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New Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 think tank interested in the opportunities self-determination & enhanced democracy can provide. Not affiliated to any political party.

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@aNewWales
New.Wales
1 month
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Our projection for the Senedd 2026 Election, based on the latest YouGov polling. 🌹🌼 Hung Parliament 🧵
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 52% of 25-34yr olds would vote Yes to an independent Wales.
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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🚨BREAKING🚨 🚆 In what will come as a major shock to Jo Stevens, it has been confirmed that HS2 does indeed exist. 📸 Now @RhunapIorwerth has photographic evidence that HS2 is real, will @JoStevensLabour commit to paying Wales what’s owed? 🤷‍♂️ Or will it be branded a gimmick?
@RhunapIorwerth
Rhun ap Iorwerth
17 days
It exists.👍🏼🚆🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 37% would vote Yes to independence. 📊 Yes is up +4 on last month’s data and is the highest recorded level of support this year. 🗳️ Interesting that Yes has jumped +4 points during the UK Election campaign.
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨 34% (+3) say Yes to Welsh independence in the latest Redfield & Wilton poll. #IndyWales #Annibyniaeth
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨 59% of 16-24yr olds would vote Yes to an independent Wales! *59%* 👀 #IndyWales #Annibyniaeth
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
24 days
🚨 The BBC have announced their line-up for the Election Debate on 21st June. 🟢 Scandalous that the @WalesGreenParty have been excluded from this debate. 📊 Greens have elected Cllrs across Wales and received 4x the amount of votes than Reform UK in the ‘21 Senedd Election.
@WalesPolitics
BBC Wales Politics
24 days
The line-up for BBC Wales’ Election Debate on 21st June Vaughan Gething MS – Labour David TC Davies -Conservatives Rhun ap Iorwerth – Plaid Cymru Jane Dodds – Liberal Democrats Oliver Lewis - Reform UK Apply here to be in the audience:
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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🚨 Lib Dem’s pledges for Wales. Devolution of; 💰 Increased borrowing powers 🚂 Rail services & infrastructure ⚖️ Youth justice 📝 Probation 👮 Prisons 🚓 Policing 📺 Broadcasting ✈️ Air Passenger Duty 🔶 Lib Dems also pledge the creation of a distinct 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 legal jurisdiction.
@LibDems
Liberal Democrats
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We just unveiled our plan for a Fair Deal. Check out our 2024 General Election manifesto in full. ⬇️
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
1 month
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Projected pro-Indy win in Caerfyrddin. 🗳️ Westminster General Election, 4th July 2024. 📈 5.4% Majority.
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨 52% of 35-44yr olds say Yes to Welsh independence in the latest Redfield & Wilton poll. #IndyWales #Annibyniaeth
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
21 days
📻 @RhunapIorwerth putting across the case for Independence really effectively here. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 All those issues that matter to you are part of the Independence debate, it encompasses everything.
@bbc5live
BBC Radio 5 Live
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Plaid Cymru leader, Rhun ap Iorwerth, says that he doesn't "seek [Welsh] independence for its own sake". 5 Live has invited the leaders of the seven main parties to talk directly to you with @NickyAACampbell
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
1 month
🌼 Rhun ap Iorwerth calls for the devolution of the Crown Estate to Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Holyrood has powers over the Crown Estate in Scotland, its devolution to Wales *could* give the Senedd the same degree of control. 👑 Profits made in Wales should benefit Wales.
@RhunapIorwerth
Rhun ap Iorwerth
1 month
Profits from the assets of Wales’ Crown Estate - worth £853m - currently go from Wales to the Treasury and the Royal Family. 📢 Wales should have control over our own natural resources, so that we can invest in our own communities. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Vote @Plaid_Cymru
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
4 months
“Why Welsh farmers should all be passionate, fervent supporters of an Independent Wales.” ✍️ @GwernGwynfil 🚜 instead of cosying up to Westminster and calling to abolish the Senedd, we encourage our farmers to consider a different approach 👇
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
27 days
🌹 This is a pretty extraordinary interview in which Labour’s Emily Thornberry dismisses our Senedd as a gimmicky irrelevance. 🚩 Labour’s attitude towards our democracy is a very concerning development.
@LBC
LBC
27 days
"Isn't that rather dismissive of the Senedd?" Emily Thornberry describes @Lewis_Goodall 's question about Vaughan Gething losing a no-confidence vote as 'odd,' insisting that the motion was just 'a gimmick.'
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Our projection for the Senedd 2026 Election, based on the latest Redfield & Wilton polling. 🌹Labour minority, 3 seats short of a majority. Seat changes on previous R&W projection; 🌹 46 (-5) 🌼 25 (+3) 🔵 17 (-5) ➡️ 7 (+7) 🔶 1 (-) 🧵
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 “The party backs independence for Wales and wants the Senedd to be given the same powers as the Scottish Parliament, as the first step on a journey towards leaving the United Kingdom.”
