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Reform UK has confirmed that its recently appointed leader in Wales Dan Thomas has bought a house in Bath - but continues to maintain that he lives in Wales ✍️ @ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1ewC

Reform UK’s new Welsh Leader: Dan Thomas A long career of failure in Barnet, who almost tanked the council… Dan Thomas served as the Leader of Barnet Council from 2017 to 2022. His time is marked by him being chief architect of Barnet’s “Commissioning Council” model, often dubbed “The Barnet EasyCouncil”. Under Thomas’s leadership, this reached £1 billion+ in “Strategic Partnership” with Capita, outsourcing the bulk of the council’s functions (from finance and IT to environmental services and planning) in two massive contracts. The Controversy and “Capita Crisis” The outsourcing model, especially the Capita contracts, became synonymous with high-profile failures: · Massive Data Breaches: Multiple serious data breaches occurred, including one exposing the personal details of thousands of residents. · Critical Service Failures: There were systemic problems in planning, licensing, and housing benefits. Barnet’s planning department became one of the slowest in the country. · Financial Scrutiny: The contracts were criticised for lack of transparency and control. A £2 million fraud by a Capita employee in the pensions service was a major scandal. · Public Backlash: The model was widely seen as putting ideology and cost-cutting ahead of service quality and resident welfare. The slogan “Barnet – the Council that Works for You” was often mocked by residents experiencing the opposite. Following his 2022 election loss, he stepped down as Conservative group leader and largely retreated from frontline politics. In summary, the most interesting aspect of Dan Thomas is that he became the personification of Britain’s most ambitious and, ultimately, most troubled experiment in wholesale council outsourcing. His leadership offers a stark case study in the collision of free-market ideology with the practical, day-to-day realities of delivering public services. nation.cymru/news/dan-thoma…

The newly appointed leader of Reform UK in Wales hasn’t moved back to his home town in the Valleys, but has bought a £1m house near Bath, we can reveal ✍️@ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1eu8

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DOGE Wales using footage from Newcastle to attack Plaid. They are obsessed, dangerous liars. Don't believe anything they say.

Dim diolch.

Before you laugh at kids who believe in Santa, remember there are fully grown adults who believe that Nigel Farage cares about them.

I live in Wales and today received my Join Us letter from Reform UK, complete with SAE which I posted back to them, immediately, empty. If every other person in Wales did this, Reform would spend over £1.5 million on postage. Not sorry. Join me Cymru.

Away days are on! 🚌 Our First trip is the Bristol match on 22nd Nov, leaving straight from The Swansea Jack ⚽️ Ticket includes a drink and a breakfast bap 🍻 Book your seat: theswanseajack.com/event/away-day…

Furniture install is very nearly done and The Jack’s looking opening-day ready 👀🍻 Here’s a little sneak peek at what’s on offer inside the venue…

Just for the record, this is Matthew MacKinnon, supporting #Caerphilly Reform candidate @LlyrPowell. He's also a convicted football hooligan and writes policy for Reform UK and also stood for the Conservatives alongside Powell. He founded the Centre for Wales with Powell, so was also buddy with Nathan Gill the Reform Russian Bribe traitor. State of Reform UK: walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/…

Here’s Reform’s candidate in Caerphilly answering “maybe” when asked if Reform would privatise the NHS.

Llyr Powell: Erasing His Past Reform UK’s @LlyrPowell must be afraid of his past. He’s deleted every Tweet pre-2023. The internet archive has about 3k of them: web.archive.org/web/*/Twitter.…* This includes some interacting with Nathan Gill, the Reform UK Welsh Leader who just pled guilty to 8 charges of Russian Bribery: x.com/search?q=(to%3…… x.com/search?q=from%… Also missing is his time at the Scouts where he was investigated for - yep, you guessed it, homophobic and transphobic social media posts: nation.cymru/news/senior-sc… All of which he’s nuked as well. This is added to his heavily sanitised LinkedIn profile: x.com/reformexposed/… You can’t run away from your past Llyr Powell.

“Whilst they were fleeing bombs and bullets flown at them by Russians, the Reform party leader [in Wales] was accepting bribes from the Russians." 👏👏👏 Vote Plaid Cymru to stop Reform.

🚨 NEW: Green Party leader Zack Polanski has backed Scottish and Welsh independence [@ScotNational]

After Thursday's game in Wembley, it's important that we remember Michael Dye. A Wales supporter who was beaten to death by an England fan outside Wembley stadium in 2011. The attacker and his mates also shouted abuse at Michael, including "you fucking sheep sh*gger".

Only Plaid Cymru offers Wales the new leadership we need. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

This is on display in Caerphilly as part of the by-election. Worth bearing in mind that the council proposing the closure of the libraries is controlled by Labour...

Calling the Senedd elections "midterms" for the 2029 general election is so incredibly yank-brained and completely disrespectful towards Welsh self-government

"I've known him for years, he's Mr Caerphilly. He'll work so hard". The by-election is a straight fight between Plaid Cymru and Reform UK - between hope and division. Vote for Mr Caerphilly - Lindsay Whittle - on 23 October 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