Simon Paul Hobson
@simonpaulhobson.bsky.social
🚴🏻 Lover of cycling |🌍 Mine engineer |🎙️🏴Wales:Cymru |🧠✨Neuro-spicy
Co-founder of @new.wales - building Wales' future
Co-founder of @new.wales - building Wales' future
The question before Cymru is simple: Are we ready to be maîtres chez nous — masters in our own house?
Independence needs a plan, not permission
Nations seeking independence need to be bold and confident, argues Simon Hobson. What can Cymru learn from Quebec?
bylines.cymru
November 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The question before Cymru is simple: Are we ready to be maîtres chez nous — masters in our own house?
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
The missing numbers which hold back Wales
Simon Hobson Time-and-again in the Senedd, members struggle to place reliable numbers on subjects being debated. A case in point was a recent debate between Labour’s Eluned Morgan and Conservative Dar...
nation.cymru
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
Did Rebecca’s rebels flee to America?
Welsh republicans: The Welsh in the USA - Part 2
YouTube video by New Wales / Cymru Newydd
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November 27, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Did Rebecca’s rebels flee to America?
Reposted by Simon Paul Hobson
This is equally as true for technology.
We need to own so much more of the technology that underpins our public services in Wales. We need to build and own and run in Wales by Welsh companies. Grow our economy and keep the wealth in Wales.
We need to own so much more of the technology that underpins our public services in Wales. We need to build and own and run in Wales by Welsh companies. Grow our economy and keep the wealth in Wales.
Wales does not need to repeat the past. But we do need to rediscover our nerve. If we want a green, fair and prosperous Wales, we must stop expecting others to do our mining for us. We can do it here. We can do it cleaner. And we can own the wealth.
No mining, no sovereignty for Wales
Simon Hobson, Senior mining engineer and co-founder of New Wales Canada has just taken a bold step that Wales should study closely. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first federal budget commits billions t...
nation.cymru
November 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This is equally as true for technology.
We need to own so much more of the technology that underpins our public services in Wales. We need to build and own and run in Wales by Welsh companies. Grow our economy and keep the wealth in Wales.
We need to own so much more of the technology that underpins our public services in Wales. We need to build and own and run in Wales by Welsh companies. Grow our economy and keep the wealth in Wales.
Who emigrated from Wales to the USA in the C19th?
What jobs did they do in the US?
Where did they live, and what remains of their cultural and linguistic legacy in the US today?
What jobs did they do in the US?
Where did they live, and what remains of their cultural and linguistic legacy in the US today?
The Welsh in the USA - Part 1: New Wales - Building Wales' future
YouTube video by New Wales / Cymru Newydd
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November 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Who emigrated from Wales to the USA in the C19th?
What jobs did they do in the US?
Where did they live, and what remains of their cultural and linguistic legacy in the US today?
What jobs did they do in the US?
Where did they live, and what remains of their cultural and linguistic legacy in the US today?
Wales does not need to repeat the past. But we do need to rediscover our nerve. If we want a green, fair and prosperous Wales, we must stop expecting others to do our mining for us. We can do it here. We can do it cleaner. And we can own the wealth.
No mining, no sovereignty for Wales
Simon Hobson, Senior mining engineer and co-founder of New Wales Canada has just taken a bold step that Wales should study closely. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first federal budget commits billions t...
nation.cymru
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Wales does not need to repeat the past. But we do need to rediscover our nerve. If we want a green, fair and prosperous Wales, we must stop expecting others to do our mining for us. We can do it here. We can do it cleaner. And we can own the wealth.
In this mini-episode of Blueprint Cymru, I speak with Jill Evans, former Plaid Cymru MEP and the first person to use Welsh in the European Parliament.
A European voice for Welsh: New Wales - Building Wales' future
YouTube video by New Wales / Cymru Newydd
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November 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
In this mini-episode of Blueprint Cymru, I speak with Jill Evans, former Plaid Cymru MEP and the first person to use Welsh in the European Parliament.
‘A home should be the starting point of a good life, not the first barrier to it’.
