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Mabon ap Gwynfor @mabonapgwynfor.bsky.social · 1d

“The picture of Welsh politics is changing and Plaid Cymru is the voice of progressive Wales... it’s becoming more and more clear it’s a two-horse race – Reform’s division versus Plaid’s vision.”

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Plaid Cymru leader predicts two-horse race with Reform in Welsh elections

Rhun ap Iorwerth says 2026 Senedd vote will pitch vision against division but will not be a poll on independence

www.theguardian.com

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Sara Elias @saraelias.bsky.social · 11d

✨Friday 9th, Main Stage @ 11.45 Join Jonathan Bone, @mabonapgwynfor.bsky.social and Suzanne Cass to debate the politics of preventative health and the need for brave decisions

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Mabon ap Gwynfor @mabonapgwynfor.bsky.social · 14d

Former Reform leader in Wales was Putin's shill.

They have an agenda, and we're being played.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery

Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Mabon ap Gwynfor @mabonapgwynfor.bsky.social · Sep 8

"Tackling Poverty to Tackle Ill-Health in Wales -
Why Tackling Poverty is a Health Policy

"Every pound invested in reducing deprivation is an investment in longer lives, healthier communities, and a more sustainable NHS."

Read my piece in full here:

open.substack.com/pub/mabonapg...

Tackling Poverty to Tackle Ill-Health in Wales

Why Tackling Poverty is a Health Policy

open.substack.com

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Mabon ap Gwynfor @mabonapgwynfor.bsky.social · Sep 1

Reform (former Tory, quelle surprise) being openly racist (and this is his edited tweet!).

This is where we're at, where people with vile views deem it acceptable to say vile racist things openly.

We need to stand by our brothers and sisters and stop this sinister goose stepping towards fascism.

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Mabon ap Gwynfor @mabonapgwynfor.bsky.social · Aug 30

"Look after our own first" shout Reform and their accolytes, as they close down five adult education centres without any public consultation.

Don't believe these grifters.

They don't care for anybody - least of all the vulnerable, marginalised and poor.

www.itv.com/news/central...

www.itv.com

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Ben Lake @benlake.bsky.social · Aug 28

Mae'r argyfwng dyngarol yn Gaza yn gwaethygu bob dydd.

Mae gan y DU gyfrifoldeb moesol a chyfreithiol i sicrhau bod Israel yn cydymffurfio â chyfraith ryngwladol.

Rhaid parhau i roi pwysau ar Lywodraeth y DU i wneud popeth o fewn ei gallu i roi diwedd ar yr erchyllterau a welwn yn Gaza.

NationCymru @nation.cymru · Aug 26

Plaid Cymru has called on the UK Government to introduce sanctions against Israel to pressure it to comply with international law and cease military operations in Gaza

Plaid Cymru urges UK Government to impose sanctions on Israel

Plaid Cymru has called on the UK Government to introduce sanctions against Israel to pressure it to comply with international law and cease military operations in Gaza. The party has already called fo...

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Ben Lake @benlake.bsky.social · Aug 28

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is worsening by the day.

The UK Government has a moral and legal responsibility to ensure Israel complies with international law.

We must continue to put pressure on the UK Government to do everything in its power to put an end to the atrocities seen in Gaza.

NationCymru @nation.cymru · Aug 26

Plaid Cymru has called on the UK Government to introduce sanctions against Israel to pressure it to comply with international law and cease military operations in Gaza

Plaid Cymru urges UK Government to impose sanctions on Israel

Plaid Cymru has called on the UK Government to introduce sanctions against Israel to pressure it to comply with international law and cease military operations in Gaza. The party has already called fo...

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Mabon ap Gwynfor @mabonapgwynfor.bsky.social · Aug 29

15 years of austerity hollowing out public services, scarce affordable housing, an NHS strained by an ageing population and poverty-related illness are being ignored. Instead we have seen the unleashing of xenophobic rhetoric that smothers rational discourse.

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Safe Passage, Not Slogans

Defusing the ‘Small Boats’ hysteria

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Mabon ap Gwynfor @mabonapgwynfor.bsky.social · Aug 27

In the Name of Humanity: Rejecting the Fear of “Others”

Rising hostility towards 'immigrants', refugees, and asylum seekers is not simply a clash of opinions—it is the product of political decisions, economic mismanagement, and deliberate fearmongering.

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In the Name of Humanity: Rejecting the Fear of “Others”

Left-Behind Places Deserve More than Fearmongering

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Mabon ap Gwynfor @mabonapgwynfor.bsky.social · Aug 23

Wedi dod ar draws hwn - meme, o fath, wnes i greu nol yn 2011. Dal yn wir heddiw.

I came across this earlier - a meme, of sorts, I made back in 2011. Still true today.

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Mabon ap Gwynfor @mabonapgwynfor.bsky.social · Aug 21

“Ultimately it’s about giving people hope that what we have now is not as good as it gets for Wales. We are the party of ambition.”

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

‘We’re the party of ambition’: Plaid Cymru sets out to topple Labour

Leader Rhun ap Iorwerth has begun a tour that will take in every Welsh constituency before May’s Senedd elections

www.theguardian.com

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Mabon ap Gwynfor @mabonapgwynfor.bsky.social · Jun 12

Wedi mwynhau sesiwn buddiol iawn o ymgyrchu dros Victoria Evans yn Llandiloes heddiw ar gyfer yr is-etholiad ar ddechrau Gorffennaf.

