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Cardiff, Wales Katılım Ekim 2021
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Citizen Cymru@Prof_Weinidog·
Much to deconstruct here. Account of Hong Kong "jolly" raises more questions than it answers (though I liked detail about their Chinese contact seeking to cultivate favour with that pair by buying them a KFC🤣); but prefer not to stray into matters that may be aired in a court.🧵
Nation.Cymru@NationCymru

Having one’s front door smashed in at 6.20am is not the best way to start any day - nor is the arrival of an eight-strong team from the counter-terrorism division of the Metropolitan Police as part of an investigation into spying for China✍️@ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1gzN

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Citizen Cymru@Prof_Weinidog·
@JacotheNorth @Penyrheolgerrig Some issues with Scottish register that limit comprehensive coverage of contacts. Notably any Welsh version needs to include SPADs as well as ministers & the instructing (comissioning) client the lobbyist is making representation on behalf of clearly identified in each contact.
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Jac o' the North 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿@JacotheNorth·
Wales is one of the few countries without a register of lobbyists. Scotland has one. But Welsh Labour governments refused to introduce one. A Register of Lobbyists records meetings between politicians and officials on the one side, with people representing businesses, charities, pressure groups, third sector bodies, campaigning organisations, etc., on the other. It records who was present. Where they met. What was discussed. How long the meeting lasted. For politicians to meet lobbyists and for the meeting NOT to be recorded will be an offence. If @Plaid_Cymru is serious about doing things differently, and being open, then it will give us a Register of Lobbyists.
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S. I. Rubinstein@si_rubinstein·
Would Andy Burnham be the Co-operative Party's first PM?
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Citizen Cymru@Prof_Weinidog·
@g0ldf1nch @si_rubinstein Well obviously nobody knows what exactly he discussed with Benedict; but afterwards he apparently visited the church nearest chequers (outside London diocese) & was friendly with the priest!
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Gold Finch@g0ldf1nch·
@Prof_Weinidog @si_rubinstein I don’t recall the story of getting papal dispensation. Nothing stopping him doing what everyone else in a similar situation does and going up to the altar at Communion time with his arms crossed over his chest to receive a blessing. It’s extremely common and nobody cares
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Citizen Cymru@Prof_Weinidog·
@g0ldf1nch @si_rubinstein Terms of receiving communion indeed binary. Blair essentially a unitarian I think who obtained papal dispensation to receive communion together with wife & children because diocese of London took strict interpretation. Still Johnson got married in Westminster Cathedral whilst PM.
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Citizen Cymru@Prof_Weinidog·
@g0ldf1nch @si_rubinstein Blair & Johnson both Catholics (although Blair only formally converted after leaving No10).
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Gold Finch@g0ldf1nch·
@si_rubinstein More significantly, he would be the first Catholic Prime Minister and in charge of nominating C of E bishops. He went to Catholic school so I’m assuming that he’s a baptised Catholic even if , like me, he dropped it years ago
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Brendan May
Brendan May@bmay·
Andy Burnham wanted to rejoin the EU until he became a candidate in a seat that plainly doesn’t. That isn’t leadership, and frankly I have no clue what the Labour Party thinks it’s doing on this vanity suicide mission.
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Henry Hill
Henry Hill@HCH_Hill·
The only possibility that avoids extremely painful choices is that Starmer's personal failings entirely explain the failure of his government, so the Labour leadership contest will be conducted on that basis.
Alex Wickham@alexwickham

***EXCLUSIVE*** Andy Burnham fully rules out changing Rachel Reeves’ fiscal rules if he becomes PM At the weekend his team had left it open whether he might change them in future But tonight his spokesperson tells Bloomberg he is explicitly ruling out any changes to the existing fiscal rules AND crucially Burnham is now also ruling out exempting defence spending from the fiscal rules to spend more on the military He had floated that idea in a Bloomberg interview a few weeks ago but his spokesperson tonight says he won’t pursue it This is a big attempt by Burnham’s campaign team to reassure markets who were spooked on Friday by his potential premiership But it may risk disappointing some on the left who had hoped for a more radical fiscal policy It may also mean tax rises are the likely main revenue raiser in the event Burnham wants to increase spending

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Citizen Cymru@Prof_Weinidog·
@Joe___Allen @state_britain Have you considered infrastructure requirement? Thinking esp of Cardiff's victorian sewers. Whole city south of Llandaff just feet above sealevel. Recall fuss over building a single new pumping station? Housing density's primarily a function of high demand & poor transportation.
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Citizen Cymru@Prof_Weinidog·
Welsh Labour has to ask itself why so many voters didn't consider a vote for them as a viable means to prevent a Reform-led @WelshGovernment.
Chris Carter@CarterRoutes

