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*Mynediad Agored* Rydym yn falch o gyhoeddi bod cyfrol arloesol Simon Brooks, ‘Hanes Cymry: Lleiafrifoedd Ethnig a’r Gwareiddiad Cymraeg’, bellach ar gael i ddarllen am ddim ar ein gwefan: 📚 doi.org/10.16922/hanes… Mae dal modd prynu copi caled hefyd yn eich siop lyfrau leol!

The transcripts of bugged conversations have a deep significance and relevance for today. They are independent and irrefutable evidence to be cited in the fight against Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism. I would like to see this evidence used in Holocaust education and become more widely known in our society. If you would like to discover the full story of Colonel Kendrick’s remarkable eavesdropping operation, my book 'The Walls Have Ears' is available here: amzn.to/3LYattn (continued...ending)

A New Clash of Nationalisms: Reform UK and the erosion of Scottish exceptionalism Continuing our new blog series, Judith Sijstermans articulates how the rise of Reform UK has eroded the power of the exceptionalist narrative in Scotland Read more: edin.ac/4eRy4vb

There are loads of buildings in Wales that are sitting empty at the taxpayers expense. The Welsh Gov has failed to even build a functioning database of them all. At a time the buildings we actually use are crumbling, this situation is so wrong . Full report in pinned tweet.

Wales elections: what can we expect ahead of the polls? channel4.com/news/wales-ele… via @garygibbonc4

New article from @A_B_Evans on the constitutional & political forces that swiftly unravelled the Govt of Wales Act 98, creation of the Richard Commission, & the internal negotiations within Labour on a response lthat led to the Govt of Wales Act 2006 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

An astonishing 80% of Wales' children’s home places are currently provided by private companies. Some are owned by private equity funds. The Welsh Gov has now banned profit making in care from 2030. So why are these providers STILL setting up in Wales? Read our special report in the pinned tweet.

Through a collaboration with the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, this research looks at how (mis)information, media, and framing impact self-determination movements—and how communities are reclaiming their voice. Read full article here: academy.unpo.org/determining-th…

🧮 Diving into the numbers behind our @ITVWales poll with @Jaclarner from the @WalesGovernance. 📺 Watch Sharp End on @ITVX and @YouTube for all the reaction

Dr @Jaclarner ar @SharpEndITV neithiwr yn trafod pôl piniwn diweddaraf @YouGov / @ITVCymruWales Dr Jac Larner on ITV Sharp End last night discussing the latest Barn Cymru poll. Full programme link below 👇 #Senedd26 #Wales #Cymru

📣 Edition No. 3 of Peoples Represented is coming soon: Women. Their stories. Their communities. Their voices. Subscribe so it lands straight in your inbox → buff.ly/BSAgS3f

I am so excited to announce my book "Who Cares About Wales" will be out this Friday! What is even more exciting is the reviews. When you pour a year of work into 95,000 words you start to question if what you have written is any good. I am so grateful for @MattChorley, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, @mrrobosborne, Richard Sambrook, David James and Katharine Viner for taking the time to review the book as well as to @carolvorders for penning the foreword. The book dissects how the people of Wales have been relentlessly failed by their own Government in Cardiff Bay, and by politicians in Westminster. It calls on us to demand better. But to do that we need to really understand the problems and then use our anger to force the changes that are needed. This book explains to you why the person you should be angry with is the politician in the suit, not the migrant in a boat. You can order book now from Y Lolfa or wherever you get your books.

@ClwydEnComu Is the actual seating arrangements decided by the Llywydd or the Senedd groups themselves?

Yet again very concerned about the seating layout of the new Senedd.

NEW: After the Gorton by-election, how should we understand the threat to Labour's left? Big new @Persuasion_UK report out with @38degrees on 'progressive defectors' - Lab 2024 switchers to Greens, Plaid, SNP, Lib Dems. Who are they, who are they not & what's moving them? 🧵

UNPO proudly welcomes the Rohingya into our Peoples' Friends Framework! Over 1 million displaced. 600,000 still at risk. Stateless for decades, yet their voices remain unheard. UNPO stands in solidarity with the Rohingya people and their right to self-determination.

In our latest episode of Hidden Geopolitics, we examine how citizenship laws, state narratives, and structural exclusion have shaped one of the most systematic cases of statelessness in the world. 🎧 Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/0zhPx9…

@WillHayCardiff Professional grifters

I really need the Welsh Conservatives to manage my finances. They have just launched their manifesto for Wales and the figures are WILD. They have made the following commitments: - Build the M4 relief road (that will cost billions). - Build new Menai bridge - FOUR new community hospitals - Increased mental health service capacity - New mental health crisis centres across Wales - Judge led inquiry into grooming gangs (£20m) - Deliver new school building program - £100 more for farming budget. Pretty expensive stuff right? Well they say at they will be cutting the following taxes: - Take 1p off income tax basic rate in Wales (cost £280m) - Scrap stamp duty So cutting tax while committing to billions in spending. This begs the question of how they will do it? When asked they said the bulk would come from "efficiency savings".

Speaking about Reform Plaid leader Rhun ap Iorwerth said: "They say they accept devolution, for now. But they’d turn against it on a whim. We all know they have ZERO loyalty to Wales and our nationhood. "No accountability, no seriousness, no policies, and no shame in using our nation just as an electoral springboard, nothing else. "And what of Farage’s man in Wales? An ex-Tory leader of a London council? Thatcher’s own council no less, but this man took privatisation to levels even SHE didn’t imagine. "When we asked for a Barnet consequential, this really isn’t what we had in mind!"

🍪Wales is only being given crumbs from Westminster. Vote Plaid Cymru on May 7 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Welsh Tory leader just stood up in the Senedd and said he "stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the people of Ukraine in the face of Vladimir Putin's illegal invasion." It's worth noting that one of his parties flagship policies in Wales is to abolish the Nation of Sanctuary which is overwhelmingly aimed at supporting Ukrainian refugees.