@MikeLiamSmith @1swancelona I'm not speculating on who's going to form a government and how that's going to be formed because that's all going to depend on individual party seat shares. I'm only interested in the election right now
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@MikeLiamSmith @1swancelona The most likely scenario is Plaid and Reform having some combination of 60-70 seats between them with the rest split across the other parties
Some polls have put Plaid as high as 40-45 seats, which if they can achieve they could probably govern quite comfortably on their own
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@MikeLiamSmith @1swancelona Indeed, the election is still 7 weeks away and it's all to play for. Until the votes are counted, who knows what the make-up of the next Senedd will be?
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@MikeLiamSmith @1swancelona I think you'll find the @CovidBereaved "pressure group" have been working extensively to seek proper justice, not the half-arsed measures the Labour Government have implemented because they don't want to face scrutiny
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@InstaSim6 @1swancelona Given this particular pressure group is unrepresentative and woeful ( and that the public have moved on) this is going to be a super easy trade out.
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@MikeLiamSmith @1swancelona That's not entirely true though, if they have enough seats they could form a minority government making informal arrangements on particular policy areas - this being a prime example
They may have something more comprehensive for the budget, but that's a separate issue to solve
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@InstaSim6 @1swancelona Because in reality Plaid will only be able to maintain a gov if labour goes into coalition with them or if the two agree a pretty comprehensive confidence deal is agreed.
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@MikeLiamSmith @1swancelona Why would they have to rely on Labour votes to get a Covid Inquiry? The Tories, Lib Dems and Greens support holding one too (Reform also possibly, I'm not sure), so there should be plenty of votes to get it through the Senedd without Labour
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@1swancelona Going to be so funny when they have to betray the nutters again when they have to rely on Labour votes to get anything done.
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@1swancelona @CovidBereaved A) I don't know why she said that, it could've been a miscommunication or just a mistake on her part
B) @CovidBereaved commented directly on the issue, and the headline doesn't quote anything because there has been no reversal. It's just misleading
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@InstaSim6 @CovidBereaved If it's not a backtrack then A) why did she say the words she said to BBC which have been quoted verbatim. B) why haven't they asked BBC to correct? I think their response would be "the headline directly quotes the words you said".
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As @CovidBereaved have explained, Plaid has not reversed its pledge to hold a Wales Covid Inquiry, this headline in the BBC is misleading and they would do well to correct it
BBC Wales News@BBCWalesNews
Plaid Cymru reverses pledge to hold Wales Covid inquiry bbc.in/4bT5Fmx
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The clarification from @CovidBereaved is quoted below
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Covid Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru@CovidBereaved
Last night @Heledd_Plaid @Plaid_Cymru @mabonapgwynfor have confirmed that we will be having a Wales Covid Inquiry. It’s not going to be as wide in scope as the @covidinquiryuk and it doesn’t need to be - just devolved issues. As long as it has statutory powers and focuses on the issues we have raised - we’ll be happy. Wales needs this 💛@as_penarth @DarrenMillarMS @WelshLibDems bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… @GarethLewis77
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I've lived here long enough to know that these projects will be the first to be shelved and we'll be back to square one
The only way Wales can get guaranteed funding is through the full devolution of rail infrastructure. Whoever wins the Senedd election needs to fight for this
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It's not necessarily the timescale of delivery that's the issue here, it's whether these will receive any budget allocations at future spending reviews. The Labour Government may well do so, and I support that, but what happens if another party inevitably wins an election
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TfW's "Today, Tomorrow, Together" report is an excellent list of projects that absolutely need to be delivered, and I welcome that
What I don't welcome is Labour's insistence that these are committed projects that will be delivered
JaneJordon3@Jordon3Jane
So let's get this right, Westminster have £14 billion set aside for Wales but only if @WelshLabour form the next @WelshGovernment, forgive me for not seeing this as blatant electioneering. I wonder if @PrifWeinidog or @RachelReevesMP like to enlighten the people of Wales what will the £14 billion be used for if not Rail infrastructure in Wales. Also to clarify the £14 billion is the total if a wishlist that has not been costed by constructiin companies. And is all subject to the next three Comprehensive Spending Reviews- so despite EM ascertain it is sitting in the Treasury ready to be handed over it isn't.. @LlyrGruffydd @RhunapIorwerth @DarrenMillarMS Senedd row over £14bn rail plan as opposition parties call it a pre-election stunt wrexham.com/news/senedd-ro…
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@Jordon3Jane @WelshLabour @WelshGovernment @PrifWeinidog @RachelReevesMP I mentioned this to Ken Slates directly during the BBC Wales debate on Tuesday and he tried to assure me that it was absolutely a commitment
Forgive me for not believing it 🫠
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So let's get this right, Westminster have £14 billion set aside for Wales but only if @WelshLabour form the next @WelshGovernment, forgive me for not seeing this as blatant electioneering.
