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Matthew Hexter @hexter101.bsky.social · Aug 1

📢 I’m proud to announce that I have been shortlisted as a Welsh Labour candidate for Caerdydd Ffynnon Taf.

In the weeks ahead I’m looking forward to speaking with members and hearing about the issues that matter to them ahead of next year’s election.

A graphic to announce that Matt Hexter has been shortlisted as a Welsh Labour candidate for Caerdydd Ffynnon Taf. It includes a picture of Matt at Roath Park, the words 'Matt Hexter for Caerdydd Ffynnon Taf' and 'Proudly Endorsed by the Wales Co-operative Party'.

The Body text reads: I’m proud to announce that I have been shortlisted as a Welsh Labour candidate for Caerdydd Caerdydd Ffynnon Taf' and 'Proudly Endorsed by the Wales Co-operative Party'.

In the weeks ahead I’m looking forward to speaking with members and hearing about the issues that matter to them ahead of next year’s election.

I can’t wait to set out my vision for a Wales full of ambition, opportunity and hope.

If you want to join my campaign, you can reach out to me directly or via email at matt4caerdydd@gmail.com

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Shaun @smbendle.bsky.social · Jun 20

Ramming through assisted suicide and disability benefit cuts in the space of 2 weeks. Hard to believe how little this government values disabled people.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jun 20

Assisted dying set to become law in England and Wales after bill passed by MPs

Terminally ill people with less than six months to live will have right to choose procedure after approval from doctors and panel * UK politics live – latest updates Assisted dying is set to become law after a historic vote in parliament, as MPs passed Kim Leadbeater’s bill by 314 to 291 votes, a majority of 23, to legalise the procedure for terminally ill people. Keir Starmer backed the bill which will now head to the House of Lords, though peers are not expected to block its progress. Continue reading...

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Shaun @smbendle.bsky.social · Jun 19

Starting to think it could be punishment for the VG fiasco.

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Shaun @smbendle.bsky.social · Jun 19

If I wanted Welsh Labour to lose next year, I'd keep doing exactly what UK Labour are doing.
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Treasury minister tells Welsh MP to 'be more grateful' for rail funding

Emily Price A treasury minister has told a Welsh MP he should be “a little bit more grateful” for the railway funding Wales received in the UK Government’s recent spending review. Chief Secretary to t...

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Shaun @smbendle.bsky.social · Jun 6

That hairline at 22 is a punishment

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · Jun 6

Are we great yet?

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Shaun @smbendle.bsky.social · Jun 3

The refereeing of both cymru games this week has been awful. Why does the women's game not have VAR when the men's does ?

Shaun @smbendle.bsky.social · May 17

This country is incredibly weird for how much it hates young people

Samantha Wathen @samanthajwathen.bsky.social · May 16

This headline & Streeting's words are an insult to the thousands of neurodiverse kids who've been monumentally failed by an NHS on its knees where early interventions are provided by charities - if at all.

But yeah, put the onus back on to children to suck it up instead of addressing what's broken

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Shaun @smbendle.bsky.social · May 6

It's almost like working class people want a centre-left party, not what Labour has become

itvcymruwales.bsky.social @itvcymruwales.bsky.social · May 6

In our latest Barn Cymru poll in partnership with @walesgovernance.bsky.social & @yougov.co.uk, Welsh Labour's Senedd support slumps to historic low whilst Plaid Cymru leads with 30% of the vote share 🗳️

Analysis here👇 @jaclarner.bsky.social @adrianmasters84.bsky.social

www.itv.com/news/wales/2...

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Arthur Webber 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @bernietranders.bsky.social · May 2

You’re telling me that right wing voters that Labour was trying to appeal to voted for a right wing party anyway and left wing voters decided not to vote for Labour because they’re too right wing now? Who could have possibly predicted this.

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GT @granitetide.bsky.social · Apr 22

the gordon brown 'bigotted woman' incident broke the brains of labour centrists so completely that 15 years later she is literally the only voter they can conceive of trying to appeal to

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Shaun @smbendle.bsky.social · Apr 19

Judgement day X only having 28k attendance shows how much damage the WRU has done to the game. Lowest ever attendance at the Pricipality. Over 10k less than the last time it was here. Less than half of the peak attendance.

