If your push for Celtic freedom doesn't include freedom for all Celtic peoples, it isn't worth anything. If your push for Celtic freedom doesn't include freedom for all peoples, it's no good at all. These are easy principles. None of us are free until all of us are free.

A please @labouruk.bsky.social, stop saying that it's up to us to stop Reform. YOU could stop a Reform government in 2029, by introducing the proportional representation so many in the country have been clamouring for. The only way Farage can win is through our crazy first-past-the-post system.

Labour home secretary Shabana Mahmood, a couple of weeks ago: white liberals who disagree with me/us "can fuck right off" White liberals, yesterday, in polling booths: right oh www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Feels nice to be living in a Wales which has elected a pro-EU, socialist, inclusive party to lead the next government and told the peddlers of hate bringing their toxic crap across the Dyke that while they may have some support, it will never be enough.

The Premier Inn breakfast is the best value meal in the UK. Good quality, all you can eat, juices, good tea and coffee, and if you've got kids, it's free for them. One of the few things to be proud about in the country

The Severn Tunnel is closed for two weeks over the end of May, start of June, meaning Dan Thomas, Leader of RefUK, will have one hell of a commute to Cardiff on a rail replacement bus from his home in Bath.

Struggling to find Victoria Malaga in the UK without ordering in bulk off the internet. May have to resort to trying Waitrose - is Ocado still their provider?

Meanwhile supra-nationally, RefUK have def hit their peak last summer with the riots an the flagshagging. They're not forming a majority government any time soon.

Where 8-10k votes gets you a seat, the Greens Millennium-sized vote in Wales could have easily gone to Plaid if they weren't standing. Such a shame.

IMHO It will be relatively straightforward for Plaid to get legislation through, even when 6 short of a majority, because 2 of those are Greens, so big crossover in appeal, and 1 is a Lib Dem, while 8-9 will be Labour who won't want to be seen to be voting with RefUK and the Tories.

Lib Dems get their one token Brecon seat as per usual.

Weirdoes in Clwyd.

Greens in Caerdydd Fynon Taff def costing Plaid a seat there I reckon.

Clear water between the hope and hate

It's no wonder BBC lost the rights to F1. Imagine saying Max Verstappen and Charles LeClerc are in the lead

No, BBC Wales, Plaid are ahead, Reform are in 2nd.

Merthyr - home of Trago Mills and the Gurnos estate - doesn't go for RefUK.

Gwlad doing an Alba

BBC took only Dan Thomas' speech live, ignoring both Plaid seat winners in Casnewydd and the ones who topped the list in Bro M, and are now giving him aeons of free air time (I've muted the potato-faced skinhead immigrant) Don't tell me they're impartial.

No-one who knows Newport really surprised Natasha Ashgar got in. The Ashgar family have been active in local politics for two generations (albeit her dad was a journeyman) - there will be a lot of small-c conservative Muslim votes to pick up in this area who can't stomach Reform or Labour.

Reform UK notably using the English language version of the constituency.

Rösta 10 gånger via mobilen, 10 gånger via webb – och 10 gånger till med en annan telefon. Det är Vänskapsföreningen Sverige-Israels tips för den som vill rösta Israel till seger i Eurovision. – Jag har hört att låten ska vara bra, säger vice ordförande Mats Fält till Flamman.

You can tell Reform have lost, and maybe even underperformed, because Farage has cancelled his visit to Newport.

Dear whingers Joe Phillips, from Pennsylvania USA, has just pronounced numerous Welsh words like Senedd and Casnewydd Islwyn perfectly on BBC Wales. What is your excuse?

A tip to angry people everywhere. Check you are actually in the right before airing your consumer grievances on Facebook or elsewhere. Showing an invalid or incorrect rail ticket as evidence that you shouldn't have been charged or fined really does not help your cause.

If Wales really has chosen hope over hate, that will be a nice way to start the weekend.

Hackney Goes Green

Far-right activists already painting the counting of votes in Wales and Scotland the day after the election as some kind of indication of fraud

If nothing else, Labour should now introduce PR and move elections to Sundays. Maybe we can join the 21st Century like a lot of mainland Europe has.

“David Attenborough! All I ever hear is David Bloody Attenborough!”

🎯

I wonder if this was the same BMW being driven very fast around my part of town last night. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Farage using his, presumably soon to be renewed, EU-era burgundy passport as ID. Or is it his EU one?

Personation at British elections? Not really a problem: 1 conviction from 32,014,110 votes at the 2019 general election Voter ID requirements leading to eligible voters being disenfranchised? Big problem, here and now Abolish the #VoterID Rule

Just taken 93yo mum to vote, she’s registered dead. In a very loud voice she said, “I’m registered dead.” A cheer went up from waiting blowflies.

Exercised my democratic right at 8.24am and followed Eluned Morgan's advice on who to vote for. 🌼

HEY LAZER LIPS!! YA MAMMA WAS A SNOWBLOWER!!

....wombling free

Trettio-åtta dager till Midsommar i Västra Götaland. And for those who have seen the movie, no it's not like that at all. All we do is jump around singing about frogs, eat way too much potato salad than is healthy, drink schnapps and go wild swimming in an abandoned quarry. Totes normal.

Twop Twip: If you ever go out drinking in Sweden, check the front door of the establishment before you go in. If they have one of these stickers, that means they're a good place to drink. A list of good recommended boozers is here : svenskaolframjandet.se/svenska-olfr...

Glad to hear Bonnie Tyler is recovering from intestinal surgery. She had a total eclipse of her farts.

I have a horrible feeling Green votes will boost Reform tomorrow by denying Plaid the extra few they will need to get over the threshold for an extra seat or two. OK in a proportional system that should be self-correcting, but still... Greens should leave Wales to Plaid.

Labour had a stonking majority. They've f*cked it royally. You don't win by chasing voters who have already found a natural new home in the fascists of Reform UK. You win by changing an unfair system. You win by correcting mistakes such as Brexit. You win by not governing via Daily Mail headlines.

Two years ago this quote was aimed at the Tories by someone in the Question Time audience. (hence the colours). Today/tomorrow it should, nay it will be aimed at Labour, without question or hesitation.

A huge thing to the credit of Ted Turner: he was widely criticized for his dumb and stupid classic movie colorization scheme and instead of doubling down and crashing out over the negative publicity, he listened to the criticism and launched Turner Classic Movies.

Just seen Richard Dawkins telling a speak your weight machine that it's wearing a smashing blouse.

My walking times are getting longer. Partly due to age, partly due to my freshly re-fucked knees, but mostly because as its warmer and lighter there are now many more cats out and about for me to pet.

Republicans investigated Benghazi for years and years and years. What Trump has done—and let happen—to America over the last year in Iran may *literally* be 100 times worse. If past were precedent, Democrats would investigate the Iran War for *decades*.

They haven't thought this through have they. They get money off the government allocated to resettling refugees. By withdrawing from the scheme, they won't get that money any more, so what money are they going to redirect? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...