Build bold to transform Wales
Simon Hobson, Co-founder of New Wales Wales is facing a housing crisis that touches almost every community. Rents and mortgages keep rising faster than wages. Too many people are stuck in unsuitable, ...
nation.cymru
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
‘A home should be the starting point of a good life, not the first barrier to it’.
What is needed for Wales to achieve economic justice?
Kiera Marshall gives her personal views.
Kiera Marshall gives her personal views.
Economic justice for Wales | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
🚀 Help build Wales' future 👉 https://new.wales/🗳 Senedd 2026 👉 https://new.wales/senedd-2026/EPISODE INFOWhat will it take to bring economic justice to Wales? In this conversation Kiera Marshall outli...
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November 8, 2025 at 2:15 AM
What is needed for Wales to achieve economic justice?
Kiera Marshall gives her personal views.
Kiera Marshall gives her personal views.
Het kan wel !
Like Jetten, we must say: ‘the time for a new generation has come’.
Our moment of renewal is waiting.
It only asks that we finally believe.
Like Jetten, we must say: ‘the time for a new generation has come’.
Our moment of renewal is waiting.
It only asks that we finally believe.
What the Dutch just told us about Wales’ future
Simon Hobson, Co-founder of New Wales In the Netherlands, a young leader, Rob Jetten, has emerged as the fresh face of progressivism. His rise offers a simple but profound message: that politics built...
nation.cymru
November 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Het kan wel !
Like Jetten, we must say: ‘the time for a new generation has come’.
Our moment of renewal is waiting.
It only asks that we finally believe.
Like Jetten, we must say: ‘the time for a new generation has come’.
Our moment of renewal is waiting.
It only asks that we finally believe.
Is a fear of change holding Wales back ?
Paralympic gold medallist Mark Colbourne MBE believes so.
Paralympic gold medallist Mark Colbourne MBE believes so.
Is Wales ready for change ? | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
EPISODE INFO.Gold medallist Mark Colbourne shares his extraordinary journey from a near-fatal accident to the top of the Paralympic podium. Speaking with honesty and eloquence, he reflects on resilien...
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November 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Is a fear of change holding Wales back ?
Paralympic gold medallist Mark Colbourne MBE believes so.
Paralympic gold medallist Mark Colbourne MBE believes so.
Wales doesn’t need a king.
It needs courage and the confidence to stand as a modern republic.
It needs courage and the confidence to stand as a modern republic.
Another royal mess
Simon Hobson The latest scandal around Prince Andrew isn’t just one man’s shame. It’s a warning. The royal household is rotten, unaccountable, and out of touch with modern democracy. For Wales, a nati...
nation.cymru
October 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Wales doesn’t need a king.
It needs courage and the confidence to stand as a modern republic.
It needs courage and the confidence to stand as a modern republic.
👷♀️ Want to build Wales' future?
Listen and watch others who believe in Cymru. 🏴
Best bits mini series from @newwales.bsky.social season 1 of our podcast, Blueprint Cymru.
Listen and watch others who believe in Cymru. 🏴
Best bits mini series from @newwales.bsky.social season 1 of our podcast, Blueprint Cymru.
Tax Haven Wales | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
EPISODE INFOHow does Wales build wealth?Could Tax Haven Cymru be the answer?ABOUT BRAD WILLIAMSBrad Williams: is a corporate consultant and professional boxing judge based in Dubai. He grew up on a co...
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October 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
👷♀️ Want to build Wales' future?
Listen and watch others who believe in Cymru. 🏴
Best bits mini series from @newwales.bsky.social season 1 of our podcast, Blueprint Cymru.
Listen and watch others who believe in Cymru. 🏴
Best bits mini series from @newwales.bsky.social season 1 of our podcast, Blueprint Cymru.
📣 New Wales @newwales.bsky.social launches the definitive guide to Senedd 2026 elections
We’re thrilled to announce our brand new Senedd 2026 hub — your one-stop destination for all the essential information ahead of the next Senedd election.
🔗 Explore the Senedd 2026 hub 👉 new.wales/senedd-2026
We’re thrilled to announce our brand new Senedd 2026 hub — your one-stop destination for all the essential information ahead of the next Senedd election.
