Apparently Nigel Farage was planning a victory Speech in Newport. He pulled out.

Same.

I am loving Lucy Powell through all of this. She deserves that "I told you so". Burnham would ‘probably’ have won byelection, says Labour deputy leader www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

If only there had been a route to getting Andy Burnham back into UK Parliament..... Starmer’s deputy tells him ‘be more like Andy Burnham’ as he fights to stay on as PM www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Starmer can't resign until May as Labour needs someone to take the fall for losing control of Wales.

Dan Thomas of Reform on BBC Radio Wales is coming across as completely clueless about Wales, its needs, its funding and its politics. He shouldn't be near a community council, let alone the Senedd.

Given that Keir Starmer has given no concessions to Eluned Morgan on HS2, devolution of justice, reform of Barnett or any of Welsh Labour's key policies, it makes you wonder what it would take for her to call for his resignation...

We saw this in 2016 when UKIP gained seats in the then Welsh Assembly, they can't work together as a coherent unit, they fall out and join different factions. We could have over 30 of these in the Senedd come the 8th of May... They're simply not serious people. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him. “When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

This is full on oppression of citizens through unmitigated killing.

Patronising bull.

It's electorally illiterate. From a party that's about to lose its government in Cymru. There seems to be no ambition for long term government.

I stopped social media posts. Damn current affairs making me angry enough to vent.

This is deeply unserious from my party. A decision like this is short sighted and does nothing for continuing success in government. We may as well all go home at this point.

#NewportRising marching out to Bella Ciao. Commemorating our #Chartist history. We see your flags and we raise our torches. #FlagsIsIt?

Is it though? Plaid's always been a strong 2nd in the Senedd constituency in Caerphilly. Its run the council twice in the past and is in opposition there with councillors concentrated in the constituency itself. This isn't the bellwether it's being made out to be - we still need tactical voting.

Dragons V Ospreys. 2 Teams. One opinion. #WRU #WorstRunUnion #Ospreys #Dragons

How do you humiliate a fascist? Caerphilly. Bore da iawn, Gymru.

Soundtrack of the day. Da iawn #Caerphilly. Dal ati #Cymru youtu.be/cX8szNPgrEs?...

Legends, Cole and his mum made a massive difference in the Caerffili by-election. Hope Cole gets involved in politics, Wales needs more Cole's 👏🏼👍😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Hard to disagree here.

Yup. If Keir Starmer is coming to Welsh Labour Conference, he should speak Cymraeg. It's common sense. And probably the only olive branch available.

A very extensive report of the Visitor Levy that makes no mention at all of the fact I've done a load of economic modelling on its likely economic impacts for Welsh Government, looking at high mid and low impact scenarios, including 'ripple effects', and impacts are... minimal.

A former coal-fired power station in Newport is expected to become one of the UK’s largest battery energy storage plants

This is an interesting proposal. With the right regulatory reform that Labour is pushing through, the investment in modular reactors will rapidly return profit. It would be a good social investment for the area too.

Good day on wordle. Wordle 1,393 3/6 ⬛🟨⬛🟨🟩 🟨⬛🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Very hard to disagree with this sentiment. UK Labour is giving me huge concerns over its position on HS2, Crown Estate and Steel. Wales appears to be second class at every turn and it challenges my ability to represent the party.

Every penny spent on British steel nationalisation should generate payment to Wales for Port Talbot. Government in England really needs to articulate why it finds English steel jobs more important than Welsh steel jobs. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

#UKNuclear I feel we are missing raves from modern nuclear professionalism.

Looking forward to David Lammy having a conversation with J D Vance about free speech.

*Stares in Welsh* www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Is it unprecedented? Sydenham had a similar incident in 2008. I arrived to take over the substation for refurb after 72hrs and it was still smouldering. Thousands of homes were out of power. Transformers are terrible when they go.

See @garrickbad.bsky.social - my need to go camping is pathological

I just saw a lad getting a bit of a char from a police officer on the hard shoulder of the M4 by Newport. I think it was something about him riding his push bike on the motorway....

Solidarity with our members at the Civil Aviation Authority, they are on the picket line today for a second round of strike action in a dispute over pay ✊

Dropkicks are awesome. They were awesome when I saw them pre kids and they were awesome this year, coming on to Yma O Hyd in Cardiff. Amazing way to warm up a gig.

Every day I wake up and question further my political allegiance

HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE. (President of Mexico on International Women’s Day)

At this stage the rest of the world thinks the USA already became the 47th Oblast. #47thOblast

Just cancelled my New York Times subscription. I can't read articles which portray the disintegration of a superpower and the balance of world peace as somehow being normal and business as usual.

We, we??

Could Ospreys please stop doing that last minute, nail biting, hear rending, skin of the teeth, *insane* win thing please? I'm genuinely worried for @garrickbad.bsky.social's cardiac health.

The Ukrainian government has a list of places where you can donate to the war effort here. I personally just donated $100: war.ukraine.ua/donate/ Slava Ukraini.

This feels a bit twilight zone

Call For Papers: WISERD Annual Conference 2025 - Participation and partnership in a time of precarity and polarisation, 30 June - 1 July in Aberystwyth wiserd.ac.uk/events/wiser...

Well that was the worst reaction video I have seen this year.

Big news for residents of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Quite the policy shift!