@WalesGreenParty
Plaid Werdd Cymru | Wales Green Party
18 days
🧑‍⚕️At least £3 billion extra for Welsh public services 💵 Tackle soaring poverty 🏠 7000 new social homes a year 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Support an independent Wales This morning we're launching manifesto for real hope, and real change. Are you ready to #TurnGreen ?
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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🌹 Labour Manifesto commitments for Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Devolution of; ✅ Employment Support Funds Other major devolution points; ❌ EU Replacement Funds ❌ HS2 Funds ❌ Justice ❌ Policing ❌ Probation ❌ Crown Estate ❌ Air Passenger Duty ❌ Broadcasting
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
3 months
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 40% of 16-24yr olds say Yes to Welsh independence in the latest Redfield & Wilton poll. #IndyWales #Annibyniaeth
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Independence is viable, as identified by the @Comisiwn , and is about Wales opening up to the world. 🌍 @RhunapIorwerth clearly highlighting that positive change needs to happen on these islands. 🛣️ Indy needs to be fully developed and presented positively to the electorate.
@BBCPolitics
BBC Politics
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"I believe in independence [for Wales] but I'm not an isolationist in any way, I'm an internationalist" Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth says he sees Welsh independence as "part of the redesigning of the UK" #BBCLauraK
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
1 month
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Projected pro-Indy gain on Ynys Mon. 🗳️ Westminster General Election, 4th July 2024. 📈 0.4% Majority.
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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🌼 Plaid Cymru Manifesto commitments for Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Devolution of; ✅ Everything via Independence Immediate priority points; ✅ Crown Estate devo. ✅ Justice devo. ✅ Welfare devo. ✅ HS2 funds ✅ Sovereign Wealth Fund ✅ Green paper on Indy ✅ National Commission for Indy 🧵
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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🚨BREAKING🚨 👀 It’s on! 🥀 Vaughan Gething is set to lose a confidence vote in the Senedd today as two backbenchers are now off sick.
@WalesPolitics
BBC Wales Politics
1 month
Vaughan Gething set to lose confidence vote in Senedd, with two of his backbenchers off sick
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
5 months
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 31% would vote Yes to Welsh independence. #IndyWales #Annibyniaeth
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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🚨 4,000 attended an All Under One Banner / YesCymru event for independence in Caerfyrddin yesterday. 📢 Speakers included Plaid Cymru MS Cefin Campbell, Beth Winter; the recent Labour MP for Cynon Valley, Dafydd Iwan and others.
@BBCWalesNews
BBC Wales News
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Thousands of people attended a march to call for an independent Wales
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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🚨 Labour’s pledges for Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Devolution of; 💴 Employment Support Funding. 🤷‍♂️ Thats it. 🌹 Labour have pledged to “look at” devolution of probation and “consider” devolution of Justice. 🧰 Labour pledge to involve the “Nations and Regions” in more decision making.
@UKLabour
The Labour Party
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The change Britain needs.
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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“the Tata Steel announcement suggests that Carwyn Jones is right about the current UK government: it simply doesn’t care, about workers, Wales, the environment, or the wreckage of Brexit. And it’s the workers and the world who’ll pay.” ✍️ @BylinesCymru #IndyWales
@BylinesCymru
BylinesCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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EXCLUSIVE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🌟🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Thatcher closed the mines, Brexit closed the steelworks As Tata Steel announced significant job losses in Port Talbot, @CaolanRob @BylineTV asked @AMCarwyn : Why? The answer: Brexit, and an uncaring UK govt @mikegalsworthy @BylineTimes
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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The UK is a demographic time bomb. Younger voters in Wales and Scotland support independence, younger voters in the north of Ireland support Irish Unity. It is a matter of *when* not *if* the Union ends, it is in all our interests that process is as amicable as possible.
@LloydAMelville
Cllr Lloyd Melville
5 months
🔍 16-34 year olds in Scotland overwhelmingly support independence. 📈 83% among 16-24s. 📊 75% among 25-34s. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland’s future.
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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Where do the millions of people in the UK that don’t identify as ‘British’ fit in to @reformparty_uk ’s vision? 55.2% of Wales identify as Welsh only, do they not fit into Tice’s “single British culture?” This is dangerous and extreme British nationalist rhetoric.
@LBC
LBC
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'We want people to live in a harmonious country under a single British culture.' 'Multiculturalism has failed', Reform UK's @TiceRichard tells @NickFerrariLBC , emphasising the need to 'train up our own' to fill the gaps left by skills shortages.
