We now need a reset - as I said to the WRU chief executive just a few weeks ago. There needs to be a new plan and new way of working, not just a new face at the top
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Torsten Bell
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Torsten Bell
@TorstenBell
MP for Swansea West @torstenbell.bsky.social
Katılım Ocak 2014
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The truth is that the approach of trying to ride roughshod over near universal opposition to push through chaotic changes simply couldn’t work. Those brave clubs who put their heads above the parapet to call the EGM deserve huge credit for spelling that out
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It’s right that Richard Collier-Keywood has decided to step back from leading the WRU. It’s not just that on his watch the organisation brought forward the wrong plan for the future of Welsh rugby, but that they went about it in absolutely the wrong way
Welsh Rugby Union 🏴@WelshRugbyUnion
🚨 𝙒𝙍𝙐 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 | Inaugural independent chair Richard Collier-Keywood confirms he won’t stand again after completion of his first full three-year term of office, this July.👇 ▶️ wru.wales/2026/03/indepe…
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Sigh. Absolutely no shame. Of course it was the Tories that:
- dialled down face to face assessments
- signed contracts with providers to embed that decision post-covid
- now assume journalists won’t bother asking them basic questions when they attack their own record
Helen Whately MP@Helen_Whately
Government could save £2bn by bringing back face-to-face PIP assessments. Ministers say they're doing that, but the numbers tell a different story. So do the empty assessment centres. Time to get a grip of the benefits bill.
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This is polite speak for “the Scottish Reform manifesto is a pack of lies” (just like their 2024 UK manifesto)
Institute for Fiscal Studies@TheIFS
NEW: “The combination of big tax cuts and implied benefit increases without any identified source of funding is not fiscally credible.” – @fiscalphillips 📗 Read our full initial response to Reform UK’s Scottish manifesto here: ifs.org.uk/articles/initi…
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Both @KemiBadenoch and @Nigel_Farage cheerled for Britain to get involved in military action despite having no idea of its objectives. They did not think for one second of the high cost to British households that are becoming painfully clear.
Torsten Bell@TorstenBell
Kemi isn’t fooling anyone. Households won’t forget how eager she was to charge into war.
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I've seen lots of headlines about the jobs market in the UK. Here's the truth 👇
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Wales invented the NHS.
Don’t elect Reform to dismantle it.
Farrukh@implausibleblog
Reform UK's James Orr says the NHS will be free at the point of use What he doesn't tell you is that Nigel Farage has advocated for an insurance based NHS That means, as the UK taxpayer will pay more for the same services, even if the NHS is 'free at the point of use' When Fiona Bruce asks him to explain this, he waffles Exposed and humiliated on #BBCQT
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Swansea’s Civic Centre will be revitalised with £20 million from the UK Government.
This is fantastic news for our city and I’m delighted to have played a part.
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Fantastic news for Swansea. £20m from the UK Labour Government to revitalise our Civic Centre.
Securing investment in this iconic Swansea landmark has been a personal priority for me - it's brilliant that exciting plans to revitalise the building can now become a reality.
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Torsten Bell retweetledi
To find out about Swansea’s once vast & thriving copper industry🏭 join us for a free, 2 hour guided tour of the old Hafod Morfa Copperworks on Saturday 28 March at 11am. 🚶♂️🚶🚶♀️
Meet us opposite Landore Park & Ride SA1 2LQ. Please wear sturdy footwear.
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Kemi isn’t fooling anyone.
Households won’t forget how eager she was to charge into war.
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Richard Tice thinks him being criticised for aggressively trying to avoid tax is some kind of evidence of British moral decay…
…rather than his aggressive tax avoidance when he was (notionally) a public servant being the problem
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK
🚨 WATCH: Richard Tice responds to reports he avoided nearly £600,000 in tax "There is a moral imperative now in the UK that we shouldn't just pay tax as required, but you're a naughty person unless you pay the maximum tax you could possibly pay"
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Glad we’ve made this targeted support happen - and swiftly
Wales Office@WalesOffice
The UK Government is providing an extra £3.8m to help people in Wales with rising heating oil bills.
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Exciting plans to revitalise Swansea's Civic Centre have one key barrier left - securing the funding to make them a reality.
As Swansea West’s MP, this challenge is a personal priority for me. Here's why 👇
swanseabaynews.com/opinion-torste…
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The Tories trashed UK’s energy resilience. They:
- cut the number of offshore oil/gas jobs in half
- criminally delayed nuclear power build-out (with the Lib Dem)
- unforgivably wasted low interest rate years when renewable and grid build-out should have been turbocharged
Claire Coutinho@ClaireCoutinho
The world is getting more dangerous. We need an Energy Resilience Strategy: Back the North Sea. Make electricity cheap. Double down on nuclear. Stop crippling industry with Carbon Taxes. Read more below 👇🏾
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It’s for Richard Tice & HMRC to conclude on the specific legal position here. But it’s already clear this was someone doing absolutely everything to avoid paying the tax that ordinary people contribute week in week out. Oh, and he was meant to be a public servant at the time..
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The contrast is clear:
- Parliament legislated specifically FOR people to be able to open ISAs.
- Parliament has legislated specifically AGAINST people engaging in aggressive tax avoidance like this (ie the General Anti-Abuse Rule)
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Idea that what Tice was doing was remotely like opening an ISA is mad. His was VERY unusual behaviour associated with aggressive tax planning :
- UK resident using an offshore trust
- he claimed REIT status for a firm that never met the tests (because he owned it personally)
Daniel Hannan@DanielJHannan
It’s hardly my job to defend @TiceRichard. But there is nothing wrong with legal tax avoidance. Legal tax avoidance is what you do when you buy an ISA. If you dislike the specific arrangements he had, change the rules. But don’t complain that he was following existing rules.
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