Guto Harri
@Guto_Harri
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Storyteller & strategic communications adviser.
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Joined October 2013
Having taken advice from a distinguished predecessor, I’m delighted to confirm that I have accepted the role of Director of Comms for @BorisJohnson. Joining a formidable team to focus on the things that matter and deliver what he promised to the people
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I’ve said no to countless requests but finally had to articulate my concerns to @paulwaugh @BBCRadio4 that @BorisJohnson is self-destructing, as well as damaging the U.K. Tragic but true.
On #WeekinWestminster tomorrow 11am Radio4, @paulwaugh talks to Michael Heseltine, @Guto_Harri & @AndrewGimson about the uncertain prospects of BorisJohnson, and to Tom McNally, @PedderSophie & @JolyonMaugham about the uncertain prospects of a new centre party.
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GB News is - above all - about free speech; having the debates others won’t. English footballers have made it clear that when they take the knee they are making a clear statement about rejecting racism (not endorsing the narrow divisive aims of BLM). I support them.
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Very excited about this.
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Shrewd and resonant - A people’s vote is getting closer by the day.
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To the foul-mouthed, offensive, petty, oft-anonymous, low-life lurking here - can we have a moment of truth please? Do you want @BorisJohnson to get through this or not? Sick of the ill-informed irrational pathetic, nasty shit you spout from the sidelines #shame anyone agree?.
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Don't be afraid to fail. Don't be afraid to dream - such wise words in so many current contexts from the Welsh football manager.
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Powerful interview with @davidjusteat @ybydyneileS4C tonight @S4C advocating #IndyWales - cyfweliad diddorol dros ben. Diolch
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One very rare tweet. A challenge. Anyone who doesn’t contribute under their own name. Anyone who hides behind some ludicrous nickname. Shut the proverbial up. And if you want to attack this tweet - reveal yourself. And see you on air - if you are even remotely capable.
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I was a strong Brexiteer. Now we must swallow our pride and think again | openDemocracy @OborneTweets is a BIG man heroically able and willing to admit a mistake
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My thoughts on a interesting poll on Welsh Independence @charlottechurch@davidjusteat @NevilleSouthall @BorisJohnson @YesCymru @ybydyneileS4C.
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This is not only tragic but disgusting. Shame on @Nigel_Farage and all who encouraged a climate where this was inevitable. Can we please now be intelligent, sympathetic and human. And thank the @RNLI for saving so many in this situation
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. and isn’t it time we all treated those abusive cowards who hide behind infantile images and ridiculous pseudonyms with the contempt they deserve? If you’ve anything to say - express it - in your own name and showing your real face. Otherwise you’re pathetic.
To the foul-mouthed, offensive, petty, oft-anonymous, low-life lurking here - can we have a moment of truth please? Do you want @BorisJohnson to get through this or not? Sick of the ill-informed irrational pathetic, nasty shit you spout from the sidelines #shame anyone agree?.
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This is a big deal. So today’s 14 year olds should start following what goes on in Cardiff Bay.
🥳 CONFIRMED: 16 and 17 year olds will be able to vote in the next Senedd elections in 2021. 🏴🌹Welsh Labour is determined to give young people a voice in our democracy in Wales. #StandingUpForWales #RealChange.
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Seriously - is there a vibrant media in wales ? Will any outlet do the obvious tomorrow? Ie ask why the runaway favourite to lead a nation doesn’t seem to want the job. Can anyone imagine a Welsh rugby player saying he has no burning desire to beat Australia ?.
I don't think I will look forward to doing first minister's questions particularly, says @WelshLabour leadership candidate @MarkDrakeford.
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In the town that elected the first Labour MP ever a new radicalism is on display today - thousands marching for Welsh independence. How has Brexit fuelled this? @bydyneile @S4C very soon
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A poignant tale and some great contributors including previously unheard interview with R S Thomas. Tune to @BBCRadio4 11.30 today or BBC sounds afterwards. Diolch Glyn.
