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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

5 years

Not often you see a chart as staggering as this

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

I see the UK Government's attempts to get Welsh schoolkids to sing 'One Britain One Nation' in order to counter increasing devo/indy sentiment has resulted in schoolchildren across Wales wearing red and singing hen wlad fy nhadau. Not exactly mission successful

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

2 years

The Elizabeth Line cost more than the Welsh Government's entire yearly budget for our schools, hospitals, local government, transport systems and more... Congrats London on more successful levelling up 👍

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@TfL

2 years

New Tube map just dropped 👇

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Please can we have one interview with the First Minister of Wales where they aren't asked 'why aren't you following England'? How often does 'why aren't you following Wales' get asked of Johnson? Where's the BBC impartiality?

Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺

@Haggis_UK

3 years

Naga Munchetty - People in Wales will be wondering why the restrictions haven't been eased like in England? Mark Drakeford(FM Wales) - We do things in line with the science.. we are a govt that doesn't need to grab headlines to distract attention.. #BBCBreakfast

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Eddie Jones saying England want to be the greatest team in history and spending the build up giving advice to the Welsh and Irish coaches then losing to Scotland at home for the first time in 40 years in the first game. And it’s my birthday tomorrow. Beautiful

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

4 years

And it begins - UK and Welsh Government Ministers confirm that Wales' planned ban on single-use plastics will not be able to go ahead if the UK Internal Market Bill is passed. Get ready for more of this - the bill will render the Senedd powerless in many areas.

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Pretty remarkable that this is the Queen’s first visit to Wales in 5 years. There are only four countries in the UK and before Covid she had about 300 engagements a year. She doesn’t care about Wales, neither does the so-called ‘Prince of Wales’. Totally bizarre institution

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@HMorganThompson

3 years

How do they so consistently put so little effort into reporting on Wales

Guardian Opinion

@guardianopinion

3 years

Plaid Cymru has a mountain to climb, but Welsh independence is no pipe dream | Simon Jenkins

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

The Welsh Government, then, loses the £680m a year it got from the EU - so over 4% of its (pre-Covid times) budget gone in a flash.

Martin Shipton

@ShiptonMartin

3 years

Replacement for EU funding in Wales will bypass Welsh Government

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Has to be said - the BBC coverage of the Senedd election has been even worse than expected. I thought it'd improve given the pandemic but it is still being entirely treated as a second or third order election. Far less coverage than the US presidential election.

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

2 years

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".

Rail strike: UK ministers to scrap Senedd ban on agency staff

Plans by the UK government to lift a ban on agency workers would overturn rules passed by the Senedd

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

2 years

Research Council spend per capita: London - £52 Scotland - £45 South East of England - £44 East of England - £44 North East - £39 North West - £36 Yorkshire and the Humber - £35 South West - £29 West Midlands - £22 East Midlands - £21 Northern Ireland - £13 Wales - £9

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

5 years

I really feel like Budweiser's Welsh language ad making fun of Heineken leaving Wales out of its Rugby World Cup advertising campaign didn't get enough attention, so I'm tweeting it again

Budweiser UK

@BudweiserUK

5 years

Rydych chi'n fythgofiadwy #Cymru

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@HMorganThompson

3 years

Sunday Times declares Mark Drakeford 'comfortably the most popular UK leader'

The Sunday Times newspaper hs declared the First Minister “comfortably the most popular UK leader” due to his handling of the Covid pandemic. Pointing to his approval polls and public support in...

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Oh well. Tiny country that didn’t qualify for 60 years, 2nd favourites to go out in the group stage but came 2nd in a tough group, haven’t been allowed to have fans, have been away when the big countries get home advantage. Still proud, always will be 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 well done lads

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

2 years

Just walking past St Helen’s and thinking once again how much it needs to be redeveloped into a stadium for Ospreys. You’ve got a rugby team without a stadium of its own (playing in one way too big) and a seafront stadium being under-utilised. No brainer for a levelling up bid.

