Geraint Hopkins
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@ArchRose90 @TPointUK Can you or he explain why British patriotism is at odds with wanting an end to the killing of Palestinian children?.
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Serkan and I were wed today. Thank you for all the kind messages.
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@RidgeOnSunday @labourpress He doesn’t need to raise much funds, since the media do all his campaigning for nothing.
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@FBAwayDays Rugby crowds aren’t segregated. I’ve often sat next to people supporting the other side. Never an issue. Perhaps they should experiment in letting football fans of both teams sit together.
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@NationalHways Virtually the whole motorway network was covered by an emergency zone called the Hard Shoulder, which also allowed the unimpeded movement of emergency traffic, until you took it away.
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What’s absolutely clear now is that sadly Twitter is no longer the place to go for sensible up to date info or commentary on current affairs. How many right wing bots/anonymous accounts do we now have to wade through to get to anything resembling fact #LondonMayorElections.
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#Newsnight demonstrating how NOT to have a discussion about the Welsh language. Where did they find these people?.
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@labourwhips @labourpress @UKLabour You have to fight this. Confidence of the House is the only thing that legitimises the Executive. They can’t be allowed to block it. Full stop.
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@RhonddaBryant The whole thing of Tory MPs acting as broadcast journalists is ludicrous and flies in the face of any measure of impartiality. When is Ofcom going to do something about it?.
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@fmwales Ignore the social media negativity, which is disproportionately occupied by the perpetually disgruntled. Most people I talk to in real life think you're doing a good job in difficult circumstances.
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@JohnBak05908331 @nickcyclopedia @tonypowel And rather than do the thing which would have made everyone's life easier, and join Schengen, we did the exact opposite and pulled out of the whole thing. So easy to blame the French rather than to accept the idiocy of Brexit.
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@WillvernjoJones @LeftWingSociety I’m a socialist and have been a member for nearly 30 years. Looking forward to seeing a Labour government soon and Kier Starmer as PM. You don’t get everything you want in politics, but you fight for what you believe and for the best outcome for people. Bring on the election.
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@GBNEWS This is about the 10th time I’ve seen this type of warning from you. Are you trying to outdo the Daily Express?.
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@PhantomPower14 @BBCNews @Smicht Please tell me how you edit out anything from live footage? Much more likely you added it in after.
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@Amanwy When will the data on road accidents be published? I'm sure you're right but it would be good to see numbers to back up the policy.
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Wearing a “censored” mask while you are literally speaking on the floor of the a House of Representatives. These guys are absolute idiots. #impeachment
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Spare a thought in the days ahead for all social care and health workers who in all weather will be visiting the elderly and vulnerable at home. They are as dedicated as they are compassionate. @RCTCouncil @WelshLGA @SocialCareWales @BBCWalesNews.
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“I move that action against this House. be considered.a crime against the people, and treason against this nation.”.Oliver Cromwell, in the House of Commons, .4th January 1642 #Prorogation #StopTheCoup.
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@guse_guse @AdamBienkov Exactly: "We asked the Government for a reply to Labour's criticism, but there was noone available to comment." Every morning, afternoon and night.
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@WalesOnline "People in Walesonline have been arguing how to create clickbait out of nothing.".
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Rwy’n croesawu y cyhoeddiad heno bod yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol yn ddod i Rhondda Cynon Taf yn 2022. Cyfle mawr i’r Gymraeg a’r economi leol. #Eisteddfod @eisteddfod @RCTCouncil.
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@Scaramucci @JohnGillibrand It's too late for them now. They came this far. They're in it up to their necks. Every one of them is complicit.
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@pinguforest Wealthy Tory donor who owns factory press gangs workforce into listening to election speech by leader during choreographed "visit". You can make them stand there, but you can't make them vote for you.
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@NationCymru Is this going to be another one of those things that 0.001% of the population are interested in that gets massively overblown?.
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@OwenJones84 "Congratulations to Paulette Hamilton on winning the by election for Labour. Now go stick it to the Tories!" .There, I fixed it for you.
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Labour GAIN from Plaid Cymru tonight in RCT Council by-election.
YNYSHIR BY-ELECTION RESULT. JULIE EDWARDS/LABOUR - 407.ADRIAN EDWARD PARRY/ PLAID CYMRU - 331. The winning candidate is JULIE EDWARDS/LABOUR
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Very pleased to see for myself the progress on the construction of the new Aberaman Extra Care facility. Amazing to see it taking shape. @RCTCouncil @Linc_Cymru
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@AdamBienkov Don't bollards function very well as protecting vulnerable pedestrians from careless and wreckless drivers?.
