Last night a trans person was murdered.
This morning, Andrew RT Davies thought it vitally important to stir up more trans hatred and bigotry.
The tories are enabling and empowering a violent far right. From refugees to trans people, anyone who is not a cis white man is in danger.
Andrew, I will remind you that it was a Conservative Prime Minister that infamously said 'If the Welsh are striking over hunger, we must fill their bellies with lead", so, with all due respect, I will not be taking lessons from tories on what is best for Wales.
This has been blatantly obvious for a while, but the Labour Party has given up on the UK.
Only the
@WelshConserv
will rebuild Wales in a strong United Kingdom.
#BackWalesBackBritain
This new debate over OMOV shows just how out of touch the UK party is with Wales, Welsh People, and Welsh Labour. We are seeing the voice of Wales being pushed back in Westminster, and we are also now seeing the voice of Wales being pushed back within Labour. (1/6)
I've said it before, I will declare it again.
Sue Lent should definately not be a candidate, a Welsh Labour councillor, nor even a member of this party.
Solidarity starts at home.
NEW: A Welsh Labour local elections candidate in Cardiff suggested on social media that trans people are "brainwashed", and shared material which argued that trans people are suffering a mental illness that should be corrected through "therapy".
@AndrewRTDavies
You are a disgrace.
An apologist for the worst government and PM of my life, you and your party reek of the boot leather of westminster.
If you care about the NHS, or the people of Wales, then you should be calling for the removal of the govt in Westminster.
We must oppose the anti-democratic electoral college, yes. But more importantly this is time for Welsh Labour members to demand a seperate Welsh Labour Party, with political and financial independence. (2/6)
Rwyf wedi derbyn cadarnhad; byddai'n y cynrychiolydd cymraeg gyntaf ar y pwyllgor myfyrwyr llafur newydd.
I have received confirmation; I'm going to be the first Welsh rep on the new labour students committee.
Diolch I pawb a wnaeth enwebu fi a
@socialist_yl
.
I'm not usually serious on twitter so here we go:
@BenGwalchmai
is genuinely one of the nicest people I've ever met. This campaign of targetted harrassment is absolutely awful, and he should not be going through it.
I could say more, but not without swearing. I'll end it there.
Today, Welsh Labour voted to further the devolution of the Rulebook.
We did that because we are radical, we are successful, and we are confident.
Wnaethom ni wneud oherwydd ni yw'r wir Plaid dros Cymru.
We did it because we are the true party of, for, and from Wales.
Standing in the crowd, I thought we were past this horrible rhetoric.
Wales was not a colony. To claim so is just wrong.
No wonder BAME people feel put off and marginalised when you expropriate the language of colonialism for your own ends.
"We were the first colony in England, and in many ways, the last colony of England. But enough is enough"-
@YesCymru
independence March, Cardiff
On the 1st day of Black History Month in the city with the oldest Black population in the UK. This is what ethnonationalism looks like.
Wales has a different body-politik to the rest of the UK, and increasingly, Welsh Labour has a different body-politik to UK and Scottish Labour. Welsh Labour, the most successful political party in Europe, must be able to truly stand up for Wales, and build a fairer future. (3/6)
"Devolution is dead, and we have killed it." -Me
In all seriousness, this is a horrifying move. Sunak is trampling devolution in order to stoke the "culture war".
I wrote in my exam yesterday "Devolution is not safe while the tories have a chance at power".
I hate being right.
UPDATE: Rishi Sunak will block Scotland's recent gender recognition reform, the Times has learnt.
New legal advice notes that the legislation put forward by the Scottish Government would have an "adverse effect" on UK-wide equality legislation, allowing for a Section 35 order.
Neis i cwrdd a
@dafyddiwan
ar ôl siarad i
@IndyFestWrecsam
amdano'r pwysigrwydd o symundiad aml-bleidiol, a hefyd undebion llafur a'r symudiad llafur.
Nice to meet Dafydd Iwan after I spoke to the crowd at Wrecsam (not Bangor like i said in my speech!).
@AndrewRTDavies
You are the one who decided to post that this morning. I'll not hide behind your faux attempts at civilised debate when you and your party enable the violence we've seen.
You are the one who tweets about small boats, trans people, and every other far right talking point.
Your party has selected massively right-wing, anti-devolution, pro-abolish candidates. Your message is not for a strong 🏴, but for an opressive and unequal 🇬🇧. Stop stoking your precious little culture war.
Labour have selected pro-independence candidates.
They’ve declared 🇬🇧 is over.
They’re demanding “home-rule”.
If you a want a pro-Wales, pro-UK party, there’s only one on offer in May.
And that’s the
@WelshConserv
.
So yes, oppose the Electoral College, but demand better, demand democracy, demand socialism.
Work to secure the gains of the left within Welsh Labour, and the gains of the Labour Movement in Wales.