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

BBC Wales news tonight. First story is about grass fires, second story is about a house fire. Third story is about horses in Bridgend being taken into care. Fourth story is about council tax (brief mention of party policies there). Literally an election next week

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Mark Reckless is gone

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

4 years

Yesterday Wales was vaccinating more than any other UK nation. Today it has smashed yesterday's total and vaccinated 28,000 people, well ahead of its targets. Some people are about to go very quiet

Peter Gillibrand

@GillibrandPeter

4 years

Also I promise I will stop in a sec, in the latest day, #Wales , even though still 3rd out of UK nations for vaccine rollout, gave out the most 1st jabs per population. Wales 21,882 (0.69%) England 357,563 (0.64%) Scotland 23,583 (0.43%) Northern Ireland 6,827 (0.36%)

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

4 years

This is massive - one of the big unknowns for me was who these new voters raising turnout so much were. It was making me more pessimistic about the election after Trump and Brexit both turned out non-voters in their favour. Looks like they're turning up to throw Trump out.

Greg Sargent

@GregTSargent

4 years

Striking finding from NYT/Siena: Biden has big leads among those who didn't vote in 2016. And they make up non-trivial portions of the electorate. Here are Biden's leads, followed by their vote share: WI +19 (11%) FL +17 (18%) PA +12 (18%) AZ +7 (22%) It's a new electorate.

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Drakeford on the HS2 debate today. Pretty stark laid out like this. UK Government in charge of rail in Wales and England - electrifies 75% of rail in England, 2% in Wales. And then refuses to give Wales rail consequentials, saying it will benefit from England-only HS2.

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

I know it's a very niche subject but why doesn't BBC Parliament cover Welsh FMQs live? Surely a channel that we *all* pay for can do the *bare minimum* and cover the centrepiece Senedd proceeding live, even as it continues to not bother with anything else?

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Will be painted as embarrassing for Andrew RT but of course the underlying point JRM is making is that Westminster is important, Cardiff isn’t - UK Gov campaign against devolution continues

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@davidcornock

3 years

Slightly awks moment for @Jacob_Rees_Mogg as @KevinBrennanMP challenges him to name the leader of the @WelshConserv

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

2 years

Why the Welsh Government should declare St David's Day a de facto public holiday - without Westminster's permission

Why the Welsh Government should declare St David's Day a de facto public holiday - without Westmi...

Dafydd Meurig, Deputy Leader of Cyngor Gwynedd Today, on this Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant, thousands of Cyngor Gwynedd staff will be having a day off. They will be joined by many hundreds more from Parc...

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

5 years

The company that operates Lake Vyrnwy - another reservoir built by flooding a Welsh village - pumps water out of Wales to Birmingham at no benefit to Wales to generate £1,694m a year to its HQ in Coventry.

The new pipe carrying water between nations

Engineers' work is complete on the tunnel to take water from Wales to Birmingham.

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

5 years

Hi @UKLabour I’ve found another one for you to expel

Jeremy Corbyn

@jeremycorbyn

12 years

Congratulations to George Galloway on astonishing result in Bradford. Big message here on opposition to wars and austerity.

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

The lack of respect from both is maddening. The stadium is in Wales, Welsh law applies. It’s crazy how many people seem to think being part of the English FA should give them an opt-out from *the law*. Go argue it in a court instead of whining on TV and see what answer you get

Sky News

@SkyNews

3 years

"Is this officialdom gone mad?" - @jonathansamuels Vice Chairman of @chesterfc Jim Green speaks to Sky News about the English football club being warned they had breached COVID regulations due to its stadium apparently being located in Wales.

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Are there any other countries where the centre-left gets over 60% of the vote (and over 70% of the seats)? Wales looking pretty unique in Europe right now

Hiraeth

@HiraethPod

3 years

And there we are. Here is the final result of #Senedd2021 #SeneddElection2021 Labour - 30 (+1) Conservatives - 16 (+5) Plaid Cymru - 13 (+1) Liberal Democrats - 1 (nc)

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

2 years

We should say it as it is: despite the license fee being the same in Wales, the BBC offers an inferior service to those here. They were putting more effort into their updates at 3am for England.

Chris Roberts

@ObsrvntPheasant

2 years

It's now 1pm, numerous wards across the country have been declared, but the BBC haven't made a single update to their numbers. It's like they're not even trying...

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

2 years

The Welsh Conservatives control no councils and have lost 40% of their councillors. That's a rout by anyone's definition.

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

2 years

The BBC live blog with a huge amount of effort put into their Wales analysis here 👍

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Abolish the Assembly so far have 1% of the vote.

