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Idris was born around 1995, to Sudanese parents in Oman. Speaking at a ‘Sudafest’, he describes Sudan as “home” and says that the country“lives inside him”. He came to Wales at the age of four.

You don't understand what is going to be taken away from you. Things will seem normal even while lunatics like me rant and rave about immigration, and they will seen mad. Then one day you will wake up and realise all at once that they were right, and you are now an alien in the land of your fathers. The towns will swarm with strangers who see no need to accommodate you. They will look at you coldly as foreign language shops spring up, and burka-wearing women shuffle by, casting disparaging glances in your direction. Gatherings of foreign men will watch you suspiciously as you go past. Occasionally, some African will walk past you in town, ranting in some schizophrenic fashion about whatever ghosts occupy his head. Then you will understand, and you will wish you had paid heed earlier.

This is Elbashir Idris. You may recognise him. He recently featured in a Plaid campaign video in which he pledged to “stand up for Wales”. Following a joke posted by @Arron_Banks on X, Plaid accused him of thinking that “black people can’t be Welsh”. We’ve done some digging 🧵


Reform's Arron Banks says message that sparked racism claim was joke bbc.in/3P2ZPXj

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My timeline is filled with Englishmen telling me what a Welshman looks and sounds like...

In his own words about Butetown: “I am Sudanese but the Caribbean and Yemenis and Somalis are my brothers. This is our fortress nobody can touch”.



Former Reform UK candidate and businessman Arron Banks has been accused of committing a hate crime after questioning whether a young black community organiser in Cardiff could be Welsh nation.cymru/news/reforms-a…





Plaid Cymru says ‘everyone can be Welsh’ Really? I'm not sure this is true... What do you think ?