The programme @Guto_Harri and I have made - “Remembering Tryweryn” - is the pick of the day in The Times and the Radio Times. @BBCRadio4 at 11:30 🏴 📻
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Actions speak louder than words. @GBNEWS.
What a shame @Guto_Harri did not wish to debate me on free speech tonight with Andrew Neil moderating. The invitation remains open.
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Imagine next summer with @Theresa_may still @10DowningStreet and the U.K. still within the EU. Long shot but not impossible
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So proud to be (a tiny) part of this. Anyone who thinks the courageous, resourceful, resilient and altruistic men and women of the @RNLI should let other human beings drown when they could save them is not fit to call themselves human - not to mention “British”.
We're proud of the lifesaving work our volunteers do in the Channel – we make no apology for it. Those we rescue are vulnerable people in danger & distress. Each of them is someone’s father, mother, son or daughter - every life is precious. This is why we launch:
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As always - Hay is the place to be to discuss both the topical and timeless. Grateful to @campbellclaret for securing his old boss. Hope @Keir_Starmer will be listening to their advice.
NEW EVENT 🟡 Tony Blair @instituteGC joins our #PM300 series at #HayFestival2021 in conversation with @campbellclaret 3 June. Register free
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A plea for perspective ….
'Are we really so prissy a piece of cake being brought into a meeting is considered sickening?'. Guto Harri says 'we're losing our sense of perspective' when it comes to the revelations around Boris Johnson's birthday. @NickFerrariLBC
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@carolyn_hitt Agree - such beauty in those names, treasures loaded with meaning e.g. Abergwyngregyn. Sad that people can live somewhere for 20 years and not want to learn a little. I only need to be in a country a few days to try to explore some of the language and I’m a terrible linguist.
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Un arweinydd o Gymru @Adamprice yn dadlau ei achos yn un o bapurau mawr Lloegr. A welwn ni eraill? If you’re fed up with Labour failing Wales on Brexit, join us.
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Dyma ni! Mond yr Urdd alle gael fi i wneud hyn!
Dydd Gwener yma/This Friday 1/5/20 - dwi’n enwebu / I nominate ➡️@huwthomas_Wales ➡️@Eluned_Morgan ➡️@niabennett ➡️@Guto_Harri ➡️@ManonEdAhir.
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An hour to go till my first show @GBNEWS Thrilled to be joined by @Welshgatland from the @lionsofficial training camp @MarkLabbett from LA with @DavidDavisMP on set and many others - looking ahead to a week in politics, business and sport
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@huwbbc Dal I gofio cyflwynydd Radio 4 yn gofyn “Can’t I call you something else” ar ol clywed fy enw i.
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Afraid I have to disagree with my old boss and some great friends
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@BBCNormanS No. Disaster. Can’t imagine starting the day without you. Will take a load longer to get up to speed. Crisp, clear, cheeky and brave - not enough of that around. Hope you’re going to be doing more than walking the dog.
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Indeed. @bydyneile @S4C next Tuesday at 9.30pm. Diolch Paul!.
Translation: “I have a new political show starting and need all the publicity I can get.”.
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Wedi nabod @BorisJohnson am flynydde ond i le yffach mae e’n mynd a ni nawr ? @bydyneile yn ol ar yr awyr @S4C nos Fawrth nesaf am 9.30pm i graffu a chroesholi
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Edrych ymlaen yn fawr i’r gyfres yma - cyfle i graffu a dadansoddi, herio a holi. Ar gyfnod eithriadol bwysig mewn gwleidyddiaeth fe driwn ni adlewyrchu y gofid, y cyffro a’r dadlau ar lawr gwlad, yn ogystal a’r Senedd-dai
Bydd y newyddiadurwr @Guto_Harri yn rhoi'r byd yn ei le mewn cyfres wleidyddol newydd a chyffrous, fydd yn dechrau ar @S4C ym mis Mehefin. Journalist Guto Harri puts the world to rights in a new and exciting political series, beginning in June on S4C.
