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“The breakdown of society is happening very, very fast. I don’t know if we can survive it.” Dr. Iain McGilchrist warns that we can’t keep smashing our own culture with a sledgehammer and expect people to still see anything worthwhile in it. The most tolerant societies in history created the openness that’s now being weaponized against them. When one side claims absolute moral certainty, nuance dies and anything can be justified. It feels like a return of the Puritan spirit — convinced of its own righteousness and intolerant of everything else. What do you think — are we tearing down more than we’re building?

“What I loved about @Plaid_Cymru but why I left.” Dr Stephen Morris is Head of policy and research at GWLAD. He is a physicist by training, with a PhD from Cardiff. He spent 10 years from the mid-1990s working in Silicon Valley, after which he returned to Wales. Having at one time been secretary of Plaid Cymru’s Wrexham branch, he joined Gwlad in 2018. He is an evangelical Christian, and has published English translations of the classic Welsh novels Rhys Lewis by Daniel Owen and Wythnos yng Nghymru Fydd (A Week in Future Wales) by Islwyn Ffowc Elis.

Things we don't need: Wind turbines Solar panels BESS 5G towers AI data centres SMART meters Facial recognition cameras Things we need: Farms Roads Railways Reservoirs Dual waste water systems Coal, oil, gas power Nuclear power

The HMS Dragon has been forced back to port because it can’t produce fresh water. This is the Royal Navy that once ruled the seas. Now it can’t even handle the basics. We’re becoming a joke on the global stage.

Crime rates per 1,000 people: UK cities 🇬🇧 London: 102 Birmingham: 136 Manchester: 178 Liverpool: 153 Japan cities 🇯🇵 Tokyo: 17 Osaka: 30 Yokohama: 13 Nagoya: 6 How has the UK become so unsafe compared to Japan, who have a much higher population?

Hello, Moon. It’s great to be back. Here’s a taste of what the Artemis II astronauts photographed during their flight around the Moon. Check out more photos from the mission: nasa.gov/artemis-ii-mul…

🚨BREAKING: For the first time in British history, the UK’s total welfare bill (£333bn) has exceeded income tax revenue (£331bn) in 2025-26 forecasts! Starmer’s government is accelerating a Socialist Fabian Agenda that is bankrupting the UK economy - exactly as planned ⚠️

In my latest blog post I look at @KemiBadenoch's plans to cut £200 from energy bills and find that, unlike @UKLabour's £300 promise, her numbers actually add up - I break them down in the post I then go on to look at the dire state of the economy and post a range of charts demonstrating how the key economic indicators have all gone in the wrong direction since the 2024 General Election Labour is refusing to listen. Not just in energy but more broadly. It is openly hostile to business, ignoring concerns over fiscal and regulatory change impacting them, and then expressing surprise and disappointment when those policies deliver the exact adverse outcomes business groups warned about Time and again we hear the same complaints - the Government isn't listening. Not to business, and not to just about everyone including their own union paymasters, on energy and North Sea drilling The impression is of a Government that is inherently mistrustful of business, seeing it not as the driver of economic growth but a bunch of self-interested profiteers who are only good as a source of tax receipts As a result we now have the highest tax burden since the 1940s, yet the welfare bill exceeds income tax receipts. Inflation, unemployment, energy bills and gilt yields (government borrowing costs) are all higher than at the 2024 General Election We're now facing not just an energy shock but a wider economic shock from the war in Iran, and Labour's immediate response was to accuse fuel retailers of profiteering with absolutely zero evidence any such thing was happening. Ministers are behaving as if it's inevitable, despite the fact that retailer profits make up 6% of the pump price of petrol while tax makes up 53%!! Instead of listening to credible strategies that would mitigate the impact of the Iran war, ministers are too busy pointing fingers at phantoms and jumping at shadows This isn't just "student politics" it's frankly childish. Ministers need to grow up and have a much more mature engagement with business. They must stop paying lip service to "growth" and actually implement policies that have a chance of delivering it, rather than doing the exact opposite @Ed_Miliband @Keir_Starmer @ClaireCoutinho @AndrewBowie_MP @griffitha @DavidGHFrost @cmackinlay @mattwridley @Iromg @AllisonPearson @MerrynSW @EdConwaySky @afneil @mattotele watt-logic.com/2026/04/07/ene…

Ban Kosher and Halal slaughter. Only the most humane practices should be used in keeping with the highest animal welfare standards.