This is the only way to secure our future, and we must be the ones to secure it.
We must work for this-
@Lab4IndyWales
are already working towards this, and
@WLGrassroots
should follow. We must demand this, to ensure we can have a democratic socialist Welsh Labour Party, that can build a democratic socialist Wales. (4/6)
SLS is right to take a stand against transphobia, as CLS was.
If elected as Welsh Student Rep, I will fight for liberation and justice, not oppression and hate.
Our recent post regarding our opposition to transphobia in the Labour Party has received significant backlash. These responses have been factually misguided and morally vacant. Transgender people disproportionately face abuse at home, at work, on the street, and in the media...
What
@NationCymru
fails to mention is that this guy has been a tory since 2017, and currently works for the westminster tory govt.
The use of the 'former labour mp' is to try and paint the labour party as anti-devolution.
Please do better? We need a good news system in wales.
Very powerful messages at the vigil for Brianna Ghey in Aberystwyth.
Negeseuon pwerus at y wylnos dros Brianna Ghey yma yn Aberystwyth.
Rest in Pride, Rest in Power.
Gorffwys mewn balchder, Gorfwys mewn pŵer.
🏳️⚧️❤️🏳️🌈
@JessicaLBarnard
Despite poor showing from Welsh Lab MPs (Shoutout to Beth Winter), Welsh Lab also came out strongly in favour (going so far as to say that if they had legislative competence, they'd mirror scotland).
UK Labour establishment is responsible for this silence.
We all know why.
@jackwdunne
While you 100% should've been consulted and given the chance to vote on it, i believe that their statement is correct. Attacking anti-war protesters and pressure groups is not the way forward. We can disagree about policies but attacking Stop the War etc is unacceptable, imo.
A true voice for our valleys.
From a lifetime of activism to a true dedication to ensuring the best deal for everyone, Beth time and time again shows her commitment to the labour movement.
Want to help get Beth re-selected? Have a look here:
Dydd anhygoel o solidariaeth undebion llafur.
Brilliant day of trade union solidarity.
(ft. a picture of me wearing a bucket hat that does not suit me)
We’re delighted to announce the launch of our Senedd election campaign.
Ahead of May’s election, we’re asking candidates to pledge their support for
#UBI
trials.
The pledge👇🏻
Use
#PledgeforUBI
to show your support.
#UBIWales
🏴
#OurGenerationsNHS
Os ydych chi eisiau darllen papur
@Melin_Drafod
a wnaeth fi,
@markjhooper
,
@TegidRoberts
ag eraill cyfrannu i, mae ar werth yn Neuadd Brangwyn heddiw. Mae hefyd linc digidol.
If you'd like to read the Melin Drafod paper, it is for sale in Brangwyn Hall. There is a link below.
It's been my lifetime, and over that time, a
@WelshLabour
govt has ensured that I get free prescriptions, EMA payment support, ensured my family has had an affordable home, and given 16 and 17 year olds the vote (and much more). Pretty solid record- and ready to do so much more.
People are desperate - struggling to heat their homes and feed themselves and their kids.
That's why there are no parties. What do we have to celebrate?
A different boot on our collective necks?
Mae Llafur dros Annibynniaeth eisiau gwald sydd yn gweithio dros pawb.
@Lab4IndyWales
wants an independent Wales that works for all.
Solidariaeth efo'n cymrawdau traws.
Solidarity with our trans comrades!!!
7 DYDD I FYND / 7 DAYS TO GO
Now more than ever we need a socialist future, that's why I'm running with
@socialist_yl
for Welsh Rep in the upcoming elections.
But I still need your help to get on the ballot. Nominate me here:
Dylan Lewis-Rowlands
L1751191
@desolationwales
How dare you. Have you been threatened for being gay? For being trans? For being autistic?
For being who you are?
To dismiss the concerns of marginalised people in this way in callous and disgraceful.
It doesnt take a 'large constituency' to perpetrate violence.
Just one person.
Myfyrwyr yn Aberystwyth?
Ni'n uno i creu pwyllgor solidariaeth myfyrwyr i cefnogi'r
@ucu
ar y 24ain, 25ain, ar 30ain.
Cysylltwch a fi i gweld sut all chi helpu!
Student in Aber?
We are uniting to create a student solidarity committee to support the UCU.
Get in touch with me!
Our thoughts and condolences are with the family and friends of Brianna Ghey. What has happened is heart-breaking beyond measure.
The same repugnant media whose torrent of vile transphobia tried to deny her dignity in life will not succeed now.
Rest in Peace Brianna.
Welsh Labour members in Ceredigion picked a 19 year old (me) to challenge the llywydd of the senedd.
We went from 5th, to 3rd, and beat the Liberal Democrats in a Plaid-LD marginal.
Young people can be brilliant candidates. It's about who members think can win, and who they want.
