Ben P Richards
@benprichards.bsky.social
Gardener, ex-firefighter, vegan photographer living in North Wales from West Yorkshire.
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If I argued for the Union whilst also voting to the leave the European Union I'd be a massive hypocrite. I just think the Welsh culture is thriving despite being part of the United Kingdom and trust me, Wales has a great deal in terms of roads & prescriptions. If there's a referendum I'll vote YES.🏴
January 16, 2026 at 2:53 PM
If I argued for the Union whilst also voting to the leave the European Union I'd be a massive hypocrite. I just think the Welsh culture is thriving despite being part of the United Kingdom and trust me, Wales has a great deal in terms of roads & prescriptions. If there's a referendum I'll vote YES.🏴
Just to clarify I'm completely against any parcelling off and privatisation of the NHS. It should remain free to all UK citizens at point of access (including dentistry a teeth are, you know, part of the human body) We've got a big national debt problem if we can't afford the NHS any longer.
January 15, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Just to clarify I'm completely against any parcelling off and privatisation of the NHS. It should remain free to all UK citizens at point of access (including dentistry a teeth are, you know, part of the human body) We've got a big national debt problem if we can't afford the NHS any longer.
They've paid NI all their lives so they're entitled to medical treatment regardless of who they vote for.
January 15, 2026 at 4:24 PM
They've paid NI all their lives so they're entitled to medical treatment regardless of who they vote for.
AI drew this map didn't it?
January 15, 2026 at 3:35 PM
AI drew this map didn't it?
Reform have categorically denied they want to privatise the NHS. Privatisation is happening right now, Neoliberalism is privatising the NHS now. Right now!
January 15, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Reform have categorically denied they want to privatise the NHS. Privatisation is happening right now, Neoliberalism is privatising the NHS now. Right now!
I highly recommend Adam Curtis' 'Shifty' on iPlayer - it's deep delve into Thatcher and the rise of Neoliberalism. And, if you don't like the sound of Curtis' voice then don't worry, he's not narrating this one.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Shifty
When power begins to shift in society, everything becomes unstable, exciting and frightening. Living in Britain at the end of the 20th century. From acclaimed film maker Adam Curtis.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 12:20 PM
I highly recommend Adam Curtis' 'Shifty' on iPlayer - it's deep delve into Thatcher and the rise of Neoliberalism. And, if you don't like the sound of Curtis' voice then don't worry, he's not narrating this one.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Weirdly these prolific Tories defecting to Reform will be the undoing of Reform - there are plenty of Reform voters who dislike the Tories.
January 15, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Weirdly these prolific Tories defecting to Reform will be the undoing of Reform - there are plenty of Reform voters who dislike the Tories.
Already looking at their Germany dates in May. They look like they mean business!
January 14, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Already looking at their Germany dates in May. They look like they mean business!
Non capisco, auld bean!
January 14, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Non capisco, auld bean!
@sid8800.bsky.social up your straße?
January 14, 2026 at 8:45 PM
@sid8800.bsky.social up your straße?
And yet here we are 10 years on and fully out of the EU. I'm a Corbynista and rue him not getting into power in 2017, suspicious of international meddling in that election campaign but have let it go. 10 years is a long time to be angry a democratic vote didn't go your way.
January 14, 2026 at 7:52 PM
And yet here we are 10 years on and fully out of the EU. I'm a Corbynista and rue him not getting into power in 2017, suspicious of international meddling in that election campaign but have let it go. 10 years is a long time to be angry a democratic vote didn't go your way.
Give it to Brian Noble.
January 14, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Give it to Brian Noble.
The Ashes and Jake Connor debacle unforgiveable but the RFL handed him a poisoned chalice with the opener being in London.
Not much time to avoid a thumping down in Aus.
Not much time to avoid a thumping down in Aus.
January 14, 2026 at 5:23 PM
The Ashes and Jake Connor debacle unforgiveable but the RFL handed him a poisoned chalice with the opener being in London.
Not much time to avoid a thumping down in Aus.
Not much time to avoid a thumping down in Aus.
2.17 million sq km!
January 14, 2026 at 5:13 PM
2.17 million sq km!
Great golf here too.
January 14, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Great golf here too.
I don't thin Boris Johnson has the intelligence to be properly right-wing. He has no moral scruples whether good or evil, he's just an avaricious, self-serving toff. The Conservative response to the pandemic was hilariously the most socialist intervention by any British government since 1945!
January 14, 2026 at 2:05 PM
I don't thin Boris Johnson has the intelligence to be properly right-wing. He has no moral scruples whether good or evil, he's just an avaricious, self-serving toff. The Conservative response to the pandemic was hilariously the most socialist intervention by any British government since 1945!
I've lived in Meirionnydd for 8 years and the things I've noticed is nationalism here is applauded despite it's xenophobia. I love Welsh culture in its patriotic format: English, Welsh and Scottish patriotism is beautiful but defining your unique culture in opposition to 'the other' is destructive.
January 14, 2026 at 2:02 PM
I've lived in Meirionnydd for 8 years and the things I've noticed is nationalism here is applauded despite it's xenophobia. I love Welsh culture in its patriotic format: English, Welsh and Scottish patriotism is beautiful but defining your unique culture in opposition to 'the other' is destructive.
The truth you speak of is subjective, or at the least nuanced.
Remember it was fully a LibDem driven thing; the in/out referendum, not some right-wing/populist chicanery.
www.libdemvoice.org/the-surprisi...
Remember it was fully a LibDem driven thing; the in/out referendum, not some right-wing/populist chicanery.
www.libdemvoice.org/the-surprisi...
The surprising truth about that Lib Dem in/out EU referendum leaflet*
On Monday morning, Nick Clegg was given a hard time on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme by interviewer Justin Webb, who accused him of changing his position on an EU referendum on the basis of this pictu...
www.libdemvoice.org
January 14, 2026 at 12:35 PM
The truth you speak of is subjective, or at the least nuanced.
Remember it was fully a LibDem driven thing; the in/out referendum, not some right-wing/populist chicanery.
www.libdemvoice.org/the-surprisi...
Remember it was fully a LibDem driven thing; the in/out referendum, not some right-wing/populist chicanery.
www.libdemvoice.org/the-surprisi...