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Cenric

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Cyn-gyfreithiwr yn dal i geisio gwneud gwahaniaeth Former lawyer still trying to make a difference

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Cenric @cenricc.bsky.social · Mar 19

9 diwrnod o waith ar ôl cyn i mi ymddeol ar ddiwedd y mis
Deugain 'mlynedd o weithio fel cyfreithiwr bron ar ben.
Edrychaf 'mlaen @ geisio gwneud gwahaniaeth mewn ffyrdd gwahanol
9 working days before retiring @ month's end
40 years of working as a lawyer almost at an end.
New challenges ahead

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Cenric @cenricc.bsky.social · 3m

That painful cost includes the continued pouring of fuel on the flames of both anti-semitism and islamophobia, and ultimately encouraging destabilising extremism. No-one wins!

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Jonathan Freedland @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social · 1h

On the Gaza deal, crediting Trump - and the painful cost of his failure to act so much earlier. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump wants a prize for the Gaza deal. But the real question is, why didn't he do it earlier? | Jonathan Freedland

The ceasefire in Gaza happened when the US president lost patience, but how much horror occurred, how many people were killed because he delayed, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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Huw Marshall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @huwmarshall.substack.com · 45m

Dim cyfeiriad o gwbl o safbwynt perthynas Gill ag ymgeisydd Reform Llŷr Powell sef y pwynt pwysicaf yn hyn i gyd newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/30762

Achos Nathan Gill: Un ‘afal drwg’ medd Nigel Farage

Mae arweinydd plaid Reform UK, Nigel Farage wedi dweud mai un “afal drwg” oedd cyn arweinydd y blaid yng Nghymru, Nathan Gill.

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Huw Marshall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @huwmarshall.substack.com · 41m

And Gills relationship with Reforms candidate at the Senedd by-election. Powell worked for and with Gill in the then Assembly and the now defunct right wing think tank Centre for Welsh Studies.

Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 17h

It is embarassing not to see the BBC pulling up Reform leaders claiming that Nathan Gill was just some fan who got photos taken with Farage - he was an MEP for them & their leader in Wales while taking cash from Russia to act against the UK! Literally the very basics of your job to point this out

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Cadwch Gymru'n Daclus | Keep Wales Tidy @keepwalestidy.cymru · 16h

Dim ond mis ar ôl i roi eich barn ar Gynllun Dychwelyd Ernes!

Rydym yn cyflwyno ymateb i’r ymgynghoriad – ac yn annog pawb i wneud yr un peth.

📄Cymerwch ran yma: www.llyw.cymru/cyflwyno-cyn...

Dilynwch @policy.keepwalestidy.cymru am fwy.

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Cadwch Gymru'n Daclus | Keep Wales Tidy @keepwalestidy.cymru · 16h

Only a month left to share your views on a Deposit Return Scheme!

We’re submitting a response to the consultation - and we’re encouraging everyone to do the same.

📄Take part here: www.gov.wales/delivering-d...

Follow @policy.keepwalestidy.cymru for more.

Cenric @cenricc.bsky.social · 18h

Donald Trump fails to nobble peace prize!

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22h

Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize

Leader of country’s opposition receives award after scrutiny surrounding committee and comments by Donald Trump * Nobel peace prize – latest Venezuelan opposition politician María Corina Machado has won the Nobel peace prize. The committee commended Machado as a “brave and committed champion of peace” who “keeps the flame of democracy burning during a growing darkness”. Continue reading...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21h

Stephen Miller is the most dangerous man in the Trump administration | Judith Levine

In the White House deputy chief of staff, we see that Maga will not simply end with Trump. We must keep our eyes on Miller

www.theguardian.com

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Cenric @cenricc.bsky.social · 1d

Well said!

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Mick Antoniw MS/AS @mickantoniw.bsky.social · 1d

Nathan Gill, Reform and the Price of Putin’s Praise ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org/2025/10/09/n...

Nathan Gill, Reform and the Price of Putin’s Praise

Patriotism for Sale: The UK Far Right’s Russian Connection Last month it was reported that former Reform leader for Wales, Nathan Gill, had admitted taking bribes to make statements in favour of Ru…

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Cenric @cenricc.bsky.social · 1d

Rhywfaint o obaith!

