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Am bodlediad gwych. Gallen i wrando bob dydd.
A dweud y gwir rwy eisiau un dyddiol yn y bythefnos cyn etholiad!

06.03.2026 07:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pennod 82: Eben Fardd

Ewch i wylio pennod ddiweddaraf Yr Hen Iaith gyda @richardwynjones.bsky.social a @jerryhunter.bsky.social - ar gael ar Am nawr!

Go and watch the latest episode of Yr Hen Iaith - available on Am now!

www.ambobdim.cymru/profile-cont...

05.03.2026 14:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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2/2

05.03.2026 11:16 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Gwleidydda - Ras y Maniffestos - BBC Sounds Mae Vaughan a Richard yn trafod pwysigrwydd maniffestos y Ceidwadwyr a Reform UK

Pennod newydd gan gynnwys Elliw Gwawr!

Gweler isod am y llun a drafodwyd (diolch Gethin) 1/2

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

05.03.2026 11:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Fantastic gift from colleague in lieu of a personal, signed copy from @richardwynjones.bsky.social for Christmas!

05.03.2026 10:07 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Ooops!

05.03.2026 10:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

05.03.2026 07:15 πŸ‘ 17078 πŸ” 5955 πŸ’¬ 512 πŸ“Œ 493
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I've been sent this absolutely *criminal* bar chart from back down in Surrey, there's so much wrong with it I could make a list.

Interesting also that the Conservatives are putting out squeeze messaging on Reform voters.

04.03.2026 14:08 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3
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SΓ‘nchez says Spain won’t temper criticism of Trump’s attack on Iran over β€˜fear of reprisals’ Spanish PM insists he won’t bow to U.S. commercial pressure, as he leads international opposition to the strikes against Tehran.

🚨🚨 Unusual with such moral integrity for a European political leader: Spanish PM Pedro Sanches insists that #Spain won't temper criticism of #Trump's attacks on #Iran over fear of reprisals and commercial pressure. πŸ‘‡
www.politico.eu/article/pedr...

04.03.2026 09:08 πŸ‘ 472 πŸ” 187 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 20

Pretty much. Also, Khamenei limited Iran's missile range to 2,000 km against the recommendation of the IRGC.

03.03.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 188 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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β€œOur attack was so successful we inadvertently created a power vacuum” is a new one to me tbh

02.03.2026 07:33 πŸ‘ 574 πŸ” 112 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 17
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Ar ddechrau / Happening now…

@walesgovernance.bsky.social

02.03.2026 12:15 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Gwleidydda - Golau Gwyrdd i'r Gwyrddion - BBC Sounds Mae Vaughan a Richard yn trafod arwyddocΓ’d canlyniad is-etholiad Gorton and Denton.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

01.03.2026 12:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Great to speak with @meganekenyon.bsky.social of @newstatesman1913.bsky.social on location about the result in Gorton and Denton, including the role of party blocs!

Clipped my bit below, but you can watch the whole video here (bonus, there is a cat!):
youtu.be/dUh_1XuAg-g?...

01.03.2026 10:42 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Presumably the International Olympics Committee and FIFA are urgently preparing to bar the USA and Israel from their competitions, just like happened to Russia after they attacked Ukraine?

28.02.2026 16:05 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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28.02.2026 12:47 πŸ‘ 15605 πŸ” 4745 πŸ’¬ 378 πŸ“Œ 348
Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

28.02.2026 07:19 πŸ‘ 23674 πŸ” 7123 πŸ’¬ 735 πŸ“Œ 405

Mwynha!

27.02.2026 18:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Gwleidydda - Golau Gwyrdd i'r Gwyrddion - BBC Sounds Mae Vaughan a Richard yn trafod arwyddocΓ’d canlyniad is-etholiad Gorton and Denton.