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A week to go. Looking forward to interviewing @TeamEveMyles and @MRHall_books @hayfestival Edrych ymlaen yn fawr
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@SamGyimah @heidiallen75 listening to @DrPhillipLeeMP at launch of Conservative campaign for another referendum #Right2Vote
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Extraordinary and very worrying state of affairs.
“[Boris Johnson] will personally be mortified to be on his back at a time like this.”. Boris Johnson’s fmr adviser @Guto_Harri says he believes the PM will have “been awake at night worrying about the massive judgement calls he’s had to make” over the last few weeks. #Newsnight
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Former First Minister @AMCarwyn warns that Union won’t exist in 10 years without radical reform by @BorisJohnson to make it work. Not persuaded by @YesCymru but told @ybydyneileS4C “open” to it: via @bbciplayer.
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Great to see the Welsh youth movement taking its values and century-long mission of peace and tolerance to other communities globally. Da iawn.
@sianjobbins I'n cynulleidfa di-Gymraeg 👇. A statement by Sian Lewis, Urdd CEO, as a new transatlantic youth partnership for peace and tolerance is launched. 🗣️ "Tragically we have leaders today who may be old but not mature, who may be bold but not wise, who are loud but reckless"
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Bring it on.
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Edrych ymlaen. Gret gweld Betsan Powys nol ar y sgrin ac mae digon i’w drafod.
Set newydd, lleisiau newydd. Mae Pawb a'i Farn yn ôl! Covid-19 sy'n cael sylw Betsan Powys a'r panelwyr nos yfory. 👉 Pawb a'i Farn.📆 Nos Fercher | Wednesday.🕘 9.00pm.📺 @S4C.#PawbaiFarn
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Trying to make sense of it all with @SophyRidgeSky @SkyNews.
Boris Johnson has "taken charge" of a situation that was "out of control" by resigning as an MP, says @Guto_Harri. Mr Johnson's decision to resign prevented him being "dragged kicking and screaming" out of parliament, says the former adviser. #Ridge
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@ragehomaar @nadhimzahawi @gnuseibeh @NHSuk Amazing to witness the scale and ambition of this huge operation. Very impressed by the training delivered by @stjohnambulance - including this practical session yesterday
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@ybydyneileS4C has discussed our constitutional future throughout the series. @fmwales on the show this Wednesday 8.25pm @s4c Ymateb Prif Weinidog Cymru i’r ddadl gyfansoddiadol - a covid wrth gwrs - nos Fercher.
“The idea of independence is taking off, with new recruits from very different backgrounds.”. @Guto_Harri’s take on #indyWales is a very welcome addition indeed to the mainstream journalistic conversation. Independence is no longer a niche call. It’s very loud, and very real.🏴
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@ruskin147 Not what I said Rory. I spoke of people who got neither fame nor fortune beavering away in public life should not be treated with contempt when their contributions are recognised. Sure you can tell the difference.
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Oes aur i ddrama deledu yng Nghymru diolch i actorion, cyfarwyddwyr, cynhyrchwyr ac awduron gwych - a diolch yn bennaf i @S4C.
Llongyfarchiadau i Un Bore Mercher @S4C @vox_pictures ar ennill gwobr y ddrama orau yng Ngwyl Gyfryngau Celtaidd 2019 Aviemore heno. Congratulations to Un Bore Mercher @TeamEveMyles for winning best drama at @CelticMediaFest tonight in Aviemore.
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Bechod garw - beth bynnag eich gwleidyddiaeth - i weld Cymro Cymraeg cenedlaetholgar mewn sefyllfa ddylanwadol yn mynd. Er iddo wneud ar bwynt amlwg o egwyddor ac argyhoeddiad ar fater o bwys aruthrol. Chware teg @GutoAberconwy
Guto Bebb confirms he has resigned from govt.
