Martin Shipton
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Associate Editor https://t.co/KZRV15dH7P. All my own opinions, except for those that aren't.
Cardiff Wales/ Caerdydd Cymru
Joined January 2013
RT @NationCymru: An office building housing 1,600 UK Government staff that was hailed as a state-of-the-art ‘operational hub’ when it opene….
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Martin Shipton An office building housing 1,600 UK Government staff that was hailed as a state-of-the-art “operational hub” when it opened less than four years ago has been shut because of safety...
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RT @NationCymru: CCTV footage which clearly shows a controversial businessman assaulting a solicitor has left the victim of the attack asto….
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Martin Shipton CCTV footage which clearly shows a controversial businessman assaulting a solicitor has left the victim of the attack astonished that a decision was made to discontinue the court case...
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RT @NationCymru: Campaign group Humanists UK has called for a change to school admission policies they say allow faith schools in Wales to….
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Martin Shipton Campaign group Humanists UK has called for a change to school admission policies they say allow faith schools in Wales to treat children in care unfairly. The call comes after Educat...
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RT @NationCymru: CCTV footage which clearly shows a controversial businessman assaulting a solicitor has left the victim of the attack asto….
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Martin Shipton CCTV footage which clearly shows a controversial businessman assaulting a solicitor has left the victim of the attack astonished that a decision was made to discontinue the court case...
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RT @NationCymru: Harrowing messages sent from Gaza by the sister of a Swansea-based heart consultant were read out at a Senedd peace rally….
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Martin Shipton Harrowing messages sent from Gaza by the sister of a Swansea-based heart consultant were read out at a Senedd peace rally. In October 2023 Dr Ahmed Sabra was visiting family members in...
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RT @NationCymru: A row has broken out in Monmouthshire over plans that could see an English-medium primary school closed to accommodate a W….
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Martin Shipton A row has broken out in Monmouthshire over plans that could see an English-medium primary school closed to accommodate a Welsh-medium school. Families living in the village of Wyesham,...
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RT @NationCymru: Shadow Welsh Secretary Mims Davies has claimed that figures released by the Department of Transport prove the last Tory go….
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Martin Shipton Shadow Welsh Secretary Mims Davies has claimed that figures released by the Department of Transport prove the last Tory government was more generous to Wales in terms of rail funding...
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RT @NationCymru: A London newspaper’s caricature of a Welsh town as a place full of drug addicts and dereliction has been criticised as laz….
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Martin Shipton A London newspaper’s caricature of a Welsh town as a place full of drug addicts and dereliction has been criticised as lazy, dangerous and serving only those who profit from division...
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RT @NationCymru: What should worry us is how Israel has been able to exert such pressure on the UK Government that it has extended the defi….
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Martin Shipton Outside the Althing – the Icelandic Parliament in Reykjavik which is the oldest surviving parliament in the world – is a plaque that contains a quotation from the Declaration of the...
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RT @NationCymru: What should worry us is how Israel has been able to exert such pressure on the UK Government that it has extended the defi….
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Martin Shipton Outside the Althing – the Icelandic Parliament in Reykjavik which is the oldest surviving parliament in the world – is a plaque that contains a quotation from the Declaration of the...
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RT @NationCymru: Cardiff council has passed a resolution that could see it become the first local authority in Wales to disinvest its pensi….
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RT @NationCymru: More than 200 people flocked to a small Powys village to voice their anger at plans to build a massive wind farm on neighb….
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Martin Shipton More than 200 people flocked to a small Powys village to voice their anger at plans to build a massive wind farm on neighbouring hills which they fear would overwhelm the community....
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RT @NationCymru: A Reform Wales branch chairman has been branded ‘ignorant and arrogant’ after making incorrect claims about climate change….
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Emily Price A Reform Wales branch chairman has been branded “ignorant and arrogant” after making incorrect claims about climate change online. Interim branch chair for Carmarthenshire Gareth Beer...
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RT @NationCymru: Questions have been raised about former Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood’s decision to join a recently formed 'ecosocialist'….
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Martin Shipton Questions have been raised about former Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood’s decision to join a recently formed “ecosocialist” group which says it may stand candidates of its own in next...
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RT @NationCymru: Former Llanelli town mayor David Darkin has been approved as a potential Senedd candidate by the Labour Party’s Welsh Exec….
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Martin Shipton Former Llanelli town mayor David Darkin has been approved as a potential Senedd candidate by the Labour Party’s Welsh Executive Committee. He is hoping to top the party’s list of...
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RT @NationCymru: More than 100 people from across Wales are gathering at the Senedd to read the names of more than 20,000 Palestinian child….
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Martin Shipton In an extraordinary act of remembrance and political opposition, more than 100 people from across Wales are gathering at the Senedd on Wednesday July 16, to read the names of more than...
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RT @NationCymru: Speculation at Westminster that a former chairman of the Conservative Party who this month defected to Reform UK might sta….
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Martin Shipton Speculation at Westminster that a former chairman of the Conservative Party who this month defected to Reform UK might stand in next year’s Senedd election has been denied. Sir Jake...
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RT @NationCymru: Distressing testimony has been published from parents whose babies suffered brain damage and death at a failing hospital m….
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Martin Shipton Distressing testimony has been published from parents whose babies suffered brain damage and death at a failing hospital maternity unit. In September 2023 a Healthcare Inspectorate...
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RT @BylinesCymru: AI and journalism: the greatest challenge of our time? | NUJ backs call for AI ethics guidelines as fears grow over job c….
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NUJ backs call for AI ethics guidelines as fears grow over job cuts, plagiarism, and newsroom pressure driven by artificial intelligence
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Now that an independent inquiry has concluded that the sole breach of editorial standards in the Gaza documentary was that the identity of the young narrator’s father was not disclosed, will @BBC now restore it to @BBCiPlayer ? It would only take a sentence of explanation.
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