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Try not to be too offended by stuff on twitter but an MP saying something like this is shocking - although not as shocking as the fact no media outside Nation has picked it up. Not even a story to them

Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧🇮🇱🇺🇦

@Mike_Fabricant

3 years

@Andybettridge1 @parkrunUK @parkrun I subsidise Wales and all this nonsense as all English people do. My mum was Welsh, I speak Welsh (badly) and I hate to see the way Cymru is being run.

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

6 months

Each to their own, but don't know how Feyi-Waboso can do that. Feels like selling your soul.

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Drivers in Wales are striking for a wage increase from £9.50 an hour to £10.50. Stagecoach boss Nigel Winter said “the union needs a reality-check on what is affordable”. But in Bristol, the same company is offering £11.75 to trainee bus drivers.

Stagecoach paying SW England trainees £2 an hour more than qualified south Wales staff on strike

Stagecoach are paying trainee bus drivers in the south west of England over £2 an hour more than qualified staff in south Wales currently on strike for a £1 an hour pay rise, the company’s own...

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

5 years

Master's degree - officially complete. What a day!

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Well done to Heart Radio for covering this because the absolute silence on this is quite something. It was very different when Wales was behind

LBC News Wales

@LBCNewsWales

3 years

Wales lead the UK-wide rollout for numbers of vaccines given out against #COVID19 per head. 1,113,498 people have now had a first dose, or 44.1% of the adult population. 257,398 of those have been fully vaccinated. #HeartNews

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Awkward timing

Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧🇮🇱🇺🇦

@Mike_Fabricant

3 years

@Andybettridge1 @parkrunUK @parkrun I subsidise Wales and all this nonsense as all English people do. My mum was Welsh, I speak Welsh (badly) and I hate to see the way Cymru is being run.

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

2 months

On a personal note. I worked for VG in his constituency office and on his campaign. I was proud to do so. He inspires loyalty in staff because he is a good person who cares about others, and b/c of his talents at his job. The vitriolic way he has been pursued is beneath us.

Huw Thomas

@huwthomas

2 months

Extraordinary scenes. The First Minister seemingly in tears, comforted by colleagues, during the no-confidence debate in the Senedd.

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

4 years

This guy has gone very quiet

Guy Adams

@guyadams

4 years

The Welsh government’s capacity for fucking absolutely everything up never ceases to amaze

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@HMorganThompson

3 years

Wales fan raises over £1000 for crying German girl mocked online 'to show her not everyone is horrible'

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

"We have had this long-standing argument with the Treasury in London, that when English ministers decide that they need to move up the levels, they know they can draw on Treasury money to do so, and we ... are not in that same position"

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

1 year

Huge support for continued self-governance in Wales, including narrow support from Conservative voters.

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Working for an organisation like the Institute of Welsh Affairs to contribute to creating a successful, clean, green and fair economy for Wales is an opportunity I feel really lucky to have. My first few days have been great - can't wait for more!

Institute of Welsh Affairs

@IWA_Wales

3 years

The IWA is growing... Croeso Harry! We're delighted to welcome @HMorganThompson to the team. Harry has joined us as Economic Policy Lead and will be contributing to our aim of creating a successful, clean, green and fair economy for Wales.

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Last day at @DerynConsulting finished. More on where I’m off another time but for now thanks so much to all my brilliant colleagues who have been amazing to work with over the years. I’ll miss working for one of the most interesting organisations in Welsh politics!

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

4 years

And now, a time honoured tradition: 'UK politics people who haven't thought about Wales since the last poll say Welsh poll proves their pet theory'.

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@HMorganThompson

2 years

Notable that Novara and the Financial Times now on the same page on this. And a number amount of think-tanks raising the alarm too. UK decline over last decade and a half really coming home to roost now

Novara Media

@novaramedia

2 years

The UK is increasingly just a middle-income country with a smattering of rich people. Visit anywhere else in Europe and you’ll see what I mean, writes @AaronBastani .