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cathaguamia.bsky.social @cathaguamia.bsky.social · 1d

Ffermio a phlanhigion gwyllt: hen bapurau’n helpu dangos faint a gollwyd dros ganrif, a faint sy’n dychwelyd ar ôl mesurau cadwraeth llywodraeth y Swistir.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Century-old papers saved from the bin reveal changes in Europe’s plant life

Plant inventories dating back to 1884 and nearly thrown away enable unique time-lapse study of biodiversity in Swiss meadows

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Cenric @cenricc.bsky.social · 1d

The answer is now as it ever was - that Cymru does not get the full benefit of her own natural resources!

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Richard Wyn Jones @richardwynjones.bsky.social · 2d

David Lloyd George *in 1890* on the devolution of the crown estate:

‘I fail to understand why questions affecting...the Mineral resources of the Crown in Wales, which are far better apprehended on the spot, should be administered by government clerks in London.’

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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 11d

Reform keeps arguing immigration is an issue when it isn’t.

There is a by-election right now in Caerphilly and Nigel Farage’s party keeps saying that immigration is an issue there.

BUT over 97% percent of people in the area were born in the UK.

We need to debate based on facts not scaremongering.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

Customers of five water firms are facing higher than expected rises to their inflation-busting bills after the companies disputed limits imposed by the industry regulator
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Customers of five water firms are facing higher than expected hikes to bills

While most claims for extra cash were found to be unjustified, rises to bills on top of what Ofwat has allowed look set to be granted at each company

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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · Apr 1

Labour's cruel welfare cuts won’t fix the economy.

But they will push 250,000 more people into poverty.

Wales has the highest proportion of disabled people in the UK - Plaid Cymru will not stay silent while lives are put at risk 🥀

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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · Apr 1

#Wales generates more electricity than we use – yet nearly half our households are in fuel poverty 🤯

Plaid Cymru says: it's time for one energy zone for Wales, control over our resources, and lower bills for our communities.

With us? Join us 👉 partyof.wales/join

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 2d

Checks for cars at Dover will take up to six times longer - and kiosks to take passengers' fingerprints may not be operational when EES launches on Sunday
inews.co.uk/news/dover-r...

Dover road for post-Brexit border checks still not built just weeks before deadline

Checks for cars at Dover will take up to six times longer - and kiosks to take passengers' fingerprints may not be operational when EES launches on Sunday

inews.co.uk

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 2d

Who would have guessed

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Nigel Farage earns over £1m from 12 'second jobs' - check how much your MP earns

The Reform UK leader's most lucrative second jobs include hosting on GB News, serving as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion and recording videos for Cameo

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 3d

The Wigeon whistles into today’s #AutumnArrivalSpotlight! 🦆

Numbers swell come autumn as visitors from northern Europe join the UK’s resident birds, creating large flocks on wetlands and lakes.

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Cenric @cenricc.bsky.social · 2d

Chwiwell in Cymraeg after the drake's call. Here was a small group at @rspbcymru.bsky.social Conwy on an extremely wet and windy Saturday morning courtesy of Storm Amy!! The light was not good!

Cenric @cenricc.bsky.social · 3d

Country diary: The marshes are graced with a little catwalk glamour
Ynys Môn (Anglesey): What a pleasure it is to watch a pair of glossy ibis – true head-turners, and an increasingly common sight
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Country diary: The marshes are graced with a little catwalk glamour | Nigel Brown

Ynys Môn (Anglesey): What a pleasure it is to watch a pair of glossy ibis – true head-turners, and an increasingly common sight

www.theguardian.com

Cenric @cenricc.bsky.social · 3d

Is this the Cymru that we really want?

NationCymru @nation.cymru · 3d

Ukrainian refugees in Caerphilly believe that neighbours who display placards in support of Reform UK are telling them they are unwanted and should go home, we can reveal ✍️ Martin Shipton

Ukrainians intimidated by Reform placards in Caerphilly

Martin Shipton Ukrainian refugees in Caerphilly believe that neighbours who display placards in support of Reform UK are telling them they are unwanted and should go home, we can reveal. A community l...

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 3d

Don't forget that 41 Tory MPs in the last government took Russian donations. That might account for media reticence to report on the Nathan Gill case.

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