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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🎫 “We in Wales, collectively, should have the confidence and self respect to stick our heads above the parapet and explain clearly and with conviction that this is not acceptable and will not be tolerated.” ✍️ @GwernGwynfil takes on the Parking Company Pirates.
@NationCymru
Nation.Cymru
2 months
Anyone who chooses to ignore, dismiss or look down upon our language is disrespecting all the people who live in Wales ✍️ @GwernGwynfil
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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🟢 Wales Green Party Manifesto commitments. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Devolution of; ✅ Everything via Independence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Immediate priority points; ✅ Crown Estate devolution ✅ Nationalise public services ✅ Fully public NHS & social care ✅ Universal free school meals ✅ 12,000 new homes
@WalesGreenParty
Plaid Werdd Cymru | Wales Green Party
17 days
We launched our manifesto this morning! You can now read it here: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Yn Gymraeg #TurnGreen #GwyrddEichByd
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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🚨 Plaid Cymru’s pledges for Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Devolution of; ✅ Everything via independence. 🌼 “Our ambition can be seen in our confidence that Wales can and should run its own affairs as an outward looking independent nation.” 🧵 Key pledges for Wales in thread.
@Plaid_Cymru
Plaid Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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Watch our manifesto launch live now. For fairness and ambition for Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 An independent Wales would have the ability to drive a green energy revolution. ☢️ Instead the UKGovernment eyes up a new large-scale nuclear power plant on Ynys Mon. 🇺🇾 Uruguay is an example of good practice that we can learn from & implement, if only we had the agency.
@nickhedley
Nick Hedley
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‘Energy independent’ Uruguay runs on 100% renewable electricity for 10 straight months (and counting)
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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🚨 Majority of voters think Vaughan Gething should resign, following the vote of no confidence. 📈 53% of voters, 67% excluding Don’t Knows, think the FM should go. 📉 Only 21% approve of Gething, this is *5 points lower* than Rishi Sunak’s approval rating.
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨 44% of 25-34yr olds say Yes to Welsh independence in the latest Redfield & Wilton poll. #IndyWales #Annibyniaeth
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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“The Commission’s final report sets out three different constitutional options for Wales in the long term: enhanced devolution, Wales as part of a federal UK, and an independent Wales. Each one is found to be viable.” ✍️ Dr Anwen Elias
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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If they’re treated as a major party by the UK media again we’re going to riot. Abolish were granted a massively inflated pedestal by the BBC for the 2021 Senedd Elections and flopped spectacularly on polling day. Their HQ is a cow shed in the middle of nowhere, not even joking.
@NationCymru
Nation.Cymru
1 month
A party who’s sole aim is to abolish the Welsh Parliament and hand over all devolved powers to Westminster will be standing candidates in the General Election for the first time ✍️ @EPriceJourno
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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🚨 91% of Nation Cymru readers think Vaughan Gething should resign, following a vote of no confidence in the embattled First Minister this week. ✍️ Full analysis here 👇
@NationCymru
Nation.Cymru
28 days
A substantial majority of NationCymru readers have indicated that they believe the First Minister should resign after losing a no-confidence vote in the Senedd last week
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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⚖️ “Separate legal jurisdictions for England and Wales would provide for greater clarity. The law in Wales could be found in one place, disentangled from the law in England, as is the case with the law in Scotland and in Northern Ireland.” ✍️ Dr Huw Evans #IndyWales
@NationCymru
Nation.Cymru
3 months
Formal recognition of a separate jurisdiction would significantly improve accessibility. That decision, however, is a political one, and for the UK Government. But the case must be made✍️Dr Huw Evans @cardiffmet
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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🚂 “The railway is of immense importance to the county, with thousands of visitors and local people using it on a daily basis to go to school, work, and shopping, or for leisure purposes.” 🗣️ @GwynforO Those HS2 £billions would sure come in handy here.
@BylinesCymru
BylinesCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
2 months
Gwynedd councillors concerned by Cambrian Coast train cuts The council passes a unanimous motion to defend the Cambrian Coast line against service cuts planned by Transport for Wales. #LocalDemocracyReporting
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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☢️“The largest utility provider in South Korea, has held early-stage discussions with Westminster officials about developing the Wylfa Newydd site on the island of Ynys Môn” 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿already produces more energy than we use. *Wales should make these decisions*
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
2 months
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 📊 Yes to independence at 33% in the latest Redfield & Wilton polling. 🟰 Continues the static theme of polling results over the last year, highlighting the need for the wider Indy movement to evolve.
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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“Royal courtiers privately put pressure on the Welsh government to ensure that King Charles could not be prosecuted for rural crimes under a new law that ministers had drawn up, documents reveal.” ✍️ @guardian All should be treated equal in law.
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
1 month
🌹 We didn’t have a Labour candidate campaigning against the First Minister’s biggest donor on our bingo card. Henry Tufnell takes aim at Vaughan Gething’s donors over a shocking environmental issue in Pembrokeshire, that’ll be a frosty photo op if Gething turns up to campaign.
