Associate Editor Nation.Cymru. All my own opinions, except for those that aren't.
Cardiff Wales/ Caerdydd Cymru
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The US mid-term elections are being seen as the beginning of the end for Trump — but the founder of a Welsh public relations firm has a different take ✍️@ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1wIq
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Unpaid carers should make sure they take advantage of rights they may not even be aware they have, according to one of the leading care professionals in Wales ✍️@ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1wGy
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A prominent Welsh Liberal Democrat councillor who has been touted as a potential leader of the party has said it “makes sense” for the leader to be a parliamentarian ✍️@ShiptonMartin nation.cymru/news/prominent-…
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A solicitor who came within three votes of becoming a Labour member of Cardiff Council tried to steal thousands of pounds from a cancer charity by submitting fake invoices for work he had not carried out ✍️@ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1wDx
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A leading conservation group is demanding that two key areas in the Cardiff Capital Region be protected from development ✍️@ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1wDe
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Former Welsh Labour MP Geraint Davies has criticised ex-Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ newfound enthusiasm for Britain rejoining the EU, pointing out that she had urged Labour MPs to back the Tories’ hard Brexit deal ✍️@ShiptonMartin nation.cymru/news/ex-welsh-l…
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The fundamental assumption underpinning the UK union is no longer fit for purpose in the 21st Century.
Release sovereignty from Westminster to the nations to empower the democratic link between people and their parliaments...✍️ edin.ac/4zonW4M
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Cardiff University’s Vice-Chancellor has been criticised for expressing disappointment over a union’s announcement of an indicative strike ballot, amid claims she has not met union officials for nearly two years ✍️@ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1wwA
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A Welsh Conservative MS has been criticised for endorsing an allegation that an elderly patient was euthanised in a Scottish care home during the Covid pandemic ✍️@ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1wwg
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New research from two housing bodies has laid bare the severe operational and financial pressures facing Wales’ homelessness and housing support sector ✍️ @ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1wuj
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TUC Cymru’s simplistic reaction to the UK Budget put the onus on Plaid Cymru to deliver improvements, without acknowledging the inflationary pressures that make improving the Welsh economy more difficult ✍️@ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1wmw
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An MP who left the Labour Party claiming she had been bullied because of her gender-critical views has criticised a decision to appoint Cardiff West MP Alex Barros-Curtis as chair of a House of Commons committee ✍️@ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1wlX
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Public services in Wales are facing a bleak outlook following the UK Budget this week, according to economic analysts from Cardiff University ✍️@ShiptonMartin nation.cymru/news/uk-budget-…
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The pioneering Centre for Alternative Technology near Machynlleth is in crisis and has appointed two former trustees as employees to run it ✍️@ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1wjM
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Welsh Water has been strongly criticised for having one of the worst records on serious pollution in England and Wales ✍️@ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1wjC
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A retired business owner who has devoted his life to charitable causes, been assessed as having ADHD and nearly died following a serious heart attack is standing as an independent candidate in a council by-election ✍️@ShiptonMartin nation.cymru/news/independen…
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Trustees of a church charity have written off thousands of pounds paid to a former “happy clappy” vicar who made irregular payments to himself and his wife ✍️@ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1wfF
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New details emerge about decision to suspend gender surgery referrals nation.cymru/news/new-detail…
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A campaigning father has “sacked” his local MP after he failed to secure an adjournment debate in the House of Commons about his son’s death from medical negligence ✍️@ShiptonMartin nation.cymru/news/campaignin…
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A conspiracy theorist and lay preacher who was a founding member of the right-wing Welsh nationalist party Gwlad has suggested that Welsh speakers need to wake up and realise they were targeted for genocide through Covid vaccination ✍️@ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1waO
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