The governments of countries from across the world are showing an ‘unprecedented’ level of interest in the upcoming Senedd elections✍️ Luke James wp.me/p8Mk4U-1j5t

🚀 #WorkerParticipation is missing from the EU #competitiveness debate.

📊 Countries with stronger worker involvement outperform on productivity, innovation and jobs, yet participation is declining.

❓ Are we overlooking a key strength?

📌 Read more in a new ETUI policy brief: etui.org/4U8

Rhun ap Iorwerth warns of ‘clampdown’ on Wales’ international links Luke James, Brussels Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth believes there is “no reason” for the UK Government to get involved in Wales’ relations with other countries – but said he will be “pragmatic” ...

Rhun ap Iorwerth wants to take the Welsh Government’s international work to a “new level” despite a “clampdown” from London

I interviewed the Plaid Cymru leader in Brussels this week about what he says is the new “dividing line” in Welsh politics

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In an interview with NationCymru during a visit to the European Parliament this week, Rhun ap Iorwerth said he is braced for a ‘further clampdown’ on the Welsh Government’s international outreach✍️ Luke James wp.me/p8Mk4U-1hN1

I know Jesus turned water into wine but beer ads on the side of a parochial house is pushing it even in Belgium

Charleroi (a) pour la magie de la coupe

Noson arbennig yn dilyn Union Saint Gilloise yn yr Champions League dim ond 11 blwyddyn ar ôl gwylio nhw yn chwarae ar y trydydd lefel o bel droed Gwlad Belg

Christmas in Cardiff isn’t complete without a visit to Wally’s so enjoyed reading the new history of the shop over the holidays

A really interesting social history of Cardiff and a timely reminder it’s a city built by migrants, in this case Polish Jews escaping the holocaust

First Minister blames UK Labour for party's woes in Wales Luke James First Minister Eluned Morgan has blamed the unpopularity of the UK Labour government for the perilous position in which Welsh Labour finds itself ahead of May’s Senedd elections. Labour are...

Put all those Catalan lessons to good use by translating some interesting comments on May’s elections that the First Minister gave to Diari Ara during her visit to Barcelona

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Doncaster home today for City, a fixture which has previously delivered our joint highest scoring win of the last 50 years

I was taken to Ninian Park for the first time for the next league game, which inevitably ended 0-0 #Bluebirds

Labour ditches day-one protection from unfair dismissal in U-turn The right will now be introduced after six months, in a breach of Labour's election manifesto.

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Nathan Gill to pocket 'generous' EU pension after completing prison sentence for accepting Russian bribes Luke James, Brussels The disgraced former leader of Reform UK in Wales, Nathan Gill, will remain eligible to start receiving a “generous” European Union pension less than two months after completing h...

EXCL: Nathan Gill can start receiving a “generous” EU pension less than 2 months after completing his sentence for accepting Russian bribes

Politicians and Transparency International told @NationCymru he should not receive more public money

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Welsh politician linked to men accused of being Kremlin agents Luke James A Welsh politician met pro-Russian leaders in Ukraine and Moldova on multiple trips organised by men now accused of being Kremlin agents, Nation.Cymru can reveal. Nathan Gill was a member o...

Following Nathan Gill’s guilty plea today, a reminder that @nation.cymru reported his links to Oleh Voloshyn back in March 2023

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‘Dangerous nostalgia’: did Spain’s ‘pact of forgetting’ after Franco leave new generation open to far right? Events to mark the 50th anniversary of dictator’s death are intended to remind Spaniards, particularly the young, of the dangers of fascism

Dysgu pobl ieuanc Sbaen sut beth oedd unbennaeth. Dim ond hanner canrif ers marw Franco, mae’r rhai nad yw’n ei gofio yn closio at y syniad - am na chawson nhw erioed ddysgu amdano.

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Doedd hi ddim yn gêm clasurol ond neis i ddathlu fy 50fed #WalesAway gyda buddugoliaeth mewn lle arbennig

Golygfeydd o lyn Constance o’r trên ar y ffordd i Liechtenstein 🇱🇮 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #WalesAway

That's one positive development. When I arrived the Africa museum was hopelessly outdated and was next to a building still named the Palace of the Colonies. That's now been renamed and the museum totally renovated. Well worth a visit when we eventually end up in the same Nations League group

Mick Antoniw: 'Is Caerphilly a turning point for Welsh Labour?' - LabourList Welsh Labour can win the Senedd elections. But it will be incredibly difficult if there is no radical change in politics and organisation argues Mick Antoniw.

'Betrayed' voters, 'desperate' messaging and the 'sidelining' of Welsh Labour by Starmer - Mick Antoniw has well and truly broken with our tradition as the land of the pulled punch in his analysis of Labour's campaign in Caerffili

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Had no idea there was a Leopold street. We should absolutely change that. Sadly no sign of the statues and streets being addressed here anytime soon

Bolton oddi gatref heddiw ond dwi’n hedfan i gêm Caerdydd am y tro cynta felly mae’n teimlo’n bach mwy egsotig

Flying to a City game for the first time which is making Bolton away feel quite exotic #AdarGleisonRhyngwladol 🐦🌍

Bolton away tomorrow and thankfully they’ve now got Josh Sheehan running their midfield instead Jay-Jay Okacha with Youri Djorkaeff to come off the bench (although we actually won this one 2-1) #Bluebirds

Caerphilly, Senedd constituency by-election result:

PC: 47.4% (+19.0)
REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
GRN: 1.5% (+1.5)
LDEM: 1.5% (-1.2)
GWL: 0.3% (+0.3)
UKIP: 0.2% (+0.2)

Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.

Normalising the Vote Leave playbook on statistics is surely storing up trouble if you’re in a fight with Farage

Give friendly selection back to the blazers. The blazers gave us the Basque Country away, Croatia away in August, and the Kirin Cup in Japan. This ahead of the Belgium game is insane #ENGWAL

Cardiff have got a lad known as ‘Tankie’ playing on the left wing tonight and there’s a Trott on the bench. We might have to go back to playing in red

Lennie Lawrence called the result a “disgrace”, which was none the less immortalised in stickers. An early warning about Bluebirds in red kit

Lawrence let an assistant take charge of a much weaker side for the 2004 quarter final but we won 1-0 thanks a goal from Stuart Fleetwood

Mixed memories of our last couple of cup matches against County. Lost the semi final of the Premier Cup in 2003 on pens despite putting out a strong team (bar Andrew Jordan who missed a penalty, obviously) to face a County team including City legends Jason Perry and Jeff Eckhart

Jo Stevens warns against Welsh independence, suggesting it could cause austerity Plaid Cymru’s ambition of an independent Wales could drag the country back into austerity, Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens is expected to argue at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool this weekend. Ind...

Notable in this story that the UK Government has carried out an impact assessment of independence, just months after refusing to publish a Wales specific impact assessment of its benefit cuts requested by the Welsh Government

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It’s box office every week

“Jo Stevens puts on her metaphorical feathered hat and, like a colonial governor speaking to a legislative council back in Victorian times, she just says no”

Vaughan Roderick’s striking assessment of the attitude of the Secretary of State for Wales towards the Welsh Government