Joe RJ

Working in Political Comms and External Affairs | Retweets ≠ Endorsements | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (largely inactive on here)

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

The situation in Iran and Israel has deteriorated drastically. I renew my appeal to responsibility and reason. The commitment to build a safer world, free from nuclear threats, must be pursued through mutual respect and sincere dialogue, in order to build lasting peace founded on justice, fraternity, and the common good. No one should ever threaten the existence of another. It is the duty of all countries to support the cause of peace, initiating paths of reconciliation and promoting solutions that ensure security and dignity for all!

[Will Hayward @WillHayCardiff]

The UK Treasury has screwed Wales again!

They have now classed a railway line running for Oxford to Cambridge as an "England and WALES" project.

This robs Wales over £300m+ whereas Scotland and NI get their cash.

It's a disgrace that this is still happening after the HS2 robbery.

Hat tip to @LibDemDavid for discovering this.

[Cavendish Cymru @CavendishCymru]

🎉Our brand new @CavendishCymru Senedd Seat Projector is now live.

For the first time, you can now visualise the new political geography of the Senedd after the 2026 Election.

Make your own predictions here, or get in touch to find out how to change the way you engage.

https://t.co/t8GiNLq3US

[NFU Political @NFUPolitical]

Tonight MPs from across the House are debating the e-petition to #StopTheFamilyFarmTax. We are grateful to @BenGoldsborough to securing this debate and call on the Treasury to listen to the concerns of farmers from across the UK. 🧵1/

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

The social contract has completely broken down.

[BBC Wales News @BBCWalesNews]

BREAKING: Mark Drakeford is quitting as Welsh Labour leader immediately and a leadership contest for a new first minister will be held
https://t.co/uMHhZhlXBF

[Will Hayward @WillHayCardiff]

Rumours Mark Drakeford may announce he is stepping down today.

Nothing confirmed but heard from multiple sources.

New leader election in January potentially.

[Welsh Government International 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @walesintheworld]

Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton:

“I am a very big fan, First Minister, of the Wellbeing and Future Generations Act. Wales being the first country in the world to introduce a law that considers impacts on our great grandchildren. It’s exactly the global thinking we need”

[Wales Governance Centre @WalesGovernance]

📕NEW REPORT - PRISONS IN WALES📕

The number of people rough sleeping following release from prison has more than trebled in Wales, new figures from Cardiff University’s Wales Governance Centre show...
https://t.co/j0QYEVRFLT

[James Heale @JAHeale]

David Cameron in at No. 10? Love it when they bring back characters from earlier seasons

[Ben Kentish @BenKentish]

How many times is this going to happen before the people meant to protect our politicians start stepping it up? What if that idiot had had a knife? Massive security failure. Awful.

[Will Hayward @WillHayCardiff]

“The party has replaced a dreamer with a pragmatist. But in these early days, the pragmatist it seems, has got the members dreaming.”

My write up of the Plaid Cymru conference: https://t.co/M9OW5bH9fS

[Wales Governance Centre @WalesGovernance]

“Over the eight years from 2011-12 to 2019-20, Wales received a total of £514m less than it would have if it received it under a population-based share of the UK's rail infrastructure spending. That's according to calculations by the Wales Governance Centre” - @WillHayCardiff

[The New World: New ideas. New magazine @TheNewWorldmag]

Here's the BBC deploying the same second-hand lazy clickbaity headline as the Mail, to drive traffic to a story about Michael Sheen in which he neither objects nor hits out at non-Welsh actors playing Welsh roles. A lot of digital journalism is made shit by the urge for clicks.

[BBC Politics @BBCPolitics]

"Who do you think you're speaking to?... I am not going to be spoken to by a Secretary of State who is absolutely not accepting my ruling"

Sir Lindsay Hoyle rebukes Kemi Badenoch over announcing changes to Retained EU Law Bill to the media

https://t.co/b9xf9ay3IM

[Will Hayward @WillHayCardiff]

I went through every Welsh MPs declaration of interests for the last decade.

The big, big stand out is the sheer amount of money pouring into Anglesey to keep it Conservative.

It is pretty crazy.

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[Joe RJ @JoeReesJones1]

@CharlieHowell_ @RyanBatty13 Sheaf Island > Banker's Draft > Waterworks

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

There are too many people claiming those orchestrating the rallies at hotels housing asylum seekers aren’t the organised far right. They’re either ignorant or have an agenda. Take a look at the one I went to in Rotherham and judge for yourself.

[Joe RJ @JoeReesJones1]

@ShefLabStudents Handsome 😳