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

This is awful, so much for caring about climate and modal shift. Grand talk from Cardiff Council fizzles out into cheap populism on roads, grey student blocks and the slow death of identity. Lost its way completely

Alex Seabrook❗️

@AlexGSeabrook

3 years

New: Castle Street to reopen to private cars this autumn Of the 6,227 who responded to this spring's consultation: • 53.8% voted in favour of the road reopening • 33.8% voted to keep it for just buses and taxis Huge age gap w/ people aged 55+ heavily in favour of reopening

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

4 years

Your threat to fire and rehire your entire @BritishGas workforce has been condemned by your own staff, customers and across the political spectrum. Why won’t you withdraw it? #AskBritishGas

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

4 years

Brilliant - how weird is it that people here would be absolutely furious if we did something like this

Goodable

@Goodable

4 years

New Zealand just announced it will provide the new Covid vaccine to any New Zealander who wants it — free of charge. Then, they took it a step further. They're also making the vaccine available to all their Pacific island neighbors. #Leadership 🇳🇿

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@HMorganThompson

3 years

Clear from his reasoning that it needs to be run by an independence supporter with experience of running a membership organisation, running political campaigns, and strong media skills. Leanne Wood is the obvious choice really isn't she?

Nation.Cymru

@NationCymru

3 years

. @YesCymru chair Siôn Jobbins has announced that he is stepping down from leading Wales' largest independence movement, after two and a half years at the helm.

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

In Wales, we saw a super-majority in the Senedd won by parties that explicitly promised more powers. And yet what we are seeing, very clearly, is a rolling back of powers both legislative and financial.

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Cant just be me thinking that the police response to this would be very different depending on the people doing it?

Peter Gillibrand

@GillibrandPeter

3 years

More than a thousand people have illegally gathered outside the @SeneddWales for a booze up. People shouting “what the fuck are the police going to do?” as they smash bottles and inhale NOS.

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

So, in summary: we are heading - almost there - to situation where WG essentially has no spare funds to change anything, has unprecedented limit on its legislative power, and UK Gov indicating it's going to step in and do all those things itself regardless of WG opinion.

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

19 days

A sad day on a personal note for a number of people. As Mark Drakeford stated on election night, VG is a better person than is often portrayed. I’m disappointed that a number of ideas may now not be brought forward. Welsh Labour will now be discussing its process and choice of

Vaughan Gething 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@PrifWeinidog

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It has been an honour to be able to show underrepresented communities that there is a place for them, for us, in Wales. I will now discuss a timetable for the election of new leader of my party. Diolch o galon to everyone who has supported me and my family.

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

You are now seeing a UK Government policy of bypassing the Welsh Government wherever it can, with the Welsh Government seemingly the least-preferred body to hand any funds to. City deals, local authorities, UK Government directly - anything to avoid letting the WG have spare cash

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

2 years

If this is true and the totality of it, looks like UK Gov have designed a scheme and vindictively left Welsh Government out of it - hard to call it anything other than a pretty blatant attack on devolution. Will wait to see the detail but early signs not good...

Adrian Masters

@adrianmasters84

2 years

Decisions on how to spend the Shared Prosperity Fund money will be made by regional committees led by local government but with input from MPs, business and voluntary groups.

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Always weird when you step into that new twitter niche bubble of English politicos obsessed with taking powers away from Wales/Scotland (‘devolved administrations’ usually the key give-away)

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@HMorganThompson

4 years

It really is amazing to me that for all the permanent outrage of Welsh twitter, when the UK Government decides to essentially turn large parts of the Senedd into a talking shop there is barely any resistance.

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@HMorganThompson

3 years

Whatever your opinion on it, it's really important that people realise what is happening - the Welsh Government is being disempowered to the extent that it receives funds from UK Gov, hands them to public services, and can do little else.

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@HMorganThompson

3 years

Perfectly put

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@HMorganThompson

5 months

Cam Winnett is ready for promotion to the Ospreys

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

4 years

Careful now guys. The 7 day case rate in Wales has dropped to 270 per 100k compared to 484 in England. That means its time for the UK press to stop the national comparisons before the cycle reverts again.

FT UK Politics

@ftukpolitics

4 years

Wales struggles to tackle Covid surge as public confidence slumps

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@HMorganThompson

3 years

In short - the UK Government's attempts to assert some kind of control over Wales are pretty likely to just entrench and expand support for more devolution or independence. There are signs some Tories - such as Gove - get this. Remains to be seen who wins out internally

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

2 years

Heating broke on Thursday + my landlord won't fix it until Monday - 5 days without it and been a consistent issue for months, gone weeks without it in total. No legal recourse / right to withhold rent at all. Private rented sector is awful and expansion of it is a policy failure

Lynda Thorne

@LyndaT48

2 years

This is a disgraceful slur on individuals and Landlords in general. There are as many Landords renting homes in Cardiff to people on benefits as all the Housing Associations. The majority of Landlords provide good quality accommodation.