In the main, Labour votes were lent to Plaid Cymru to keep Reform out. The speed at which parts of the Welsh commentariat are mythologising last week’s result is becoming genuinely bizarre. This is a prime example. “Wales now has a progressive majority that is not dependent on Labour.” Except it quite literally is. Nothing passes in the Senedd without the support, abstention or acquiescence of the Senedd Labour Group. Unless Plaid Cymru intends to govern with Reform or the Conservatives. “Labour has always been queasy about Welshness and complacent about its dominance.” Labour delivered devolution, delivered further powers to Wales and oversaw enormous public investment in Welsh-language education, broadcasting and cultural promotion. You can argue Labour has lost support. Clearly it has. But some are now trying to retrofit last week’s result into a sweeping nationalist realignment that the arithmetic simply does not support. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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Chris Bryant
Chris Bryant@RhonddaBryant·
Owain Glyndwr didn’t in any proper sense hold a parliament notwithstanding the commonly held belief which is based on a single unreliable and ambiguous account
Antwn Owen-Hicks 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺@Pibydd

Every minister in the new Plaid Cymru Cabinet is a fluent Cymraeg speaker. For the first time in 622 years, since the parliament of Owain Glyndŵr, our government will hold its Cabinet meetings in Cymraeg, the mother-tongue of our nation, and indigenous language of Britain 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Citizen Cymru@Prof_Weinidog·
@SeneddWaste Difficult to see where else they recruit SPADs from. Have to leave enough in ty Gwynfor to organise council elections. Des obviously auditioning.
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DOGE Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💰@SeneddWaste·
Watch the churn between the third sector and the Senedd in coming months. We expect lots of charity officials to become special advisers.
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Andrew@maelnallaen·
Chaz still having a melt down. 🫠 Fact is. Mabon has been Shadow Health for a few years now. He's been PREPARING for this... which is far more than you'd get from a reshuffle etc. Minimising someone's life into who their family is just sounds like jealously to me.
Chaz Evans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧†@ChazzerEvans

The man in charge of Wales' NHS has never held ministerial office in his life. Mabon ap Gwynfor's biggest qualification? His grandfather was a famous nationalist. Wales has the worst NHS waiting times in the UK. Sleep tight.😲😬🫣

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Sarah Merry@Merryse235·
A new voting system meant the Welsh election couldn’t have been further from a two‑horse race – so why was it portrayed as one? Interesting article that certainly reflected my experience on the doorstep of people almost apologising for voting Plaid nation.cymru/feature/a-new-…
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Citizen Cymru@Prof_Weinidog·
@maelnallaen No real need for any flagpoles imho. Can't fly draig goch on Crown property without UJ too. Then they added a pole for 15 gold stars on blue (EU), then a guest one (Royal Standard at state opening, LGBQT rainbow, Ukraine, or foreign dignitaries). Is a protocol nightmare. Get rid.
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Andrew@maelnallaen·
What he's trying to say is that he wants the Ukrainian flag taken down. Not sure Reform want to show hostility over support for Ukraine considering past connections between former leaders in Wales and Russia.
Cai Parry-Jones MS@Cai_ParryJones

The Senedd should be flying an equal number of Union Jacks and Welsh flags. 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 We have a pro-unionist majority in the Senedd. The flags outside should reflect that.

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Citizen Cymru@Prof_Weinidog·
@1swancelona Assuming on standard assured shorthold tenancy not expired in March. He should be paying the 5 weeks rent for the duration of dissolution from own pocket. Always possible the landlord permitted him 5 weeks use rent-free given costs of re-letting & prospect of new 5 year contract.
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Citizen Cymru@Prof_Weinidog·
@Jordon3Jane @RhunapIorwerth Rhun bought his home in Cardiff when employed by @WalesPolitics . Understand that MS now only permitted to be reimbursed public funds for rent or hotel costs; so he now lets the one place & rents another...🙄
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JaneJordon3@Jordon3Jane·
All MD can claim the interest on mortgages on a property in Cardiff if they live outside commuting distance. @RhunapIorwerth or any bother MS wouldn't want a ' company' house. When they leave being an MS they could sell the property and get a windfall as they don't have to repay any capital growth. A number of ex MSs ether sell or rent their property as an Aairbnb.
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