@TufnellHenry
Henry Tufnell MP
1 month
I am committed to stopping the stink at the Withyhedge Landfill site. If elected as your MP in Mid and South Pembrokeshire, I will always put our county first and be a strong voice for #Pembrokeshire . #stopthestink #withyhedge
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
2 months
TfW is owned by the Welsh Government, so the cuts are being planned by them. It highlights the reality of Unionist politics, the Barnett Formula is insufficient for Wales’ needs. How Wales is funded is open to manipulation, see HS2. We *need* to change the system.
@YesCymru
YesCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
2 months
YesCymru stands shoulder to shoulder with Gwynedd and all other counties, against service cuts planned by Westminster. 👉 Independence #Indywales = for a richer, better 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales!
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
2 months
🚨 Honesty and integrity are the minimum basic standards Wales should expect from our elected representatives. The @PrifWeinidog must lead by example in setting the standards of their Government. Mr Gething must consider his position and do the right thing for Wales, resign.
@NationCymru
Nation.Cymru
2 months
Evidence has emerged that Vaughan Gething misled the UK Covid Inquiry and the Senedd by concealing the fact that he deliberately deleted records of conversations he had with other ministers ✍️ @ShiptonMartin
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
2 months
Carrier bags and an opt-out organ donation scheme, as welcome as they are - is that the limit of Wales’ ambition? Hardly the agency required to face the challenges of child poverty, a lack of financial levers, energy policy or control of justice. Ambition. Bravery. Confidence.
@SeneddWales
Welsh Parliament
2 months
From our mountains to our coast, your voices are changing Wales and shaping its future 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 25 years of decisions made in Wales, for Wales. Your Voice. Your Senedd. Our future. #Senedd25
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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“Independence is that new and exciting opportunity, and Plaid Cymru have the opportunity to be that insurgency against the archaic, tired UK establishment. To show that a new Wales is possible.” ✍️ @Ethan4Indy
@BylinesCymru
BylinesCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
4 months
“An opposition should scrutinise a government, hold it to account when necessary, and put forward a counter-vision of what Wales can be. Blanket performative outrage without substantive alternatives just doesn’t cut it.” ✍️ @Ethan4Indy
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
3 months
What other country would let the national showpiece of their arts, culture and history just die. This is an outrageous dereliction of duty by @PrifWeinidog and @WelshLabour . You have a duty to safeguard our country’s arts, culture and history. Not a licence to destroy it.
@WalesOnline
WalesOnline 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
3 months
First Minister Vaughan Gething says he won't step in to save Wales' national museum in Cardiff
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
2 months
What on earth is going on with the @WelshGovernment at the moment 👀 @PrifWeinidog crashes from one scandal to another. How much longer will this be allowed to continue? Wales deserves better.
@hannahblythyn
Hannah Blythyn
2 months
I am deeply shocked and saddened by what has happened today. I am clear and have been clear that I did not, nor have I ever leaked anything. Integrity is all in politics and I retain mine. 1/2 🧵
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
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“The business model speaks for itself and is sustainable for the long term. The key point is that selling our water on an international market is feasible. We’re not locked in to selling to England.” ✍️ @emlyn_yunfei 🌧️An independent Wales would benefit from our resources.
@BylinesCymru
BylinesCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
3 months
“An independent Wales would nationalise its water reserves and cancel contracts … our surplus water might be sold at international auction … England could still buy our water, but would have to beat offers coming in from Spain, Greece, or Morocco.”
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
1 month
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 🌼 Major boost for Plaid Cymru’s chances in Caerfyrddin / Carmarthen as incumbent MP Jonathan Edwards, who sits as an independent, announces he will not be seeking re-election. 📊 Plaid are currently projected to win the seat with Labour as close challengers.
@NationCymru
Nation.Cymru
1 month
A Welsh MP who accepted a police caution for common assault on his wife has announced that he will not be standing in the general election ✍️ @ShiptonMartin
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
28 days
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 📊 The majority of Welsh voters believe that Vaughan Gething should resign as First Minister. 🗳️ This is the first polling data set following the Senedd’s vote of no confidence in the embattled Labour First Minister.
@RedfieldWilton
Redfield & Wilton Strategies
28 days
Following the vote of no confidence in First Minister Vaughan Gething, do Welsh voters think he should now resign? (5-7 June) All Voters Yes 53% No 26% 2021 Labour Voters Yes 48% No 37%
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
4 months
It is becoming clearer by the day that a Vaughan Gething administration will severely damage Wales’ fragile democratic existence. The independence movement must gear up and prepare for an exponential crisis. New Wales will seek to play a part in developing a roadmap to Indy.
