Rob Harries
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Senior reporter @WalesOnline, @CarmJournal, Western Mail, SW Evening Post. e-mail: [email protected] Phone: 07890 546505. All views my own.
Carmarthen, Wales
Joined August 2012
I was asked to write an opinion piece on the Welsh language after it took another kicking. So here goes🏴. 'I am always fascinated by the ire formed by the language that manifests itself in those who cannot speak it. Why do they care?.
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@RealCultureClub I would immediately chew down on the cyanide capsule I keep inside my mouth.
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@ScottBentonMP ‘Hi mate. It’s almost 11pm. Fancy going to the pub for one pint?’ said no one ever in history.
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@ESPNUK How is this even a debate? I’m a Utd fan but De Bruyne is one of the best players to ever play in the Premier League.
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Just been slated on FB for reporting on the case of a drink driver who rolled a car in Pembrokeshire with no licence and no insurance. ‘You don’t know the full circumstances’. Don’t care, either. My wife and kid could have been coming the other way. Don’t drink and drive. Next.
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Ventilators that could save the lives of thousands of people suffering from coronavirus are being made in Carmarthenshire. The Covid Emergency Ventilator has been given the go-ahead by the WG having been designed by consultant Dr Rhys Thomas and CR Clarke & Co in Ammanford. 1/2
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Watching a local rugby game and a player has sustained a neck injury on the pitch. He can’t be moved. Ambulance has been called. It’s estimated to be here in four hours. It’s seven miles from the hospital. This country’s in a right mess.
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Farmers have turned up outside the Welsh Labour conference in Llandudno this morning, where PM Keir Starmer is due to appear shortly. The protest is taking place after chancellor Rachel Reeves announced in the Budget that the rules around inheritance tax for farms would change.
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It is mental when you think about it isn't it? He should support England, he's English. But he should not be Prince of Wales, obviously. Whole thing is a farce.
The #ThreeLions heading to @FIFAWorldCup were given a special send-off by being presented with their tournament squad numbers by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales.
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Kelly Jones has some genes on him, mind. He’s aged about a month in 25 years #Stereophonics.
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So. 🏴 beat 🏴.🇺🇸 v 🇮🇷 DRAW.🏴 through. 🏴 beat 🏴.🇺🇸 beat 🇮🇷.GD between 🏴and 🇺🇸. 🏴 beat 🏴.🇮🇷 beat 🇺🇸.🏴out. *****This is assuming USA lose tonight.
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@premierleague Lehman . Lauren Toure Campbell Cole. Ljungberg Vieira Silva Pires. Bergkamp Henry.
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@superTV247 ‘Find strength in each other.’. Get over yourself. You’re a daytime TV presenter, not Gandhi.
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@UtdPlug Should have kept their heads at 3-0, been professional, defended properly, written it off as bad day at the office. What happened after that is insane. How they recover I don’t know. Would take 4th now in a heartbeat.
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Look at this nonsense. It's like watching the Robin Hood cartoon.
King Charles leaves Buckingham Palace for Parliament ahead of King’s Speech - Labour’s first since taking power. Follow live
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Of all the things I've written about recently, this is the most important. There's a pub in Carmarthen inviting people to come and hang out. free soft drinks, tea and coffee, nibbles, games, whatever you want. three months after the death of the landlord's best friend.
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@footballdaily @Carra23 Liverpool have an awful lot of amazing players according to @Carra23. It’s therefore very weird that they’re 8th with nothing to play for in April.
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I love (love) Noel Gallagher, but he’s actually commentating on a Champions League game involving the team he supports. What the feck is happening to football on TV in this country? No wonder people don’t pay for subscriptions anymore.
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I’m at Aberystwyth train station. ‘Hi, is there a toilet at the station?’. ‘Yes but it doesn’t open until 11.’. I love Wales but I sometimes think what the hell is going on….
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Can we just stop referring to this guy as the Prince of Wales? . I find it terribly embarrassing and actually quite offensive. It suggests Wales is nothing but an extension of England; a bit of forgotten land handed to an Englishman as a trinket.
Nail biting to the very end. Well done @England! Semi-finals here we come! We believe. W.
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Unpopular opinion but this is literally my idea of hell.
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About time Brendan Rodgers got the credit he deserves. - Promotion with Swansea. - Nearly winning the title at Liverpool. - Multiple trophies at Celtic. - Major trophy and probable Top 4 with Leicester. Top manager.
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My two-page spread in today's Wales on Sunday about Welsh independence. No matter where you stand on the idea, you can't ignore that something has happened - something has changed - in the past two weeks. The conversation just got a whole lot louder.
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@Carra23 I love it when having a different opinion means ‘you’re not watching the same game/don’t know anything about football’…. Both streets ahead of you anyway…. .
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@UnitedStandMUFC It’s football. They’ve amassed a huge amount of points since Nov/Dec. What do you want? ETH out and Pogba back on loan?.