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Great to see @welshlabour Assembly group now 15 women, 14 men. Great result for #equality and #diversity in #Wales2016.
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A great honour to be invited to listen to Hillary Clinton today, speaking at Swansea University on human rights with a focus on international law as it affects children. @EHRCwales @RCTCouncil @WelshLGA
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@paulwaugh @HarrietHarman They should be proud that they have an MP of such respect and standing that they are considered a contender for such a position.
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Supremely proud of @RCTCouncil social care staff, highly commended at the @SocialCareWales accolades. #accoladescymru
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@BobDowns14 People didn’t vote for the “same old thing” in 2016. They believed the simple jingoism and voted for Brexit. And it’s been an utter duster ever since. Everything went wrong after the referendum, and I blame the liars in UKIP or reform, or ERG, or whatever guise they’re in.
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@EleyVanBow @fmwales I suppose the same thing could be said of those who do nothing but complain.
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Representing @RCTCouncil at the Show Racism the Red Card event in Cardiff and the launch of their #racismreportwales
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Gave evidence this morning to the National Assembly on behalf of @WelshLGA calling for a more integrated approach to mental health services for children and young people in care. @childcomwales @CwmTafConsult @RCTCouncil #MentalHealthMatters.
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@campbellclaret The Dame also interviewed Trump. The question is why, knowing for years what charlatans they were, did people still want to vote for them?.
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@CNN I’m very much on the left of British politics and I share many values with these protestors. But some of the most progressive, stable social democracies,like in Scandinavia,in the world are constitutional monarchies. An elected head of state is no guarantee of social justice.
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@OwenJones84 @mattzarb You'd rather be a puritan and lose than get rid of the worst government this country has ever had. You might be able to afford 5 more years of protesting in opposition - I'm sure your column will go from strength to strength - but a lot of the people I represent cannot.
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Great fundraiser in Tonyrefail for @mark4leader this evening. Mark Drakeford is a principled and passionate candidate who has my confidence to lead Wales with distinction. @AndrewMorganRCT @RCTlabour
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The thanks of the world should be for those brave divers of all nationalities, one of whom gave his life to rescue those boys in Thailand #ThaiCaveResue I hope they are suitably recognised by their respective nations with the highest awards for bravery that may be awarded.
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#Llanharan Bypass mentioned 3 x in the @RCTlabour manifesto. Not mentioned once by Plaid Cymru in theirs. #ambitious4RCT @AndrewMorganRCT.
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Massive respect to Sir Keir Starmer for the energy and determination in leading parliament, drawing opposition parties together and holding the government to account. This government officially is in #ContemptOfParliament @Keir_Starmer #brexit.
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Out and about in Llanharan this morning campaigning for our four excellent @WelshLabour MEP Candidates. @huw4ogmore @CPJElmore @bobbymaesteg
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A pleasure to open today’s Cwm Taf Carers Champions Conference. Our focus this year was young Carers. Their testimonials were inspiring. These children take on so much responsibility at so young an age. @RCTCouncil @CwmTaf .
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Honoured to have been appointed Chair of the National Adoption Service. @nas_cymru @WelshLGA.
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As Chair of the National Adoption Service in Wales, I’m delighted @nas_cymru is working with St David’s Children Society to launch Adopting Together, a new initiative to prioritise children who have been waiting the longest. #adoptionweek.
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@DanielJHannan @MichaelLCrick I don't quite understand what relevance this has to current affairs? Unless you're pointing out that Biden is a reasonable man who's willing to respect international law, which is precisely what we should be doing now.
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@BBCWalesNews I think they're hideous, but how far do we really want to go in telling people what they can and can't have in their own gardens?.
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Last train home from Cardiff to Llanharan tonight - Saturday night - is 10.35pm. How pathetic is that? @tfwrail.
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It shouldn’t need a vote of confidence. Any other PM losing by even half this margin on such an issue would just resign. #Brexit.
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@NewyddionS4C @Bryn_Terfel I may be biased but I thought this was by far the best of the music written specifically for this coronation. So powerful. Bendigedig.
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@jill0710 If reading other people’s views irks you so, I suggest social media isn’t the thing for you.
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@PhilipProudfoot I suppose you could argue that there would have been no need for Ukraine to fire up its defensive systems if Russia hadn't sent over 100 doodlebugs in one day.
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It was good to be in Swansea for the @EHRCwales meeting, and thought-provoking to hear from many groups who face barriers to services in their community. Thanks to @eystwales for hosting the event.
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@IPimpernel Don’t you just love these people who tweet horrible things without having the guts to use their own name?.
