When you see this map it’s nothing short of a miracle that the Welsh language is holding its ground so well in the armpit of one of the world’s most dominant colonial cultures, and holding its ground without the safeguards of its own nation-state ❤️🏴✊
@nazirafzal I learnt English history in a Welsh valley junior school. It was my Nain (grandmother) who taught me a little bit of Welsh history, specifically the 'Welsh Not', my Nain said that she would speak Welsh at the end of the day to save her little brother who couldn't speak english.
Couldn't ask for a better presenter for the 200th @Ri_Science Christmas lectures, Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock. Thoroughly enjoyed byn50+ year old, diolch 🌎 🌟 🌞
🚨 “Can I tell you how many times in the last 45 years the European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the UK when it comes to deporting people from this country - only 13 times - in 45 years”
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire 👏
However, today's news is all about #RachelReeves and the budget...
and probably tomorrow too, as it's obviously going to have a far more reaching affect on our economy than #Brexit ever did - NOT
Brexit is costing the government around £90bn.
Without Brexit we could have tax cuts and spending increases. We would have hope and optimism, not gloom and despair.
Brexit harms the British people, especially the poor and vulnerable. No politician can support Brexit and claim to care for ordinary people.
The UK needs to rejoin the Single Market and Customs Union ASAP, and ultimately the EU. Every day that is postponed inflicts more needless harm.
This is a depressing misunderstanding, Bella.
For a start, leaving the ECHR would mean leaving the Council of Europe. When you leave the Council of Europe, you leave all the crime-data-sharing agreements of the Council. And the UK becomes a blind-soot and haven for foreign criminals.
It’s like Brexit all over again. But this time for citizen safety, not trade.
And it’s the same people pushing the same “magic bullet” thinking… that will actually backfire in exactly the same way.
Don’t be a “fool me twice” kind of person.
@RupertLowe10 I seriously dont think so!
I guess you're hoping that this becomes the main news, which begs the question, what dont you want to be in the headlines?!
The ECHR doesn’t prevent the UK from deporting migrants, but it does stop governments from crossing moral lines. It protects against torture, family separation, unlawful detention, and state abuse. It’s not about blocking borders, it’s about upholding justice.