🔗 Explore the Senedd 2026 hub 👉 new.wales/senedd-2026
October 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
📣 New Wales @newwales.bsky.social launches the definitive guide to Senedd 2026 elections
We’re thrilled to announce our brand new Senedd 2026 hub — your one-stop destination for all the essential information ahead of the next Senedd election.
🔗 Explore the Senedd 2026 hub 👉 new.wales/senedd-2026
We’re thrilled to announce our brand new Senedd 2026 hub — your one-stop destination for all the essential information ahead of the next Senedd election.
🔗 Explore the Senedd 2026 hub 👉 new.wales/senedd-2026
Blueprint Cymru, listen 👉 new.wales/podcasts/
October 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Blueprint Cymru, listen 👉 new.wales/podcasts/
Politics isn't working.
It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system.
Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes
It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system.
Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes
First Past the Post means millions of our votes make no difference to parliament. Add your name now to demand a fairer voting system
It only takes 30 seconds
action.electoral-reform.org.uk
October 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Politics isn't working.
It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system.
Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes
It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system.
Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes
Bigots and Brexit sold us the dark – we deserve the light.
Politics today is a battle between those who cling to shadows and those who reach for sunlight. The shadows whisper that migrants are to blame, that Europe is to blame, that difference is to blame. These are not new lies.
Politics today is a battle between those who cling to shadows and those who reach for sunlight. The shadows whisper that migrants are to blame, that Europe is to blame, that difference is to blame. These are not new lies.
Farage’s shadows are blinding Wales
Simon Hobson Bigots and Brexit sold us the dark – we deserve the light I am human. I have the right to make mistakes. I am human. I have the power to correct them. Nations, too, must claim that right....
nation.cymru
October 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Bigots and Brexit sold us the dark – we deserve the light.
Politics today is a battle between those who cling to shadows and those who reach for sunlight. The shadows whisper that migrants are to blame, that Europe is to blame, that difference is to blame. These are not new lies.
Politics today is a battle between those who cling to shadows and those who reach for sunlight. The shadows whisper that migrants are to blame, that Europe is to blame, that difference is to blame. These are not new lies.
Political parties in Wales have sown their own destruction
Lembit Öpik discuss why ReformUK are surging ahead across Wales - he puts it down to the fact they are populists. .
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👤 Contact @newwales.bsky.social 👉 new.wales/contact-us/
Lembit Öpik discuss why ReformUK are surging ahead across Wales - he puts it down to the fact they are populists. .
🚀 Help New Wales👉 donorbox.org/new-wales-in....
👤 Contact @newwales.bsky.social 👉 new.wales/contact-us/
Lembit Öpik talks about Reform in Wales and what nationalists can learn from Sinn Féin
YouTube video by New Wales / Cymru Newydd
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October 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Political parties in Wales have sown their own destruction
Lembit Öpik discuss why ReformUK are surging ahead across Wales - he puts it down to the fact they are populists. .
🚀 Help New Wales👉 donorbox.org/new-wales-in....
👤 Contact @newwales.bsky.social 👉 new.wales/contact-us/
Lembit Öpik discuss why ReformUK are surging ahead across Wales - he puts it down to the fact they are populists. .
🚀 Help New Wales👉 donorbox.org/new-wales-in....
👤 Contact @newwales.bsky.social 👉 new.wales/contact-us/
First they came for ...
And I did not speak ...
Because I was not an immigrant ...
To paraphrase Pastor Martin Niemöller.
And I did not speak ...
Because I was not an immigrant ...
To paraphrase Pastor Martin Niemöller.
How self-absorbed leaders and a broken United Nations threaten global peace
Simon Hobson In 1997, as a 17-year-old A-level politics student, I stood at a model United Nations general assembly and launched a clumsy attack on the German delegation. My speech, poorly researched ...
nation.cymru
September 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
First they came for ...
And I did not speak ...
Because I was not an immigrant ...
To paraphrase Pastor Martin Niemöller.
And I did not speak ...
Because I was not an immigrant ...
To paraphrase Pastor Martin Niemöller.
Wales' opportunities for coops
@newwales.bsky.social chat with Dan Roberts from @cwmpas.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dvC...
@newwales.bsky.social chat with Dan Roberts from @cwmpas.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dvC...