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So pleased someone introduced Ken Clarke to twitter.
I've been sat up in bed for hours, whisky on the bedside table, soft jazz playing in the background, trying to think if I've ever worked with a more idiotic bunch of self centred bastards in my nearly 50 years as a MP. Nope, still can't think of any. Time for another bottle.
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What’s the collective noun for serving and former BBC pol corrs? @Jo_Coburn @BBCVickiYoung @BBCcarolynquinn
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Hard hitting journalism by a great team and very brave young woman tonight @S4C @YBydarBedwar da iawn @elen_hannah.
Undercover footage reveals cord tangled around elderly man at nursing home
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Series goes live on Thursday.
Explosive new political-memoir podcast Unprecedented is a first-hand account of @Guto_Harri's time as Director of Communications in Downing Street. 📲 Listen to the first episode on 11 May
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Just heard a charming policeman explain to a tourist that this place is nothing to do with Abbey Rd
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Major endorsement for @Urdd by the Emmy outstanding lead actor in New York as it launches its peace and goodwill message in London #heddwch2019 cefnogaeth o ben draw’s Iwerydd I neges heddwch ddiweddara’r Urdd.
Neges pwysig o Heddwch gan @urdd, diolch am ei greu / such an important messgae from the young people of Wales to the world #heddwch2019 #peace2019
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Thrilled to be interviewing my old @BBCNews colleague @BBCJonSopel about @realDonaldTrump @hayfestival this Saturday. Should be fascinating - and fun!
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Strong case for a very special organisation. @Urdd dan arweiniad @sianjobbins yn amhrisiadwy.
Today's @WalesOnline column on @Urdd: "Some bodies funded from the public purse. interpret funds as currency for compliance & conservatism." @Urdd is definitely not one of these & its survival is crucial for our future on so many different fronts:
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Trist iawn ac anhymig. Boi hyfryd ac awdur gwreiddiol, diddorol a chyhyrog. Marwolaeth yr Asyn o Fflint oedd un o fy hoff ddramau. Epa yn y Parlwr Cefn hefyd
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Like the old days … Political analysis on a Sunday morning … trying to make sense of it all.
On an explosive weekend in Westminster, we’ll be speaking to . Boris Johnson’s former director of communications @Guto_Harri . From the Gvt @grantshapps . @benatipsos on all those by elections . Plus @patmcfaddenmp @RobLaurensonD4P @carolynharris24 . 8.30am @skynews . #Ridge.
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Very proud to be part of this - and grateful to everyone who helps fund the RNLI - huge thanks to all of you.
1/3.Part 23 of ‘Meet The Crew’. A chance to get to know some of the personnel here at Chiswick RNLI! Next up, Guto!. NAME: Guto Harri. DATE JOINED: 2015. DAY JOB: Strategic Communications Adviser & Broadcaster
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Tri GUTO a Gweindog @gvcymru @GutoLlewelyn @DavidTCDavies yn San Steffan @ybydyneileS4C @S4C heno am 9.30pm
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This should be interesting.
50 years ago, language campaigner @dafyddiwan protested against Prince Charles’ investiture as the Prince of Wales. This week, they met for the first time. 👑 Dafydd Iwan: Y Prins a Fi.📆 Nos Sul | Sunday.🕗 8.00.
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Always good to be on Newsnight. Robust, intelligent debate - much needed.
@theSNP @Ianblackford_MP @BBCTwo Also joining @KirstyWark to discuss the continued fallout of the lockdown drinks party: . 🗣 Boris Johnson’s former adviser @Guto_Harri.🗣 The @Telegraph’s @christopherhope.🗣 Former political adviser @ayeshahazarika. 22:30 on @BBCTwo. #Newsnight
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Will he be brave and bold? Change lives? Make an impact? Create opportinities? Or make excuses for doing nothing? Big moment.