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@AdamBayBoyy @realDonaldTrump How is it rigged Charles? Surely it would be more rigged if they stopped counting at the whim of an insane man?. Trump is going to lose fairly and squarely and he can’t take the ignominy of being only the second one-term President since the ‘70s.
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Coming up to four hours since the incident and he’s still lying on the pitch. Insane that this is just normal now in Wales.
Watching a local rugby game and a player has sustained a neck injury on the pitch. He can’t be moved. Ambulance has been called. It’s estimated to be here in four hours. It’s seven miles from the hospital. This country’s in a right mess.
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I quit my comfortable office job in Cardiff in 2015 because I always wanted to be a journalist. The last four and a half years have been challenging and brilliant. Today is the hardest day.
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Woman on Radio Wales just now. "I don't see an end to it. Covid will keep going and going and going.".Jason Mohammad: "What about the vaccine, though?"."Oh, I wouldn't do it Jason. Not for me.". I'm gonna start drinking vodka the second I finish work.
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Harrowing Snapchat video shows driver drinking behind the wheel minutes before crashing into wall and killing friend. ➡️
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“We did everything that we could. ”. said Boris Johnson, a leader that didn’t bother to show up for the first five Cobra meetings on coronavirus.
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The office of Simon Hart, the MP for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire and Chief Whip of the House of Commons, has been vandalised. The message was left at some point on Thursday night on the window of Mr Hart's Whitland office in Carmarthenshire.
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@DarrenBent It was a totally differe…….he works for Talk Sport and wants people to be wound up. And relax.
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Meanwhile, in west Wales, empty plates were left outside the offices of Simon Hart MP and Stephen Crabb MP over the weekend, in protest at their decision not to back a motion for free school meals for eligible children in England over half-term and upcoming holiday periods.
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@BBCNews Some of the comments here are an absolute disgrace and a symbol of everything that’s wrong with humanity. Awful, empty, heartless people. I feel sorry for them as their lives must be so empty; it’s why they hold on to so much hate.
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My lovely dad passed away early this morning after a near two-month stay in hospital. Born and raised in Priory Street, Carmarthen, he was best known to many as Mr Martyn Harries the history teacher in Tregib School, and was also a lifelong member of Carmarthen Bowls Club….
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It’s mad how totally unlikeable Lee Anderson is. At least Farage has the ‘gift of the gab’ or whatever you want to call it. But every time this guy opens his mouth it’s to say something negative, nasty or hateful. I find it totally mad that he’s an MP.
I spent the day at the Reform conference in Wales today. They say they will fix the Welsh NHS if you vote for them, but they fall apart in the details. Here is a small part of my Lee Anderson Interview. Full interview with him and Nigel Farage in the newsletter this weekend.
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@UtdPlug This guy. Wasn't he to blame twice for Italy's goal on Thursday? Just knuckle down and play well. Stop talking.
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The people of Carmarthen are lovely, warm and friendly. But there's just something about them which means they can't, ever, in any weather, operate a ticket machine in a car park.
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FFS. I guess street parties and picnics are more important. It’s Wales’ biggest game for 64 years. No it isn’t. It’s Wales’ biggest game ever. I don’t want to say ‘if it was rugby’, but if it was rugby…….
No fan zone in Cardiff for huge Wales football match because of Jubilee celebrations and concerts
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@amandajplatell @BorisJohnson @danwootton Are you openly mocking people at 0.35 seconds? People who didn't see families, people who didn't go to funerals, people who couldn't say goodbye to people before they died? . I should never debate with someone like you but it's hard not to bite when you're being so awful.
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So…(updated). If 🏴 beat 🏴……🏴 go through only if 🇺🇸 v 🇮🇷 is a draw*. *unless Wales beat 🏴 4-0, then 🏴 go through regardless 😄.
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@GaryLineker You’re very hard to read on Twitter, Gary. It’s almost as if your obsession with Messi clouds your opinion on most things. Imagine if France celebrated like this tomorrow night after beating England on penalties? . Classless (as expected to be honest) nonsense from Argentina.
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@cynthiasaysboo @RealCultureClub Anyone who knows me knows I love joy and silliness. Not crap, though.
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I've been asked by a friend to take part in a challenge where I post an image on social media that means something to me with no explanation every day for 10 days. I said no.
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It’s been over six weeks since my Dad passed away and I still get messages like this which mean absolutely everything. It doesn’t seem like it at times on here but there really are nice people about.
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@Football__Tweet Mbappe scored a hat-trick past him, has already won the World Cup and will probably win it again. I don’t get it.
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Just spent £8.45 on two coffees in Carmarthen. It is mad though isn’t it?. We’ve all, at some point, lost our collective minds and accepted that this is what coffee costs now. It’s insane 😄. Still hoping to open my own cafe called Unashamedly Instant. £1.50 each. Next.