Daniel Roberts: Cooperative Wales
YouTube video by New Wales / Cymru Newydd
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September 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Wales' opportunities for coops
@newwales.bsky.social chat with Dan Roberts from @cwmpas.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dvC...
@newwales.bsky.social chat with Dan Roberts from @cwmpas.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dvC...
What is going on in Bosnia?
September 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM
What is going on in Bosnia?
Give them the same rights as humans
Using primates as research subjects is an emotive issue in science and the public domain.
Using primates as research subjects is an emotive issue in science and the public domain.
Primates should be granted legal rights
Wales should make the historic move of giving all non-human primates the right to life, liberty, and security
bylines.cymru
September 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Give them the same rights as humans
Using primates as research subjects is an emotive issue in science and the public domain.
Using primates as research subjects is an emotive issue in science and the public domain.
Senedd Reform
How do we improve democracy in Wales?
Jess Blair from the Electoral Reform Society Cymru, about her part in campaigning for a more democratic Wales.
Listen here: rss.com/podcasts/blu...
Blueprint Cymru is a podcast from @newwales.bsky.social
How do we improve democracy in Wales?
Jess Blair from the Electoral Reform Society Cymru, about her part in campaigning for a more democratic Wales.
Listen here: rss.com/podcasts/blu...
Blueprint Cymru is a podcast from @newwales.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Senedd Reform
How do we improve democracy in Wales?
Jess Blair from the Electoral Reform Society Cymru, about her part in campaigning for a more democratic Wales.
Listen here: rss.com/podcasts/blu...
Blueprint Cymru is a podcast from @newwales.bsky.social
How do we improve democracy in Wales?
Jess Blair from the Electoral Reform Society Cymru, about her part in campaigning for a more democratic Wales.
Listen here: rss.com/podcasts/blu...
Blueprint Cymru is a podcast from @newwales.bsky.social
We reap what we sow
As Desmond Tutu said, 'If you're neutral in the face of injustice, you've chosen the side of the oppressor'.
Welsh citizens must reject the neo-fascist rhetoric of Reform UK - An English nationalist group of thugs who would see Wales subjugated to the Jackboot of England.
As Desmond Tutu said, 'If you're neutral in the face of injustice, you've chosen the side of the oppressor'.
Welsh citizens must reject the neo-fascist rhetoric of Reform UK - An English nationalist group of thugs who would see Wales subjugated to the Jackboot of England.
Wales rising: defying the grip of extremism and unionism
Simon Hobson The spectre of disunity looms large. Those peddling extremist and authoritarian remedies find an ever-widening platform on our national airwaves, spreading their insidious ideologies acro...
nation.cymru
September 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
We reap what we sow
As Desmond Tutu said, 'If you're neutral in the face of injustice, you've chosen the side of the oppressor'.
Welsh citizens must reject the neo-fascist rhetoric of Reform UK - An English nationalist group of thugs who would see Wales subjugated to the Jackboot of England.
As Desmond Tutu said, 'If you're neutral in the face of injustice, you've chosen the side of the oppressor'.
Welsh citizens must reject the neo-fascist rhetoric of Reform UK - An English nationalist group of thugs who would see Wales subjugated to the Jackboot of England.
Wales leading the world
Legislation from: Future generations, Anti-smacking, HIAs and No lying in politics.
New Blueprint Cymru (Ep.11) from @newwales.bsky.social
#law #wales #worldleading
Legislation from: Future generations, Anti-smacking, HIAs and No lying in politics.
New Blueprint Cymru (Ep.11) from @newwales.bsky.social
#law #wales #worldleading
Brendan Roberts: Landmark laws in Wales | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
Does growing up in the care system change how you see the world?, Why is Wales ahead of the rest of the UK in terms of progressive laws?, How do we build on this and continue to ensure that Wales is a...
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August 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Wales leading the world
Legislation from: Future generations, Anti-smacking, HIAs and No lying in politics.
New Blueprint Cymru (Ep.11) from @newwales.bsky.social
#law #wales #worldleading
Legislation from: Future generations, Anti-smacking, HIAs and No lying in politics.
New Blueprint Cymru (Ep.11) from @newwales.bsky.social
#law #wales #worldleading