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@HMorganThompson

4 years

I can't believe Joe Biden did this all in two days

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

4 years

STOCK MARKET UP BIG, VACCINE COMING SOON. REPORT 90% EFFECTIVE. SUCH GREAT NEWS!

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@HMorganThompson

3 years

Really enjoyed going on Politics Wales this morning to talk about the challenges facing the Welsh economy with @DrCarolBell and @markjhooper

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@HMorganThompson

3 years

A tone of pretty heavy resignation here. He's taken all references to abolish off his profile picture, cover photo and bio too. I really think we have seen the death of the Abolish movement today

Richard Taylor

@RWTaylors

3 years

My response to the results and thank you for everyone who voted for me sorry I couldn’t have done anymore.

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Fair play to them - they may be relative newcomers but they've pulled a masterclass here. Talked their way into the TV debates then revealed they don't have a full slate of candidates - BBC have been played masterfully and in an awkward situation now.

10 candidates dropped out says Abolish leader as MS reveals he will not stand for party

The leader of the Abolish the Assembly Party has revealed that 10 of their candidates have dropped out of the Senedd election before the campaign kicks off. His comments came after one of only two...

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

How's that for an endorsement @RWynJones

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Here's what's important to know: the Welsh Government is expected to run fully functioning health, education, transport systems from the budget it gets, so what is handed over is largely 'spent' already - unless it decides to stop spending money on nurses and teachers.

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@HMorganThompson

3 years

A few days into the vaccine rollout, the anti-devolution campaign (from their base outside Wales, as ever) tried to use a slower start to undermine devolution. Three months on, here's where we are.

UnHerd

@unherd

4 years

"Of all the bizarre and counter-productive decisions made by those in charge during the pandemic, Mark Drakeford’s decision to deliberately slow the Welsh vaccine rollout might be the worst" | @HCH_Hill

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Some of BBC Wales' journalists have done brilliantly in this election. But it's always hidden away. Structurally, BBC Wales just isn't fit for purpose when it comes to Senedd elections. Just a complete disaster once again!

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Can't tie Wales' hands behind its back then ask why it isn't bringing in as much tax as other areas. The answer is simple - because UK Gov doesn't invest properly and Welsh Gov can't. Very hard to see how Wales builds propserity under current model. Needs fixing

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Having researched this in past and spoken to people who've previously been high in Welsh Gov + BBC, the problem is apparently this: the BBC doesn't care about Wales, and the people running BBC Wales don't say no to bosses in London. So it never changes, and here we are again.

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Combined with the Internal Market Act - which stops the WG from implementing higher standards in Wales (essentially outlawing things like planned single-use plastics ban), you wonder what exactly is left - no money to spend and no power to change many things through legislation.

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

1 year

Either we bring back the Severn tolls or a lot of people are about to be priced out of Newport. Already happening.

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@TristanCorkPost

1 year

Spiralling rents now mean Bristol has overtaken other cities in the UK to be the most expensive place to live in Britain, outside of London. Full story here:

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

5 years

Everyone going crazy about Brexit party narrowly winning regions they aren't expected to while the combined Remain vote is much bigger but split between 2-3 parties? Do some basic maths ffs

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Welsh Labour on 29 seats in new Opinium poll for Sky News. Mark Drakeford well ahead on best FM poll.

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@HMorganThompson

5 years

Well done to the lady who shouted ‘what do you think of women’ to Neil McEvoy’ at the XR protest ✊

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

5 years

Smithers, I'm beginning to think that Dominic Cummings is not the brilliant tactician I thought he was

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

2 years

Don’t like to share them but look at how this ultra wealthy-backed news outlet tries to divide workers - naked propaganda against people trying to make a living in favour of those trying to cut living standards. And then watch the whole thing and wait for the amazing plot twist

GB News

@GBNEWS

2 years

'We're just sat here twiddling our thumbs on top of everything else.' GB News' Ed Crawford speaks to taxi driver Craig Dimbleby at Norwich train station about how the rail strikes will impact his industry. 🖥 GB News on YouTube

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

5 years

@ILovesTheDiff @JoStevensLabour Thanks so much everyone - after an eventful day out Jaco has been found and seems okay - the vets are checking him over!

