If undocumented individuals are being specifically targeted for arrest and deportation, how are they identified as such, being undocumented?

On January 8, 1937: #ShirleyBassey, Welsh #singer (Goldfinger; Diamonds Are Forever; Moonraker), born in Tiger Bay, Cardiff, Wales. #HappyBirthday #89 🥂✨🧁

I have a strong dislike of applying words such as 'evil' (with its religious overtones), 'wicked', & 'monster' (implying non-human) to people who do terrible things. But I'm not sure there is any other vocabulary adequate to describing the acts and statements of powerful people in the US right now.

Walz: "I will continue to press that we be part of the investigation, that we do the investigation, so that Minnesotans can trust what the outcome is ... very very difficult to Minnesotas to think in any way this is going to be fair when Kristi Noem was judge, jury, and executioner yesterday."

Reform UK's Tom Pickup, has been suspended by the party after posting in a far-right Whatsapp group where other members posted calls for Keir Starmer to be shot. Don't just like it, share it. national.thelead.uk/p/reform-wat...

The Trump Admin begins the cover up.

Not nearly enough has been made of the fact that the Head of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security have made a determination on the facts before any judicial process has even begun.

A superb piece of writing from Moira Donegan. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

You'd have thought Mandelson would have the wit to shut the f up about politics at this point.

A treasured and (obviously) well used possession for 50 years ...

Looking forward very much to hosting this conference here in Maynooth in July. 28 panels in all! #CelticConferenceinClassics

Very happy to see that next Saturday we'll have a high temperature of 3 and a low of 4.

Cuba 'is run by incompetent, senile men' (Rubio). Um, ...

Everyone bashing on about the alleged evils of immigration should watch David Olusoga's 'Empire' to get some perspective. In fact, everyone should watch it.

E. M. Forster, born 1 January 1879.

Happy New Year, folks! 💥

Whatever the opposite of charm is, he certainly seems to have it in bucketloads.

An article well worth reading.

Bang-on. Key and McCullum have to go. And the entire management system needs to be examined. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...

Supporting the community. A chip shop in Cardiff giving food to homeless people on Boxing Day. 👏👏

Hearing James Dyson refer to 'the wonderful Elon Musk' on the BBC Today programme this morning was a ghastly start to St Stephen's Day. Choose your vacuum cleaner with care.

Nadolig llawen! Nollaig shona! Happy Christmas!

Yup.

Heading back tonight to Ireland, where cactuses are fewer.

Count your blessings

Ireland. America can, will and must become the 33rd county.

This situation is terrible and something needs to be done at once. secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...

Eddie Rabaiotti, restaurateur, Penarth legend. The Caprice on the Esplanade was a superb restaurant. Served with my dad on Penarth Round Table in the 1960s. Dad made it to 99, Eddie to 100. Hats off.

not a bad place for observing the Solstice

The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.

A wonderful Welsh carol in the ‘plygain’ tradition, ‘Ar gyfer heddiw’r bore’. Historically plygain carols were sung only by men, but things have rightly moved on … youtu.be/jgV5cG0e6yk

Newgrange. Happy Solstice upcoming!

On the one hand, with all the bizarre, inappropriate social media posts from certain people in power, it feels as if we're living inside a cartoon fiction. On the other, the unceasing atrocities across the world are a constant reminder of the awful realities of our time. Bewildering.

Excellent! Promote all Celtic languages.

Horrendous. We live in terrible times. Bondi beach mass shooting: 10 killed during shooting near Sydney park hosting Jewish festival www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Exactly. The ratcheting up of fear and hate by MSM through over-reporting.

Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment. They are openly saying this. Who would want to live in a country that works like that?

Wales, Scotland, deindustrialized Britain screwed again. The UK Government has sailed far away from its own Labour past. There is a fund to create jobs in the poorest areas, and Labour has quietly gutted it. This is what betrayal looks like | Larry Elliott www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#OTD 11 December 1282 died Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, 'Llywelyn the Last', Prince of Wales. In Welsh history, this year carries similar meaning to 1066 in English. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

It's very sad. I've been to the US many times and always enjoyed it. I have many friends there, and numerous contacts I would love to meet in person. But it's impossible to imagine going again until this awful time has passed.

Astonishing to think that Keir Starmer was once a human rights lawyer.

Wake-up call. The US is not just Europe’s unwilling ally, but an adversary steeped in far-right ideology | Cas Mudde www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

'Only those metres which ... are liable to degenerate into doggerel, are suitable to reproduce the ancient Epic.' Francis Newman being contrary in 1856.

Ah no. The brilliant Stoppard. Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88 www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...

I wish I was surprised. Buried in this Budget is a plan to slash the Digital Services Tax, giving a multi-billion tax cut to US tech giants and the likes of Elon Musk. That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.

Keir Starmer's controlled irritation under questioning from the BBC's dreadful Chris Mason says a lot for him (and I'm not his greatest fan).

Pay £10 to see Marx roll over in his grave as he learns that his corpse has been commodified

The Prime Minister just told me any party leader should want to get to the bottom of this Russian bribery scandal with Reform. He is the Prime Minister and a party leader. Why isn't he launching a national investigation himself?