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Chris Johnes @chrisincardiff.bsky.social · 4d

The anecdotal feedback from Caerphilly ( backed up strongly by longer term polling data) is that young people in Wales favour PC over both Ref and Lab

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💙🦋 @humanity101.bsky.social · 5d

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Chris Johnes @chrisincardiff.bsky.social · 4d

Thats fair but the UK commentators, including the estimable @stephenkb.bsky.social seem incapable of considering that this might even be a factor

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Chris Johnes @chrisincardiff.bsky.social · 5d

The amusing thing about the UK media analysis is a refusal to accept that there might be a decidedly Welsh political strand to the result. Of Labour’s rivals on the left PC are the closest to Welsh Lab of them all with fresher policies and better communicators so its an easy shift for Lab voters

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Wednesbury Addams @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 12d

Decades after the Heysel and Hillsborough disasters, can politicians please not second-guess expert safety assessments for football stadiums.

Thank you.

An Aston Villa fan.

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Chris Johnes @chrisincardiff.bsky.social · 16d

There’s more than “an argument”; it was pretty clear at the time that it was a strong motivating factor in areas that had suffered especially badly from cuts

Chris Johnes @chrisincardiff.bsky.social · 25d

And bottom team gets relegated?

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Chris Johnes @chrisincardiff.bsky.social · 25d

I think a “stream of consciousness has been written up” would be a better description.

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Chris Johnes @chrisincardiff.bsky.social · 25d

Demonstrably not. Blydi Jacks letting the side down

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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 28d

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Iceland Cricket @icelandcricket.bsky.social · 28d

We are the only nation on Earth who consider Norway to be a budget holiday destination.

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Ellie Harwood @ellieharwood.bsky.social · Sep 22

The "cost of living crisis" might be yesterday's news to some, but for people on low incomes facing food insecurity, the rising price of basics is still a major issue

Trussell @trusselluk.bsky.social · Sep 22

This is how much the price of food has risen in 5 years... 🤯

🥛Milk, eggs and cheese: +47%
🍖 Meat: +35%
🧈 Oil and butter: +60%
🍞 Cereal and bread: +34%
🍓 Fruit: +26%
🥦 Vegetables: +35%

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Chris Johnes @chrisincardiff.bsky.social · Sep 22

Wales and its neighbours is simple and accurate

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Chris Johnes @chrisincardiff.bsky.social · Sep 16

I reckon confidence and supply is more likely

Chris Johnes @chrisincardiff.bsky.social · Sep 16

I understand edible hats are available

Chris Johnes @chrisincardiff.bsky.social · Sep 16

When Labour are now behind Plaid Cymru in polls for Westminster in Wales I suspect his position is more than a little shaky

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Chris Johnes @chrisincardiff.bsky.social · Sep 16

The Corbyn party will probably manage to save his seat for him by taking votes off the Greens

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Chris Johnes @chrisincardiff.bsky.social · Sep 16

And the fact that Trump’s America First ideology inevitably harms the UK in both trade and security terms; so while some UK people like the principles of MAGA they dont like its impact.

Chris Johnes @chrisincardiff.bsky.social · Sep 15

But we’d go back above them if we beat them in November which is pretty likely

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Chris Johnes @chrisincardiff.bsky.social · Sep 15

Reform are certain to gain a bridgehead in Wales though their chances of being in government are low but the new electoral system could produce some very odd results if the left of centre vote splits too evenly.

Chris Johnes @chrisincardiff.bsky.social · Sep 13

Nah Cardiff cheated by fielding a Lion

Chris Johnes @chrisincardiff.bsky.social · Sep 13

Shouldn’t he be pontificating that there were fine people on both sides? Until he realised that he doesn’t really think that about the counter demonstrators

Chris Johnes @chrisincardiff.bsky.social · Sep 12

Is “temporary” in geological terms?

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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · Sep 9

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Chris Johnes @chrisincardiff.bsky.social · Sep 6

Yes. It didn’t take long to do my considering and concluding that even in a very weak field he’s a bona fide village idiot

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