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Vivek Thuppil @vthuppil.bsky.social · 3h

@plaidcymru.bsky.social is the party that backs working people in Wales

Any member is able to join us at our party conference in Swansea this weekend.

If you are not a member, join us!

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We all know that this is not as good as it gets for Wales. Let's work together for a better future - join Plaid Cymru today.

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Vivek Thuppil @vthuppil.bsky.social · 3h

@plaidcymru.bsky.social members - join us at the Undeb Plaid Cymru fringe discussion! We'll discuss AI, its impacts on workers, & ensuring safe and democratic development.

All Plaid Cymru members who belong to any trade union are automatically Undeb members & you are welcome to take part in our AGM

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UCU Commons @ucucommons.bsky.social · 1d

The first issue of our fortnightly newsletter has landed!

Featuring @markpendleton.bsky.social’s discussion paper to this Friday’s HEC, @hagenilda.bsky.social’s plea to Frances Corner’s successor and other interesting links and news. #UCU #UKHE #AcademicSky

ucucommons.substack.com/p/ucu-common...

UCU Commons newsletter #1

A new fortnightly round-up of union and sector specific news

ucucommons.substack.com

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 1d

Me, in February: the Trump Admin is going to try to force the EU to withdraw or weaken CBAM and the CSDDD. www.gla.ac.uk/explore/glas...

The FT this morning: www.ft.com/content/678f...

The planet cannot afford for Brussels to give Washington what it wants here.

Moreover, the EU is moving forward with its own trade restriction, a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which imposes tariffs on imports that don’t meet European environmental standards. The UK will adopt a similar system in 2027, aligning itself with Europe to secure smooth UK access to critical commodities. While the Biden Administration was in discussions about a plan to bring the US into this “climate club,” the Trump Administration is rapidly reversing US climate commitments. Indeed, the Administration has singled out countries imposing regulatory tariffs as potential targets for its country-by-country tariffs. As a result, by 2027, the UK will face a binary choice between regulatory alignment with (and market access to) Europe and a trade confrontation with the United States. The current “wait-and-see” approach prolongs, but does not resolve, this dilemma.

FT headline: US demands EU dismantle green regulations in threat to trade deal

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Vivek Thuppil @vthuppil.bsky.social · 4d

Because we're exceptional, don't you know? 🙄

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Matilda Fitzmaurice @matildaf.bsky.social · 5d

#ucu: statement from @drjogrady.bsky.social on the Manchester synagogue attack: www.ucu.org.uk/article/1421...

UCU statement on Manchester synagogue attack

UCU said it is horrified by the appalling attack at the Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester during Yom Kippur.

www.ucu.org.uk

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 6d

On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.

As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.

At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.

To everyone in Britain's Jewish Community: you are not alone.

We will not let hate or those who spread it win.

We stand with you.

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Vivek Thuppil @vthuppil.bsky.social · 7d

Absolutely horrific news coming from Manchester about the stabbing at a synagogue on the holy day of Yom Kippur 💔

No one should have to experience this sort of senseless violence & be targeted for who they are

We stand in complete solidarity with Jews across the four nations of the UK ❤️✡️

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 10d

I do think we sometimes forget:
1. We need high-skilled migrants to keep the NHS working, and to grow the economy
2. High-skilled migrants have a *lot* of choices over where to go

And

3. We’ve been getting less attractive as a destination for years anyway (wages here famously suck)

Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 10d

imagine being a consultant doctor here and having to go out litter picking to be given your citizenship lol

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

Shabana Mahmood to demand migrants earn right to settled status

New tests will include learning English to a high standard, paying National Insurance and not claiming benefits.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Vivek Thuppil @vthuppil.bsky.social · 11d

Long overdue move. It's time that affiliated unions realise that there are true alternatives and they don't have to be chained to the Red Tories

Here in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @plaidcymru.bsky.social is the party for workers

news.sky.com/story/unite-...

Unite boss Sharon Graham threatens to break link with Labour on eve of conference

Ms Graham has been a long-time critic of Sir Keir Starmer's agenda, accusing him of lacking vision.

news.sky.com

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Vivek Thuppil @vthuppil.bsky.social · 11d

In my constituency, Bangor Aberconwy, Plaid Cymru got 22% of the vote last time. And this poll seems to think that's going to go down by 5%?

Ridiculous poll that's not worth the pixels it's being displayed in.

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Vivek Thuppil @vthuppil.bsky.social · 12d

Growing up, I was a WW 2 buff. I was always incredulous that citizens of Nazi Germany lived blissfully ignorant of the Holocaust's horrors

We see for ourselves now how Israeli citizens frolick on the beach & talk "resilience" even as babies starve in a genocide in Gaza

youtu.be/nMyyVaiY4V8?...

'Our Genocide': How do Israelis feel about the war in Gaza? | On the Ground

YouTube video by The Guardian

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Vivek Thuppil @vthuppil.bsky.social · 16d

Congratulations, Tristan! Wish you all the best with the new position in Munich!

