Sam S-H

Oh @mabonapgwynfor 🤥 The truth always comes out in the end. Are you seriously going to go down with this ship? You were the one who rang me to apologise for @Heledd_Plaid’s interview! You’re one of the ones who told us a “review” was terminology to not give the impression of a long and expensive inquiry in the election. We trusted you Mabon. We genuinely thought you were a decent man. Answer this Mabs - teapaw.org/covidbereaved/status/2…

Sam here - 🙏I need a favour. It will probably take you a few minutes but I'd be eternally grateful. 🤯WHATS HAPPENED - I have personally been lied to by Plaid Cymru MSs. As Co-Lead for Covid Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru, I trusted the personal and public assurances that a "Covid Review" in their manifesto was still a statutory Inquiry. Its a long story but in short they played me and yesterday they went back on their word. The last two weeks have absolutely broken me. But we will fight on. 🙏 - Next Wednesday, there will be a debate, I'd be really grateful if you could email your 6 MSs to ask for support. Template below and you can find your 6 MSs here - senedd.wales/find-a-member-o… Dear MS Next Wednesday, 11 November, the Senedd will debate a motion calling on the Welsh Government to establish a full, independent, judge-led public inquiry into the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in Wales. This issue is deeply important to me. Families across Wales lost loved ones during the pandemic. They deserve to know whether mistakes were made, whether lives could have been saved, and what lessons need to be learned. Scotland has had its own independent Covid inquiry. Families in Wales deserve the same opportunity to have decisions made here properly scrutinised. We do not want another review. We want a full statutory public inquiry, with the powers to compel witnesses, examine evidence and hold decision-makers to account. This should not be about party politics. It is about truth, transparency and justice for those who lost their lives and the families left behind. As one of your constituents, I would be very grateful if you could attend the debate on 11 November and vote in favour of motion NDM9345, calling for a full Welsh Covid-19 public inquiry. I would also appreciate it if you could let me know whether you intend to support the motion. Yours sincerely, [Your name] [Your address or postcode]

The trauma felt by all our bereaved families this morning is like a bereavement all over again. Today we’ll support each other 💛 @Plaid_Cymru have lied and been cruel about it too. After everything we’ve been through in 6 years, their actions hurt the most. We are broken 💔

You have 2 options - ✅A) statutory inquiry, costing £10m, delivers in 18 months and has confidence of bereaved families. ❌B) non-statutory review, no legal powers, run by a Cardiff Uni prof, delivers something in 26 months, will cost millions and holds no confidence. To quote @DafyddTrystan it will cost “some millions”. They chose B (but won’t explain why) @Plaid_Cymru have lost the plot 🤯 Can someone on the inside hold an intervention? @RhunapIorwerth @mabonapgwynfor @Heledd_Plaid @DelythJewellAM @jason_oco @HelenJennerMS @AndrewRTDavies @natasghar @KenSkatesMS @as_penarth @PeredurPlaid @Sioned_W

My immediate reaction to today’s news from the side of a road in Newport. Shame on @RhunapIorwerth @mabonapgwynfor @DafyddTrystan @DelythJewellAM @PeredurPlaid @cefincampbell @Heledd_Plaid @siangwenfelin @Sioned_W @AndrewRTDavies @HelenJennerMS @natasghar @as_penarth @jason_oco

We’ve just been told that the press has already seen the Wales Covid Review announcement. We’ll find out like everyone else in an hour. @Plaid_Cymru delivering a masterclass in how not to do things. @DafyddTrystan @RhunapIorwerth @mabonapgwynfor @Heledd_Plaid @DelythJewellAM @PeredurPlaid

Today we get to find out just how much of a clusterf3ck @Plaid_Cymru are going to make out of this 🤦‍♀️ We really despair. ✅ They have a statutory inquiry, that costs £10m and delivers results in 18 months. ❌ or a little review, backtracking on 6 years of commitment and without us. The priority for any gov announcing a review/inquiry is to make sure the victims have confidence in the process. See video below ⬇️🥴

❌Another reason why a @Plaid_Cymru “non statutory review” WOULD NOT work - 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒We are the little people taking on @WelshGovernment @PublicHealthW etc ✊We’re unfunded Welsh bereaved families so we would have NO LEGAL REPRESENTATION. 💼Meanwhile @WelshGovernment etc have a legal team and barristers on call. ❓How would this be a level playing field? @DafyddTrystan @RhunapIorwerth @mabonapgwynfor are setting this up to fail. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿All we have is the spirit of over 13k souls, lots of integrity and a knowledge that things went very wrong. We also have 4 years of expertise as the only people asking questions of Wales in the UK Covid Inquiry. With a statutory inquiry, all core participants have equal access to legal counsel. It’s allocated in a measured and fair way. The unfairness is clear and is another reason why we will not engage in anything that does not have statutory powers! #DavidAndGoliath @DelythJewellAM @Heledd_Plaid @Sioned_W @PeredurPlaid @Adamprice @cefincampbell @siangwenfelin @natasghar @AndrewRTDavies @jason_oco @WillHayCardiff

Listen to @RhunapIorwerth 💪 Was it all just for political advantage? Or does he have integrity? @mabonapgwynfor @DafyddTrystan @Heledd_Plaid @DelythJewellAM @Sioned_W @PeredurPlaid

. @WelshGovernment withheld evidence from the @covidinquiryuk, who then had to use legal enforcement (Section 21 of Inquiries Act). @Plaid_Cymru know all this and yet want to waste public funds on another non-statutory review. We won’t be a part of that. Wales deserves better. @RhunapIorwerth @mabonapgwynfor @DafyddTrystan @Heledd_Plaid @DelythJewellAM @Sioned_W @Adamprice @PeredurPlaid @cefincampbell