Rachel Davies

[Rachel Davies @rach1984]

Petition: Create a statutory offence of manslaughter by coercive or controlling behaviour https://t.co/mhJuV4eAKl

[Rachel Davies @rach1984]

@meggshateseggs Dwi'n rhugl, ac mae fy mhlant yn mael eu magu yn y Gymraeg.

[Rachel Davies @rach1984]

Perfect weekend #family #lurcher #llansteffan

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

Are you an E.on customer? Easy way to cut what you pay for energy

Feel free to share.

[Nation.Cymru @NationCymru]

A Plaid Cymru MP has voiced his anger after he discovered Wales is listed as a 'region in England' on the UK Parliament website
https://t.co/IpcAHCJ6FU

[Elan Iâl @elanial]

Anyone else can't quite believe that the petition to rescind the new 20mph limit is officially the biggest petition that has ever been submitted to the Senedd?

Not the one to reinstate free school meals during school holidays for children living below the poverty line.

Not the one to commission suitable NHS services for people with EDS or hypermobility spectrum disorders.

Not the one to fund more specialist school places and staff for children with additional learning needs.

Not the one calling to increase funding for mental health services and improve waiting times for people needing help in crisis.

Not the one to recognise teaching assistants as an important asset to schools by raising wages.

Not the one calling for Welsh working parents to receive the same financial support for childcare as parents in England.

Not the one to improve services for people with metastatic breast cancer.

Not the one calling to create, fund and sustain sufficient affordable nursery and childcare places for all working parents.

Not the one calling for a mental health unit for men in north Wales.

Not the one to make Blue Badge applications lifelong for individuals who have a lifelong diagnosis.

Why can’t we rally like this for other causes?

In Wales (and the UK) we have a falling life expectancy, falling living standards and falling wages in real terms, as well as rising food bank usage, rising homelessness and rising NHS waiting times, and we’re outraged by having to drive 10mph slower?

I thought I must have been missing something so I did some research into both sides of the debate to educate myself, and I do understand the arguments against - lesser productivity, the implications for professions such as drivers and carers, additional costs for increased travel time etc.

I don't have the answers, but I did find that this speed limit is already in place and successfully proven to reduce casualties and deaths in areas beyond Wales.

More than half of London's roads are now 20mph as well as other communities in England having already implemented the limit, including Norwich, Tonbridge and Chichester.

Lower urban speed limits have also been adopted in many countries and cities across mainland Europe, including Spain and Brussels, where they use km/h instead of miles.

In mainland Europe, many areas have 30km/h limits, which is 18.6mph.

I think I'm just bewildered at our furore, and our tendency as people to make decisions to avoid personal discomfort in the present moment at the expense of the long term outcome for all.

Of course there is a cognitive bias that explains this, called the Present Bias.

"Present bias is the tendency to focus more on the present situation than the future when making decisions. This can lead us to prioritise immediate rewards over future payoffs, even if that decision benefits us less overall."

Anyway, to look at the positive, I hope if anything, this shows that as a people we are capable of coming together, rallying and demanding change when a situation calls for it.

[Tegid Roberts @TegidRoberts]

200K children living in poverty in Wales, of which 90K are in severe poverty. That's out of 600K kids.

In 2023. We should be ashamed of ourselves. Kids are not allowed to vote so this is on us adults.

[Rachel Davies @rach1984]

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
5⭐️ https://t.co/oL1foKX7Ia

[charlie mackesy @charliemackesy]

❤️ https://t.co/rH36rYhsZN

[JonnyValleyBoy @JonnyValleyBoy]

To all those whining that Welsh is being "forced down your throats"

A reminder,

The ONLY language that has ever been forced down the throats of the Welsh people is English,

But of course,

You don't want to talk about that...

#BannauBrycheiniog

[Plaid Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @Plaid_Cymru]

So, next year - Wales should be represented as our own country at #Eurovision. Who agrees?

Rydyn ni’n meddwl y gall Gymru cynrhychioli ei hunain y flwyddyn nesaf - ydych chi'n cytuno?

[Rachel Davies @rach1984]

Educated by Tara Westover
5⭐️ https://t.co/QQ0cKAgiRL

[Rachel Davies @rach1984]

@OwsWills @campbellclaret @RestIsPolitics @JulesCGriff is this what you were talking about?

[Urdd Gobaith Cymru @Urdd]

56 mlynedd.

Rydym yn meddwl am bawb a gafodd eu heffeithio gan drychineb erchyll Aberfan.

On 21 October 1966, 144 children and adults lost their lives at Ysgol Pantglas. Let us never forget them.

[Rachel Davies @rach1984]

@CKSupermarkets Ysgol Griffith Jones, St Clears

[Urdd Gobaith Cymru @Urdd]

MAE'R URDD A'I GEFNOGWYR WEDI TORRI DWY RECORD BYD! ‼‼‼

Y nifer mwyaf o fideos o bobl yn canu'r un gân ar Twitter o fewn awr oedd 250...

...ac mae'r Urdd a’i ffrindiau wedi postio 1176!!!

(Ffigwr Facebook i ddod!)

WE DID IT! Mae hyn i gyd i lawr i chi - DIOLCH!🤍💚❤

[Rachel Davies @rach1984]

@ITLWorldwide @WNOtweet @musicmind @HYWEL_ROBERTS I love this song/hymn ❤️

[Rachel Davies @rach1984]

@ITLWorldwide 😂

[Jamie Phillips @JNPhillips4]

I don’t know who made this but it’s one of the best things I’ve ever seen

#DowningStreetParties