Golwg Gymreig ar arwyddocad Gorton a Denton

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

27.02.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

This is not a reasoned political response. Labour has spent two years making all the voting groups who backed the Greens feel unwelcome and unheard, and now attacks them for daring to back someone else. They believe Labour isn’t listening and Starmer seems determined to prove them right

27.02.2026 16:16 πŸ‘ 1154 πŸ” 321 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 28
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😘

27.02.2026 13:29 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

It is quite funny in the specific sense that 10 years ago people in the Labour Party were telling me that they had to keep FPTP to stop 'pasokification'. At this rate the party may well be envying the position of Pasok within the next decade.

27.02.2026 02:51 πŸ‘ 99 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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Israeli soldiers shot a Palestinian boy and stood around as he bled to death, video shows Israeli forces blocked Palestinian ambulances while a 14-year-old lay bleeding for at least 45 minutes.

Truly horrifying. A very difficult read.

[& the BBC at its best]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

26.02.2026 10:20 πŸ‘ 117 πŸ” 78 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 6
Lib Dem Monica Harding continued the Anecdotes of Shame. She had been working for the British Council in Tokyo when Andrew arrived on one of his trade missions. β€œI was told this was a containment exercise, that he was arrogant and that he wasn’t on top of his brief.” Although if we were to start chucking people out of government jobs for that, where would it end?

More excitingly, she revealed that Andrew always travelled with β€œan ironing board”. A what? β€œThis was a euphemism for a massage bed.” Oh.

Lib Dem Monica Harding continued the Anecdotes of Shame. She had been working for the British Council in Tokyo when Andrew arrived on one of his trade missions. β€œI was told this was a containment exercise, that he was arrogant and that he wasn’t on top of his brief.” Although if we were to start chucking people out of government jobs for that, where would it end? More excitingly, she revealed that Andrew always travelled with β€œan ironing board”. A what? β€œThis was a euphemism for a massage bed.” Oh.

A Real Mountbattering: my SKETCH of MPs queuing up to tell us that not-Prince Andrew was a cad. thecritic.co.uk/a-re...

24.02.2026 18:25 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3
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Gorton & Denton Final Update: All To Play For Anyone can win it, and each will have a tale to tell if they do

New Swingometer - Gorton and Denton Final Update!! Featuring seat polling, new adventures in abstract leaflet art, and a last word from Liam and Noel: open.substack.com/pub/swingome...

24.02.2026 19:49 πŸ‘ 81 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 9
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The Right’s Civilizational New World Order Civilizationalism, the idea that world politics revolves around culturally bounded civilizations led by great powers, is energizing the Right on both sides of the Atlantic. It is key to the effort to ...

jacobin.com/2026/02/civi...

23.02.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think arguing with Martin Lewis about personal finances on GMB is a bold political strategy.
Worth following up by having a fight with David Attenborough about conservation on BBC Breakfast.

23.02.2026 11:18 πŸ‘ 445 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2
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NEW

How Palantir captured the Ministry of Defence

How a close read of public domain documents show how MoD was commercially colonised by Palantir

By me, at FT

www.ft.com/content/5207...

20.02.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 1808 πŸ” 1022 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 23
Chart showing Reform voters are far more obsessed with immigration than supporters of far right parties in mainland Europe.

Chart showing Reform voters are far more obsessed with immigration than supporters of far right parties in mainland Europe.

Fascinating. Reform UK voters are way more obsessed with immigration that those who support their populist radical right and extreme right counterparts in continental Europe.
(Source: news.gallup.com/poll/701990/...)

23.02.2026 08:44 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 4
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β€˜Is university still worth it?’ is the wrong question The graduate earnings premium isn’t really measuring what most people think

Turns out (says @jburnmurdoch.ft.com) it's not so much an oversupply of graduates in the UK (the same would be true of other similar countries but it's not) as an undersupply of the kind of jobs that a better-performing, more productive economy would supply.

20.02.2026 07:52 πŸ‘ 538 πŸ” 199 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 22