I'm not a commie or some hippie environmentalist, but there is something wrong with an economic system that encourages the destruction of over 50,000 sq. miles of Indonesian rainforest to produce palm oil. That's an area the size of Pennsylvania, the only habitat for endangered orangutans, being destroyed so we can produce billions of Oreo cookies and millions of jars of Nutella.

Moscow is extremely upset with Ukraine’s rapid strengthening of ties with the Gulf countries in the wake of Iranian air terror. They understand that Ukraine’s unique experience has dramatically changed its role in the region. Thus, they turned to propaganda to try to undermine Ukraine’s contribution. They spread fakes about Ukrainian experts being hit or Ukraine not fulfilling its obligations and so on. We expect more of such nonsense in the coming weeks. This propaganda will not succeed. Our partners in the Gulf perfectly know how Ukraine supports the development of a modern, high-tech, and cost-efficient protection. President @ZelenskyyUa’s visit has laid a solid foundation for a multi-year mutually beneficial cooperation. We take this Russian disinformation campaign as a proof that Moscow admits Ukraine’s success and its own failure.

When income tax rates were 83%, the best-paid 1% contributed just 14% of all income tax. Now, the top 1% pay 29% of all income tax. If you care about outcome rather than signalling (or just bleeding the rich) today’s lower rate leads to more revenue; better results.

🚨 There are reports that russia is about to NUKE Lviv and Kyiv, using Oreshnik missiles. Two missiles are already prepared and armed at the Kapustin Yar test site. At this point I don't even care. I'm not fucking leaving. 🇺🇦 Glory to Ukraine! Thanks for never leaving me.

Unpopular Fact: The Right is more diverse than the Left.

Consider . . . The major countries of Western Europe - France, UK, Germany - were not so long ago talking about going to war with Russia. It was bluff. Russia knew it, and so did the USA. Now WE know it because of the sheer inadequacy of NATO forces when it came to recently protecting shipping in the Straits of Hormuz. I don't think the Royal Navy had a single ship available! The three countries named have deliberately run down their military capacity, and for a reason that becomes clear when you consider the bigger picture. Ursula von der Leyen, now running the EU as head of the Commission, was appointed Germany's first female defence minister in 2013, by Angela Merkel. Under her, Germany's military capability was deliberately run down. From Politico, July 2019: politico.eu/article/ursula… “The Bundeswehr’s condition is catastrophic,” Rupert Scholz, who served as defense minister under Helmut Kohl, wrote last week before von der Leyen was nominated to the EU’s top post. “The entire defense capability of the Federal Republic is suffering, which is totally irresponsible.” Three years after appointing von der Leyen Merkel opened Germany up to unrestricted immigration from the Middle East. As I say, von der Leyen now runs the EU, with the same open borders policy, and a big say in NATO. Von der Leyen, Chancellor Merz, President Macron, and PM Starmer, are all Globalists. They are puppets of those wanting to destabilise and take control of the West. Militaries not fit for purpose are essential to this project. First, they won't be used to secure the borders. Second, being so weak and demoralised, the militaries of Germany, France and the UK are simply incapable of 'intervening' to remove leaders intent on damaging their own countries. And so the Globalist project progresses.

Taxation (fuel duty and VAT) contributes to more than 50% of the petrol price. The government is fleecing us. Here’s Ed Miliband completely floundering to justify this enormous government petrol taxation rip off at our expense.