@Obsayxx
@SimonFosterLAB
@tomorrowsmps
I think it's a fair judgement: in one of the highest profile marginal constituencies, should you really pick a 22 year old student with no candidate campaign experience?
Honoured to have been re-elected Co-Chair of
@Lab4IndyWales
tonight.
Diolch i
@RC_Garrioch
for everything you have done - and I look forward to having you hound me as our new treasurer!
I'm proud to be joined by
@BriaLikeBrian
as my fellow Co-Chair, and Ben G as our secretary!
"That is why no amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party that inflicted those bitter experiences on me.
So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin”.
Nye'a words are true.
If you are going to throw shit, atleast do some research first.
Llafur Cymru introduced free prescriptions 4 years before Scotland.
Scotland benefits massively more from the barnett formula, and has more powers than Cymru.
Wales is, and I cannot stress this enough, not Scotland.
Anas Sarwar says that 'only Labour has the ideas'.
Perhaps he can explain why the SNP in Scotland delivered...
👉 Free tuition
👉 Free prescriptions
👉 Free bus travel for young people
👉 Almost 100% electricity from renewables
...and Labour in Wales delivered none of it?
Super serious (i promse) british nationalist organisation does classic blunder- for Wales see England.
No welsh council is up for election. No scottish council is up for election. If you are going to be 'friends of britain', then that requires knowledge of what britain is.
@AaronBastani
Keir intervening in such a way in Welsh Politics - trying to handpick the First Minister of Wales - would be starting a fight that would probably unite Welsh Labour... against him, against UK Labour, and probably against the union imo.
@Corwin_Labour
Your profile picture would beg to differ. Mark Drakeford is the most popular politician in the UK, and lead Welsh Labour to its joint-highest seat share in the Welsh Senedd elections.
Cael bach o dealltwriaeth os ydych yn mynd i ddweud rhywbeth fel hynny.
This
Person
Is
A
Liar
//
This
Person
Is
A
Fraud
//
This
Person
Is
Enabling
Inequality
//
This
Person
Is
Enabling
Fascism.
It's easy once you get started.
I just proudly voted in the Welsh Labour WEC Elections for Ivan Monkton (
@WyeMonkey
) and Christine Hardacre. If you live in Mid and West Wales, I urge you to do the same.
If you are a Welsh Labour member in any other part of Wales, I urge you to vote for the
@WLGrassroots
slate.
Got my papers in today! I am niw officially the
@WelshLabour
for Ceredigion!!!
Heddiw, cyflwynais fy bapurau! Rydw i nawr yn swyddogol yr ymgeisydd Llafur Cymru dros Ceredigion!!
Bu'r ethno-nash yn dawel ar hyn -
Ble mae'r galwadau fod Dafydd Iwan yn rhannu'r mudiad annibynniaeth - ei fod o ddim yn barod i gweithio efo pawb - eu fod o'n fradychwr neu'r gelyn o'r tu fewn.
Mae Dafydd Iwan yn deall fod Cymru rhydd yn cymru heb casineb - pam nad pawb arall?
Mae wedi dod i'm sylw fod 'Yma o Hyd' yn cael ei defnyddio gan bobol sy'n gwrthwynebu rhoi cartref i geiswyr lloches. Os gwelwch yn dda, peidiwch!!
It has been brought to my notice that 'Yma o Hyd' is used by groups opposing the housing of asylum seekers. This must stop!!
*CONTENT WARNING*
Some scumbag has carved a swastika into an Anti-Fascist sticker, here in Aberystwyth.
A reminder that we always need to be vigilant.
Nazis are scum. Fascists are scum.
1/2
Yfory byddai'n dechrau fy swydd newydd fel Swyddog Wasg a Cyfathrebu am
@CNDCymru
Wir methu aros i dechrau!!!
Tomorrow I'll be starting my new job as Press and Communications Officer for
@CNDCymru
.
I truly can't wait to begin!!!
@ElinCeredigion
Diolch am hyn Elin. What he said was abhorrent. You are completely right, refugees and immigrants have undoubtedly strengthened, not weakened, our NHS.
While prospective candidates like Dawn McGuiness (local, popular, experienced) are barred from standing, the WEC and NEC are happy to allow candidates from croydon who can't spell the constituency's name.
Sherwan also reportedly sent an email to B-A lab members about southport.
For those who say "supporting trans rights doesn't work with Labours traditional base" (essentially calling working class people transphobic)
You are wrong.
Trans rights are human rights, trans women are women, trans men are men, and our non-binary comrades are valid.
The Ceredigion Lib Dems have a clear choice. They can stand by the racist statements Cllr Edwards made, or they can force him to resign/kick him out. Cllr Edwards has proven he is unfit to represent his community.
@WelshLibDems
, do the right thing.
Ironic of YC to post a quote of an extremely well known socialist as their members have hounded out those who would be proud to call themselves socialists.
