Wini Davies
@winidavies.bsky.social
Emerita professor of German Aberystwyth Uni, Remainer, siarad Cymraeg, support #indyWales #annibyniaeth
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#NEWS: The #Cornish language, #Kernewek, will be recognised alongside #Welsh, #Irish Gaelic and #Scots Gaelic after the government recommended it for Part III status - the highest level of protection under European treaty.
🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news...
🔗 www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-news...
Milestone for Cornish language after securing Part III status alongside Welsh and Gaelic
It officially recognises the importance of Cornish as a living language and a core part of Cornwall’s cultural identity
www.cornwall.gov.uk
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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The UK Budget has provided significant challenges for the next Welsh Government, according to experts at Cardiff University✍️ Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-19E9
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The UK Budget has provided significant challenges for the next Welsh Government, according to experts at Cardiff University✍️ Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-19E9
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Also: where’s the fecking investigation, Keir Starmer?
The Welsh parliament, Nigel Farage, @prifweinidog.gov.wales @eddavey.libdems.org.uk & @zackpolanski.bsky.social are all now in agreement that we need a govt-led inquiry into Russian interference. So what on earth is the problem??
The Welsh parliament, Nigel Farage, @prifweinidog.gov.wales @eddavey.libdems.org.uk & @zackpolanski.bsky.social are all now in agreement that we need a govt-led inquiry into Russian interference. So what on earth is the problem??
November 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Also: where’s the fecking investigation, Keir Starmer?
The Welsh parliament, Nigel Farage, @prifweinidog.gov.wales @eddavey.libdems.org.uk & @zackpolanski.bsky.social are all now in agreement that we need a govt-led inquiry into Russian interference. So what on earth is the problem??
The Welsh parliament, Nigel Farage, @prifweinidog.gov.wales @eddavey.libdems.org.uk & @zackpolanski.bsky.social are all now in agreement that we need a govt-led inquiry into Russian interference. So what on earth is the problem??
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This organisation was been placed in special measures by the Welsh Gov over a decade ago and is responsible for the majority of Wales' longest NHS waits.
The fact that there are STILL fundamental issues here a disgrace.
The fact that there are STILL fundamental issues here a disgrace.
November 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This organisation was been placed in special measures by the Welsh Gov over a decade ago and is responsible for the majority of Wales' longest NHS waits.
The fact that there are STILL fundamental issues here a disgrace.
The fact that there are STILL fundamental issues here a disgrace.
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Something really strange is going on.
The Welsh Government have said they won't be publishing the waiting list figure for Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board "pending the outcome of an external investigation into the quality and governance of its data".
The data is already a week overdue.
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The Welsh Government have said they won't be publishing the waiting list figure for Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board "pending the outcome of an external investigation into the quality and governance of its data".
The data is already a week overdue.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Something really strange is going on.
The Welsh Government have said they won't be publishing the waiting list figure for Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board "pending the outcome of an external investigation into the quality and governance of its data".
The data is already a week overdue.
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The Welsh Government have said they won't be publishing the waiting list figure for Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board "pending the outcome of an external investigation into the quality and governance of its data".
The data is already a week overdue.
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Turns out the head of comms for Reform called me a c**t.
It's not often I agree with them but fair play they were bang on money with this one.
Full story: nation.cymru/news/reform-...
It's not often I agree with them but fair play they were bang on money with this one.
Full story: nation.cymru/news/reform-...
November 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Turns out the head of comms for Reform called me a c**t.
It's not often I agree with them but fair play they were bang on money with this one.
Full story: nation.cymru/news/reform-...
It's not often I agree with them but fair play they were bang on money with this one.
Full story: nation.cymru/news/reform-...
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"I remembered how we all worked together in the Miners support group during the strike, when the watchword was solidarity.
But over time, that social cohesion has frayed and the bond between Labour and the people it claimed to represent has gone."
But over time, that social cohesion has frayed and the bond between Labour and the people it claimed to represent has gone."
From Labour heartlands to hope: Why the Valleys are ready for change
The Green Party’s candidate in the recent Caerffili by-election sets out his view on how Greens could revive valleys communities
bylines.cymru
November 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
"I remembered how we all worked together in the Miners support group during the strike, when the watchword was solidarity.
