Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls

Reform UK's efforts to muzzle the free press, including Nation.Cymru are detailed here. It's an excellent read

Andrew RT Davies reported to Standards Commissioner for using Nazi terminology to describe Plaid activists Martin Shipton Former Welsh Conservative Senedd leader Andrew RT Davies has been reported to the Standards Commissioner after using Nazi-inspired terminology to describe Plaid Cymru activists. During ...

Vile comments. nation.cymru/news/andrew-...

Aaron Wainwright says Wales at ‘low point’ but urges team to prove people wrong Aaron Wainwright accepts that Wales’ long run of Test match defeats has generated “a pretty low point” in the nation’s proud rugby history. But the back-row forward is also on a mission to prove peopl...

Aaron Wainwright accepts that Wales’ long run of Test match defeats has generated a low point in the nation’s proud rugby history

Safety works planned for quarry site where toxic waste was dumped Nicholas Thomas, local democracy reporter New improvement works are expected at a former quarry where residents fear buried chemicals are leaching into the wider area. Toxic waste dumped decades ago a...

New improvement works are planned at a former quarry where residents fear buried chemicals are leaching into the wider area wp.me/p8Mk4U-Vuk

These are the five Welsh bookstores in the running to be named the Independent Bookshop of the Year

A teaching assistant’s claim that he was harassed and discriminated against by a high school because of his Christian beliefs has been rejected by an Employment Tribunal ✍️Martin Shipton https://buff.ly/3D8mATD

Welsh lovespoon inspired Cymru women's shirt launched Cymru have launched a new women’s away shirt ready for the Nations League and Euro 2025 – and it features a particularly unique inspiration. The new away shirt which the Cymru’s women’s side will wear...

Cymru have revealed a new women's away shirt with a unique cultural inspiration - the Welsh lovespoon

About 40% of Tory party members are around pension age. This is bold.

Sorry that's a typo. I meant batshit crazy!😆

Bizarrely Lynchian
Today of all days

David Lynch, Twin Peaks and Muholland Drive director, dies aged 78 Film-maker who specialised in surreal, noir style mysteries made a string of influential, critically acclaimed works including Wild at Heart and Eraserhead

In Heaven
Everything is fine.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...

Welsh victim of grooming gangs to launch campaign for Wales-wide inquiry Emily Price The Welsh victim at the centre of a row in the Senedd over the grooming gangs scandal wants to launch a campaign for a Wales-wide inquiry. Emily Vaughn – not her real name – was one of…

The Welsh victim at the centre of a row in the Senedd over the grooming gangs scandal wants to launch a campaign for a Wales-wide inquiry ✍️@emilypricejourno.bsky.social

Black and white cat luxuriating in an armchair the heat of a log burner. The warmest place in the house right now

At least the cat’s happy
#powercut #Cardiff

Half the public think Elon Musk is having a negative impact on UK politics following his slew of attacks on Sir Keir Starmer and other Labour figures

Wales for Sale Ben Wildsmith A tiresome feature of the last few years has been Elon Musk fanboys assuming an air of patronising superiority as they regurgitate their hero’s utterances on life, the universe, and…

Musk’s problem with the UK government is not over ideology, it barely has one.

He has targeted it because it is built on sand, and its removal would be a lesson to governments the world over that a new order is at hand. ✍️Ben Wildsmith

Now Facebook kowtows to Trump by downgrading news and upgrading lies.

These tech-bro fascists are a hoot aren't they? nation.cymru/news/meta-en...

The Welsh-speaking Hollywood star was promoting his blockbuster Christmas action movie Carry-On when he recorded his handy introduction to the Welsh language

Mari Lwyd, Horse of Frost, Star-horse, and White Horse of the Sea, is carried to us.

Almost 60% of people aged 25–64 in the EU know at least one language other than their first language at a “good” or “proficient” level ✍️ Una Cunningham, Stockholm University

Reform UK lines up billionaires to fund ‘political disruption’ Reform UK’s treasurer Nick Candy has claimed the party has “a number of billionaires” ready to donate to Nigel Farage’s party in addition to American tech entrepreneur Elon Musk. Mr Candy said the par...

Say what you want about Farage - but credit where it's due - this is a man that loves a bung!🤑 nation.cymru/news/reform-...

Pragmatically, but also on the basis of economic justice, we need to make common cause with the underfunded regions of England.

Working together, we could make a real difference. ✍️Martin Shipton https://buff.ly/4fuzdpl

It’s Christmas, Del Hughes is back – and she’s brought egg nog! https://buff.ly/405kuwr

📰 Mainstream media ignores Wales.

Nation Cymru doesn’t.

If you believe in a stronger, prouder Wales, support us from just £5/month.

💪 Together, we can hold power to account.

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This brilliantly funny clip titled ‘Every Welsh person returning to Wales from England’ will be instantly recognisable for anybody who has lived away from home https://buff.ly/3ZOiQ0R

The recent discovery that one of Stonehenge’s stones originated in Scotland supports a theory that the stone circle was built as a monument to unite Britain’s early farmers nearly 5,000 years ago, according to a new study https://buff.ly/405qKV2

Irish and Welsh leaders have agreed to review progress around repairing Holyhead port in the new year https://buff.ly/4iOiK2g

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Happy to trouser £72,000 a year though!🤔

How about a bit of Boverton Promontory Fort? #favouritewall

If you (like me) missed out on Welsh language culture entirely due to being only English-speaking for most of my life, this series of English companion pieces to @yrheniaith.bsky.social will blow you away.

It’s take my understanding of Wales and her history to a whole new level. Take a look! 👇

Splendid piece from our Ben.