Will the M4 relief road plans be dropped?. Mark Drakeford's decision is expected to be announced on Tuesday.
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New series of podcasts on my time at No10 - a fascinating and turbulent period in British politics ….
@GlobalPlayer Listen exclusively to Unprecedented: Inside Downing Street on @GlobalPlayer.
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Some thoughts post Christmas pre-parliamentary vote on Brexit.
Former Boris Johnson aide @Guto_Harri on why it’s time to think again about a second referendum
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Lovely change from lockdown - on set filming an exclusive concert for St David’s day
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A moment on air.
"I don't know what happened there!" . Former Love Island star Idris Virgo falls off his chair after speaking with Guto Harri about his experience on the ITV reality dating show.
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Final episode covering the madness and mayhem of last summer @10DowningStreet and the dramatic resignation of @BorisJohnson this week
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Really proud to be joining GQ’s formidable team of political writers
Wow, what an outstanding line-up! New hires join @BritishGQ editorial team: @LJDay @Teovandenbroeke @elgar_johnson @sophie_l_clark @mk1969 @MatthewdAncona @Anna__Conrad @Guto_Harri @TanyaGold1
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Edrych ymlaen yn fawr i gael teithio Cymru, holi pob math o bobl a dod a gwleidyddiaeth yn fyw i’r gynulleidfa ar adeg mor allweddol i Gymru a’r byd
Guto Harri yn arwain cyfres newydd fydd yn ganolbwynt i arlwy wleidyddol @S4C . @Guto_Harri new series central to S4C's revamped political coverage. Datganiad | Announcement:
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Can’t imagine Cardiff without Chapter, please help.Methu dychmygu Caerdydd heb y Chapter - plis helpwch.
Help us #SaveChapter. Whilst closed and unable to trade, our losses are escalating quickly. We urgently need your support to ensure Chapter’s survival. It's our 50th birthday in 2021, let's ensure we get there. More:
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Mor braf gwybod bod bobl ifanc talentog yn dal yn cael eu dennu i fyd newyddiaduraeth. Hyfryd hel argofion a chnoi cil ar y proffeshiwn gyda @marged_lois.
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Looking forward to being on Newsnight later.
Tonight: Newsnight with @KirstyWark - Can coronavirus tide can be turned in 12 weeks, and should govt do more? We speak live to @Dr_PhilippaW Shami Chakrabarti @Guto_Harri @LordMarkPrice. @nicklhardwick2 on virus in prisons. PLUS @jonronson offers advice on beating anxiety.
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The Mark Drakeford interview: 'I've no burning desire to be First Minister”. What a pitch - really?
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Er cof am HPJ. All of us thinking of our fathers - esp tomorrow. Mine was v. Special via @YouTube.
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@ProUdin2016 @BorisJohnson So who are you - hiding your face, disguising your name. Pathetic.
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Neges uchelgeisiol ac amserol gan yr Urdd.
Neges o Gymru ar ran pobl ifanc y byd. Gyda'n gilydd gallwn greu dyfodol gwell, o ofalu am ein hunain, ein gilydd a'n planed. 🏴 Today the young people of Wales call on the world to listen to the lessons Coronavirus is teaching us, and act now for a better future. #Heddwch2020
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@libdemdaisy Well said. Whatever the politics of migration some things are basic - we save other human beings when we can. Proud to be a volunteer with the @RNLI who are acting on a timeless and universal value that human life is precious and there to be preserved.
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Terrific - if disturbing piece. Both of our great parties are on the brink.
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Reflected on the last few weeks and my suspension by @GBNEWS with the thoughtful, intelligent and brilliant @ManveenRana @TimesRadio my only broadcast interview on the topic.
👇 If you haven’t heard today’s podcast already, please do have a listen. We hear from @Guto_Harri on what it was like to be cancelled by a free speech channel. #GBNews.
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