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Wini Davies
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Emerita professor of German Aberystwyth Uni, Remainer, siarad Cymraeg, support #indyWales #annibyniaeth
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Wini Davies @winidavies.bsky.social · 7h
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US anti-fascism expert leaves country day after being blocked from flying to Spain
Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was told at gate his trip was cancelled after Trump threats
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Emily Price - Journalist @emilypricejourno.bsky.social · 8h
A Reform Councillor who slammed a school over a religious lesson taught by a representative from a local mosque posed for photos at the same mosque during a ‘lovely’ visit when she was a Conservative
Reform councillor at centre of Islamic school lessons row previously praised ‘lovely’ local mosque
Emily Price  A Reform Councillor who slammed a school over a religious lesson taught by a representative from a local mosque posed for photos at the same mosque during a “lovely” visit when she was a ...
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Owen Williams @owswills.bsky.social · 24d
If you’ve voted Labour your entire life, now is the time to break ranks and install a Plaid Cymru government led by the genuinely decent Rhun ap Iorwerth. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Without a move to Plaid, Wales will be left under the rule of far-right racists, bigots, grifters and imbeciles.
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Jac Larner @jaclarner.bsky.social · 24d
Latest ITV BarnCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 poll confirms trend seen over last 6 months - neck and neck race between Plaid Cymru and Reform UK for largest party, with Labour falling to even more distant third. Evidence growing of distinct realignment in Wales 🧵
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Huw Marshall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @huwmarshall.substack.com · 22d
Rhun ap Iorwerth, Ed Davey, John Swinney and Zak Polanski are all speaking out on Palestine and the the threats from the far right. Notice which leaders of which political parties in the UK are missing from that list...
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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 11h
Rhun ap Iorwerth tells the Plaid Cymru conference:

"Let’s be clear. We’re not here to act as Labour’s conscience. We are not here to repair Labour. We are here to replace them."

Full analysis in my newsletter this weekend.
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Liz Saville Roberts AS / MP @lsrplaid.bsky.social · 12h
Ni ddylai rhieni orfod dewis rhwng gwaith a gofal plant.

Bydd llywodraeth Plaid Cymru dan Rhun ap Iorwerth yn cyflwyno cynnig gofal plant newydd i bob plentyn rhwng 9 mis a 4 oed – gwerth dros £30,000 mewn costau gofal plant yn ystod pedair blynedd gyntaf bywyd plentyn.

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Liz Saville Roberts AS / MP @lsrplaid.bsky.social · 12h
Parents should not have to choose between work and childcare.

A Plaid Cymru government will deliver a universal new childcare offer for children aged 9 months to 4 years – worth over £30,000 in childcare costs in the first four years of a child’s life.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 12h
Waning immunity. A significant Covid wave in England. No new variant.
Thanks Prof Pagel for highlighting and contextualizing
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taz @taz.de · 12h
Leo XIV. sorgt sich um die Information. Er warnt mit Hannah Arendt vor einer totalitären Gesellschaft, die Fakt und Fiktion nicht unterscheiden kann.
Papst und Pressefreiheit: Vatikan warnt vor KI und Faschismus
Leo XIV. sorgt sich um die Information. Er warnt mit Hannah Arendt vor einer totalitären Gesellschaft, die Fakt und Fiktion nicht unterscheiden kann.
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Wini Davies @winidavies.bsky.social · 12h
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#FirstpostNews: Nobel Committee Responds to Trump’s Peace Prize Claims
YouTube video by Firstpost
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DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 14h
USA: Weißes Haus reagiert enttäuscht auf Friedensnobelpreis-Entscheidung: Unbedingt wollte Donald Trump den Friedensnobelpreis haben. Doch den Vorzug erhielt die venezolanische Politikerin Machado. Das Weiße Haus reagiert empört.
USA: Weißes Haus reagiert enttäuscht auf Friedensnobelpreis-Entscheidung
Unbedingt wollte Donald Trump den Friedensnobelpreis haben. Doch den Vorzug erhielt die venezolanische Politikerin Machado. Das Weiße Haus reagiert empört.
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Wini Davies @winidavies.bsky.social · 14h
Are you looking at material in English or also other languages?
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Kyiv Post @kyivpost.com · 14h
Thousands of Russians have found themselves unable to leave the country after the Kremlin activated a nationwide system of electronic military draft notices.

www.kyivpost.com/post/61842
Russia Blocks Thousands From Leaving as Digital Draft System Takes Full Effect
The move marks another step in Moscow’s effort to tighten control over potential conscripts ahead of the autumn call-up – the largest conscription since 2016.
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 17h
It sends a powerful message.

The spirit of freedom cannot be jailed.

The thirst for democracy always prevails.

Dear María, the fight continues.
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 17h
Felicitaciones, María Corina Machado, por recibir el Premio Nobel de la Paz.

This award honours not only your courage and conviction.

But every voice that refuses to be silenced. In Venezuela and across the world.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 17h
Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela
Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.
www.theatlantic.com
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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 17h
Mae cyfnod newydd i Gymru yn dechrau heddiw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Mae Plaid Cymru yn barod i arwain - gydag egni ffres a chynlluniau uchelgeisiol i adeiladu cenedl decach, fwy hyderus a mwy ffyniannus.

Mae'n amser adeiladu Cymru o'r newydd ✊
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17h
Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize
Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize
Leader of country’s opposition receives award after intense public and private campaign by Donald Trump
www.theguardian.com
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Kyiv Post @kyivpost.com · 17h
Donald Trump did NOT win the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.

This year’s award for contributions to peace was presented to María Corina Machado, the opposition leader in Venezuela.
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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 3d
This is Reform's only Senedd Member Laura Anne Jones.

She is very angry about the Wales' Nation of Sanctuary that mainly supports Ukrainian refugees.

However she didn't always feel this way. Here are two speeches she has given where she says opposite things.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d
Astonishing advance by the Greens, astonishing implosion of Labour. When will Starmer's government get the message that it is destroying its base with deeply unpopular, rightwing policies?

By chasing Reform, it legitimises the far right while delegitimising itself.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d
Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.

Join us and let's make hope normal again.

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Poll from find out now showing greens on 15 and labour and Tories on 17. Reform on 32.
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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 1d
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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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Wini Davies @winidavies.bsky.social · 1d
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
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 3d
Don't forget that 41 Tory MPs in the last government took Russian donations. That might account for media reticence to report on the Nathan Gill case.
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