Will Hayward
@WillHayCardiff
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Multi award-winning investigative journalist & author focussing on Wales. Follow my newsletter for updates on what is happening in Wales
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Joined October 2014
I have launched a brand new newsletter. It has exactly the same name as my old newsletter. It looks in-depth at Welsh politics and Welsh issues. The only difference is, now I own it. Subscribing to this newsletter directly supports my journalism. https://t.co/7uYGJgb3a7
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Keir Starmer's planning to make former First Minister Vaughan Gething a Lord according to The Times. Mr Gething was FM for 4 months. His time as leader was overshadowed by a controversial £200k donation to his leadership campaign. He stepped down after 4 ministers resigned.
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Latest pod is out! This was one of the most interesting chats we have had on the podcast. Thanks very much for joining us @wallmt. https://t.co/brAVL3AkbG
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Can't say I'm surprised....@UKLabour have been stomping all over @WelshLabour ....and they wonder why Caerphilly happened! But well done to signatories for standing up.
BREAKING NEWS Over a third of Welsh Labour Senedd Members have written to Keir Starmer to stop undermining devolution. They say: "If this was being done by a Tory Government, we would be calling for a judicial review. This must never happen again." Adding: "Wales needs and
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BREAKING NEWS Over a third of Welsh Labour Senedd Members have written to Keir Starmer to stop undermining devolution. They say: "If this was being done by a Tory Government, we would be calling for a judicial review. This must never happen again." Adding: "Wales needs and
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There was a lot of talk about Rachel Reeves riding "golden horses" inside the Senedd chamber yesterday. Here is Labour First Minister Eluned Morgan and Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth in the Welsh Parliament engaging in equine banter... More in today's news letter.
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My collegue Ryan O'Neill and I have written a special report looking at the people behind Reform in Wales. This was a bizarre piece to write. Hope you enjoy. Link in pinned tweet.
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It's not often I agree with Reform's head of comms but he was bang on here.... https://t.co/MUyYekVM9s
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Diolch o galon @WillHayCardiff and the FWSW team for covering Carers Rights Day in today's pod! You can check it out here 👇 https://t.co/qcsVFLBZ8w
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Something really strange is going on. The Welsh Government have said they won't be publishing the waiting list figure for Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board "pending the outcome of an external investigation into the quality and governance of its data". The data is already a week
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Trump is making foreign tourists to US national park pay $100 (£76) per person to access 11 of the most popular sites. Makes £1.30 per night tourism tax in Wales seem a bit tame doesn't it? Weird that the politicians who said this would "kill tourism" in Wales are quiet about
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Wow, the leaked call logs show both that: -Witkoff committed treason by advising Russia how to get their way by out maneuvering president Trump. AND -The “peace proposal” was authored and sent by the Russians meaning Vance, Rubio and Witkoff have all lied about its origin!
🚨 We now have an official leak confirming that this so-called “peace proposal” was completely fabricated by the Russians. The crazy part? The US government even pretended to be the authors of this document, when it was so obviously Russian. Even more astonishing, it became part
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‘What makes the (Welsh Lab Gov) refusal to hold a Welsh inquiry all the worse is that one of the findings of the UK inquiry was that many of the mistakes made in Wales were well after the first lockdown - when they were overwhelmingly in charge of the response’ @WillHayCardiff 👇🏻
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Sunday is perhaps my favourite day to receive newsletters: @EliotWilson2’s weekend roundup, @WillHayCardiff’s analysis covering Wales, @hoyer_kat’s fascinating gems about Germany, @CraigOliver100’s thoughtful Desperately Seeking Wisdom and @GMonaghan1998’s candid Peaceable Land.
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Can you imagine how Reform UK would react if a Welsh leader of any other party had been sentenced for 10 years for taking bribes? Nathan Gill once said he "would never apologise for being patriotic". Tbf he never said to which country...
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The evidence presented raises many more questions about the network of influence. I will write a piece tomorrow
Nathan Gill's social media bio literally said "never afraid to be patriotic". As with many on the extremes of politics, they claim to love the country they would sell down the river for a stuffed brown envelope. He was the head of Reform in Wales. How do you think Reform
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Nathan Gill's social media bio literally said "never afraid to be patriotic". As with many on the extremes of politics, they claim to love the country they would sell down the river for a stuffed brown envelope. He was the head of Reform in Wales. How do you think Reform
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Shocking figures discussed on the @WillHayCardiff podcast about the number of people growing up in very deep poverty in Wales. Westminster and Welsh governments have failed the people of Wales particularly our children. @WalesGreenParty know actions not words are needed!
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The latest podcast is out and it is a fun one: https://t.co/tyWrgzucKf
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Everything about this interview is brilliant. The interviewers do a great (and enjoyable!) job and @as_penarth is going to be hugely impactful as part of the first ever group of elected Greens in the Senedd! (And the carrots do sound delicious!)
We had the leader of the Welsh Greens on the pod. Apart from presenting him with a bag of carrot batons (obviously) we talked about the party’s chances in Wales next year and the Zack Polanski surge.
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Really enjoyed recording this. Thanks to Will, Mel and Robin for a wide ranging and interesting discussion. Punk, politics and more. And some very tasty carrots!
We had the leader of the Welsh Greens on the pod. Apart from presenting him with a bag of carrot batons (obviously) we talked about the party’s chances in Wales next year and the Zack Polanski surge.
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