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Believe in democracy - hope to live in one 1 day! Welsh independence!! 14 years in army. 35 years global biz. VP Europe for major Japanese corp. Retd.

Large island at mouth of Rhine
Joined January 2017
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HS2 is expected to cost over a £100bn - meaning Wales is now losing out on £5.8 BILLION. 🤯 The people of Wales refuse to be treated as second-class passengers any longer. The UK Government must devolve rail to Wales and ensure fair funding for our communities. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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🤩 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 OMG 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales beat New Zealand for first time in 73 years 👏 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
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“I think if we were independent, we could offer people more opportunity… People seem to be dangling the carrot of more devolution, and never actually giving it to us... I think our best option is independence.” Cerys Hutin 🎥 Watch “In Case You Missed It:” on iPlayer. #Annibyniaeth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #indyWales
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I can't wait for the day that Wales is independent and free of politicians from England telling it's elected politicians how Wales democratic structures should look like and who treat Wales as if its a region of England.
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Robat Gruffudd will be greatly missed. He was never afraid to challenge the establishment in his lifelong fight for the Welsh language and Wales. He generously gave us his time and expertise in 2017, designing the inside pages of our first 'Independence in Your Pocket' booklet to help us "plant the idea of a Free Wales in the minds of the people of Wales." Thank you for everything, Robat. Rest in peace.
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Bydd bwlch mawr ar ôl Robat Gruffudd. Doedd dim ofn herio'r drefn arno wrth frwydro dros y Gymraeg a Chymru. Bu'n hael ei gymwynas i YesCymru yn 2017. Dyluniodd dudalennau mewnol llyfryn cyntaf 'Annibyniaeth yn dy Boced' er mwyn i ni "blannu'r syniad o Gymru Rydd yn meddyliau'r werin." Diolch am bopeth, Robat. Cwsg mewn hedd.
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Reform boycotted the Senedd yesterday after one of their MSs claimed white British people would be "a minority by 2063". It's worth taking a minute to look at what he actually said, because it is based on flawed data. It draws on research by a former Reform candidate that had a definition of "White British" that was so narrow that neither King Charles or Winston Churchill would count. Putting aside all of this, the fact is that Joe Martin literally represents the most diverse part of Wales. It's his job to speak up for the people there. Right now he is being paid £80k a year and is unable to speak in the Senedd because he refuses to apologise for wrongly claiming his own constituents are replacing white British people.
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Cyfweliad gwych gyda’r band Dros Dro ar raglen newydd ITV Wales. A great interview with Dros Dro in ITV Wales’ new documentary, ‘The People That Want Wales to Break Away from the United Kingdom’. 📺 Watch in full on YouTube. #Annibyniaeth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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Hi Joe, You really seem to like responding to my social media posts. Given you portray yourself as such an advocate for free speech, how about doing a sit down interview with me? We can discuss the challenges Wales faces and your plans for tackling them. Let me know. Will
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Which is what so many Brits still do not understand. Not only "live, work and retire" but enter ... with FoM rights the permission of the EU27 & EFTA4 border officials is not needed. Even with an appropriate visa (no FoM) the final discretion was/is always with the world's border force officers.
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⭕️ The DUP, TUV, and UUP have used a Petition of Concern to block a Sinn Féin Bill that would have ensured teachers and staff are in place in Irish-medium schools to meet growing demand. Using the Petition of Concern to deny children the support they deserve is despicable. It is blatant sectarianism and anti-Irish bigotry, and yet another desperate attempt to drag us backwards. There is no going back to the past. Sinn Féin will continue to stand up for people’s rights, and face down those who want to drag us back.
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Replying to @mgtruth
IMO a UI is inevitable, but I figured maybe 10yrs away. After all these antics UUP signing up to the DUP PoC, the sectarianism of TUV Bryson. It could be a lot sooner.
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Replying to @KevinPMeagher
Excellent news. It will add to the momentum. The UK is toast, it's only a matter of time. An Bhreatain Bheag abú! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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More than 2.5 million soldiers from what is now India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka fought for Britain in WW2 – the largest volunteer army in history. Yet only half the UK public (52%) are aware of their service. It's important we remember and honour all who served.
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I am SICK to my stomach that I ever believed Nigel Farage was on our side. He sold himself as the man who would smash the establishment elites and put the British people FIRST. Instead he turned out to be one of their most useful puppets. Takes the money. Enjoys the access. Delivers just enough outrage to keep the real globalist machine running while nothing fundamentally changes. I was wrong. A lot of us were. Farage isn’t anti establishment. He’s the establishment’s pressure valve. Wake up.
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Imagine being the second-biggest kid in the playground. You help make the rules. You have friends everywhere. You can join in with almost anything. Then someone persuades you that you’ll be more powerful standing outside the fence. That’s Brexit.
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🚨 “Brexit, to me, never materialised.” The devastating verdict of Shetland fisherman Tom Robertson. He says Norwegian fishermen are laughing at British fishermen because they cannot believe how badly our fishing industry is governed. “We’re a laughing stock.” Norwegian vessels are catching hundreds of tonnes of fish in waters around Shetland while local fishermen struggle with restrictive quotas, soaring fuel costs and dwindling incomes. And the great Brexit promise? 🦄 Take back control 🦄 What an extraordinary humiliation. But here’s the point: Remainers warned this would happen. Fish don’t recognise national borders. Fishing rights require international negotiations. And access to European markets matters just as much as access to fishing grounds. The promises were never realistic. British fishermen were promised control of their waters. British farmers were promised freedom and prosperity outside the EU. Both were mis-sold a fantasy of sovereignty without the economic consequences. Now Norwegian fishermen are reportedly laughing at the very people who were promised Brexit would restore their power. Remainers weren’t predicting disaster because we wanted Britain to fail. We warned about it because we understood the consequences. The tragedy isn’t simply that Brexit failed to deliver. It’s that the warnings were dismissed, the promises went unfulfilled, and the people who made them have escaped accountability. You cannot feed a nation on Brexit slogans.
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When 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Llywelyn II was killed by ⚔️ English invaders in 1282, all was not lost. Madog ap Llywelyn led the Welsh revolt of 1294 against English rule in Wales. He captured Denbigh Castle on this day #otd in 1294 and held it for 7 months. 📷 by Llywelyn2000. Gresford.
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