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There's a large Welsh Independence march taking place right now in central Cardiff @YesCymru @AUOBCymru #indyWales. You can follow live updates below.🏴
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Four missed calls from parents. God, I hope nothing’s wrong. Ring back:. “Listen, Robs. What chocolate will you eat over Christmas? Do you still like plain Galaxy?”. FFS.
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@AndrewRTDavies Why is he a hypocrite, Andrew? . He is a talented, wealthy and successful man who wants to change things for the better. Ring any bells? Thought not. I love how Tories have disdain for working-class people who have done well, but seemingly none for those born into wealth.
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Yn wreiddiol odd Philippe ddim moen symud i Aston Villa, ond ar ol siarad gyda Steven Gerrard odd e wedi Coutinho bod e’n syniad da.
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She's had her critics and sometimes she divides opinion, but she works incredibly hard and does a lot of good for our great nation. Her passion does not diminish either, even as she's getting older. So today let's raise a glass to her on her big day. Happy birthday @sianharries_.
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Football is Wales’ national sport and always has been.
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I don't like people saying 'Wales need to be careful otherwise Iran could cause an upset' 😬. Someone else has told me 'we need to rack up the goals for goal difference'. We need to win a 50/50 game. Iran beat Uruguay and drew with Senegal in September.
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Something needs to be done about the A48 between Carmarthen and Pont Abraham. People will disagree but it’s not the drivers, it’s not the speed limit…it’s the road and its layout. (Thread).
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@TelegraphDucker Utd are above Leicester in the league, they finished above Leicester last season and probably will this season. Overall they have better players than Leicester. I’m no Ole apologist but I fear people are looking for something that isn’t there. Utd played badly. End of.
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@GaryLineker @TuneD10S @elsy__ @Adonayjuly @FCBarcelona @LaLigaEN ‘There really is no comparison’. You literally always compare them every time you’re on World Cup/Champions League duty.
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@BBCBreaking His sentence should have been doubled for his ludicrous defence which wasted money, time, and brought more heartache to the family whose daughter he shot and murdered.
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@Carra23 Which Vidic? The one who won multiple league titles and the Champions League? That one? The one that Torres barely scored whilst playing against, that one?.
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@calvinrobinson Why is this such an issue for people from GB News? Oh yeah, because you make a living from winding people up.
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I know I like to moan about public transport in Wales but…. 3 of my best mates missed the bulk of my dad’s funeral yesterday because they had the audacity to expect a functioning rail service. We don’t have one. Train cancelled/delayed. The usual. On a Saturday. Shambles . 1/3.
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@danroan It's ok, easy mistake to make, it's not like she's the Secretary of State for Sport or anyth. oh.
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@_PaulHayward You say the FA Cup has been devalued, and then defend an example of it being devalued.
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@WayneSBarton Weird take this. The best thing for Manchester United is to have a different manager in place. If someone shares that opinion it doesn’t make them ‘shameful’. Maybe they want what’s best for the club?.
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@GaryLineker @Adonayjuly @FCBarcelona @LaLigaEN It’s fine. Messi is superb. I just think Ronaldo has surpassed him in recent years.
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It's been a pleasure this week to speak to members of @YesCymru about what is behind the group's incredible rise and growth over the past few days and weeks. It's been described by one academic as "a remarkable development in Welsh politics". Full story to come over the weekend.
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@SkyFootball This is like. the worst predicted line-up ever. 'Quick, name 11 tall (ish) Utd players.'.
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Getting stick on Facebook for reporting on the #BlackLivesMatter protest in Carmarthen. I’m not telling people to attend, I’m not telling people to stay away. I’m reporting on what’s happening in the middle of the town I cover. I am a reporter, after all.
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@GaryLineker @Adonayjuly @FCBarcelona @LaLigaEN So anyone who thinks Ronaldo is better has little understanding of football?.Just so we’re clear.
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A number of people have turned up to the protest in Carmarthen. It starts off with a period of silence lasting 8 minutes and 46 seconds, the amount of time George Floyd was pinned down.
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So we have to put up with THIS Government and THIS Prime Minister, and yet it’s #StarmerOut that’s trending. I can’t wait to drink loads of wine through a funnel later.
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Swansea University Health Board says it is categorically untrue that two nurses died in Swansea hospitals yesterday. A tweet, which the health board is aware of, was shared yesterday thousands of times. It's not true.
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@RobDawsonESPN 'There's no hiding place' .Welcome to August 2019 when Chris Smalling, Phil Jones and Ashley Young are members of the first-team squad. Out, out, out.
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@Otto_English @calvinrobinson 'I have nothing against being welcoming to people of other faiths. '. *Proceeds to explain the thing he has against being welcoming to people of other faiths.
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@UtdPlug He’s right. Ten Hag has done brilliantly in a short space of time, but there are still players at the club that he would chose not to be.
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