But over time, that social cohesion has frayed and the bond between Labour and the people it claimed to represent has gone."
But over time, that social cohesion has frayed and the bond between Labour and the people it claimed to represent has gone."
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"more than half of unpaid carers in Wales are cutting back on food and heating – and this should be sounding alarm bells of shame across the land.
That’s a 53% increase compared to the same period in 2024. Something is going very wrong with support for unpaid carers in Wales."
That’s a 53% increase compared to the same period in 2024. Something is going very wrong with support for unpaid carers in Wales."
Where did it all go so wrong for unpaid carers in Cymru?
More than 52% of unpaid carers in Wales are cutting back on food and heating - Rob Simkins of Carers Wales asks how we've ended up here.
bylines.cymru
November 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
"more than half of unpaid carers in Wales are cutting back on food and heating – and this should be sounding alarm bells of shame across the land.
That’s a 53% increase compared to the same period in 2024. Something is going very wrong with support for unpaid carers in Wales."
That’s a 53% increase compared to the same period in 2024. Something is going very wrong with support for unpaid carers in Wales."
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France is the latest in a line of European countries where the narrative on military service appears to have shifted since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine.
Read @georgvh.com's article.
www.channel4.com/news/conscri...
Read @georgvh.com's article.
www.channel4.com/news/conscri...
Conscription in Europe explained – as Macron announces military service for France
France is the latest in a line of European countries where the narrative on military service appears to have shifted since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine.
www.channel4.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
France is the latest in a line of European countries where the narrative on military service appears to have shifted since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine.
Read @georgvh.com's article.
www.channel4.com/news/conscri...
Read @georgvh.com's article.
www.channel4.com/news/conscri...
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Frankreich: Freiwilliger Wehrdienst ab 2026: Die europäischen Länder rüsten sich für den Kriegsfall. Wie Deutschland setzt auch Frankreich nun beim Wehrdienst auf Freiwilligkeit. Präsident Macron spricht von einer »Mobilisierung der Nation«.
Frankreich: Freiwilliger Wehrdienst ab 2026
Die europäischen Länder rüsten sich für den Kriegsfall. Wie Deutschland setzt auch Frankreich nun beim Wehrdienst auf Freiwilligkeit. Präsident Macron spricht von einer »Mobilisierung der Nation«.
www.spiegel.de
November 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Frankreich: Freiwilliger Wehrdienst ab 2026: Die europäischen Länder rüsten sich für den Kriegsfall. Wie Deutschland setzt auch Frankreich nun beim Wehrdienst auf Freiwilligkeit. Präsident Macron spricht von einer »Mobilisierung der Nation«.
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❗️“If Ukrainian forces withdraw from the territories they currently hold, we will stop military operations. If they do not, we will achieve this by military means” — Putin
November 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
❗️“If Ukrainian forces withdraw from the territories they currently hold, we will stop military operations. If they do not, we will achieve this by military means” — Putin
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There is no genocide of white people taking place in South Africa. Evidence is non-existent.
I'm sure that, as friends of #Trump, our Prime Minister and monarch will be anxious to point out to him that claims to the contrary are racist and untrue...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I'm sure that, as friends of #Trump, our Prime Minister and monarch will be anxious to point out to him that claims to the contrary are racist and untrue...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa hits back after Donald Trump says US won't invite it for G20 summit - BBC News
The US boycotted the G20 summit in Johannesburg over widely discredited claims of persecution of the white minority.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
There is no genocide of white people taking place in South Africa. Evidence is non-existent.
I'm sure that, as friends of #Trump, our Prime Minister and monarch will be anxious to point out to him that claims to the contrary are racist and untrue...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I'm sure that, as friends of #Trump, our Prime Minister and monarch will be anxious to point out to him that claims to the contrary are racist and untrue...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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No less than €180 billion in frozen Russian assets are dispersed across the European Union.
The EU plan would be to deploy €140 billion (£122bn) of these assets as a zero-interest “reparations loan” to Ukraine, providing Ukraine with urgently needed resources.
