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Will Hayward

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2 years

So for years I have had pretty bad skin problems. For seemingly no reason my face would start burning & within hours would result in horrible read blotches appearing on my cheeks and nose. After years, I have finally worked out why. Come with me on a flakey adventure. Thread:

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Will Hayward

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4 months

So I have been having a little look at the people who run some of the Welsh anti-20mph Facebook groups. It seems that many of them a run by Tory politicians.... who live in England....and support 20mph where they live.... Let's go on a journey (at a very safe speed). [Thread]

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2 years

Every sitting Tory in Torfaen Council has lost their seat.

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2 years

The reason for writing this piece is because, though I have it easier than many people with chronic skin problems, having a visible skin condition affects you far beyond the physical discomfort.

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2 years

Luckily I have a really supportive employer and they removed the product. I am now sat in the office writing this article and for the first time in years I am at my desk and my skin doesn't hurt!

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2 years

Yesterday I interviewed Chancellor of the Exchequer Nadhim Zahawi. I challenged him over the decision to class HS2 as an England & Wales project, despite the fact none of HS2 is in Wales. They ended the interview after I pressed him on it. Let's look at what he said: Thread

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2 years

Mark Drakeford is tamping. If you want to see a VERY ANGRY Mark Drakeford watch this exchange with leader of the opposition Andrew RT Davies speaking about the Welsh NHS

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2 years

It erodes your confidence, it is the first part of you the world sees and it take a far more self assured person than me to stop that getting to you. Hopefully this provides some insight to those without such a problem, and reasons to hope for those who do.

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8 months

Someone just tried to genuinely make the point that the 20mph limit was unfair on people hoping for an organ donation because fewer fatal accidents would mean fewer organ donors.

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2 years

Over the coming months I will be coming off the antibiotics and various cremes and potentially introducing chocolate back into my life (I would f***ing love my first Twix in four years) to see what impact it has.

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Will Hayward

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1 year

For months I've been trying to get an interview with Secretary of State for Wales David Davies. However he's refusing. His exact words were: "I’m willing to be interviewed by anyone else who works for WalesOnline but not by you." This is just bizarre. Stay with me. Thread:

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4 months

Rather hilariously, within hours of me approaching Mr Reed for comment, he apparently removed himself as the admin from all the groups. This kids, is why you always screenshot.

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2 years

Now I may be getting ahead of myself here. I haven't been back to the doc yet and I am still on the antibiotics. However I think after a decade I finally understand my condition and know how to manage it.

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1 year

This is the front and back of the new King Charles 50p. As you can see there are four shields. Two for England, one for Scotland and one for Ireland. For Wales, not a (Glamorgan) sausage. Let's take a look at why this is a real problem... [Thread]

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Will Hayward

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4 months

Though Mr Reed has seemingly dedicated significant energy opposing the 20mph limit in Wales, his opposition doesn’t seem to transfer to his home town. He posed for this picture where he proudly announced he had arranged an “extension of the 20mph zone”.

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Will Hayward

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2 years

I love Cardiff. For those of you who don't know it (and many who do) let me tell you about a 20 minute walk you can do in the city centre where there is loads of history hidden in plain sight: Thread

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Will Hayward

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2 years

This is what the patch test looks like if you're interested.

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2 years

Knowing that chemical one was very common in air fresheners I checked with the landlord of our building. Turns out the spray did contain the chemical meaning that every minute, three of these sprays were essentially waterboarding my face with something I was super allergic to.

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Will Hayward

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4 years

The First Minister hasn't had any contact from Boris Johnson since May 28. Nothing at all in June.

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2 years

Full piece here:

Man who had irritating red and blotchy skin for years finds everyday cause

Will's face cleared up after he realised he was being exposed to the thing he was allergic to every single day

www.walesonline.co.uk

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Will Hayward

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4 years

No new deaths from coronavirus in the latest figures for Wales. What a wonderful thing to be able to write.

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Will Hayward

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9 months

People are crapping all over the plans to change Wales' speed limits to 20mph instead of 30mph. There is a lot of noise about it but having looked at the evidence I believe this is actually a really good bit of policy. Let me explain. [Thread]

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'Why the 20mph speed limit plan for Wales is a fantastic idea' writes @WillHayCardiff

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1 year

This is the most Welsh thing ever. I never fail to be astounded at the ability of the Welsh to find a mutual acquaintance. It is like a super power.