Benn stood for a politics that is alien to YC, and antithetical to the aims and belieds of many of their members.
“The way a government treats its refugees is very instructive because it shows you how they would treat the rest of us if they thought they could get away with it.”
- Tony Benn
Tories are proud of removing modern slavery protections.
They are, and always have been, the nasty party.
"The way a government treats refugees is very instructive because it shows you how they would treat the rest of us if they thought they could get away with it."
- Tony Benn
I'm running for selection as Labour's candidate for Mid & South Pembrokeshire / Canol a De Sir Benfro!🏴 Let's kick the Tories out and deliver the jobs, homes and investment the county deserves! Here's why I'm standing... 1/ In English...
This is the 'independence' advocated by
@Melin_Drafod
, organisers of 'The Big Independence Summit'.
'Relaxing immigration borders to the maximum extent possible' can only mean open borders and unrestricted immigration.
A country with no control of its borders is not independent.
Very good article (if i do say so myself 👀)
Nice to see my name (even if its wrong 😅) in
@tribunemagazine
, discussing the chance for a new socialist future for the labour party, with 5 positions already won by the left.
For the rest, Ballots open on the 1st!!!
Labour Students has historically been a by-word for gerrymandering and neoliberal politics – but when ballots open next week, student members have the chance to refound it as a campaigning, socialist wing.
I'm standing to be the Welsh Rep on the new Labour Students committee, with the support of
@WLGrassroots
and
@PeoplesMomentum
.
From Aber to Cardiff, Swansea to Bangor, we need a network of students that will stand for what they believe.
If elected, I will stand for everyone.
💥 Dylan Lewis-Rowlands for Wales National Rep 💥
"We need a strong network across our Labour Clubs in Wales - building links between the labour and student movement."
Nominate
@DLR2021
Membership no. L1751191
Rydw i'n sefyll yn yr etholiadau lleol dros Morfa a Glais yn Aberystwyth.
Edrych ymlaen i ymgyrchu, ennill pleidleisiau, ac yn obeithiol, dangos y gwahaniaeth all Cynghorydd Llafur Cymru wneud.
Oedd o'n pleser ac anrhydedd cario baner Uno'r Undeb Cymru efo Mike yn wrth dathlu 75 mlynedd o'r GIG.
It was an honour and pleasure to carry the
@UniteWales
banner with Mike as we celebrate 75 years of the NHS, here at the Bevan Festival in Tredegar.
Pretty jaw-dropping stuff
"UK government said it "intends to legislate to remove the Trade Union (Wales) Act 2017 through primary legislation when Parliamentary time allows, to ensure trade union legislation applies equally across Great Britain".
The replies and takes of some of the people here is facinating.
People are always like "the indy movement is so welcoming!!!"
Yet when I say one thing people don't like? Jokes about my weight, my looks, and all manner of things.
Trolls are gonna troll, but we need to do better.
Standing in the crowd, I thought we were past this horrible rhetoric.
Wales was not a colony. To claim so is just wrong.
No wonder BAME people feel put off and marginalised when you expropriate the language of colonialism for your own ends.
Mark Drakeford is tamping.
If you want to see a VERY ANGRY Mark Drakeford watch this exchange with leader of the opposition Andrew RT Davies speaking about the Welsh NHS
Proud to be at Cardiff standing in solidarity with Palestinians- and proud to hear
@BethWinterMP
speaking and standing in solidarity with us ✊🏴🇵🇸❤
Would Keir be willing to use his influence to 'sack' the leader of welsh labour, ans first minister of Wales if he thought it would 'improve the electoral chances?'
This rhetoric must be called out - for the sake of devolution if nothing else.
Keir Starmer thinks of Scotland as a branch office, not worthy of making our own decisions. This article proves that.
His arrogance should infuriate each and every Scottish Labour member.
I will be fighting to win Labour's selection for the new Merthyr Tydfil and Upper Cynon seat.
But I regret that the Welsh Labour Executive has restricted the rights of party members and affiliates.
I will be a Voice for our Valleys.
Today, we come together to mourn all those lost to violence, despair and prejudice.
We in the Welsh Labour Student movement also pause to remember Lily Summers, a trailblazer and comrade taken from us too soon.
It’s now our job to build a caring, kinder world in their memory.🏳️⚧️🏴
Neges bach o fi, ar flaen yr orymdaith
@AUOBCymru
yn Caerdydd.
A small message from me, from the front of the cardiff march today
"We just marched down St. Mary's street, where Dic Penderyn was hanged. The calls of Caws a Bara are just as important today .....
Neges o'n Cyd-Cadeirydd, o'r flaen yr orymdaith yn Caerdydd heddiw.
A message from our Co-Chair, from the front of the march in Cardiff today.
#AUOBCaerdydd
#indyWales
@AUOBCymru