@WalesPolitics
BBC Wales Politics
4 months
Welsh Labour leadership candidate Vaughan Gething lobbied regulators on behalf of a firm that had been prosecuted for waste crimes, and whose owner later donated to him
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
2 months
🇸🇮 Slovenia has many examples of good practice, as a newly established small independent country, that Wales could adopt and modify to our needs. 🏡 🇸🇮 standard of living is higher than the UK. 💰 🇸🇮 has surpassed Wales. 😃 🇸🇮 has a higher quality of life. Independence works!
@GwernGwynfil
Gwern Gwynfil
2 months
@rhysllwyd 🤔 Slovenia is basically the same size as Wales and has 12 states It seems to work well (Slovenia has surpassed Wales in wealth terms, has a more equal society and a higher quality of life metric) They were way behind on all counts when they became independent in 1991…
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
2 months
It is very disappointing that Labour have made the decision to drop making St David’s Day a bank holiday. This flies in the face of public opinion, which overwhelmingly backs the calls for the day to be a national bank holiday in Wales. Power to decide must reside in the Senedd
@WalesOnline
WalesOnline 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
2 months
Labour 'drops pledge' to make St David's Day a bank holiday
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
21 days
🔵 Conservative Manifesto commitments for Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Devolution of; ❌ Nothing Major devolution points; ❌ EU Replacement Funds ❌ HS2 Funds ❌ Justice ❌ Policing ❌ Probation ❌ Crown Estate ❌ Air Passenger Duty ❌ Broadcasting ❌ Rail 🚘 Pledge to scrap the Default 20mph.
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
16 days
🟢 Wales Green Party Manifesto commitments. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Devolution of; ✅ Everything via Independence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Immediate priority points; ✅ Crown Estate devolution ✅ Nationalise public services ✅ Fully public NHS & social care ✅ Universal free school meals ✅ 12,000 new homes
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
3 months
“Given that Wales has historically experienced chronic underinvestment, England would almost certainly have to take on the bulk of the debt. The Welsh share, contrary to unionist fear-mongering, would be very small.” ✍️ @emlyn_yunfei #IndyWales
@BylinesCymru
BylinesCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
3 months
Welsh independence: what happens when a state ceases to exist? What becomes of the assets & liabilities of the former UK? This’ll be of critical importance if we embark on a future free of London’s rule for the first time in centuries. ✍️ @emlyn_yunfei
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
3 months
The most likely route to achieving this would be via independence. It would certainly widen the Indy debate if Plaid Cymru would lay out their path towards an independent Wales achieving this goal with 🇪🇺
@Plaid_Cymru
Plaid Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
3 months
Both the Tories and Labour have rejected an offer by the EU for young people to be able to live, work or study across Europe Plaid Cymru would restore opportunities ripped away from our young people
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
5 months
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 34% say Yes to Welsh independence in the latest Redfield & Wilton poll. #IndyWales #Annibyniaeth
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
1 month
🟢 “The level of inequality across the UK is shocking. Wales has the highest rate of child poverty in Western Europe with one in three children growing up in poverty, yet tackling this issue is hardly ever mentioned by other parties.” 🗣️ @phildavies1995
@CwmbranLife
CwmbranLife
1 month
Philip Davies will stand for the Green Party candidate for Torfaen in the upcoming general election. Read his story here:
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
4 months
“Independence for Wales is about the future, and the positivity and potential that could be brought about. We’re neither too small nor too poor.” ✍️ @Ethan4Indy 🛣️ The roadmap to independence needs to be developed so that Wales reaches its potential.
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
14 days
🚨 Vaughan Gething under further pressure as it emerges his controversial donor is facing a tax evasion probe. 🥀 This is the latest in a string of scandals involving the tainted cash that bankrolled Mr Gething’s leadership campaign.
@NationCymru
Nation.Cymru
14 days
A major TV investigation has revealed that the controversial businessman whose company donated £200k to Vaughan Gething is under suspicion for potential tax evasion ✍️ @ShiptonMartin
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
26 days
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Our projection for the Westminster General Election, 4th July 2024, based on the latest Redfield & Wilton polling.
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
4 months
The average Slovenian household is better off than those in the UK. Slovenia shows us a route to success Wales has the ambition, creativity and resources to make independence a success too! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🤝 🇸🇮 A New Wales is possible.
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
5 months
💰The UK enters another recession 💰 The Westminster system doesn’t work for Wales, the system *needs* to change. Independence *is* that change, we can’t afford to keep trying the same thing & hope it works this time. Why wait? Let’s have the bravery to take the initiative.
@SkyNews
Sky News
5 months
BREAKING: The UK economy has officially entered recession, figures show
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
1 month
🥀 “While Gething and his remaining allies persist in trying to make the frankly absurd case that it matters not if the first minister loses a confidence vote in the Welsh legislature, wiser heads are recognising that his position is becoming untenable.”