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When you’re interviewing someone in Qatar and you realise he’s mates with your brother.

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1 year

One great thing about Wales playing England at the World Cup is that it makes it abundantly clear to people around the world the Wales is NOT part of England. Every Welsh person who goes abroad will know how needed this is. A really important message.

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2 years

My task was made even harder because chemical one has so many alternative names which mean the same thing including: - Acticide MBS / MBR - Algucid CH50 - - Amerstat 250 - Euxyl K 100 - Fennosan IT 21 - Grotan K / TK2 - Isocil(R) PC - Kathon CG / LX / WT - Lonzaserve(R) PC

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2 years

I was so bloody upset. How the hell had this happened? It was then I remembered that inside the gents toilet there was one of those automatically spraying air freshener things.

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2 years

From this we discovered I am allergic to two things: - Methylisothiazolinone (let's call this chemical one) - 2-brom-2-nitropropane -1,3-diol (let's call this chemical two)

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Will Hayward

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4 months

You can read the full piece about how English politicians are seeking to influence the 20mph debate in Wales here:

English Tories opposing 20mph in Wales while supporting it where they live

There has been a lot of opposition to the 20mph limit

www.walesonline.co.uk

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2 years

I can't believe what I have just listened to. Welsh Sec David TC Davies just tried to defend the decision not to give Wales a share of HS2 funding. His response was ridiculous and sums up the injustice of how Wales is being totally shafted on this issue. Thread:

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- Mergal K7 - Metatin GT - Mitco CC 31/32 L - Neolone CapG / 950 / MxP, Optiphen (this list could go on a lot longer)

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4 years

Absolute chaos in the Rhondda overnight as UK Gov apparently unilaterally limits testing centre to just 60 tests a day (it has the ability to do 500). Council leader says: "I think the system is close to collapse"

'UK is limiting Rhondda coronavirus testing centre to just 60 tests'

"This world beating UK testing system that Boris was on about is failing UK badly"

www.walesonline.co.uk

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4 months

Mr Reed is actually a Conservative councillor for Sunderland. In his bio on the Sunderland Conservatives website he speaks a great deal about his love for Sunderland but at no point mentions any links to Wales. He said: “I am currently the chairman of Sunderland Conservatives…

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Will Hayward

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4 months

The point I am making is not that many people arn't genuinely opposed to 20mph. Many are. Just that it is clear that there is an orchestrated attempt by the Conservative Party to keep fanning these flames and it is often been carried out by people outside of Wales.

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4 years

Ireland = 43 cases = 4.83 million population Wales = 25 cases = 3.139 million 🇮🇪 "We will close all colleges and schools" 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿"Better gather 70,000 people in one place" Can't help but feel this is a monstrously dumb decision. #walesvscotland #SixNations #coronavirus

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2 years

The real impact is how it hits my self esteem. I am a young (ish) single bloke. I have a fairly public facing job and speak on camera on a fairly regular basis.

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2 years

I gave up dairy though genuinely struggled without cheese. Joking aside it is hard to describe the impact that my skin issue had on my life. Physically it can be very painful but is usually just uncomfortable

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2 years

Eventually I purged my house of everything and the skin was doing great. Then I went back to the office (I had not been in for a while due to Covid). Within a few hours of being in the office my skin started to burn and by that night I was back to square one.

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Chemical two wasn't to hard to avoid, it was used a lot 20 years ago but was phased out because so many people reacted to it. Chemical one was a different beast entirely. It's in a huge range of products include soaps, shower gels, shampoos and sun creams as a preservative.

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4 months

Looking at the admins on the group you can see that many are either members, employers or elected representatives of the Conservative Party. All four groups have multiple admins and two names come up for them all - Lyall J Reed and Alfie White.

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11 months

Today in Welsh politics... Leader of Vale of Glamorgan Council asks Welsh Tory leader to give them back their high vis jacket.

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2 years

Today I approached the UK Government to ask them to explain how HS2 actually benefits Wales. I have to say, the response was pathetic. It just showed how they simply don't understand the sheer extent to which Wales is missing out. Let me explain. [Thread]

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2 years

But despite this things seemed to just be getting worse until the day we went into lockdown. With weeks my skin massively improved. Occasionally it would still go a bit bad but in those early days of the pandemic my skin was better than it had been for years.

