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Emyr Lewis @emyrlewis.bsky.social · 25d

US/UK ‘Tech Deal’

Darllened bob tro y print mân ar y diwedd.

Always read the small print at the end.

Emyr Lewis @emyrlewis.bsky.social · 26d

Y ddiwedaraf mewn llinach wael o Ysgrifenyddion Cartref anryddfrydol. Beio dioddefwyr yn hunan-gyfiawn, siarad yn galed, chwarae i’r galeri.

The latest in an ignoble line of illiberal Home Secretaries. Self-righteous victim blaming, talking tough, playing to the gallery.

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Emyr Lewis @emyrlewis.bsky.social · Sep 1

Weithiau, mewn tir ddifethwyd,
Y mae lle i gwmwl llwyd.

Mae awyr las a chymylau mecryll ac un cwmwl llwyd yn eu mysg

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Emyr Lewis @emyrlewis.bsky.social · Aug 17

Nac oes wir. Ond mae’r ddau yma’n hapus, bob un ar ei domen ei hun, yn clochdar ur un gân gelwyddog bod gwawr heddwch ar ei ffordd.

Emyr Lewis @emyrlewis.bsky.social · Aug 16

Dau geiliog gyda’i gilydd - dau gegog,
dau geiliog digwilydd,
dau geiliog ffond o gelwydd
gwneud caniad heb doriad dydd.

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Emyr Lewis @emyrlewis.bsky.social · Aug 13

ubi solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant

Lle bu teulu, tawelwch - lle bu tŷ,
bwlch tawel. A welwch
furiau llosg dan gefnfor llwch,
dan huddug? Dyna heddwch.

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Emyr Lewis @emyrlewis.bsky.social · Aug 4

Edrych mlaen at gael beirniadu cystadleuaeth englyn y dydd eto eleni yn ystod yr Ymryson gan ddechrau fory am 1.00 yn y Babell Lên.

Bydd Barddas yn cyhoeddi’r testun cyntaf am 3.00 pnawm ma.

Os bydd y cynnyrch hanner cystal â llynedd bydd hi’n annodd dewis ond bydd gwledd o’n blaenau.

Emyr Lewis @emyrlewis.bsky.social · Aug 4

Edrych mlaen at gael beirniadu cystadleuaeth englyn y dydd eto eleni yn ystod yr Ymryson gan ddechrau fory am 1.00 yn y Babell Lên.

Bydd Barddas yn cyhoeddi’r testun cyntaf am 3.00 pnawn ma.

Os bydd y cynnyrch hanner cystal â llynedd bydd hi’n annodd dewis ond bydd gwledd o’n blaenau.

Emyr Lewis @emyrlewis.bsky.social · Jul 8

Erthygl ardderchog

An excellent article

UK Constitutional Law Association @ukcla.bsky.social · Jul 8

Nour Haidar: Home Secretary vs Palestine Action: The Constitutional Implications of Widening the Legal Understanding of Terrorism ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/07/08/n...

Nour Haidar: Home Secretary vs Palestine Action: The Constitutional Implications of Widening the Legal Understanding of Terrorism

On 23 June 2025 the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, announced in Parliament that she had “decided to proscribe Palestine Action under section 3 of the Terrorism Act 2000.” Section 3 of the 2000 Act …

ukconstitutionallaw.org

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Emyr Lewis @emyrlewis.bsky.social · Jul 7

Deep cover sleeper

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Emyr Lewis @emyrlewis.bsky.social · Jun 30

Arguably the r in card, word, ford etc (in UK English) and the gh in caught, fight etc represent vowels, in that they work with 'acknowledged' vowels to represent distinct vowel sounds.

And of course w in the loan word 'twp' 🙂

Emyr Lewis @emyrlewis.bsky.social · May 18

Eisteddfod Llandudoch neithiwr. Pleser mawr oedd cael dyfarnu’r gadair i’r amryddawn Wyn Owens o Fynachlog-ddu am gywydd mawl i’r bardd o werinwraig ddysgedig o Lydaw, Anjela Duval, a heriai ‘Rym Ffrainc drwy ei chainc a’i cherdd’. Gobeithio y gwelwn ni o mewn print.

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Emyr Lewis @emyrlewis.bsky.social · May 7

“My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.”

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Emyr Lewis @emyrlewis.bsky.social · May 1

Syml ond effeithiol - gwrthwynebu'r dde eithafol yn Slofacia

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In Slovakia, our grassroots movement helped oust a neo-Nazi. We can do it again | Alexandra Bitušíková

Professor Alexandra Bitušíková explains how face-to-face local activism was crucial in bringing down the neo-Nazi People’s Party Our Slovakia

www.theguardian.com

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Emyr Lewis @emyrlewis.bsky.social · Mar 1

Lines penned two days after the presentation by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Sir Keir Starmer of a letter of invitation from His Majesty King Charles the Third to the President of the United States of America Mr. Donald J. Trump.

