A crash course on the bombshell that just dropped in Welsh politics

Plaid Cymru has just dropped out of the co op agreement with Welsh Labour.

This is a big threat to Wales' new First Minister Vaughan Gething.

Let me catch you up on how we got here & what it means:

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'Many are mystified' why a Czech billionaire wishes to buy Royal Mail for £3.5bn.

Hmm.

In 2022 RM had assets of over £5.3bn.

Buy up privatised public services, make assurances, break assurances, asset strip &/or load with debt...

See water & sewage. news.sky.com/story/many-are…

Look at the state of this from the Daily Mail this morning.

They backed the privatisation of Royal Mail.

They’ve attacked postal workers during every dispute we’ve had.

They have vilified the union.

You betrayed the UK’s posties - and we won’t forget it.

Bluebell Carpet, Malvern.
8”x6” oil on board
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This is one of the paintings I did on my recce trip to the Malvern Hills at the beginning of May. I’m planning on painting in my local bluebell woods tomorrow, hopefully they’re still looking good.

#PleinAir #malvern #malvern hills

I now have a new limited edition print of Sugarloaf Pen y Fal available in my studio, framed or unframed. And on my website (unframed)

I’m really pleased with the autumnal colours and clouds in this painting, the original is also available.

louisecollis.com/shop-NCEmr/lim…

This was how Vaughan Gething's donor Atlantic Recycling Limited left a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

For this, and then failing to clear it up they were given a £10,000 fine and ordered to pay costs of £200,000 after the court heard that toxic liquids had leached into the

A warm welcome awaits!

Enjoy what folks call a 'gem' here in the #Rhondda valley

Workers Gallery, 99 Ynyshir Road, S Wales CF39 0EN

10.30am-4.30pm Thu-Sat or by appointment at other times

Enjoy original #art including #sculpture

Images feature Louise Collis Chris Williams MRSS 🇺🇦

View from Wyche Road Malvern
8”x6” oil on board
One of the paintings from my trips to the Malvern Hills this month.

#wyche #malvern #malvern hills #malvern hillsphotos #PleinAir #pleinairpainting

Thanks so much to Cashells of Crickhowell (again) for letting me dismantle your window and hang my new Sugarloaf print ready for the Crickhowell Open Studios.

I’m Venue 16 in Abergavenny 25-27 May & looking forward to it.

cashells Oriel CRiC Gallery

#Fatima showing the boys how to break the world record press-up at 5000 meters. Help me get my followers up to a million and I’ll keep kicking arse for Children and young People in the care system to have better life outcomes! This old bird still has it! 🙏❤️🙏

Natalie Elphicke tried defecting to me first but I said no. I’m taking the trash out, not in. #PMQs

Flies and leaves picked off and handed for judging.
I don’t often take part in competitions but I thought I’d give this one in Malvern a whirl today.

I saw some fantastic work being handed in.

@malvern_creatives_connect #spiritofmalvern24
@visithemalverns @mpmalvern

It really says a lot about the kind of candidate Susan Hall was that she manages to produce less grace and dignity in defeat than the man wearing a bin on his head.

Epic incompetence, sincere belief that rules don’t apply to him or desperate attention-seeking? It’s like he never went away.

Quite something when former PM Boris Johnson - who introduced voter ID requirement - is turned away from his polling station after forgetting to bring his 🤦. Sky News

Boris Johnson said in 2004 that he would eat his ID at a polling station in protest if the law ever required it.

In 2022, he passed a law requiring ID to vote and dismissed criticism it would stop people voting.

In 2024, he forgot his ID when trying to vote and was turned away.

Oh.

If you want to understand the state of UK broadcasting journalist Sangita Myska has been ‘ removed’ from LBC for doing her job & asking difficult questions . It’s disappointing that instead of showing solidarity with her fellow journalists have swiftly taken her place .

A lovely day today painting in the Malvern Hills, I’ll be back very soon to do more Malvern painting I found some great spots to paint.

#malvern #malvern hills #malvern hillsphotos #bluebells eason #bluebells #landscapepainting

I want to say something to the people with mental health conditions that have got in touch with me worried / panicked about the govt news on possible benefits changes... NOTHING HAS HAPPENED.

- The govt has put out a green paper. That is an EARLY STAGE consultation document.