Both Humza Yousaf & Rishi Sunak seem more selected than elected.
#thisisnotwhatdemocracylookslike = #selectednotelected.
Both seem removed from popular opinion, even deranged from reality.
#weareinalotoftrouble #notthecriteria #fortrue #democracy #inthe #uk #and #scotland
(ps...)
(And why does #england not have its own devolved assembly like scotland and #wales?)
(And as i ask that pointed question, I realise I dont know who's the leader of the welsh assembly, so look it up, and, Humphrey Vaughan ap David Gething, new fella, just last month. So was he actually more genuinely elected, and not selected by the inner party? "Gething won the Welsh Labour leadership election to replace Mark Drakeford and become First Minister of Wales, making him the first black leader of any European country." ... because it does look a bit funny, like triple try-hard tokenisation. I hope that's not the racist criteria. Though worse, is their undemocratic selling us out, to their corrupt masters, club, clique, class, etc.
It would be nice to have democracy.)
(I am increasingly appreciative of the perspective that political parties are not a good thing.)
#wales
Cambrian Chronicles: The Mystery of the Missing Medieval Sea
I'm afraid that to see this you have to click on thru to Youtube as the poster has external viewing blocked.
#MPs propose #decriminalising #abortion up to #24weeks | Abortion | The Guardian
This should have been enacted decades ago.
Dyffryn House 3
Which is the more terrifying plant - the one that it metamorphosing into a brain, or the one that is turning into a spider out to get you...?
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Dyffryn House 2
Flowers and blossom at Dyffryn.
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Neuer Regionalpremier für Wales: Großbritannien bekennt Farbe
Vaughan Gething ist neuer Premier der Labour-Regionalregierung von Wales. Jetzt führen Nichtweiße alle Regierungen im Land.#Großbritannien #Wales #Europa #Politik
Neuer Regionalpremier für Wales: Großbritannien bekennt Farbe
Neue Labour-Parteispitze in Wales: Vaughan Gething schreibt Geschichte
Nur noch eine Abstimmung im walisischen Parlament trennt den 50-Jährigen davon, erster Schwarzer Regierungschef des britischen Landesteils zu werden.#Großbritannien #Wales #LabourParty #Europa #Politik
Neue Labour-Parteispitze in Wales: Vaughan Gething schreibt Geschichte
Sea at Porthcawl
It was a blowy, spray-stung day, yesterday...
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UFO, History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmdGfUnLlcM
Had an old friend staying with me recently.
She told me this story.
Her children went to this school ...
Her husband worked for the farmer who had encounters
#UFO #Wales #1977
Signs of Spring
Daffodils in Pontypool park, Hellebores and tree blossom at Cwmbran Crematorium gardens.
Someone mentioned you could do with a bit of a lift, @Shonie Hutter. Hope this helps.
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Just remembered I met this character last year...
@Brian Fitzgerald - are you related?
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#SJ_AshcroftsPhotos #MyPhotos #CastellCoch #Wales #Character
Help Us - Soshin / Dans l'esprit du débutant / In the beginner's mind ... please 🙏 support Soshin
#netherlands ( #nederland ) #germany #spain #italy #switzerland #sweden #greece #france #ireland #russia #belgium #scotland #denmark #poland #austria #norway #canada #portugal #australia #england #finland #newzealand #america #czechrepublic #wales #london #hungary #lithuania #malta #israel #USA #US #diaspora #diasp #diasporg #diaspnl
The #Beauty of #Wales, some #Photos of the lake in #Llanberis, the lower reservoir lake of #Dinorwig pumped power station, one of the most important power plants in #UK. The lake is called #LlynPadarn, it is linked to another lake #LlynPeris, which is the lower reservoir mentioned.
Llanberis is the starting point of the steam locomotive that goes up to the summit of mount #Snowdon in #Snowdonia. In summer this area is overrun by tourist, the climb the summit or take the train up, many of the hikers climb up in #FlipFlops, which is really dangerous and stupid. I have walked some part to the summit, from a point a bit higher than Llanberis, and I saw lots of bloody toes and feet at that time.
It is a nice area, if you ever get a chance or are close you might want to consider a detour, I'd prefer to come off peak season, so maybe start/end of the season.
Llandegfedd
Bright but cold, yesterday.
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#UK #quote
Brigantia (here)
"I'm speechless.... the Welsh government has produced a video featuring young teenage schoolgirls welcoming migrants to #Wales, advising them of all the benefits they can receive, including housing. This is in a country where many thousands of people are experiencing hardship, eviction from rented properties due to the rise in interest rates and being forced to turn to food banks in order to survive. Not to mention the featuring of young girls in the video, everyone knows about the grooming gangs despite the media trying to cover it up..."
The #video was withdrawn after a #massive #outcry. This is #MahyarTousi's #commentary on it, just under 5 minutes.
Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=iiLrqCkYuaE
#People #power is putting a #stop to all this #bull****, but it needs a much louder voice. I really thought things would improve after Drakeford quit the stage...
DFB-Fußballerinnen gegen Wales: Ende der Siegermentalität
Die DFB-Frauen halten ihre Olympiachance nur dank fremder Hilfe aufrecht. Nach dem Remis in Wales ist die jüngste Euphorie schon wieder verflogen.#DFBTeamFrauen #Wales #OlympischeSpiele #Fußball #Sport #Schwerpunkt
DFB-Fußballerinnen gegen Wales: Ende der Siegermentalität