Gethin Matthews - tweets on WW1 memorials in Wales

@EPriceJourno @aNewWales @NationCymru @WelshConserv @Plaid_Cymru @reformparty_uk @WelshLabour I don't think you should give publicity to misleading projections like this that fail to take into consideration the different demographics & conditions in different parts of Wales & which totally ignore the fact that the voting system for the next election has radically changed

@LloydCymru With a strong local campaign and good candidates (and if people who are sympathetic to not destroying the planet learn how the voting system works) the Greens should get a seat in Cardiff S & W + Cardiff N & E. Maybe a good campaign in other seats would reap rewards

Finally, the Green Party merits a mention. Once again, they have no track record to be judged on in Wales. Their core support is very concentrated in the Cardiff area, but they do enjoy some success in rural, English-speaking areas, with 8 councillors in various parts of Wales. Traditionally, the Greens thrive where they have a locally popular candidate, but the new voting system could limit their prospects of a major breakthrough. Their best chance of winning a seat is in the Cardiff area, where their support is most concentrated. Their low support in Wales relative to England can be explained by Plaid Cymru being quite similar, policy-wise, and having a greater chance of success across most of Wales. They could win votes from left-leaning voters dissatisfied with Labour’s leadership, and who see Plaid Cymru as assisting it, as well as from students and older left-wing voters from outside Wales who feel Plaid Cymru is not relatable to them. As they showed in July, they are growing a base in Wales, and have a reasonable chance of picking up a seat in 2026. I speculate that Plaid Cymru and the Greens could end up working together in areas where they are most evenly split, to attempt to extract as many progressive non-Labour votes as they can in those areas. (7/8)

Whatever we think of Reform’s level of support in Wales, we shouldn’t be surprised by it. There are very simple reasons why no party is particularly popular at the moment, and why Reform are gobbling up a big chunk of the leftovers. Let’s have an honest look at each of the big parties, based on my insights of what the public mood seems to be, based on polling, and what I see on Twitter. (1/8)

@NewIwm @GarnAlan @Demas62121174 @Ianlyall9 @CWGC @PunchBooks @LydiaJane13 @sworrall @JellyJudith @cgdhopkins @JoyParry13 @ProfTonyPollard @DanielSeidemann @fbongiornoanu @JohnNicholRAF @PostWarHist @genea_maureen @wheels002 @Cantbeeffed @Jack_Callcott @SteveJChambers @war_fallen @RevBluesSusie @Diane_Corner @dawdsCAN @ElizbethjmSmith @RichardBurden27 @NoLore @Rakesh1752 @gelibolu2015 @isisnaucratis @apsomerville @RevdPye @GMixture @skyscaping @RobWalls16 @EvaKBartlett @raymonddelauney @nawagadj @Rosee_Bush @jotaman37 @TigersTimBell @Karamea18 @PeterCronau @DavidShoebridge @UKDefenceFrance @AndrewBGreene @Lives_2Read @janetm50723412 WW1 memorial in Llangadwaladr, Anglesey names four killed in the war, including one at the First Battle of Gaza (the memorial incorrectly says 1916 instead of 1917). Hugh Jones has no known grave. On the wall next to this is a stone commemorating a local king who died in 625

@GarnAlan @WelshMemorials @Demas62121174 @Ianlyall9 @CWGC @PunchBooks @LydiaJane13 @sworrall @JellyJudith @cgdhopkins @JoyParry13 @ProfTonyPollard @DanielSeidemann @fbongiornoanu @JohnNicholRAF @PostWarHist @genea_maureen @wheels002 @Cantbeeffed @Jack_Callcott @SteveJChambers @war_fallen @RevBluesSusie @Diane_Corner @dawdsCAN @ElizbethjmSmith @RichardBurden27 @NoLore @Rakesh1752 @gelibolu2015 @isisnaucratis @apsomerville @RevdPye @GMixture @skyscaping @RobWalls16 @EvaKBartlett @raymonddelauney @nawagadj @Rosee_Bush @jotaman37 @TigersTimBell @Karamea18 @PeterCronau @DavidShoebridge @UKDefenceFrance @AndrewBGreene @Lives_2Read @janetm50723412 Fortunately, Ibrahim Jaradah & 4 colleagues are safe in Egypt now. One staff member, thought to be gardener, Yacoub Ismali, chose to remain for family reasons. Fmr team leads, Essam Jaradah & Muhammad Awaja may remain. Fates of contractors & locals unknown x.com/NewIwm/status/…

@CWGC what do you know about your Gaza staff who take care of the Gaza War Cemetery? I can't find any statement online. Are you taking steps to stay in contact with them? @YolandeKnell @BowenBBC @MarkUrban01 @PuppinckX @tonyowright @OrenKessler bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