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
2 months
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 “we believe the people of Wales should be able to decide Wales' future via a referendum.” @WelshConserv have committed to the principle of Wales deciding its future via referendums. This marks a big change in the Tories’ stance on our constitutional future.
@GarethDaviesVoC
Gareth Davies MS/AS
2 months
Today is a sad day for Welsh politics as Labour and Plaid's plans for 36 more MS's passed by 43 votes to 16. Myself and all @WelshConserv MS's voted against this as we believe the people of Wales should be able to decide Wales' future via a referendum. (1/2)
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
4 months
🚜 Independence opens o many doors for Welsh farmers that are currently closed, as members of the UK. Independence could be the key to greater prosperity as @GwernGwynfil lays out. Abolition of the Senedd will lead to regression.
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
5 months
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 53% of 25-34 year olds would say Yes to an independent Wales! *53%* 👀 #IndyWales #Annibyniaeth
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
5 months
“A record high of 59% of people aged 16–24 support independence. That’s a stunning figure and, when combined with 53% of those aged 25–34, shows that the United in the United Kingdom is on very thin ice.” ✍️ @Ethan4Indy #IndyWales #Annibyniaeth
@BylinesCymru
BylinesCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
5 months
Latest poll finds 59% of those aged 16–24 support independence for Wales, and 53% of those aged 25–34. It shows that the United in the United Kingdom is on very thin ice. But must we wait for more people to grow up to achieve independence? ✍️ @Ethan4Indy
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
1 month
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Our projection for the Senedd 2026 Election, based on the latest Redfield & Wilton polling. 🌹 Labour majority of 3
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
2 months
“The toxic scandal that could destroy Starmer's Welsh First Minister before his reign has even started.” 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 It may well be one of those rare UK General Elections in which Wales is actually both on the media’s radar and a major political talking point 👇
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
2 months
“The Labour-led Welsh Government loves to highlight the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015. So why is it so comfortable in underfunding, belittling the staff of, and destroying our world-renowned national institutions?” ✍️ @phildavies1995
@BylinesCymru
BylinesCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
2 months
Cultural austerity: why is Welsh Labour failing future generations? Museums, libraries, all national assets are our investments and inheritance. We owe it to future generations to pass them on. Does @WelshLabour believe in its own laws? @phildavies1995
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
22 days
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 🥀 Labour shadow Welsh Secretary, Jo Stevens, has confirmed that Labour *will not* allow the Welsh Government to control post-Brexit funding for Wales. 🇬🇧 The new champions of Muscular Unionism?
@WalesPolitics
BBC Wales Politics
22 days
Senior Welsh Labour Westminster candidate says party will not give Welsh government full control over post-Brexit economic aid
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
1 month
🚨 Major news as it transpires the Welsh Labour BAME statement, accusing the Welsh media of racism in their coverage of Gething’s scandals, was issued without the whole committee’s knowledge or consent. 🥀 Serious questions for the First Minister’s campaign manager to answer.
@NationCymru
Nation.Cymru
1 month
Welsh Labour’s committee for minority ethnic members was not consulted before a statement was issued in its name condemning Welsh journalists for their coverage of scandals surrounding Vaughan Gething ✍️ @ShiptonMartin
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
1 month
🚂 Following the Labour Shadow Minister for Wales’ comments that the payment of the missing £4bn, of HS2 funds, is not a priority for Wales; Plaid’s Niamh Salkeld, candidate for Blaenau Gwent & Rhymni, hits back that Wales will never be a priority for Labour. 👇
@niamh_salkeld
Niamh Salkeld
1 month
❌Wales will never be a priority for the Labour Party 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Plaid Cymru is the only party that will put Wales' first 🗳️ Vote for Plaid Cymru on 4th July for MP's that listen to voters, give them a voice, and prioritise the interests of Wales #GeneralElection #VotePlaidCymru
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
4 months
“A roadmap to self-determination for an independent Cymru must show our understanding of how our nation will transition from being part of the UK.” ✍️ Simon Hobson 🛣️ It is vital that the movement starts to seriously develop the roadmap that leads us to an independent Cymru.
@BylinesCymru
BylinesCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
4 months
“The world belongs to smaller nations. The relative prosperity of countries such as Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, & Slovenia is increasingly apparent to those measuring up the position of Wales within the UK … How are we to make our way?”
