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One of these is Welsh, the other Australian. The Australians also use the word Eisteddfod. We do not talk enough about the cultural impact of Wales elsewhere in the world.

@PlinthBotherer5 @ifanmj Same everyone sadly. I was in Dolgellau recently. Two pints in the Cross Keys were £11.50 and in the Royal Ship the same round was £13.50.

The worst Pints to Wages ratios are not in London, not even close. The centres of the other cities have basically followed London's trajectory without the punters having anywhere near London incomes

I thought you might find this of interest @ceritheviking

@ceritheviking @RupertMoon @AVFCOfficial Well yes, frozen in time since the 1970s

@RupertMoon @AVFCOfficial Your dad is Mike Bubbins !!

I’ve been waiting since 1982! I believe it’s our night @AVFCOfficial #UpTheVilla

And the statement is, fuck Welsh rugby.

@CraigosP1 @TheVietGwent @AllWalesSport For Glamorgan, Swansea Cricket Club were still there.

@ghostsofmerthyr @TheVietGwent @AllWalesSport It ended when the moved to Cardiff. You know that.

How does the WRU get to one elite domestic rugby team for the West, as there should have been all along since 2003, if it’s not going to be through the Ospreys owners switching their investment to Cardiff and leaving the Scarlets to the West…?

@blackan37902225 @TheVietGwent @AllWalesSport It was, and Glamorgan should have continued to go there. But it is not just Glamorgan, there is Swansea cricket and the whole history and tradition of the place. It was part funded by the Aboriginal tour of 1868 for example

@ghostsofmerthyr @TheVietGwent @AllWalesSport Glamorgan pulled out of swansea when the ground was redeveloped in Cardiff years ago. That was a true shame.

@rugby_ap Why would they pitch to the SA Exiles? The logic would be to pitch themselves at the three celtic nations.

Rumour that the RFU is allowing London Irish to explore joining the URC (would welcome that, personally). Not sure what the marketing experts say but if they were to brand themselves as ‘London Exiles’ and pitch to both the Irish and S.A. communities, they’d have a tidy fanbase.

I think Ceredigion Council may have failed to understand who parks on the sea front. I was there during the week and the sea front hotels have very little parking. BBC News - Fears coastal town's new parking charges could put visitors off bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@Young25545Donna @KirstiMiller30 @deniseshrivell Ahhh yes because the best way to protect women in a bathroom from someone who might be trans. Is to have an actual man storm into the room and sexually assault the occupants.

@KirstiMiller30 @deniseshrivell You have a problem with that? He’s not saying he will do it randomly. He said he’d do it to protect his family 🤦‍♀️ya muppet.

Imagine doing this purely for political purposes against one of the most vulnerable communities in our society. The deliberate cruelty does me in #auspol

@ceritheviking It's not talked about enough how horrible a job the role of Tail End Charlie was.

The Eden dam Waa struck by the dam busters on this day in 1943. I met one of them once. Rear gunner. On the film he’s shot in the ear!! Amazing how histories tentacles travel down the years.

Thecommon one-dimensional portrayal of women as harmless victims reinforces outdated gender stereotypes. This keeps us from seeing women as complex human beings, able to wield power, even in misguided or violent ways. And, the assumption that men are always perpetrators and never victims reinforces unhealthy ideas about men and their supposed invincibility. The Sexual Victimization by Women Against other Women Is More Common Than Previously Known A USA corrections study gives a portrait of female perpetrators. The USA study found that, contrary to assumptions, the biggest threat to women serving time does not come from male corrections staff. Female victims are more than three times as likely to experience sexual abuse by other women inmates than by male staff. Also, the USA study found women inmates are more likely to be abused by other female inmates than are male inmates in male prisons, disrupting the long held view that sexual violence in prison is mainly about men assaulting men. In juvenile correctional centres, female staff are also a much more significant threat than male staff; more than nine in ten juveniles who reported staff sexual victimisation were abused by a woman Any female inmate that is a threat to other female inmates, whether they are trans or c_sgender should never be housed in a male prison. I have managed 5 Prisons and they are actually 1000 times easier to manage risk than it is in the greater community. Every prison has protection, strict protection, & one out segregation units, they have cameras, walls, bars, duress alarms. Narratives such as @jk_rowling around issues such as trans people in prisons, takes a valid issue – the safety of inmates while incarcerated against abuse & sexual assault & target transindividuals (almost always trans women) & the ‘radical trans lobby’ as the perpetrators & enablers of this violence. In reality, prison administrators are responsible for the safety of prisoners, and trans activists do not have the level of ‘disproportionate power’ and ‘little accountability’ that @jk_rowling ascribes to them. It is true that a significant issue in the prison space is the presence of violent offenders who may assault other inmates. Narratives which cast (sis) female prisoners only as potential victims & male prisoners (incorrectly including trans women) as potential perpetrators simplify the dynamics of interpersonal violence to the detriment of all: this narrative ignores (or even tacitly condones) interpersonal violence within male prison spaces, where trans women are disproportionately at risk; it overlooks sexual violence in women’s prisons between sis-women prisoners; & it fails to hold the prison system accountable for building systems & environments which prioritise the safety of prisoners. Instead, trans women who have committed violent sexual offences are positioned by @jk_rowling as not only a threat based on their own actions, but as an innate threat from their entire group, and used as justification to deny all trans people the validity of their genders. scientificamerican.com/article/sexual…

@nikkiboy180 @Samtan_Rhys @SeneddWaste The AI has told you, Iorweth is used as the Welsh language equivalent of Edward, his father is called Edward and Rhun has used a Welsh originated patronomyical naming system. And yet, you still want to claim he has used Iorweth for some other reason?

@Samtan_Rhys @ghostsofmerthyr @SeneddWaste I couldn't give a shiny shite who is first minister, stop claiming things that are not true. That's the first minister's job.

If his father’s surname is Jones, why does he call himself “Rhun ap Iorwerth”? Odd.

@nikkiboy180 @SeneddWaste You don't have to be a Welsh language speaker to understand Welsh naming tradition. You do have to be a blithering moron to not be able to understand that Iorweth and Edward are the same name.

@SeneddWaste Because he was born in pontypridd, and Welsh language people don't like South Wales people so probably changed it to lorworth (kind lord) in order to fit in and become more 'Plaid'

@SeneddWaste If that is your complaint then there is nothing Welsh about you.

@ceritheviking If Andy Burnham is to stand, then it should be a seat that he is linked to in sone way. Not some random seat elsewhere. Also while he is very popular in Manchester, who is to say that he has any appeal elsewhere in the country?

Really. Really against this sort of thing. If he does I hope the opposition parties agree a joint ticket for one to stand against. Seats are not play things for parties to use like this.

@ceritheviking Sadly not, haven't lived in Aber for a long time. Generally though the main reason is dinosaurs. Predominantly boomers who want nothing to ever change.

@ghostsofmerthyr Ah. Thought you knew the reason for refusal ?

On the face of it this seems, strange. This has been a blight on the front for nearly a decade. £12m Aberystwyth hotel plans recommended for refusal | Cambrian News cambrian-news.co.uk/news/planning/…

@ceritheviking A good question, but it does seem to me that if they want to have the place redeveloped they may need to make a concession over what is possible.

@ghostsofmerthyr It’s been derelict for a generation. Is that the issue ?