@NewIwm @Demas62121174 @Ianlyall9 @CWGC @PunchBooks @LydiaJane13 @sworrall @JellyJudith @cgdhopkins @JoyParry13 @ProfTonyPollard @DanielSeidemann @fbongiornoanu @JohnNicholRAF @PostWarHist @genea_maureen @wheels002 @Cantbeeffed @Jack_Callcott @SteveJChambers @war_fallen @RevBluesSusie @Diane_Corner @dawdsCAN @ElizbethjmSmith @RichardBurden27 @NoLore @Rakesh1752 @gelibolu2015 @isisnaucratis @apsomerville @RevdPye @GMixture @skyscaping @RobWalls16 @EvaKBartlett @raymonddelauney @nawagadj @Rosee_Bush @jotaman37 @GarnAlan @TigersTimBell @Karamea18 @PeterCronau @DavidShoebridge @UKDefenceFrance @AndrewBGreene @Lives_2Read @janetm50723412 The stone is in the graveyard of Salem, Cefn Cymerau, Meirionydd, north Wales. This chapel is the location of the most famous painting of Wales, created in 1908 by Curnow Vosper, depicting an idealised image of an old lady arriving at a service 2/2

@NewIwm @Demas62121174 @Ianlyall9 @CWGC @PunchBooks @LydiaJane13 @sworrall @JellyJudith @cgdhopkins @JoyParry13 @ProfTonyPollard @DanielSeidemann @fbongiornoanu @JohnNicholRAF @PostWarHist @genea_maureen @wheels002 @Cantbeeffed @Jack_Callcott @SteveJChambers @war_fallen @RevBluesSusie @Diane_Corner @dawdsCAN @ElizbethjmSmith @RichardBurden27 @NoLore @Rakesh1752 @gelibolu2015 @isisnaucratis @apsomerville @RevdPye @GMixture @skyscaping @RobWalls16 @EvaKBartlett @raymonddelauney @nawagadj @Rosee_Bush @jotaman37 @GarnAlan @TigersTimBell @Karamea18 @PeterCronau @DavidShoebridge @UKDefenceFrance @AndrewBGreene @Lives_2Read @janetm50723412 Dozens of gravestones in Wales include the name Palestine – or Palesteina in Welsh. This is the possibly the one that is the most evocative, due to its location. It commemorates William Jones Williams, killed in Nov 1917, just after the Battle of Beersheba. 1/2

@RhysOwens92 @Kate_Dearden Tremendous news - well done - enjoy the honeymoon & best of luck with your new responsibilities. I bet the people of Halifax will find they'll be getting some excellent support

@RoathMemorial @CathaysCemetery Thanks a lot - this is notably different to all the other 40 or so Cardiff chapel WW1 memorials in my database - the only slightly similar one (being a carving on stone) is this, from Ebenezer (also on Charles Street)

@WelshMemorials @CathaysCemetery

Private Stanley Teifi Mirus Church, 16th Bn, Welsh Regt, died 7 Jul 1916, aged 18, at Mametz Wood. Remembered on the Charles Street Wesleyan Methodist Church war memorial plaque (in storage at Cathays Cemetery) and the Cardiff Railway ROH, Pierhead Building.

I was not aware of this list in the South Wales Press naming every man who volunteered in Llanelli from 12 August to 8 Sept 1914 - a thousand names - very enlightening

But then in 1924 the ‘Liberal’ candidate was (the very illiberal) Alfred Mond. The (Tory) Western Mail taunted the Liberals with Hinds’ comments that only a Welshman should represent Carmarthen 2/2

An interesting item in the Western Mail from a 100 years ago today (13 August 1924) regarding the by-election campaign in Carmarthen. The seat’s previous MP, John Hinds had argued in 1922 that the seat should be held by a Welshman … 1/2

What inspired the words and images on the artwork created by the youngsters of @YsgolGwynllyw as part of the 'War and Peace' project? @iwm_network Come to my talk at 1pm today at Pontypridd Museum to find out - 'No More Names!' (in Welsh with simultaneous translation)

Why did the youngsters of Ysgol Cwm Rhondda create their memorial as part of the 'War and Peace' project @iwm_network in the shape of a rugby ball? Come to hear my talk to find out - ‘No more names!’, Pontypridd Museum 1pm today (in Welsh with simultaneous translation)

A week today - Tues 6 Aug at 1pm - I will be giving a lecture at Pontypridd Museum: 'Dim rhagor o enwau!' / 'No more names!' (in Welsh with simultaneous translation) - about the project I ran with @sionmun getting pupils from 6 Welsh schools to look at war memorials @iwm_network

Great to see posters up in the @SwanseaHistory corridor showing off the output of the 'War & Peace' project - the six wonderful 'peace memorials' created by south Wales schools - with thanks to @iwm_network & @sionmun

@martinjohnes Haven't you forgotten a party that put up candidates in every Welsh seat?

A lovely sight to greet visitors to Hailey Park (which is being despoiled by the Labour administration) - an enormous poster supporting @MegSFoster36 of @WalesGreenParty in Cardiff North

@Wilttwits @LloydCymru Each constituency in Wales will be combined with a neighbour to create 16 large super-constituencies which will each return 6 MSs to Cardiff Bay. The mechanics will vary according to circumstances but basically 12% should be enough to secure a seat

Senedd voting intention: Labour – 27% (-3)
Plaid Cymru – 23%
Conservative – 18% (-1)
Reform UK – 18% (+6)
Lib Dem – 6%
Green – 5% (-1)
Other – 3% (-1) 👀👀👀

Better late than never - look what has just landed on the doormat @MegSFoster36 @WalesGreenParty