"Apparently during his visit it'll be renamed Ecumenical Guinea"

"Apparently the tigers needed a particularly big CAT scan"

If Plaid win in Wales, that won't mean independence - at least not yet In the Senedd campaign, are weighing up whether the issue of Welsh independence is a vote winner or loser.

As we head into the final weeks of the #Senedd campaign, this is an interesting read on the extent to which the independence question has featured in the contest and the extent to which a Plaid Cymru 'victory' would shift the dial on that subject #Senedd26 #Devolution

“Apparently some fans had feared its baize were numbered”

“Apparently there are concerns that the salmon could end up getting hooked”

Raking Through the Ashes: the future for Labour Desmond Clifford Polls can change but currently Labour is tussling for third place. On a worst-case scenario fourth or even fifth can’t be ruled out. Extraordinary: I can hardly believe it. This is th...

For those interested in Welsh politics, this is a rather… frank analysis, by someone who served at the centre of Welsh Govt under successive First Ministers, of the events that have left Welsh Labour on the precipice of a historic electoral defeat next month #senedd26 #devolution #senedd

Still no news yet on whether the ban will apply to flea treatments for prescription pets…

“Apparently it was a case of Grand Theft Auto-correct”

"Apparently they're calling for these sorts of lists to kick the bucket"

Planning for Brexit: the Case of the 1975 Referendum Both during and since the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union, concerns were raised as to the absence of contingency planning within Whitehall. This situation was in direct c...

Since @theresthistory.bsky.social new series on 1970s Britain incl an episode on the 1975 EEC Referendum, a quick plug for my @politicalquarterly.bsky.social article in which I examined the contingency planning that went on in Whitehall for a potential leave vote and #Brexit from the Common Market:

New @moreincommonuk.bsky.social MRP poll of voting intentions for May's #Senedd election. Suggests a much narrower, and three-way, contest than some other polls have intimated. #devolution #senedd26

Full write-up here:
www.moreincommon.org.uk/latest-insig...

If cinema tells us anything, the simplest way to convince people you’re the messiah is to deny you’re the messiah

“Apparently its not the sort of demographic you would normally associate with needing urgent HiPP replacements”

“Apparently angry residents have accused the council of talking a load of bollards”

I see The Guardian’s finally discovered sausages

Ahead of polling day next month, this is a handy primer of the main issues at play in the Senedd election #senedd #devolution #senedd26

“Apparently some think the sentence was too hard, others think it was too soft, while a few think it was just right”

“Apparently they initially thought they had a vole inside their company”

Another @belfasttelegraph.co.uk @lucidtalk.bsky.social poll of #Stormont voting intentions, another staggering triumph for the margin of error?

(Changes since Jan):
SF 24% (-1)
DUP 18% (-1)
UUP 13% (-)
TUV 11% (-)
Alliance 11% (-)
SDLP 11% (-)
Greens 5% (+1)
Aontu 3% (+1)
PBP 2% (+1)

#devolution

“Apparently they’d been doing it wrong for a lung time…”

The constitutional implications of “dynamic alignment” with EU rules The forthcoming King’s Speech, it is reported, will include a Bill to facilitate “dynamic alignment” with some EU rules, attracting criticism from some politicians that sovereignty regained through…

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Some thoughts on the suggestion by pro-Brexit politicians that the government's proposal for "dynamic alignment" with EU rules would be a constitutional affront or would be an undemocratic subversion of the 2016 referendum.

(It wouldn't.)

publiclawforeveryone.com/2026/04/13/t...

“Apparently they need some kelp to organise it”

We cut live to Sofia:

"Apparently shareholders fear that there could be truffle ahead"

“Apparently there’s something about them that just doesn’t smell right”

"Did you ever hear the tragedy of Prince Harry the Windsor?"