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Wales not allowed to exist
Wales’ status as nothing more than an English possession is regularly exposed for all to see by the ‘EnglandandWales’ formula used in so many aspects of UK governance. England is …
Burnham’s main problem: the Labour Party
With not long to go before he replaces Keir Starmer as UK Prime Minister, Andy Burnham is currently very busy deciding on his cabinet, sifting through policy options and working …
Deadly heat stalks the Earth
The unprecedented June heatwave in Europe has broken all June temperature records in country after country and so far caused an estimated 10,000 excess deaths as the extreme heat sweeps …
Lines on the resignation of Kier Starmer
With apologies to E. J. Thribb (age 17½) So, farewellThenMr Starmer. Your greatAchievement was toLast much longerThan whatsernameWho onlyHad the durability of a supermarketLettuce –You were more likeA dented tin …
Senedd situation
A month has passed since the seventh Senedd was elected and, predictably, Reform UK’s assortment of clueless ignoramuses, infantile hooligans, malevolent Cymruphobes and ridiculously deluded egomaniacs are showing themselves to …
Goodway’s latest lackey
Following his election to the Senedd (Caerdydd Penarth constituency), Labour’s Huw Thomas has stood down as the Leader of Cardiff Council and a Splott councillor. The 49 remaining Labour councillors …
Romania 2 Cymru 1
Cymru completed a deeply disappointing season with another avoidable defeat, this time in a friendly against Romania at the Steaua Stadium in Bucharest. This was Cymru’s first encounter with Romania …
Cymru 1 Ghana 1
The friendly international in Cardiff this week was an opportunity for Craig Bellamy to give fringe players a taste of international football while Ghana’s newly-appointed manager Carlos Queiroz used it …
Euphemism epidemic
Euphemisms (from the Greek euphēmismos, meaning ‘speaking well’) are words or phrases used as softer or less direct substitutes for expressions deemed to be too harsh, blunt, embarrassing or offensive. …
Pubocalypse 17
BREWDOGWestgate Street‘Craft beer’ pub chain BrewDog, founded by two Scotsmen in 2007, rapidly expanded on the back of provocative attention-seeking, concocted controversies and a self-proclaimed ‘punk’ attitude designed to present …