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Luke James @lukeejames2.bsky.social · 1d

Give friendly selection back to the blazers. The blazers gave us the Basque Country away, Croatia away in August, and the Kirin Cup in Japan. This ahead of the Belgium game is insane #ENGWAL

Luke James @lukeejames2.bsky.social · 3d

Cardiff have got a lad known as ‘Tankie’ playing on the left wing tonight and there’s a Trott on the bench. We might have to go back to playing in red

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Luke James @lukeejames2.bsky.social · 3d

Lennie Lawrence called the result a “disgrace”, which was none the less immortalised in stickers. An early warning about Bluebirds in red kit

Lawrence let an assistant take charge of a much weaker side for the 2004 quarter final but we won 1-0 thanks a goal from Stuart Fleetwood

Luke James @lukeejames2.bsky.social · 3d

Mixed memories of our last couple of cup matches against County. Lost the semi final of the Premier Cup in 2003 on pens despite putting out a strong team (bar Andrew Jordan who missed a penalty, obviously) to face a County team including City legends Jason Perry and Jeff Eckhart

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Luke James @lukeejames2.bsky.social · 13d

Notable in this story that the UK Government has carried out an impact assessment of independence, just months after refusing to publish a Wales specific impact assessment of its benefit cuts requested by the Welsh Government

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Jo Stevens warns against Welsh independence, suggesting it could cause austerity

Plaid Cymru’s ambition of an independent Wales could drag the country back into austerity, Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens is expected to argue at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool this weekend. Ind...

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Luke James @lukeejames2.bsky.social · 13d

It’s box office every week

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Luke James @lukeejames2.bsky.social · 13d

“Jo Stevens puts on her metaphorical feathered hat and, like a colonial governor speaking to a legislative council back in Victorian times, she just says no”

Vaughan Roderick’s striking assessment of the attitude of the Secretary of State for Wales towards the Welsh Government

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Luke James @lukeejames2.bsky.social · 14d

In his first speech as Prime Minister, Keir Starmer promised the government would “tread more lightly on your lives”. Hard to believe that was only a year ago

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Luke James @lukeejames2.bsky.social · 14d

Following Nathan Gill’s guilty plea today, a reminder that @nation.cymru reported his links to Oleh Voloshyn back in March 2023

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Welsh politician linked to men accused of being Kremlin agents

Luke James A Welsh politician met pro-Russian leaders in Ukraine and Moldova on multiple trips organised by men now accused of being Kremlin agents, Nation.Cymru can reveal. Nathan Gill was a member o...

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · Sep 11

Breaking: Irish broadcaster RTE says that Ireland will not participate in Eurovision next year if Israel does.

"RTÉ feels that Ireland’s participation would be unconscionable given the ongoing and appalling loss of lives in Gaza."

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RTÉ Statement: 2026 Eurovision Song Contest – About RTÉ

RTÉ Statement: 2026 Eurovision Song Contest “At the General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in July, a number of EBU members raised concerns about the participation of Israel in the ...

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