Shaun @smbendle.bsky.social · Apr 19

Judgement day X only having 28k attendance shows how much damage the WRU has done to the game. Lowest ever attendance at the Pricipality. Over 10k less than the last time it was here. Less than half of the peak attendance.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · Apr 16

getting a bit tiring to think "ah yay, the worst people you know are having a great day" several times a week, every single week

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Shaun @smbendle.bsky.social · Apr 2

The author had half a point over bad information online, but the article as a whole has such a medicalised anti-neurodivergent vibe
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We need to stop diagnosing each other with autism and ADHD

As Bella Ramsey reveals their autism diagnosis came after a ‘The Last Of Us’ crew member spotted the signs, Helen Coffey questions why we’ve become so emboldened to pronounce neurodivergence in others

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · Mar 28

This is one of the most ill-informed pieces about autism/ADHD I have read, which says something, and the lack of options for diagnosis people have. It shouldn't have been run once, let alone twice. Absolute lack of engagement with the reality faced by many neurodivergent individuals.

We need to stop diagnosing each other with autism and ADHD

As Bella Ramsey reveals their autism diagnosis came after a 'The Last Of Us' crew member spotted the signs, Helen Coffey questions why we've become so emboldened to pronounce neurodivergence in others

Friday 28 March 2025 05:43 GMT

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David Deans @deansofcardiff.bsky.social · Mar 31

Latest in the brewing row over benefits cuts and how they impact Wales - now the Welsh government says it won't release a response to its formal request for an impact assessment for Wales

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

Welsh government refuses to release benefits cuts letter

Welsh government refuses to share response after asking for an assessment of benefits cuts in Wales.

www.bbc.co.uk

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soul nate @mnateshyamalan.bsky.social · Mar 30

[every assassin’s creed game]

NPC: hello it is i, your best friend wolfgang amadeus mozart! i made you this crossbow

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Shaun @smbendle.bsky.social · Mar 26

When someone is housed, a local authority evicting them flys the the face of the "prevention" approach they all claim to be subscribed to.

There was obviously more that Cardiff council could have done (as always), how it got this far needs to be questioned.

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Activists prevent eviction of refugee family from their temporary home in Cardiff

Martin Shipton An Ethiopian family of four was saved from being evicted out of their temporary accommodation by an activist group that confronted council officials and police. The mother and father an...

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Shaun @smbendle.bsky.social · Mar 22

Today is the day

Shaun @smbendle.bsky.social · Feb 8

Just 42 days.

Shaun @smbendle.bsky.social · Mar 19

#adolescence

Shaun @smbendle.bsky.social · Mar 19

Young people are spending longer in temporary accommodation in Wales, risking their long-term physical and emotional well-being. More needs to be done to identify young people at risk early and intervene to prevent homelessness.

Full report here:https://www.endyouthhomelessness.cymru/resources

Shaun @smbendle.bsky.social · Mar 19

We talked about the realities of youth homelessness in Wales and my recent report Nowhere For Them To Go, which highlights just some of the isssue with the youth homelessnesssystem in Wales. She's gone on to achieve some really remarkable things, and I was glad to be able to play a small part.

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Shaun @smbendle.bsky.social · Mar 19

I recently spoke with Mia from the BBC Wales News young reporters scheme about her experience of homelessness and how we can do more to support young people in her situation.

BBC News - Homelessness: I sat my GCSEs while living in a hotel temporarily - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Homelessness: I sat my GCSEs while living in a hotel temporarily

Mia and her siblings lived in temporary accommodation for 18 months after a no fault eviction.

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Craig Berry @craigpberry.bsky.social · Mar 18

Maybe the worst thing about today's radical, unprecedented cuts to PIP and UC health, at least from a policy-making perspective...

These savings won't even be achieved. At best they'll be displaced onto NHS or reduced tax from anti-growth impact of declining public services quality

Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · Mar 18

The Health and Disability Green paper will deliver tiny income gains at the cost of major losses for those with health problems or a disability.

Restricting PIP qualification to save £5bn would mean between 800,000 & 1.2 million people losing support of between £4,200 & £6,300 per year by 2029-30.

Quote: Louise Murphy, Senior Economist at the Resolution Foundation, said:
“The package of measures announced in today’s Green Paper should encourage more people into work. But any living standards gains risk being completely over-shadowed by the scale of income losses faced by those who will receive reduced or no support at all – irrespective of whether they’re able to work.
Around one million people are potentially at risk of losing support from tighter restrictions on PIP, while young people and those who fall ill in the future will lose support from a huge scaling back of incapacity benefits.
The irony of this Health and Disability Green Paper is that the main beneficiaries are those without health problems or a disability. And while it includes some sensible reforms, too many of the proposals have been driven by the need for short-term savings to meet fiscal rules, rather than long-term reform. The result risks being a major income shock for millions of low-income households.”

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · Mar 15

If he believes this then he should be arguing against cutting benefits and spending on services. Fairly obviously.

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