"Reform UK’s Welsh leader ‘not on the electoral register in December 2025’" nation.cymru/news/reform-... Reform UK really hold the people of Wales in contempt when they refuse to answer @nation.cymru questions about the apparent absence of their Wales leader from the electoral register in Wales.

What links Jeffrey Epstein and Keir Starmer’s government? A thick seam of contempt | Nesrine Malik

"Call Starmer’s decision shortsighted, stupid, unwise, but it cannot be described as uncalculated. Mandelson’s value to the party leadership simply mattered more than his associations with the world’s best-known child sex offender. And therefore must have mattered more than the victims."

Bore Da Bawb - Good Morning All Pibydd y Dorlan echdoe ar lan Cronfa Ddŵr Llysfaen A Common Sandpiper beside the Llysfaen Reservoir on Thursday @fofcreservoirs.bsky.social #BirdsSeenIn2026 Cariad mawr o Gymru! ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

A Black Kite flying by with a fairly big fish — and looking rather proud of the catch 😏🪶 #猛禽曜日 #FlyDay は相変わらずの空抜けトビ。カラスにお魚を横取りされないといいね😊 #nature #photography #animals #wildlife #BlackKite #トビ #birds #野鳥

Bore Da Bawb - Good Morning All Rhegen y Dŵr ar ddydd Llun yn Fferm y Fforest Water Rail on Monday at Forest Farm #BirdsSeenIn2026 Cariad mawr o Gymru! ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

"My father believed in the Beloved Community, a society where differences are not erased but embraced, where justice is pursued without violence, and where dignity is afforded to every person. That vision is not an American dream; it is a human one."

Bore Da Bawb - Good Morning All Dyma Delor y Cnau ar fore llun ger y gamlas -Fferm y Fforest Here's a Nuthatch on Monday near the canal - Forest Farm #BirdsSeenIn2026 Cariad mawr o Gymru! ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Bore Da Bawb - Good Morning Bronfraith yn cael bath yn y gamlas -dydd Gwener diwetha Song Thrush having a bath in the canal - last Friday #BirdsSeenIn2026 Cariad mawr o Gymru! ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

In this week's column I seek to explain Keir Starmer's flat refusal to change our electoral system, even though its gross unfairness could put Reform UK in power on <30% of the vote. The reasons, I believe, are deeply cynical and disturbing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Excellent thread from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social "why all lobbying should be in the public domain"

Here's the context: When Mandelson was Business Minister, Epstein wrote asking him to make only the cash portion (ie not equity etc) of bankers’ bonuses taxable. Mandelson's answer: “Trying hard to amend as I explained to Jes last night. Treasury digging in but I am on case.”

I'm guessing that the "Jes" in this message is that other moral paragon, Jes Staley, though I can't be sure. A Labour government minister, channelling the demands of his finance-bro chums. This, my friends, is how it happens. This is why we don't get what we want, or what we vote for.

And it gets worse. As this excellent thread and reporting by @danneidle.bsky.social shows, Mandelson actually suggested to Epstein that yet another plutocrat should "mildly threaten" *his own government*, so that the filthy rich could avoid paying their taxes: bsky.app/profile/dann...

Remember that Mandelson quote? "We are intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich, as long as they pay their taxes". By "we" he meant the Labour government. Turns out that he - as a government minister - was lobbying on behalf of his filthy rich chums to ensure they paid less tax.

Here, because of the libel laws, we call such behaviour cronyism, or back-scratching. Anywhere else, there would be a different name for it. Corruption.

Bore Da Bawb - Good Morning All Titw Cynffon Hir ar ddydd Gwener yn Ffarm y Fforest yn mwynhau cneuen A Long-Tailed Tit on Friday at Forest Farm enjoying a nut #BirdsSeenIn2026 Cariad mawr o Gymru! ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Bore Da Bawb - Good Morning Titw Cynffon Hir ar ddydd Gwener A Long-Tailed Tit on Friday Cariad mawr o Gymru! ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

"Caouissin ... would like to think the language will follow a similar path to Welsh, which has enjoyed a revival over the past half-century and is spoken by 538,000 people" People keep getting this wrong about Welsh! There has not been a "revival". Let me explain. 1/

But it also matters because there is still a significant danger. Some of those communities are severely threatened. They're being hollowed out as locals get priced out and the houses become holiday homes. The twentieth-century revival narrative diverts us from what work is needed now. 8/

"‘It sounds apocalyptic’: experts warn of impact of UK floods on birds, butterflies & dormice "...nature can be part of the solution for mitigating flood waters" www.theguardian.com/environment/... When will our governments take note & take action? #SlowWaterFlow "And the earth died screaming"

Bora Da Bawb - Good Morning All Dyma un i godi'r galon -here's one to lift the spirits Robin Goch ddoe yn y pwll wrth fy nhraed tra oeddwn i'n garddio A Robin yesterday in the pond by my feet as I was gardening #BirdsSeenIn2026 Cariad mawr o Gymru!