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
3 months
“Crown Estate will be devolved in Wales. I am sure of this. It will be too little too late. Like the coal industry and the clean up of the old spoil heaps, Wales will have responsibilities and control only after missing out on the bulk of the wealth creation.” ✍️ @GwernGwynfil
@NationCymru
Nation.Cymru
3 months
‘We have been built over the centuries to service our neighbour. 'This makes energy use across south Wales some of the most fossil fuel dependent in the UK’✍️ @GwernGwynfil
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
21 days
🚨 Beth Winter, recently the Labour MP for Cynon Valley, with a scathing review of the Labour manifesto. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Winter calls for the redistribution of wealth and a progressive socialist future. 👇 Read more here.
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@BethWinterCynon
Beth Winter
21 days
The Labour Party manifesto lacks the ambition needed to deliver for Cymru. It fails to offer the redistribution of wealth and power owed to us. It's time for progressives to unite to win a fairer, greener, socialist future. My piece in @NationCymru 👇
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
4 months
Decisions made in Wales should be scrutinised in Wales. As the UK Covid Inquiry has had its (brief) focus on Wales, it has become clearer and clearer that the decisions of the Labour Welsh Government require more in-depth scrutiny. People who lost loved ones deserve better.
@BylinesCymru
BylinesCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
4 months
Truth, justice, accountability: the UK Covid Inquiry & the bereaved in Wales Counsel for Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru, Kirsten Heaven, delivered this closing statement to the UK Covid Inquiry in Cardiff. It is blistering. @cymru_inquiry
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
5 months
It is very welcome to hear @RhunapIorwerth putting independence front and centre of Plaid Cymru’s vision for Wales. The independence movement is evolving to its next phase, it is an exciting time for those who believe in an independent Wales. A New Wales is possible!
@Plaid_Cymru
Plaid Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
5 months
Independence is the only viable and most sustainable option in the long run. It is the best way of nurturing our democracy and the only way of protecting it from those who would look to overrule it or even wipe it out altogether.
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
19 days
➡️ Did you join the Reform Revolt in Merthyr Tydfil today? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Devolution of; ❌ Nothing Major devolution points; ❌ EU Replacement Funds ❌ HS2 Funds ❌ Justice ❌ Policing ❌ Probation ❌ Crown Estate ❌ Air Passenger Duty ❌ Broadcasting ❌ Rail ✅ St David’s Day Bank Hol
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@NationCymru
Nation.Cymru
19 days
Nigel Farage said he wants Reform to establish a 'bridgehead' in Parliament with a view to a full assault in five years’ time as he launched his party’s election promises in Merthyr Tydfil
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
5 months
Slovenia has thrived after gaining independence, making the most of the agency Indy provides. Wales can too. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🤝🇸🇮
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
3 months
“Join us on 22 June in the town of the legendary Merlin and Gwynfor’s victory, not to look back, but to look forward and to call for a fairer Wales, a richer Wales, a free Wales.” 🗣️ Dylan Phillips #IndyWales #Annibyniaeth
@NationCymru
Nation.Cymru
3 months
The next march for independence will be held in Wales’ oldest town, it has been announced
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
5 months
🚨 Projected to Lose Seat 🚨 @natasghar is projected to lose her South Wales East Regional Seat to @reformparty_uk . @Conservatives MS of the 2021 intake, Asghar has campaigned vigorously against 20mph limits but this does not appear to have generated blanket support. #Polling
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
5 months
🚨 Senedd Projection 🚨 ⏸️ @UKLabour static and 1 seat short of a majority. ⬆️ @Plaid_Cymru to become the party of opposition. ⬇️ @Conservatives to lose 5 seats. ⬆️ @reformparty_uk to enter the Senedd with 4 seats. #IndyWales #Annibyniaeth
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
2 months
☢️ The First Minister welcomes the UKGov decision on Wylfa and eagerly awaits further instruction. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 In an independent Wales our government would be able to make the decisions on this rather than wait for further instruction from Westminster. Wales’ decisions on Wales’ terms.
@PrifWeinidog
Vaughan Gething 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
2 months
I welcome today's news that Wylfa is the preferred site for a large-scale nuclear power plant. Rydym yn barod i weithio mewn partneriaeth ac edrychwn ymlaen at fwy o fanylion gan Lywodraeth y DU. We're ready to work in partnership and await further info from UK Gov.
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
2 months
🇸🇮 Slovenia has many examples of good practice, as a newly established small independent country, that Wales could adopt and modify to our needs. 🏡 🇸🇮 standard of living is higher than the UK. 💰 🇸🇮 has surpassed Wales. 😃 🇸🇮 has a higher quality of life. Independence works!
@JHenryCDF
Jack Henry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇦
2 months
📉As part of this ‘United Kingdom’, Wales is seeing miserable growth and stagnation quarter after quarter. 📈Independence isn’t just a solution, it’s a vital step to creating a brighter future for Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿We can do better. Our freedom will ensure this.