The EU plan would be to deploy €140 billion (£122bn) of these assets as a zero-interest “reparations loan” to Ukraine, providing Ukraine with urgently needed resources.
Making Russia pay: the EU’s plan to rebuild Ukraine
A proposal to loan Ukraine billions in frozen Russian assets has split members of the EU on the right course of action
kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:08 AM
No less than €180 billion in frozen Russian assets are dispersed across the European Union.
The EU plan would be to deploy €140 billion (£122bn) of these assets as a zero-interest “reparations loan” to Ukraine, providing Ukraine with urgently needed resources.
The EU plan would be to deploy €140 billion (£122bn) of these assets as a zero-interest “reparations loan” to Ukraine, providing Ukraine with urgently needed resources.
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Trump must ‘provide teeth for talks’ to pressure Putin ahead of Witkoff’s Moscow visit, Former US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor told Kyiv Post.
www.kyivpost.com/post/65065
www.kyivpost.com/post/65065
Witkoff’s Credibility ‘Absolutely’ Shot, Ex-Ambassador Says, but Urges Ukraine to Stay in Talks
Former US Ambassador to Ukraine tells Kyiv Post Trump must ‘provide teeth for talks’ to pressure Putin ahead of envoy’s Moscow visit
www.kyivpost.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Trump must ‘provide teeth for talks’ to pressure Putin ahead of Witkoff’s Moscow visit, Former US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor told Kyiv Post.
www.kyivpost.com/post/65065
www.kyivpost.com/post/65065
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Trump is making foreign tourists to US national park pay $100 (£76) per person to access 11 of the most popular sites.
Makes £1.30 per night tourism tax in Wales seem a bit tame doesn't it?
Weird that the politicians who said this would "kill tourism" in Wales are quiet about this...
Makes £1.30 per night tourism tax in Wales seem a bit tame doesn't it?
Weird that the politicians who said this would "kill tourism" in Wales are quiet about this...
November 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Trump is making foreign tourists to US national park pay $100 (£76) per person to access 11 of the most popular sites.
Makes £1.30 per night tourism tax in Wales seem a bit tame doesn't it?
Weird that the politicians who said this would "kill tourism" in Wales are quiet about this...
Makes £1.30 per night tourism tax in Wales seem a bit tame doesn't it?
Weird that the politicians who said this would "kill tourism" in Wales are quiet about this...
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Absolutely cracking @walesgovernance.bsky.social annual lecture by Prof John Curtice of @unistrathclyde.bsky.social about the devolution elections in Scotland & Wales in the new era of multi-party politics in the UK, with Plaid Cymru/SNP emerging as chief rivals to Reform in #Senedd26 #Holyrood26
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Absolutely cracking @walesgovernance.bsky.social annual lecture by Prof John Curtice of @unistrathclyde.bsky.social about the devolution elections in Scotland & Wales in the new era of multi-party politics in the UK, with Plaid Cymru/SNP emerging as chief rivals to Reform in #Senedd26 #Holyrood26
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Ahead of this Budget, @plaidcymru.bsky.social called for bold action to help households with the cost of living.
Labour’s measures today fall short of what was needed.
Welsh families won’t feel any difference in their pockets and will continue to be burdened with mounting costs.
Labour’s measures today fall short of what was needed.
Welsh families won’t feel any difference in their pockets and will continue to be burdened with mounting costs.
November 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Ahead of this Budget, @plaidcymru.bsky.social called for bold action to help households with the cost of living.
Labour’s measures today fall short of what was needed.
Welsh families won’t feel any difference in their pockets and will continue to be burdened with mounting costs.
Labour’s measures today fall short of what was needed.
Welsh families won’t feel any difference in their pockets and will continue to be burdened with mounting costs.
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Cyn y Gyllideb, galwodd @plaidcymru.bsky.social ar y Canghellor i weithredu go iawn i helpu cartrefi gyda chostau byw.
Mae’r mesurau a gyhoeddwyd gan Lafur heddiw yn bell o fod yn ddigon.
Fydd teuluoedd ledled Cymru ddim yn teimlo gwahaniaeth yn eu pocedi wrth iddynt barhau i wynebu costau uchel.