I wonder if @PrifWeinidog or @RachelReevesMP like to enlighten the people of Wales what will the £14 billion be used for if not Rail infrastructure in Wales.
Also to clarify the £14 billion is the total if a wishlist that has not been costed by constructiin companies. And is all subject to the next three Comprehensive Spending Reviews- so despite EM ascertain it is sitting in the Treasury ready to be handed over it isn't..
@LlyrGruffydd
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Senedd row over £14bn rail plan as opposition parties call it a pre-election stunt wrexham.com/news/senedd-ro…
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@SeneddWaste The 2026-27 Health Budget is worth £12.6bn in Revenue Spending
Education is worth £1.9bn
The extra Senedd Members and Senedd reforms costs £12m per year
Do you see how insignificant that really is when you put it into context?
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There are so many things the £100 million plus that's being spent to fund more Senedd members could go on. The health service and schools are just a couple. But Plaid don't care. More Senedd members comes before else. Remember that.
DOGE Wales 🏴💰@SeneddWaste
🚨PLAID SAYS SENEDD WAS ALWAYS TOO SMALL🚨 Putting more politicians in the Senedd was Plaid's aim from the moment the place opened. Carrie Harper says it was "always too small", leading us to conclude that 96 won't be enough either. They'll just keep on adding more and more.
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@20NPHartleyHare @HuwDavies1998 @SeneddWaste His name's Rhun, not Ron, and I've said before I don't agree with that particular comment that he made, but it's been blown way out of proportion by the Tories and their turquoise cousins
It was a single comment made in a debate
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@InstaSim6 @HuwDavies1998 @SeneddWaste it's Ron's 'no such thing as illegal immigration' .. isn't it ☝️
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BBC Wales reports a piece from The Guardian, yet it never bothered to report the fact that Plaid Cymru leader, Rhun ap Iorwerth, said that, “there is no such thing as illegal immigration”, whilst on a BBC programme.
Well, isn’t that funny!
BBC Wales News@BBCWalesNews
Nigel Farage criticised for calling Welsh people 'foreign speakers' bbc.in/3PbmBMu
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@SeneddWaste Does it matter if they hire proportionately more Welsh speakers? About half of BBC Wales' output is in Welsh, so they obviously need a decent talent bank of Welsh speakers there
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Do BBC Wales publish the percentage of their staff who are Welsh speakers?
If not, they should be forced to do so.
We bet they proportionately employ far more Welsh speakers than the Welsh population at large, over 80% of whom do not speak the language.
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Did you know Reform translates to Temu Tories 🔁
Vote for them and you will find out 🗳️🏴
Brunte 🏴🇬🇧@Brunte84
Did you know Plaid Cymru translates to Welsh Labour 🔁 Vote for them and you will find out 🗳️🏴
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@1swancelona The thing is you expect it in those settings, and it comes across in the way it's spoken. It also normally only extends to mocking the people in the room, and they may get a chance to rebut
Importantly, those things are normally private affairs, not public videos
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@InstaSim6 You're also totally missing the part of the story that everyone else is. Whoever asked him to do it, also thought it was funny. How do you know they weren't a Welsh speaking plaid supporter? You don't. Neither does anyone else.
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Genuinely don't think I've ever been less offended than an obvious joke on a cameo video. Of the millions of things you could criticise about him or his party this is properly scraping the barrel
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