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Mr Reed is not alone in changing his views on 20mph. Back in 2018 Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies spoke to leaders of the 20's Plenty group which campaign for a reduction in the speed limit.

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10 months

Soooo Wales is not able to get a penny of consequential cash from HS2 but the UK Government will underwrite a £680m high-speed railway in Turkey... There is so much to be annoyed about here. [Thread]

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Will Hayward

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4 years

If you want to have a go at the royal family this is where your ire should be directed. #PrinceAndrew

Prince Andrew gives 'zero co-operation' over Epstein inquiry, US prosecutor says

A US prosecutor says the FBI has contacted the Duke of York's lawyers as part of an investigation.

www.bbc.co.uk

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2 years

Spending the majority of my life looking like a combination of the mummy (from the film The Mummy) before it is fully regenerated and one of the cursed seamen from Pirates of the Caribbean made me immensely self conscious.

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2 years

As anyone who has tried to read the tiny writing on the back of a bottle can tell you, it is hard to make out the ingredients, especially when they are loads and they look quite similar.

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2 years

Suddenly I was back to square one, in fact, it was worse. The first pic (with me on the right) is how I looked after just working from home and the second and third is when I went back to the office.

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1 year

It is not a mark of a healthy democracy when Minister's refuse to speak to people who hold them to account. So I am asking David Davies if he will reconsider, front up, and be interviewed by me. What has he got to be scared of?

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Will Hayward

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7 months

Only 30-40 cars involved in the M4 20mph protest. Not the statement they were hoping for I imagine. Easier to sign a petition than get out and protest I guess. Or maybe people just don't care that much.

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Sometimes it would happen after a night out so I gave up booze for a few months - nothing happened. I tried every kind of moisturiser under the sun - still nothing. I even tried covering myself in sun cream every time I left the house incase it was caused by UV - nowt.

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When a flare up was at its worse I wouldn't want to leave the house, I would cancel dates I had arranged and would never have my camera on when doing video calls.

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2 years

There is a new Secretary of State for Wales - David TC Davies. Let's take a look at some of the views he has expressed in past. [Thread]

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Even with no allergic reactions this process is bloody uncomfortable. You can't shower, you have tape all over your back & you have to sleep on your front. However there was an allergic reaction, 2 in fact, and by Wednesday 2 points on my back were really sore, almost burning.

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As soon as I got home I went through everything in my house and removed all the products that contained it and there were a fair few including fairly liquid and furniture polish.

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Four years ago I had the first of several false dawns when a dermatologist diagnosed me with rosacea. This condition causes blushing or flushing and visible blood vessels in your face and can also produce small, pus-filled bumps.

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If you haven't seen these before you basically have loads of different potential allergens stuck to your back on a Monday (inc a range of chemicals including stuff like nickel), on Wed they are all removed and then you go back on Fri to see which bits of your skin have reacted.

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2 years

So I applied the cremes, gave up the caffeine (holy crap that was hard, particularly because this included all chocolate) and my face did get a little better.

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I didn't understand it but I wasn't complaining! Then as the world started to reopen I started going out more and my skin gradually got worse again. This was particularly true when I returned to the office after a year and half last autumn.

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I have been through every single donation received by Welsh MPs over the last year and there has been cash pouring into certain Tory seats ahead of the General Election. One former Wales rugby captain gave £7.5K in one donation. Let's go through and have look. [Thread]

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2 years

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I think I may be the "journalist" spending an "unhealthy amount" of time exposing the historic climate change denial of the Secretary of State for Wales David TC Davies. Some might think it is the job of journalists to hold politicians to account...

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Will Hayward

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8 months

For me, the most persuasive argument for the 20mph limit isn't the deaths prevented, it is the casualties. Up to 20,000 fewer over the next decade. That is thousands of times an ambulance isn't called, a road isn't shut, someone doesn't miss work or school. All adds up.

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This time he also diagnosed me with seborrheic dermatitis - a condition common in people with rosacea. The problem's some treatments for it, steroids, makes rosacea worse. So I maintained my caffeine free diet, my antibiotic cream for rosacea & added a special shampoo to the mix.