"‘Homes may have to be abandoned’: how climate crisis has reshaped Britain’s flood risk As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions" www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte... "And the earth died screaming"

Bore Da Bawb - Good Morning All Titŵod Tomos Las yn Fferm y Fforest ddoe Blue Tits at Forest Farm yesterday Cariad mawr o Gymru! ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Noswaith Dda / Good Evening Coch y Berllan heddiw yn Fferm y Fforest yn uchel fyny ar ?Wernen? Bullfinch at Forest Farm high up on an Alder #BirdsSeenIn2026 Cariad mawr o Gymru! ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Dyna farn 57% o bobl yng Nghymru, yn ôl arolwg diweddaraf YouGov, sy’n dweud ein bod yn derbyn llai na’n cyfran deg o wariant cyhoeddus o dan y llywodraeth Geidwadol flaenorol a’r llywodraeth Lafur bresennol. Ymunwch â ni: www.yes.cymru/ymuno

OH BOY, AM I EVER www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tell me again how this BBC editorialising is just my cognitive bias... This isn't a quote from anywhere. It's just the BBC's description of this disgraced, divisive politician.

Braverman’s Reform move sparks an Emily Maitlis takedown of Tory turncoats, as she blasts the Tories’ defections as a whiff of desperation. #UKNews

“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”

I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work. I don’t let bullies win. Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.

The evidence is clear - devolving policing and justice to Wales will align policing with devolved services and deliver better outcomes for our communities. Labour would rather hold us back than give us the powers to better serve Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Last Thursday, First Minister Eluned Morgan called for the devolution of policing and justice, a move backed by three independent commissions. Yesterday, Westminster said NO. That’s the reality of Westminster rule, even when the same party governs in both London & Wales. London always knows best!

Please read and share @georgemonbiot.bsky.social latest article In essence Government hides own report that "tells us that “ecosystem degradation is occurring across all regions. Every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse (irreversible loss of function beyond repair).”

"And the earth died screaming" Starmer's "environmental failures are even more striking than its failures on other issues. When the ruling party compares unfavourably with the one that brought us Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, it’s worse than a betrayal. It’s a threat to our survival"

Farage's Bollocks - Idiot Farage wants the Bank of England to stop paying banks interest on the money they store there. Financial experts warn it’s a hidden tax on banks that could ripple through the whole financial system - It could mess with how interest rates and lending work across the economy.

Three independent commissions – Silk (2014), Justice in Wales (2019) and Constitutional Future of Wales (2024) – all concluded that policing and justice powers should be transferred to Wales to deliver better outcomes & accountability. Yet Westminster governments of all colours have so far refused!

Reporter: You received a letter from AG Pam Bondi making several demands…. Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those

The fact that he negotiated that dismal Brexit deal and the statement that “we should strive to be America’s new Israel” are directly connected… The first failure begets the second… in a brexiter’s mind anyway… the only solution they can think of to justify the damage they’ve done.

The multilayered idiocy of this in policy and economic terms aside, just imagine aspiring to be, out of every country in the world, the one that is in a constant state of war with every one of its neighbours. And this is the man Johnson appointed to negotiate our most important ever trade deal.

"Y cyn dditectif sydd wedi sgwennu 14 nofel trosedd" www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/ert... Wrth fy modd efo nofelau John Alwyn Griffiths!

Quite the statement from the Prime Minister of Poland

NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct. He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…

"World wld be a ‘better place’ if US took over Greenland, says Nigel Farage Reform leader says he believes in nation states even though he appears to support Trump annexing US neighbour" Says he who cares so little 4 Wales that Reform has no leader 4 the Senedd election Let's not forget this in May

Paul Robeson loved Cymru and we loved him cadw.gov.wales/paul-robeson...

Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"

Water firms could be let off pollution fines as part of government overhaul Exclusive: Campaigners claim changes will let companies ‘off the hook’, as government prepares to unveil new white paper for water industry www.theguardian.com/environment/... As long as dividends & bonuses paid- all ok??

"Antarctic penguins have radically shifted their breeding season – seemingly in response to climate change Changing temperatures may be behind change in behaviour, which experts fear threatens three species’ survival" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... "And the earth died screaming"

The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Donald Trump. Giving Trump a royal visit sends a terrible message that his behaviour is acceptable. Do you agree? Sign the petition now! 38d.gs/vnb3

Welcome everyone to another year of our #BirdsSeenIn friendly challenge! Really glad to already see many contributions from all around the world for the #BirdsSeenIn2026 challenge! Please share you bird pictures taken this year, adding the location and the hashtag to it! Here's this week summary!