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
3 months
“Meanwhile just two countries in Europe still use FPTP – the UK and Belarus.” ✍️ @CatherineFookes This statement alone rubber stamps the significant problem Westminster’s medieval voting system poses. Many would argue that the most likely path to democratic reform is via indy
@NationCymru
Nation.Cymru
3 months
Not only do people tend to be happier with politicians under a fairer voting system they are also much more likely to ✍️ @CatherineFookes
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
3 months
“The opportunities to back ourselves are endless. We have the solutions yet choose not to deploy them. Why let our government discard our country’s priceless assets and expertise instead of using them to overcome diverse challenges?” ✍️ @GutoOwenH2
@BylinesCymru
BylinesCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
3 months
Welsh clean energy for the National Museum of Wales A Welsh solution to immense losses to Wales – caused in part by rising energy costs – was under our noses for centuries. Instead of discarding our heritage, we could make the most of it. ✍️ @GutoOwenH2
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
4 months
“As the National Party of Wales, the Party’s aims shall be to secure independence for Wales in Europe.” 🗣️ @RhunapIorwerth 🇮🇪 Economic opportunities as a result of Indy. 🇪🇺 Relationship of Indy Wales with the EU. Both key areas that we will be researching in due course 🧵
@NationCymru
Nation.Cymru
5 months
Rhun ap Iorwerth will makes the case for closer links between Wales and Ireland and for Wales to rejoin the European single market as a matter of urgency, in a keynote speech
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
3 months
🚨 The next march for independence has been announced 👇
@wal_cym
Cymru Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
3 months
22nd June, Carmarthern, 1pm. 22ain Mehefin, Caerfyrddin, 1pm. Gorymdaith dros annibyniaeth. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 March for independence.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Note it in the calendar! Nodwch yn y calendr!
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
3 months
🥴 Says it all when the party in government’s comms read like a parody account. The movement must start focussing serious resources towards building the arguments for Wales’ independence, especially when this is the level of the Union’s governing party.
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
5 months
“Are we confident enough, ambitious enough, secure enough in our own beliefs, that we can come together as one, in common cause? To secure the independence that Wales desperately needs to escape its own poverty trap?” 🗣️ @GwernGwynfil , 2023. A New Wales is possible 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
1 month
It is in everyone’s interest that the countries of these islands begin discussions as to what comes next. The demographic trends seem inevitable, the muscular Unionism of the UK duopoly is failing. An amicable separation and mutually beneficial post-union relationships are key.
@Ethan4Indy
Ethan Jones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
1 month
The disconnect between the majority of the oldest generation of voters and the youngest has never been bigger. The UK is on the cusp of major political upheaval, coupled with the crippling generational issues we’re saddled with, it’s hard to see this political Union surviving.
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
2 months
📱 Either Vaughan Gething is lying or Hannah Blythyn is. It’s important to note that Blythyn made a point of stating integrity is all in politics and she retains hers. Either way, the key point is that Gething’s text messages should have been on the public record anyway.
@jamswilliams85
James Williams
2 months
“My understanding is that the leak can definitely be traced to her phone” @Eluned_Morgan on @hannahblythyn ’s sacking Blythyn has said she “did not, nor have I ever leaked anything” Listen to the @BBCRadioWales Breakfast interview in full from 1:13hrs👇
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
1 month
🗳️ After losing a vote of confidence this afternoon, the First Minister refuses to accept the result. 🥀 In a move that’s unprecedented in the history of the Senedd, the VONC’d FM is digging in. 🤯 Scenes that aren’t compatible with democracy.
@ITVWales
ITV Wales News
1 month
First minister, Vaughan Gething, has responded to losing the Senedd's vote of no confidence, a move he has called a "desperate gimmick".
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
5 months
Wales does have; ✅ the skills ✅ the talent ✅ the ambition Wales *can* make a success of independence, it is good to hear Rhun laying out a roadmap. Independence is a journey rather than an event and it is those who aren’t fully sold that need to be convinced. #IndyWales
@RhunapIorwerth
Rhun ap Iorwerth
5 months
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿I’ve made no secret of believing that Wales has the skills, talent and ambition to make it as a confident and progressive member of the international community of nations in its own right. 1/4 🧵
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
5 months
“Wales doesn’t need to reinvent the wheel to become a leader in cultural intelligence, peace, and reconciliation: it’s part of our heritage.” ✍️ @emlyn_yunfei for @BylinesCymru . Independence would give Wales *all* the agency required to be a world leader in soft power.
@BylinesCymru
BylinesCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
5 months
“Wales will bring the nations of the world together in summer song at Llangollen in the north and, in winter, resolve their disputes in the south” The Welsh could lead the world in cultural intelligence and mediation. It’s our heritage. ✍️ @emlyn_yunfei
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@aNewWales
New.Wales
1 month
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Our projection for the Westminster General Election, 4th July 2024, based on the latest More in Common polling.
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