And to think some cynics would have you believe that I don’t know how to make the most of my time off during parliamentary recesses… #devolution #senedd

We cut live to the BBC newsdesk:

What the hell is Swansea doing up there?

You mean to say a whisky deal has been… scotched?

Our appetite?

When they get the last invoice from the builders: The Bills! The Bills!

An interesting perspective on the Qn of whether the Welsh First Minister should have added the state dinner for Trump, from someone who spent many years as a senior civil servant to successive First Ministers #senedd #devolution

Rhyl in the news again, I see

Some rather bracing discussion in today’s @willhaycardiff.bsky.social substack (featuring analysis from @jaclarner.bsky.social) of *that* @walesgovernance.bsky.social/ ITV Wales @yougov.co.uk poll & where things stand ahead of next year’s Senedd election #devolution #senedd

My bank balance was embodying that before it was cool

“We’re going on holiday… …to Iran!”

Must admit I’m rather enjoying the plot twist of it Lazarus’s rival being the one who’s attempting a dramatic comeback…

We cut live to The Guardian’s random headline generator:

Bizarre or pathologically predictable?

Interesting piece from @thetimes.com on the state of the campaign in Caerphilly. A sign of the Welsh polling ahead of next May - and the broader political climate - that this is probably the first (& almost definitely the last) time Fleet Street has ever covered a #Senedd by-election? #devolution

‘Devolution: the new politics, same as the old politics?’ Discuss (30 marks). #devolution #holyrood #senedd #stormont

Didn’t they perform at Glastonbury a few years back?

Must have been her favourite Corgis, I suppose

Wait - you mean to say Actors aren’t actually the character they’re portraying?!

The UK and Irish Govts have today announced a joint framework on addressing the legacy of the Troubles in N Ireland - including the steps the UK Govt intends to take to repeal and replace the Legacy Act #stormont #devolution www.gov.uk/government/p...

Current Welsh Govt ministers who have said they won’t be running in 2026: - Mark Drakeford - Rebecca Evans - Jeremy Miles - Jane Hutt - Dawn Bowden - Julie James 14/29 Labour MSs retiring Remarkable level of political & institutional churn ahead regardless of the actual election results. #senedd

For those with an interest in Welsh politics and the next Senedd election, Jeremy Miles has become the 14th Labour MS (and 6th Welsh govt minister to announce they won’t seek reelection next year (nearly half of the Senedd Labour group) #senedd #devolution www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/ert...

No news yet on Zeus

Anything to be said for starting a rumour about Mrs Brown’s Boys being Democrats?

Who’s Gutfeld?

Surely not? #PharaohsMcGraw

Ah yes, “security reasons”…

Cluckbait

Help?

Sounds like a Saturday night out in Swansea…

“This book is small…”

Press chats, you say?

What a time to be alive, eh?

Surely they should have used a photo of one of the old TNT planes instead?

That moment when ‘You’ll never walk alone’ is actually a threat that you’re about to get taken away and detained by ICE

I have a name you know

Putting this into perspective (the instinctive reaction of all-failed political historians), 18% would be Welsh Labour's worst Westminster election result since December 1910. 3 seats, as suggested by the projection below, would be the fewest number of Welsh Labour MPs since 1906.

Lot of attention yesterday on Senedd component of the @walesgovernance.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social @yougov.co.uk poll, but the Westminster figures are also quite… striking Reform 29% Plaid 23% Labour 18% Cons 11% Libdems 9% Greens 7% Other 4% Seat projection from @cavendishcymru.bsky.social

Latest ITV BarnCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 poll confirms trend seen over last 6 months - neck and neck race between Plaid Cymru and Reform UK for largest party, with Labour falling to even more distant third. Evidence growing of distinct realignment in Wales 🧵

He really is one of the few foreign dignitaries to truly deserve an arrival at Stansted Airport

To put the 14% in perspective it would not just be Labour's worst performance in Wales since it supplanted the Liberals in 1922, but its lowest vote share at any national election in Wales since 1906 (when it only contested a handful of seats due to the Gladstone-MacDonald pact) #senedd #devolution

Interesting Qs about electoral ceilings (Plaid/Reform) & floors (Labour), the precariousness of the First Minister's electoral situation & what that might mean for her ability to lead a national campaign, and the governability of Wales in the scenario projected below #senedd #devolution