2026 off to a top start… 1) Ospreys beat Cardiff 2) Swans beat West Brom 3) Swansea resident stars in Traitors (Good luck Fiona!)

This is a very disturbing incident, spreading disorder at a time when people should be able to celebrate in peace. I would urge anyone with information to speak to the police as soon as they can. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

There’s a long way to go to rebuild this country. But the job is underway and we’ll get there, one step at a time. Merry Christmas everyone.

Everyone Deserves a Christmas 👇

Morning. It’s a good one.

I've just been in Sketty, meeting people at my last surgery of 2025. Don't worry if you didn't make it along this year, there are plenty more to come in 2026. Drop an email to [email protected] to come along. Until then - Merry Christmas.

The Employment Rights Bill has passed. This is about good work for the many not the few: - Exploitative zero hours contracts banned - Sick pay extended to low earners - Notice of shifts - Family leave strengthened Change promised. Change delivered.

Still no public apology from @telegraph.co.uk for having published a lie they then had to delete. But one bit of progress - they’ve emailed in advance with their latest nonsense…

Sloth Coffee fuelled Uplands door knocking this morning. Thanks to everyone that made the time to talk - covered everything from NHS training, to pensions, parking and how employers support neurodiverse workforces

If you mix brilliant volunteers with a stunning view you get Swansea Bay Parkrun. Get involved www.parkrun.org.uk/swanseabay/

These are unacceptable delays. More affordable housing is badly needed across SW Wales. We need to see NRW and others urgently solving this problem - there’s nothing environmentally friendly about leaving thousands of families on housing waiting lists www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Proportion of young people using drugs halved this century - fall mainly occurred during the 2000s. Reminder from ONS of some progress that doesn’t get much attention www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

We’re now up to 22 ex-Tory MPs joining reform. It’s not subtle - every day clearer this is just a rebranding of the nutty fringe of the Conservative Party offering to rerun the Truss/Johnson omnishambles

The ‘could’ is doing a lot of work. Data refers to ALL foreign born parents NOT those on UC. Article admits as much but 34 paras in so 0% chance a reader will reach the admission: “It is impossible to say how many immigrant families will benefit from lifting the cap www.thesun.co.uk/news/3755544...

Some facts: - Tory govt average employment = 73.8% - Labour govt average employment = 75%

Telegraph headline: Employment slumps to 14-year low Reality: employment today is 75% vs 70.3% in 2011 www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

Calling all residents of Mynyddbach, let's have a cuppa ☕ Tea With Torsten is a chance for us to meet, and for you to hear what I’ve been doing as your MP over the last few months. Email [email protected] to RSVP and don't forget to include your postcode.

Excellent thread on what it takes to increase economic growth and what the govt are doing about it

Clarity is kindness! As many others have already said, this is well worth a read. More case-making threads please from politicians of all parties. Let's debate substance.

There's an Amber warning for rain in place for much of South Wales today, including Swansea. Severe rainfall could see flooding, travel disruption, and a potential risk to life. Stay safe and follow the guidance - it's not a day for taking risks. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

Agree or disagree (I agree), superb to see a politician do actual policy

I agree with Torsten. The most important economic policy of the government is high and sustained investment. The £30bn gap between the old govt plan and the latest plan is the equivalent of 12 West Yorkshire trams every single year. More Budget thoughts: futurenorth.substack.com/p/what-does-...

Rightly lots of debates about growth this weekend - rightly because it was low productivity growth that saw wages entirely flatline during the 2010s.

Labour's Budget is for every street in Britain. 👉 Cutting energy bills 👉 Lifting children out of poverty 👉 Rebuilding public services While our opponents hide behind cheap, divisive politics, we're getting on with the job: changing Britain.

After today, the child poverty charts I spent 15 years looking at rise under the Conservatives will be coming down. Not in a chart - in Swansea and every other part of the country. Life is more complicated now. But I'll take that any day.

The two-child cap pushed half of children in larger families into poverty. Today, Labour abolishes it. I stood for office to stop drawing charts and start changing them. This change will see the biggest drop in child poverty of any parliament on record. Know what that is? Hope.

A sunny Hafod for this morning’s door-knocking and case work collecting

UK's first three small modular reactors will be built at Wylfa on Ynys Môn. Bringing nuclear power back to Wales means: - thousands of jobs - billions of investment - work starting next year

Exciting news for the Welsh economy coming tomorrow

Lest we forget.

This morning Swansea fell silent to honour the courage of those who served and sacrificed for our country. We will always remember them.

Interesting paper - a reminder that instability of hours worked poses real challenges for low earners. Challenges higher earners would never put up with christinahydepatterson.com/_files/ugd/322…

A quick update on the Cwmbwrla roundabout after the recent flood 👇 Get in touch: [email protected]

Thanks to everyone that made the time to talk to the @swanseawestclp.bsky.social team in Manselton today

What do you mean you want to get Britain building again? Fourteen years blocking houses and railways being built. Remember that?

Some steep hill based door-knocking behind the @glynnvivian.bsky.social today with the @swanseawestclp.bsky.social team - overtaken several times by the fittest Royal Mail posties ever seen

After a week of faffing around the @dailymail.co.uk have agreed to apologise. Here it is. Fingers crossed for fewer lies/smears dressed up as news in future

Damp (and spooky) Swansea Bay Parkrun today

Good to see @dailymail.co.uk @thetimes.com and @telegraphnews.bsky.social all delete their articles - sad the lies went up in the first place

Totally untrue garbage from @thetimes.com & @dailymail.co.uk today - smear dressed up as journalism. Some facts: - There is no “£900 desk” - my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs - we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Congratulations to @lucympowell.bsky.social - our new Deputy Leader, champion for Labour values and campaigner for a fairer Britain

Rugby is central to our communities, from the professional game right down to the grassroots. It deserves respect from those responsible for overseeing it. The Welsh Rugby Union has fallen well short of showing that respect today.

Wales green energy industry is growing fast. It can add 15,000 jobs over the next 5yrs - a huge boost for South Wales. But the jobs aren’t guaranteed: - Reform say they’ll scrap them - Plaid will in practice do the same. They object to any solar, pylons or wind farms being built

It’s not complicated. People deserve: - good jobs - secure homes - public services we can all rely on Some reflections from this morning in Townhill

Jhoots Pharmacy are letting down communities in Swansea and beyond – important to hear the situation addressed in Parliament today by @SKinnock. I’ve been campaigning for the situation at Morristons branch to be urgently resolved. I’ll keep pressing until real progress is made.

Pharmacies are a vital cornerstone of communities, but Jhoots Pharmacy is letting our community down. It's good to see some some much needed attention on the situation at the Morriston branch of Jhoots in the South Wales Evening Post - staff and customers deserve better.

Awesome autumn

The cool kids will all be at the VERY SERIOUS Art Pub Quiz in Elysium on the Sunday 4pm

Fancy some art this weekend? Or even a lot of it? You’re in luck - here’s the packed schedule for Swansea Art Weekend visitswanseabay.com/swansea-arts-w…

On World Homeless Day, it was great to meet Phill Stapley and his team at homeless charity The Wallich to see two of their many projects in Swansea first hand.