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4 years

Cannot stress this enough. The vast majority of what Prime Minister Boris Johnson is now saying does NOT apply to Wales. #Covid19UK

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He has posted regularly about road safety and was quoted in the Sunderland Echo describing how “Conservative members were continuing to push for further measures to reduce speeding”

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In a rage I went to my GP who put me on antibiotics and referred me to another dermatologist. This doctor suggested I have a patch test.

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So given that I was really allergic to these chemicals the next step was to work out if they were actually what was affecting my face. To do this I needed to go for three months without exposure to these two chemicals to see if my skin improved.

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1 year

"As you can see Prime Minister, Aberystwyth and Swansea are actually not that far apart but we have to get a train for 5 hours (via England) to get between them. Any chance of our fair share of rail funding now?" PM: "HS2 means you can get to London quicker" Pic: Peter Byrne/PA

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We sent a reporter to a village that trialed 20mph. “It's fair to say that almost everyone we spoke to felt that the new legislation coming into force was going to be a good thing for Wales.” It’s like people enjoy feeling safe where they live.

Mark Drakeford says 20mph has improved lives in this village so we went to check

They had some strong views on the subject

www.walesonline.co.uk

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7 months

I wonder how many people who would have different views on this protest if the protesters were from Extinction Rebellion...

Routes for 'go-slow' protests this weekend over 20mph speed limits confirmed

The organisers have urged protesters to stick to 30mph

www.walesonline.co.uk

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He gave me a few different creams to deal it and I left in the hope that perhaps this issue would be solved. He also suggested that I give up caffeine because that is a common trigger for rosacea.

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This is Labour politician Alun Michael. He currently occupies 1 of the most pointless jobs in Britain - a Police and Crime Commissioner. Banking a tidy £86,700 a year as PCC for South Wales he is, IMO, a perfect example of what a missed opportunity the PCCs are. [Thread]

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However some problems remained. Though the low level redness was a bit diminished the mega flare ups were just as severe & happened just as often. Also though my cheeks were better the redness & blotches on my neck & chest were just as bad. So off to the docs I went again.

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The Welsh Government has announced some pretty tough measures to tackle the issue of second homes in Wales. This is a joint policy and part of the Co-operation Agreement with Plaid Cymru. Let's take a look at what it means: [Thread]

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1 year

Firstly, I don't tag politicians who I write about on Twitter - because Jesus Christ they get enough abuse already. However the fact a cabinet minister thinks they can dictate who a news publication puts forward to interview them is, frankly, an outrageous level of entitlement.

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Wales is treated like garbage when it comes to UK coverage Imagine, for a moment, how the UK wide media would react if the Prime Minister had done the following when running to be party leader: - Taken a donation from a criminal. - That donation had been 6X the spending limit…

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Remember the companies that gave £200K to Vaughan Gething's campaign to be First Minister? Well 11 months before they received a £400k loan from the Welsh Gov-run Development Bank of Wales. This was when Mr Gething was economy minister & the bank was in his portfolio. [Thread]

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This means Wales gets no extra funding at all, though Scotland and Northern Ireland are both getting a huge amount. It can't be underestimated just how much Wales is being ripped off here.

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We decided to fact check a rather outlandish claim by Brexit Party MEP Nathan Gill last week. As a reporter there's something satisfying about writing the words "outright lie". Oddly once we pointed out the lie he still did not remove the post 🤥 #Brexit

A Brexit Party MEP made a shocking claim about the EU so we checked it

Nathan Gill, of the Brexit Party, made the claim on the day people in Brecon and Radnorshire were going to the polls in the by-election

www.walesonline.co.uk

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It's outrageous I'm having to write this, but the UK Gov have defined ANOTHER rail project that is only in England as Eng & Wal. This time it's... wait for it... Northern Powerhouse Rail is defined as being beneficial enough for Wales to mean we miss out on cash. (Angry) Thread

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The tone in Facebook groups has been particularly vitriolic at times. However when you dig a little deeper there are reasons to suggest that the opposition has not entirely been driven by concerned members of the public.

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The other person listed as an admin on the all the Facebook pages, Alfie White, has been harder to track down. However, he shares a name with an Alfie White who stood as a Conservative candidate for for Burnley in the 2021 council elections....