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bangorucu.bsky.social @bangorucu.bsky.social · 19d

This is a choice of the VC. With ”under 10 posts” at risk, he could have ruled out compulsory redundancies & let departments get on with their planning

Instead, we have: “A university is in chaos with no clarity on who is teaching what amid a swathe of job cuts”

www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-w...

Staff at North Wales university 'are unsure about who is teaching what'

Some 200 jobs have gone as bosses at Bangor University bid to save more than £15m

www.dailypost.co.uk

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Matilda Fitzmaurice @matildaf.bsky.social · 21d

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Michael Bell @mbellcoop.bsky.social · 21d

The fact that Your Party is developing organised factions before it even has a name or formal membership reminds me of the old joke about two Trot parties walk into a unity meeting and four walk out

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bangorucu.bsky.social @bangorucu.bsky.social · 20d

Nid oes gan ein haelodau unrhyw hyder yn yr Is-ganghellor a'r Prif Swyddog Ariannol.

Roedd eu penderfyniad i wario £1.4 miliwn o linell achub ariannol Llywodraeth Cymru ar seilwaith diangen, heb ei gynllunio yn dangos diffyg barn syfrdanol.

newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/30355

Undeb yn pasio cynnig o ddiffyg hyder yn arweinyddiaeth Prifysgol Bangor

Mae aelodau o Undeb y Prifysgolion a Cholegau wedi pasio cynnig o ddiffyg hyder yn arweinyddiaeth Prifysgol Bangor.

newyddion.s4c.cymru

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bangorucu.bsky.social @bangorucu.bsky.social · 20d

Our members have no confidence in the VC & CFO, as they pursue the same failed cuts they used against @leicesterucu.bsky.social

Spending £1.4 million of additional Welsh Gov funding on unplanned spend while making staff redundant was a disqualifying lack of judgement

nation.cymru/news/bangor-...

Bangor University staff pass no confidence vote against senior leadership

Union members at Bangor University have passed a vote of no confidence in vice-chancellor Prof Edmund Burke and chief finance officer Martyn Riddleston, as tensions mount over job cuts and budget redu...

nation.cymru

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Vivek Thuppil @vthuppil.bsky.social · 21d

These people couldn't organise a circus let alone a political party.

Good alternatives to the red tories already exist.

Plaid Cymru in Wales, the SNP and Greens in Scotland, and the Lib Dems and Greens in England

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Bijan Parsia @bparsia.bsky.social · 21d

Just do it already! It was embarrassing that you let him in in the first place.

James Ball @jamesrball.com · 21d

Mini-scoop: After resisting pressure to strip Elon Musk of his fellowship for months, the Royal Society is meeting on 1 October to discuss his removal – following his decision to address Tommy Robinson's far-right rally on Saturday.

www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-r...

Royal Society to debate throwing out Elon Musk

One of the most prestigious scientific bodies in the world is considering expelling Musk after his appearance at Tommy Robinson’s extremist London rally

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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David Bretherton @dtbretherton.bsky.social · 21d

Vote Labour, get Reform. And that’s probably true even if Labour do get in.

Wales Governance Centre | Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru @walesgovernance.bsky.social · 22d

Our new BARN Cymru poll run with @itvcymruwales.bsky.social and @yougov.co.uk has landed 📈 #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21d

I don’t know when it’s going to pop for a lot of normies that they are living under an authoritarian regime, but the cancellation of popular TV shows that make fun of the administration might do it www.vulture.com/article/abc-...

ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Live! From the Air ‘Indefinitely’

The decision follows conservative backlash to a comment the late-night host made about Charlie Kirk.

www.vulture.com

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Jan 23

a good arbiter of how close we are to bad hybrid regime shit is if the political comedy shows start getting pulled for whatever reason

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Jul 18

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21d

The remarks weren’t “about Charlie Kirk,” they were about how this administration is using Kirk’s death as an excuse to shut down critics … and they responded by proving him completely correct.

Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 21d

New: FCC chair threatens ABC and Disney over Jimmy Kimmel’s remarks about Charlie Kirk
www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/m...

FCC chair threatens ABC and Disney over Jimmy Kimmel’s remarks about Charlie Kirk | CNN Business

“We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr warned. “These companies can find ways to change conduct and take actions on Kimmel, or there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”

www.cnn.com

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Vivek Thuppil @vthuppil.bsky.social · 27d

First past the post is not fit for purpose in this political environment. If democracy is to mean anything, the UK Government must bring in proportional representation so that ALL voters' voices are heard.

Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 27d

If we confine ourselves to England and Wales (NI and Scotland have had fragmented systems for longer) the figure is 6 seats won with less than 30% in 2024, and 2 seats won with a share below 30% in all elections from 1945-2024.

And only 2 seats won with under 30% anywhere in UK between 1923 & 2001

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 27d

Since WW2, 19 seats in Westminster have been won with less than 30% of the vote. Ten of those were last year. They'll be a lot more next time.

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