Mae Victoria yn ferch leol sy'n adnabod ei phlwy ac yn awyddus i chwarae ei rhan i wella ansawdd byw yn yr ardal.

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Mabon ap Gwynfor @mabonapgwynfor.bsky.social · Jun 12

Labour in Wales were frenziedly spinning the Spending Review claiming how they delivered a good deal for Wales.

The truth is that Labour run Wales is one of the losers, while SNP run Scotland has gained.

Can someone explain to me how this partnership in power thing is working?

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Mabon ap Gwynfor @mabonapgwynfor.bsky.social · Jun 10

Labour frantically spinning the £445m rail funding hoping the people of Wales are too stupid to remember the £4bn owed to us because of HS2, the £300m+ we're denied because of the Cambridge-Oxford line, let alone the decades of chronic under investment.

People aren't stupid.

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Mabon ap Gwynfor @mabonapgwynfor.bsky.social · Jun 10

Rhyfeddol fod Llafur yn trio gwerthu y cyhoeddiad am arian ar rheilffyrdd i Gymru fel llwyddiant.

£445m, ar ol clywed yr wythnos diwethaf yn unig ein bod ni wedi colli allan ar dros £300m oherwydd gwariant Caergrawnt-Rhydychen, heb son am y £4bn o HS2, a degawdau o dan wariant.

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Thomas Piketty @thomaspiketty.bsky.social · Jun 9

Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality.
A thread on the new study written with @gatonievas.bsky.social
[A thread 1/8🧵]

World Inequality Lab @wid.world · Jun 9

🚨Global economic relations have long been defined by imbalances and unequal power, not by self-correcting market forces, NEW STUDY finds.

@thomaspiketty.bsky.social & @gatonievas.bsky.social call for structural reforms to the international monetary and exchange system.

wid.world/news-article...

Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality - WID - World Inequality Database

In a new study, Gastón Nievas and Thomas Piketty examine patterns of global imbalances, current account surplus/deficit and net foreign wealth accumulation over more than two centuries.

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Mabon ap Gwynfor @mabonapgwynfor.bsky.social · May 14

As the debate around illegal migrants is once again being voiced in the UK, I thought I'd share this piece I wrote at the end of last summer regarding young Zaghawa men I met in France.

Please read before responding:

nation.cymru/opinion/the-...

The ugly face of fascism was seen again with this summer's riots

Mabon ap Gwynfor – MS for Dwyfor Meirionnydd The summer of 2024 saw the outbreak of unprecedented riots in English towns and cities as far-right extremists prayed on the vulnerabilities of left-behind...

nation.cymru

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Mabon ap Gwynfor @mabonapgwynfor.bsky.social · May 12

Sympathies. I'm afraid that Starmer's speech today will only make things worse and is feeding into Reform's agenda.

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Mabon ap Gwynfor @mabonapgwynfor.bsky.social · May 12

We've made it clear: we will not strike a deal with Ref. Labour haven't said this yet, sadly. Our campaigning won't drive people to Ref. The support for Ref comes from 2 places: Tory switchers and low propensity voters. That second group are responding to austerity. That's what we need to stop.

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Mabon ap Gwynfor @mabonapgwynfor.bsky.social · May 12

This is the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, a key figure who:

➡️ scrapped the winter fuel payment,
➡️ is pushing to cut PIP Payments,
➡️ has cut foreign aid,
➡️ refuses to scrap 2 child cap,
➡️ refuses WASPI fairness -

and has the gall to say that Labour is on the side of love and compassion!

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Mabon ap Gwynfor @mabonapgwynfor.bsky.social · May 6

🌼Change is coming.

In Wales we have a positive alternative to the tired Labour Government, giving new hope and a clear vision on how to improve the lives of the people of Wales, stand up for Wales, and give Wales a disitinct voice.

That's why people are coming over to @plaidcymru.bsky.social

Join

We all know that this is not as good as it gets for Wales. Let's work together for a better future - join Plaid Cymru today.

www.partyof.wales

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Mabon ap Gwynfor @mabonapgwynfor.bsky.social · May 3

Llongyfarchiadau anferthol i ferched Dan 12 Gwylliaid Meirionnydd ar ennill cwpan rygbi gogledd Cymru merched dan 12 ym Mharc Eirias!
Prowd iawn ohonyn nhw.
Gem wych yn erbyn Ceirw Nant, sy'n dim llawn talent.

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Asthma + Lung UK Cymru @asthmalungcymru.bsky.social · Apr 29

Thank you @mabonapgwynfor.bsky.social for meeting us at the Senedd today to talk about the launch of our new domestic burning report. We are calling on the Welsh Government to do more to reduce domestic burning and make people aware of the dangers www.asthmaandlung.org.uk/domestic-bur...

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Welsh NHS Confederation @welshnhsconfed.bsky.social · Mar 22

Thank you to all the @plaidcymru.bsky.social MSs, councillors and members who dropped into our Health and Wellbeing Alliance manifesto marketplace this afternoon. Great chatting to @rhunapiorwerth.bsky.social @mabonapgwynfor.bsky.social @siangwenllian.bsky.social @peredurplaidas.bsky.social

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