Mae’r mesurau a gyhoeddwyd gan Lafur heddiw yn bell o fod yn ddigon.
Fydd teuluoedd ledled Cymru ddim yn teimlo gwahaniaeth yn eu pocedi wrth iddynt barhau i wynebu costau uchel.
November 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Cyn y Gyllideb, galwodd @plaidcymru.bsky.social ar y Canghellor i weithredu go iawn i helpu cartrefi gyda chostau byw.
Mae’r mesurau a gyhoeddwyd gan Lafur heddiw yn bell o fod yn ddigon.
Fydd teuluoedd ledled Cymru ddim yn teimlo gwahaniaeth yn eu pocedi wrth iddynt barhau i wynebu costau uchel.
Mae’r mesurau a gyhoeddwyd gan Lafur heddiw yn bell o fod yn ddigon.
Fydd teuluoedd ledled Cymru ddim yn teimlo gwahaniaeth yn eu pocedi wrth iddynt barhau i wynebu costau uchel.
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🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 65,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 70,000 tonight. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 65,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 70,000 tonight. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Yes, I can google this, but I’d like to ask my well-read and discerning peeps here first:
Can you recommend any poems or prose fiction that deal with a youngish or middle-aged person grappling with becoming the/a head of their family when the older generation dies or becomes incapacitated?
Can you recommend any poems or prose fiction that deal with a youngish or middle-aged person grappling with becoming the/a head of their family when the older generation dies or becomes incapacitated?
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Yes, I can google this, but I’d like to ask my well-read and discerning peeps here first:
Can you recommend any poems or prose fiction that deal with a youngish or middle-aged person grappling with becoming the/a head of their family when the older generation dies or becomes incapacitated?
Can you recommend any poems or prose fiction that deal with a youngish or middle-aged person grappling with becoming the/a head of their family when the older generation dies or becomes incapacitated?
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Mae cyllideb Llafur heddiw yn cadarnhau’r hyn rydyn ni eisoes yn ei wybod - pan mai San Steffan sy’n gwneud y cyfri, bydd Cymru ar ei cholled.
Nid dyma’r gorau y gall pethau fod i Gymru.
Bydd Plaid Cymru bob amser yn sefyll cornel ein cymunedau ac yn mynnu gwell 💚
Nid dyma’r gorau y gall pethau fod i Gymru.
Bydd Plaid Cymru bob amser yn sefyll cornel ein cymunedau ac yn mynnu gwell 💚
November 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Mae cyllideb Llafur heddiw yn cadarnhau’r hyn rydyn ni eisoes yn ei wybod - pan mai San Steffan sy’n gwneud y cyfri, bydd Cymru ar ei cholled.
Nid dyma’r gorau y gall pethau fod i Gymru.
Bydd Plaid Cymru bob amser yn sefyll cornel ein cymunedau ac yn mynnu gwell 💚
Nid dyma’r gorau y gall pethau fod i Gymru.
Bydd Plaid Cymru bob amser yn sefyll cornel ein cymunedau ac yn mynnu gwell 💚
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Labour’s Budget confirms what we already know - when Westminster does the counting, Wales loses out.
This is not as good as it gets for Wales.
Plaid Cymru will always stand up for our communities and demand better 💚
This is not as good as it gets for Wales.
Plaid Cymru will always stand up for our communities and demand better 💚
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Labour’s Budget confirms what we already know - when Westminster does the counting, Wales loses out.
This is not as good as it gets for Wales.
Plaid Cymru will always stand up for our communities and demand better 💚
This is not as good as it gets for Wales.
Plaid Cymru will always stand up for our communities and demand better 💚
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To commemorate her lifelong fight against antisemitism and racism, a special postage stamp dedicated to Margot Friedländer will be released in Germany next month.
Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer passed away in May this year at the age of 103.
Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer passed away in May this year at the age of 103.
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
To commemorate her lifelong fight against antisemitism and racism, a special postage stamp dedicated to Margot Friedländer will be released in Germany next month.
Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer passed away in May this year at the age of 103.
Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer passed away in May this year at the age of 103.