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@Tcaddy5 @Jacqui_Smith1 @wesstreeting I think you'll find you're missing quite a lot of the components of the phrase you're looking for. Which could be a sign of a wider problem.
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Good to welcome Health and Social Services Minister, @vaughangething to RCT today to discuss @RCTCouncil ‘s move to the WCCIS information system. @wgcs_health
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BBC #PoliticsLive doing a right hatchet job in Leicester. In a selection process someone wins, others don’t. Where’s the story: you’ve manufactured it. Disgraceful.
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@WillHayCardiff I get this need for a credible opposition, but while “management” can always be better, the reason people in Wales have consistently voted so far for a “Labour hegemony “ is because the bulk of the electorate wants a moderately left wing government. Labour values are maj values.
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Thank you @VikkiHowells for meeting today to raise a number of social services issues on behalf of your constituents. @RCTCouncil @RCTlabour
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@AlkebuLANsM @Silvia19865 @carolvorders There's no equivalence. Labour haven't been in power for 13 years. She's showing up the Tory government for what they've actually DONE with the power they have.
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@travelrosalie @ITVWales He was asked the question by the journalist. Or didn’t you hear that bit?.
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@LauraPidcockMP @jeremycorbyn The folly of mistaking support within an organisation is for popularity outside it.
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LLANHARAN, Rhondda Cynon Taf. HOPKINS (Lab) 608 (68.5%).GERMAIN (PC) 280 ( 31.5%). #LocalElections2017 @welshlabour.
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This piece of shrapnel was removed from my Great Grandfather’s leg at the Battle of Mametz Wood in 1916. He was one of the very few who survived that bloodbath. #Remembrance2018
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@AlunDaviesMS @yLlywydd Perhaps the Deputy Llywydd could have gone in her place, so that the Senedd is represented. The Welsh twittersphere is dominated by republicans, who think everyone thinks like them. Office holders should represent the office, not themselves.
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@DeChurching @churchofengland What video would you make then? In a way that would include every single group - make sure you don't miss anyone out, mind. And it mustn't seem tokenistic, even to the perpetually offended. I thought it had a lovely message: that the church was there whenever you needed it.
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@OwenJones84 @LGBTLabour @Keir_Starmer You could feel for him. Whichever side of the discussion he leans towards, he'll be hammered by the other. Most people I think have learned to keep their mouths shut, for fear they'll be hated by one or more of the factions.
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@kathkelloway @huwthomas_Wales Typical Tory. Knock people to the ground and then kick them when they’re down there.
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@SaulStaniforth I saw the whole thing. She talked about lots of things, but you took time to make a 7-second clip and pretend that's all she said.
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@JoinTheClaim Go through your trade union rather than ambulance chasers. I presume this firm takes a cut of your entitlement?.
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@realDonaldTrump I will laugh my socks off if the recount shows errors in Biden's favour! Perhaps he won Georgia by an even bigger margin? "Time will tell.".
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@AndrewNeath84 One of the very few nations on earth that has to justify, in the face of such ruddy-faced aggression, speaking it’s own language.
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Giving either candidate just 20 seconds to outline a complex issue before talking over them is a hopeless format for discussion. #ITVdebate.
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Congratulations to the High Sheriff of Mid Glamorgan for hosting such a successful fundraiser for @LlamauUK . It was a fabulous evening. @HighSheriffMG1
Well what a night! Huge thanks to everyone among the 150 who attended and who supported my fundraising charity night for Llamau. Great food, fantastic band! When all is verified, I think we exceeded £5,000 tonight and smashed my annual target of £10,000! Diolch yn fawr iawn!!.
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Wasn’t Oliver Twist the unfortunate orphan forced through malnutrition by an indifferent and uncaring Mr Bumble to beg for more? @LeaderNewport
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@Barclays You're closing our local branch in Talbot Green. Hardly "sparking opportunities" in our community. Shame on you.
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@DarranMarshall @RhonddaBryant Leave or Remain, from every other part of the UK we hear both sides in Parliament. Shame that the only view heard in Parliament from Northern Ireland is Leave.
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@GillibrandPeter Oh, Telegraph, please do an exercise comparing overseas travel costs of the Westminster government ministers and officials, with the Welsh Government. Please.
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In any other circumstances, a government which has been held in contempt of parliament, losing three votes in one day, would resign. Mrs May’s Government is now untenable . #ContemptOfParliament #brexit.
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@PolitlcsUK Why is he doing this event during the week of Labour Conference? Have all the civil conventions of British politics now been trashed?.
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