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Emyr Lewis @emyrlewis.bsky.social · Feb 25

Mae rhywbeth yn gorffen heno. Darfod.
Daw arfau amdano
i’w gymryd o’r byd. Da bo.

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Emyr Lewis @emyrlewis.bsky.social · Feb 22

Mulfran lon fry uwch cronfa - Lliw Isaf
yn llaes wacsymera’n
yr haul nawr, a holi wna,
â sgytwad, “Shwt ma’r ‘sgota?”

Emyr Lewis @emyrlewis.bsky.social · Feb 19

Military perhaps. Social I would question.

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Emyr Lewis @emyrlewis.bsky.social · Feb 18

Interesting comment. The issue is often where to draw the line beyond which “regions” can’t stray.

Also doesn’t the word ‘national’ imply nationalism in its own way? Narrowness can work both ways.

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Emyr Lewis @emyrlewis.bsky.social · Feb 18

Fis Ionawr rhoddais dystiolaeth i Bwyllgor Tŷ’r Cyffredin ar agweddau Cymreig y Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. Mae’r blog (Saesneg) hwn yn ymdrin â rhai o’r materion cyfansoddiadol a gymhlethir gan y ffaith fod Senedd Cymru wedi pleidleisio yn erbyn egwyddorion y Bil.

Wales Governance Centre | Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru @walesgovernance.bsky.social · Feb 18

NEW: @emyrlewis.bsky.social explores the unique position of Wales in the UK-wide debate about assisted dying, where drafting of legislation for the unified 'England & Wales' jurisdiction needs to navigate devolved and reserved competencies for Welsh & UK Govts.
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...

Assisted Dying: No such Bill could be introduced in Senedd Cymru

Emyr Lewis, Emeritus Professor of Law at Aberystwyth University, gave evidence to the legislation committee about Wales-specific aspects of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in their las…

blogs.cardiff.ac.uk

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Emyr Lewis @emyrlewis.bsky.social · Feb 18

In January I gave evidence to the House of Commons Committee scrutinising the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. This blog expands on some of the constitutional issues raised, complicated by the fact that the Welsh Parliament voted against the principles of the Bill.

Wales Governance Centre | Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru @walesgovernance.bsky.social · Feb 18

NEW: @emyrlewis.bsky.social explores the unique position of Wales in the UK-wide debate about assisted dying, where drafting of legislation for the unified 'England & Wales' jurisdiction needs to navigate devolved and reserved competencies for Welsh & UK Govts.
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...

Assisted Dying: No such Bill could be introduced in Senedd Cymru

Emyr Lewis, Emeritus Professor of Law at Aberystwyth University, gave evidence to the legislation committee about Wales-specific aspects of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in their las…

blogs.cardiff.ac.uk

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Reposted by Emyr Lewis

Wales Governance Centre | Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru @walesgovernance.bsky.social · Feb 18

NEW: @emyrlewis.bsky.social explores the unique position of Wales in the UK-wide debate about assisted dying, where drafting of legislation for the unified 'England & Wales' jurisdiction needs to navigate devolved and reserved competencies for Welsh & UK Govts.
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...

Assisted Dying: No such Bill could be introduced in Senedd Cymru

Emyr Lewis, Emeritus Professor of Law at Aberystwyth University, gave evidence to the legislation committee about Wales-specific aspects of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in their las…

blogs.cardiff.ac.uk

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Emyr Lewis @emyrlewis.bsky.social · Feb 17

Lines penned on the occasion of Baron Mandelson’s public self-abasement before the President of the United States, Mr. Donald J. Trump

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Reposted by Emyr Lewis

R S Thomas (poet) @rsthomaspoet.bsky.social · Feb 9

Shwmae, os dych chi'n mwynhau #RSThomas, falle bydd diddordeb gyda chi yn dilyn @RSThomaspoet ar Bluesky, ac yn facebook.com/groups/RSThomas/ - rhannu pethau gan RS Thomas, neu am RS Thomas. Hefyd mae ‘na gymdeithas: rsthomaspoetry.co.uk/rs-thomas-me-eldridge-society/
…plîs ail-bostio?

Redirecting...

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Emyr Lewis @emyrlewis.bsky.social · Feb 9

Fel y dylai R. S. Thomas fod wedi dweud
As R. S. Thomas should have said

To live in Wales is to be conscious
At dusk of the spilled pass
That went into the making of the ninth try

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