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I had a look at 4 Facebook pages that opposed Wales' new 20mph limit: - South Wales Against Blanket 20mph limits - 5.3k members - West Wales Against Blanket 20mph limits - 4.3k - North Wales Against Blanket 20mph limits - 2.6k - Mid Wal Against Blanket 20mph limits - 225

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Plus these people don't seem quite as opposed to 20mph when it is where they happen to live...

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2 years

If it got its fair share like Scotland and Northern Ireland then Wales would be getting £5bn in funding. This could fund the South Wales and Swansea Bay metros, integrate the North Wales with lines with Merseyside, and connect Aberystwyth and Swansea via train.

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3 years

Want to hear something funny? This is Ian Williams. He's the Reform candidate in Torfaen. His election leaflet had a "map of Torfaen" with an arrow saying: "Just to let the politicians in Cardiff Bay know where Torfaen is". The map showed Caerphilly.

Senedd candidate put map of wrong place on his election leaflet

Ian Williams placed a map on his election leaflet to "let the politicians in Cardiff Bay know where Torfaen is" - but the map actually depicts the neighbouring county of Caerphilly

www.walesonline.co.uk

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At the Welsh Tory conference where several cabinet members inc Rishi Sunak & Jeremy Hunt are attending. I requested an interview with either of them about the decision to class HS2 as an England & Wales project. I've now been told I will have 'no sit down interviews' [Thread]

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I can understand farmers being angry with the Welsh Government's sustainable farming scheme (SFS). I find it harder to get my head around cheering the leader of the Welsh Tories who is a vocal advocate of leaving the EU, given that leaving the EU has resulted in farmers being…

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Fy enw i yw Will. Fi'n saes ac wedi penderfynnu dysgu Cymraeg. Dyma pam. Wish me luck. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Why I am an Englishman who has decided to learn Welsh - Will Hayward

'I am not going to lie, there is some trepidation going in'

www.walesonline.co.uk

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Rishi Sunak has just made the claim that the reallocation of HS2 funds will benefit North Wales because they will electrify the NW mainline. Let me just break down how utterly empty this promise is. [Thread]

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4 months

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4 months

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Would you like to hear about the links between a Welsh think tank and paid Facebook adverts denying climate change? Of course you do! This is quite a tangled web so let's pick through it together...

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Will Hayward

@WillHayCardiff

1 year

The Prince of Wales has just arrived in the Senedd.

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Will Hayward

@WillHayCardiff

3 years

The idea that anyone can look at the UK voting system and think that the priority for reform should be introducing an ID at polling when when 'first past the post' renders millions of voters totally and utterly irrelevant is baffling.

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Will Hayward

@WillHayCardiff

4 months

South Wales Against Blanket 20mph limits Rebeka Fudge - Appears to previously have been part of Swansea Young Conservatives

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Will Hayward

@WillHayCardiff

1 year

Recently I wrote a piece about Tory MS Janet Finch-Saunders' incredibly high staff turnover. One former staffer said they'd to ask permission to go to the loo. This story has moved on quite a bit since then. This is well worth your time. [Thread]

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Will Hayward

@WillHayCardiff

4 months

West Wales Against Blanket 20mph limits Ben Sansome - Hard to find details but only has three friends on Facebook, one of which is Alfie White.

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Will Hayward

@WillHayCardiff

4 months

North Wales Against Blanket 20mph limits Will Martin - Campaign manager - North Shropshire Conservative Party Victoria Relf - Junior area campaign manager, Conservative Party North Wales Janie Loise Rees - Campaign manager, Wrexham Conservatives

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Will Hayward

@WillHayCardiff

3 months

EXCLUSIVE - Big Wales News A company gave Vaughan Gething a huge donation to his campaign to be First Minister, the same day they also applied to build a large solar farm on a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cardiff. A development requiring Welsh Gov approval... [Thread]

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Will Hayward

@WillHayCardiff

4 months

Other admins for the groups all appear to have links to the Conservative Party. Let's go through them one by one...

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Will Hayward

@WillHayCardiff

9 months

Right time for a good old fashioned fact check about this £1,600 to illegal immigrants claim. As always, this takes some unpacking but it is well worth it because some of our politicians are making claims with are demonstrably false. [Thread]

Andrew RT Davies

@AndrewRTDavies

9 months

While Conservatives are bringing in tough measures to secure our borders, Labour want to pay illegal immigrants £1,600 a month.

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