Rachel Reeves has been the Labour MP for Leeds West and Pudsey since 2010 and is currently Chancellor of the Exchequer. Rachel has been a source of controversy and speculation in recent years regarding her claims and conduct. She was found to have rented her London home without a licence, to have inconsistencies on her CV regarding her banking career, and to have allegedly misled the public over financial issues. Rachel is a member, officer and former vice chair in the lobby organisation Labour Friends of Israel. She was the ‘keynote speaker’ at LFI’s 2025 end of year luncheon at London’s Park Plaza Hotel. Rachel was very much involved in the plots, coups and leadership bids that aimed to remove Jeremy Corbyn as leader of The Labour Party. Rachel has received the following donations and perks: £175,000 over several payments from businessman and former Chairman of Lloyds TSB Sir Victor Blank. These donations were to support Rachel’s ‘Parliamentary work’. £167,774.27 x 11 payments from the Trevor Chinn, Gary Lubner, Martin Taylor funded/Morgan McSweeney/Josh Simons run consortium @LabourTogether £26,210.00 x 3 payments from Trevor Chinn. Approximately £55,000 from Gary Lubner to ‘support (Rachel’s) office as Shadow Chancellor.’ £60,000 x 5 payments from Tony Blair associate and the founder of Portland Communications @PortlandComms Tim Allen (often spelt Allan in professional contexts). £1,250 from Labour Friends of Israel for a trip to Israel. ✈️ 🇮🇱 £99,500 x 4 payments from Lord David Sainsbury. £99,000 from The Green Finance Institute. @EnergyLiveNews £60,000 x 3 payments from the CEO of private water industry firm EWaterway Ltd Alison Wedgwood. 💦 £5,000 from Lord Phillip Harris. £27,142.09 x 5 payments from @fgs_global including £12,929 for a reception following Rachel’s speech at the 2024 Labour Party Conference. 🥂 £852 from @TheCityUK for a dinner at the 2023 Labour Party Conference. 🍲 🍷 A bottle of wine valued at £30 from the Betting and Gaming Council @BetGameCouncil 🍷 A bag of cosmetics valued at £1,250 from @Founders_Forum £330 in tickets and hospitality from the @BetGameCouncil for a concert. 🎶 £27,500 from Lord Clive Hollick. £4,767 from Juliet Rosenfield. £10,000 from the banker Ian Cornfield. £10,000 x 2 payments from football regulator David Kogan. ⚽️ £40,000 x 4 payments from gambling industry tycoon Neil Goulden. 🎰 £10,000 from the former CEO of @SkyBet Richard Flint. 🎰 £20,000 from Baron Bernard Donoughue. £2,385 in tickets and hospitality for matches from @the_LTA for @Wimbledon 🎾 £1,710 in tickets and hospitality from @Channel4 for the @BAFTA awards. 🎭 £677 in tickets and hospitality for the kite festival.🪁 £12,800 from Richard Parker and annual use of his holiday home. 🏖️ £4,566 from Commercial Estates Group Ltd. £660 in tickets and hospitality from the @BBC for The Proms. 🎶 £998 from in tickets and hospitality from @NTLive for performances at The National Theatre. 🎭 £1,100 from @havenleisure for a short break. 🌞 £360 in tickets and hospitality from @LloydsBank for the Chelsea Flower Show. 🌹 £699 in tickets and hospitality from @UKMusicMediaTV for an Adele concert.🎤 With her salary of approx. £200,000, expenses (£40,000+ claimed since 2024), generous donations, rental income, book advances, many media appearance fees, allowances and perks, Rachel has done very well in her career as an MP at Westminster. Rachel initially voted to retain the two-child benefit cap, voted to scrap the winter fuel payment to pensioners, voted for the welfare changes that will bring future uncertainty and hardship for people who are disabled and unwell, voted against an inquiry into grooming gangs and voted to scrap trials by jury. ‘The Labour Party - Working For You’. @UKLabour @RachelReevesMP @PudseyBranchLab @Channel4News @_LFI #LocalElections #LabourDoorstep @itvnews @BBCNews @GBNEWS

Wales votes 7th May 2026 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 A group of teenage girls feel frightened, humiliated, and powerless because boys have started saying they should be allowed into the same changing room. It's the sort of behaviour you'd expect schools, youth clubs and leisure centres to immediately put a stop to. Now imagine politicians telling us that it's the girls who must stop - that they're wrong, bigoted, and need to pull themselves together. That's what some Senedd candidates are asking you to accept. That's not kindness. It's not progress. It is a safeguarding failure and a denial of girls' basic dignity and lawful rights. No one, parent or not, should vote for it. On 7th May, don't. @WelshConserv @Plaid_Cymru @WelshLibDems @WalesGreenParty @RUKWales @WelshLabour

Electricity in the UK is destined to be more expensive come what may, even if gas prices fall to zero. And at this point, the more renewable generation we purchase through CfDs, the more expensive electricity will be, through additional grid costs, balancing costs, and more.