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

2 years

Doing reading on Welsh Gov fiscal framework and practicing mindfulness about UK Gov decision to pretend HS2, a rail line entirely in England, is an 'England and Wales' project - thus contributing Welsh taxes towards it and robbing Wales of £5bn Barnett Consequential it was due

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

2 years

Funny, you weren’t seeing this when Carwyn was leader and winning record victories. Both factions ignoring the plain and simple truth: if Drakeford was UK leader he’d be losing. If Starmer or Corbyn were Welsh leader they’d win. If England was like Wales, Labour would win

Owen Jones

@OwenJones84

2 years

The real success story for Labour is in Wales - whose First Minister @MarkDrakeford runs a popular and progressive government. Nearly *half* of all Labour gains across the whole of the UK were in Wales.

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

There's a huge discrepancy between triumphalism of Welsh election results - pro-more powers parties winning a super-majority, Abolish getting a dire result and wiped out - and what is happening on the ground. Which is to say, a move towards devolution in name only

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Nice article. England isn't an island though.

Tim Bale

@ProfTimBale

3 years

"I understand that on this island, we have a desire to protect our values and traditions — as we should — but that shouldn’t come at the expense of introspection and progress." 👏👏👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #GarethSouthgate

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

5 years

This seems spot on: people in Cardiff want more space for independent businesses - we want to have a city with culture and character, not chains and student flats!

Save Gwdihŵ & Guildford Crescent

@SaveGwdihw

5 years

💬 STATEMENT FROM @SaveGwdihw regarding Guildford Crescent future. Cc: @cardiffcouncil @huwthomas_Wales @JoStevensLabour 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

5 years

@DrEdBridges From here!

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Some friendly challenge: This is an interesting piece of content that I enjoyed but I wonder who it's for. YesCymru now has - in Welsh political standards - a huge budget that I'm pretty sure if used well could really turn politics here on its head.

YesCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@YesCymru

3 years

This week @YesCymru team has been on the streets of Treorci/Treorchy, Rhondda asking about their views on #IndyWales . Every week we'll be visiting communities across Wales listening to what you have to say about #yourcymru First up #Treorchy . Join/Ymunwch

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Where you go from here, I don't know. It is similar to the situation in Scotland, where Scottish voters decide one thing and the UK Government (which Scotland voted against) says no.

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

1 month

Good stuff, we cut from five to four, now let’s cut it to three. When the reduced number of professional rugby players makes the national side even worse and it hits incomes further, we can cut it down to two. The managed decline continues

Steffan Thomas

@Steffan_Thomas1

1 month

The WRU have announced it's five year-headline strategy. Big financial problems which includes a £35m funding gap to the pro game. Plan is to try to close the gap this summer but if they can't a reduction of pro sides is a real possibility

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

4 years

@wil_dur @benjaminbutter Ceremonially, no. Constitutionally, no. Just no.

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@HMorganThompson

2 years

@jmacyourlife @Noortwyck @espnmma @bokamotoESPN Nah if he wins 2 titles in 7 UFC fights, off of two of the most dominant champions in history, he’s the goat lol. Being the greatest is the height you reach not picking up an extra decision victory against the 5th ranked in a cleared-out division

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Italian player shouting 'it's coming Rome' into the camera as England lose in penalties in a tournament that was completely handed to them on a plate. Am I dreaming? Beautiful

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Pretty obvious at this point that they have complete political control of England, have been spooked by Scottish independence, and have decided to push the 'British' stuff on Scotland and Wales. But they're getting it completely wrong

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

That's 30 seats for Labour and 1 for the Liberal Democrats. It looks all but certain that Plaid Cymru won't have any say in government. That's beaten all expectations, I think

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Success of the Welsh rollout actually makes me pessimistic about the future of devolution in Wales. All mistakes or controversies - however minor - turn into a media firestorm. We conduct one of the best vaccine rollouts in the world and I don't think anyone off twitter knows.

Peter Gillibrand

@GillibrandPeter

3 years

NEW: #Wales continues to lead the UK for the number of adults who've had a first dose of vaccine against #COVID19 per pop. 31.55% of people have had a vaccine. At the latest slowed down rate, #Wales will have given out a first jab to *A THIRD* of the adult pop by Friday.

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Harry Thompson

@HMorganThompson

3 years

Wales has infrastructure far behind the wealthiest areas of the UK. No subways for cities, no feasible public transport linking most population settlements, no electrified rail, no north-south rail links. List goes on. These things drive private investment.

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