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Reform Wales
at 23:23 14 Feb 2025

That's populism for you.

Unfortunately the voters can't have what they want. They want lots but don't want to pay for it.

That's why Reform are a real danger. They're selling magic beans to Jack but this isn't a pantomime.
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Reform Wales
at 20:55 14 Feb 2025

We do.

Welsh Labour have had carte blanche for far too long. But we don't really have a sensible alternative. They're either the same with independence, further left with independence and have crocheted their own sandals, too small to be significant, useless and heading further right or furthest right full of nonsense with idiots as politicians.

We'll have a Plaid / Labour coalition with Reform as at least the third biggest party, potentially even the largest. Same old.

It all depends on the turnout.
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Keir Starmer today
at 15:40 14 Feb 2025

Bookmark this and come back at the end of this government.

The economy and confidence in it hasn't crashed, there was obviously a massive black hole in public funds nobody needed an economist to show that, The Chagos island deal was started by the Tories, Boris would probably have defended those MP's as he did with Chris Pincher.

I really don't think they've done too badly, although I wouldn't say they've done well. And are a huge improvement on the last government.
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Keir Starmer today
at 15:38 14 Feb 2025

I've recently finished reading "Unleashed". Boris lives in a paralell universe to the rest of us.

Easily the worst Prime Minister in my lifetime. He's not really fit to hold any public office whatsoever.
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Small Boat Crossings
at 09:24 14 Feb 2025

Cardiff University are in a finacial mess due to a decrease in international student applications, Swansea is in a similar position.

International students pay a fortune to study here, far more than British students do. Restricitons on student visas brought in by the last government has put them off applying to study here and therefore universities will have to cut their cloth accordingly.

Many of these students then work in jobs that British people won't do.

Like it or not we ae completely dependent on immigrants.
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Small Boat Crossings
at 22:59 13 Feb 2025

The immigrants on visas keep the country going. We'd literally be knackered without them.

The boat crossing people are visible because sources like the Telegraph bang on about them all of the time. It's a case of look at THESE, but don't look at these.

The major problem with Reform and the right of the Tories is they'd stop the former and not be able to do anything about the latter.

As someone with no political affinity I'm genuinely concerned about the country's future direction.
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Live music?
at 21:06 13 Feb 2025

OCS / Kula Shaker in April then the Manics in May. Both in the arena.

I'm tempted by Supergrass on Swansea beach too.

Then it's Springsteen in Anfield.

I have to say I'm listening to the Manics new album, they're still as good now as they were 15 albums ago. Very few bands can say that.
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Small Boat Crossings
at 19:43 13 Feb 2025

Rwanda wouldn't have filled that gap because it would take relatively few asylum seekers, home office modelling suggested about 2% a year, that's no deterrent.

They'd still be here and would keep on coming.

The entire scheme was a smoke screen.
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Small Boat Crossings
at 07:52 13 Feb 2025

Or we could just process them in France?
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Why is it so hard getting immigration numbers down?
at 23:25 12 Feb 2025

And Labour are battling against the majority of the media. Both mainstream and online.

They're doing a good job on immigration. Far better than the Tories did for the last 14 years and infinitely better than Reform pledge to do. The Guardian and the Mirror won't celebrate it and the rest will use anything to criticise everything the government do.

Labour are doing nothing that couldn't have been done years ago. Whilst demonstrating why Reform's policies won't work. There is a long way to go but we probably can't afford to get there for a long time.

How much did Rwanda cost again?
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Why is it so hard getting immigration numbers down?
at 14:19 12 Feb 2025

It means they can never be a British citizen at the moment they can after a certain number of years. It's removing another incentive.

Most of those who arrive on boats or other dangerous means aren't getting anything for free. Those that get something get very little.
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Why is it so hard getting immigration numbers down?
at 13:52 12 Feb 2025

Yes. Without a doubt.

A deal with Germany to tackle illegal gangs, deportation, raiding businesses employing illegals and now this.

They've done pretty well in 7 months.
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Why is it so hard getting immigration numbers down?
at 10:42 12 Feb 2025

Another sensible move.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9d5wj9l8e2o
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Why is it so hard getting immigration numbers down?
at 09:26 11 Feb 2025

That's why we need to remove the incentive for them to come here in the first place which is jobs in the grey economy.

Once they've got in a boat (if that's how they come here) and are away from France it's too late to return them. They're our problem.

The Border Force need to be raiding the places they work regularly and regularising easily exploitable roles such as delivery riders and Uber drivers. The Tories cut funding to the Border Force and if Reform have any power in the future the country will be bankrupt.

Things seem to be heading in the right direction.
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Why is it so hard getting immigration numbers down?
at 06:26 11 Feb 2025

The bottom line is that a lack of employment will stop illegal immigrants wanting to come here in the numbers we see at the moment in the first place. Cracking down on those working illegally and deporting failed asylum seekers will reduce immigration.

They're coming here to work because they've been unlikely to be caught and not to claim benefits or to access the NHS.

This is exactly what should have been done instead of wasting money on the Rwanda scheme.
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Thank you Nigel Farage
at 14:11 9 Feb 2025

Absolutely.

The Reform manifesto/contract at the last election was totally unaffordable and unworkable. If anyone was elected on that basis the country would be in a terrible state.

The performance of some of their MP's in Westminster has been laughable.

The political reform we desperately need is for people to actually vote and for those votes mean something.
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Governed by madmen/women
at 16:48 2 Feb 2025

I think the reason it isn't is cost v benefit in most cases. On some houses they would only work for a small time.

Some great houses have been built by a housing association just outside gorseinon. Solar panels, ground source, batteries, insulation the lot.

This is the development.

https://stridetreglown.com/projects/gwynfaen/
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Governed by madmen/women
at 09:10 2 Feb 2025

Not by legislation. But usually to meet building regs or planning policies set by local authorities.
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Governed by madmen/women
at 23:17 1 Feb 2025

All new homes in Wales have to have solar panels.

Solar farms make use of low quality, south facing agricultural land. Usually sheep farms that carry on producing lamb as they graze amongst the panels.

Nothing really to see here, usual Telegraph BS.
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This third runway
at 10:39 30 Jan 2025

Sort of, I think a lot of that is politicial BS from Johnson too.

The original route was chosen by Carwyn Jones because it was cheaper as it was mainly on land owned by WG. Unfotunately it was very environmentally sensitive and there were far better and more viable potential routes.

After that environmental legislation brought in by Drakeford bascially made the proposed route illegal to develop.
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