There were 489 FEWER casualties in the first 9 months of the speed limit dropping to 20mph by default in built up areas A 28% fall on urban/village roads compared with the previous year.

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🚨 The UK Government confirms that no discussions have been had with the Welsh Government over the devolution of the Crown Estate 👑 This is despite the First Minister claiming that discussions have taken place and are ongoing

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