Welsh Rugby Union plans thrown into doubt as Cardiff takeover by Ospreys owners falls through
Y11 had been due to buy the capital club from the Welsh Rugby Union, which still intends to cut one of the nation’s four URC clubs
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WRU: Cardiff Y11 ownership bid collapses
The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) and Y11 Sport & Media have jointly agreed that Y11 withdraw from the bid process for the proposed purchase of Cardiff Rugby due to constructive discussions, with the Union expecting Ospreys to sign the 2025 Professional Rugby…
What's happened? 👇
- The WRU have backed down: the Cardiff deal is off.
- Ospreys will sign a new deal with the WRU, seeing the club into the 2030s with a BIG funding boost.
- The St Helens development will go ahead. Professional rugby is coming back to the centre of Swansea.
BBC News - Eluned Morgan says now not the time for change from Welsh Labour - BBC News
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BBC News - Eluned Morgan says now not the time for change from Welsh Labour - BBC News
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Is it time for Albion to call the engravers? I think so.
James Morrison, a story of education, knowledge transfer and good practice.
Basically: 'announce Mozza', as the kids say #wba
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With Patel and the rest of the bigwigs at the game yesterday, I wonder if the EFL hearing is this week, and maybe a managerial appointment as well. Would make sense... #wba
Mathematically safe
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#wba
Huge result. I feel like we need at least one more win in case we're docked points. But what a remarkable turnaround. Boing boing! #wba
And at last we may see Starmer go. Wanting a man with arms dealing links to Russia and China to look after Britain's interests in the White House!
Bizarrely Mandelson didn’t fail security vetting due to his links with Epstein, it was due to his Arms dealing connections in Russia & China
Had the Mandelson-Epstein Scandal not burst, Mandelson would NOW be Ambassador to the US, whilst an identified national security risk🇷🇺🇬🇧🇨🇳
Starmer must GO
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As always, cover up > original crime.
Starmer could have come out, said "yes, Mandy was an unusual choice and a risk but connections to new US admin orbit and its own unusual nature made it the right call at the time, but it didn't work out" and survived, if battered /1
That is just obviously not true.
Starmer needs to stop fucking lying.
Now the Kremlin has been brought up in the Starmer- Mandelson debacle,things may start to move faster.
Now the Kremlin has been brought up in the Starmer- Mandelson debacle,things may start to move faster.
Two parties on this train from Devon/Somerset have struck up conversation about the London Marathon (one party running in it, the other come to watch a relative) and I’m stupidly realising oh, this thing is quite a big nice nation-unifying deal isn’t it.
An error people make in analysing this scandal is taking for granted that Starmer appointed Mandelson.
The truth is the exact opposite: Mandelson appointed Starmer.
Starmer was just paying dues owed.
A detail everyone is ignoring or forgetting.
Peter Mandelson masterminded Keir Starmer's reshuffle days before the scandal broke.
That is, while he was the US Ambassador.
This seems like quite an important detail!
Ellie Chowns says that Starmer has taken trust and integrity from the Commons and calls on him to resign.
Ellie Chowns says that Starmer has taken trust and integrity from the Commons and calls on him to resign.
I notice the fragrant Lisa Nandy is wearing an English lapel pin. Not a Union Jack one, but the Butcher's Apron!
I notice the fragrant Lisa Nandy is wearing an English lapel pin. Not a Union Jack one, but the Butcher's Apron!
OK. It’s over.
Starmer made it seem a bit boring.
But couldn’t explain why he chose Mandelson, looks on wobbly legal ground re DV process & sacking Robbins, was unconvincing on ignoring cab sec advice to do DV before announcing, & admitted knowing of Kremlin links before appointing Mandelson. /1.
Sir Keir Starmer, fighting to stay UK PM, failed to answer a question about his pick for US ambassador being on the Kremlin payroll for 3 years AFTER the invasion of Crimea.
Peter Mandelson failed security vetting, but Starmer still appointed him, claiming he hadn't been told.
The headline is – Anti-Islam influencer Valentina Gomez blocked from entering UK for far-right rally.
What the Guardian has missed is that Gomez is a Russian propaganda mouthpiece who is rabidly anti-Ukraine, anti-NATO and parrots the Russian antivax script.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Starmer making excuses for himself yet again.
Starmer making excuses for himself yet again.
And the first questioning PMQs is about Englishness. Give me a break!
And the first questioning PMQs is about Englishness. Give me a break!
PMQs has just begun.