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Alun Eurig

@aluneurig.bsky.social

Gweithio yn myd Iechyd drost ein iaith. Hanes, gwleidyddiaeth, rhedeg, peldroed. Rhyddfrydwr Cymraeg. Gogleddwr yn y prifddinas. https://sites.google.com/view/y-niwl/cartref-home

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Alun Eurig@aluneurig.bsky.social · yesterday

If it was truly a Welsh dub - the first five minutes would involve Han Solo and Skylwalker realising that they went to the same primary school.

Mark Rees@reviewwales.bsky.social · yesterday

Star Wars is to be dubbed into Welsh for the first time as the classic film prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary next year. Actor Matthew Rhys will voice Han Solo, with Rhys Ifans as Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Aimee-Ffion Edwards as Princess Leia. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈@maxdubler.com · 3d ago

I think my most genuinely unpopular take is that a widely held and genuine consumer preference for cheaper, lower-quality goods, not private equity, is driving the decline in quality of consumer goods like clothing and housewares.

Alun Eurig@aluneurig.bsky.social · last wk.

I went to the Royal Welsh Show last week (where all the major parties in Wales have a stall there). The Tories had about three women sitting down having a chat while the Reform tent was busy but with mostly older men. They have left the party which does open opportunities for new support.

Ian Dunt@iandunt.bsky.social · last wk.

Yes & herein lies the problem. When Labour was dragged to the hard left by Corbyn, centre-left Labour MPs fought for their traditions and their principles. When the same thing happens in the Tory party, centre-right Conservative MPs go gently into that good night.

Alun Eurig@aluneurig.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Royal Welsh Show was a good indicator of Welsh politics at the moment. The Tories tent was nearly empty. Plaid Cymru was selling commemorative t-shirts, Labour was just one person looking bored, Reform was busy with men in panama hats and Lib-Dem (as ever) wasn't there.

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Alun Eurig@aluneurig.bsky.social · 3w ago

What makes the case stronger is that leavers such as Farage ranted about the unaccountability of the European Central Bank but is now happy to promote cryptocurrency.

Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 〓〓 🔶🌹💚💙@cornishskipper.bsky.social · 3w ago

“Pro-Europeans should make the positive case for the euro rather than trying to avoid the debate” @nialloconghaile.bsky.social is spot on here & good to read @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social positive response & know he plans a new video to address the issue. eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...

Alun Eurig@aluneurig.bsky.social · 4w ago

@helenebismarck.bsky.social point about modern political journalism in the UK is just soap opera these days was correct. Tim Shipman reported during the UK-EU talks about how Barnier having hissy fits and being frozen out - but he barely discussed the contents of agreement which is hitting us now.

Roland Smith@rolandmcs.bsky.social · last mo.

New Soft Landing podcast episode featuring historian @helenebismarck.bsky.social , author of 'Fantastic Kingdom - A Stranger’s Notes on a Contrary Country'. In which we delve into Britain's outlook, culture and contradictions. Listen here now: open.spotify.com/episode/7keQ...

Alun Eurig@aluneurig.bsky.social · 4w ago

There are some things that the internet cannot never replace, one of them is buying running shoes. You really need to try them on in a shop before buying them.

Jay Willis@jaywillis.net · 4w ago

You guys are never gonna believe this, but going to a brick-and-mortar running store and getting sized by employees who know what they're doing and can recommend brands and models for you is a WAY better strategy than Googling "Nike running shoes" and buying whatever's on sale

Alun Eurig@aluneurig.bsky.social · last mo.

Simon Richards of The Freedom Association and Better off Out passed away in February. A generation of men who dominated the debate around the European Union will be leaving the political stage over the next few years - it means that the debate can take a new direction.

Matthew Jeffery: A tribute to Simon Richards | Conservative Home

The passing of Simon Richards, former Chief Executive of The Freedom Association and Chairman of Better Off Out, marks the loss of a man whose life was guided by principle, kindness and an enduring be...

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Roland Smith@rolandmcs.bsky.social · last mo.

Rodney Atkinson has died. A strange cove.

Alun Eurig@aluneurig.bsky.social · last mo.

It's the same the other way. Watching American shows on the TV, I thought it would wall to wall crime out there. So I couldn't believe it, when staying with relatives in Santa Cruz, that they left their house door unlocked at night.

Daniel Knowles@dlknowles.bsky.social · last mo.

It is now almost 100% of the time that when I do vox pops in rural America I get asked about Britain supposedly being taken over by Muslims and crushed under the boot of Sharia law. I was just asked suspiciously if I am a Muslim myself when I pushed back

Alun Eurig@aluneurig.bsky.social · last mo.

Plenty of time for @mikeparker.bsky.social and this work but I believe that if we joined the EU, then we will be expected to join the Eurozone, probably on the first day.

Mike Galsworthy@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · last mo.

The UK can’t be forced to join the Euro on joining the EU - no other country has and there’s no clock, penalty, or lever. It’s not a thing. Don’t confuse a pure political ritual with an enforceable contract. Joining the Euro is entirely voluntary… *IF* you even qualify.

Alun Eurig@aluneurig.bsky.social · last mo.

I thought about your complaint about how UK politics seems to spend far more time discussing the intricacies of US politics than European ones when I saw the following: Today's discussion on Jeremy Vine was about a pool in a park somewhere in America:

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Chris Kendall@ottocr.at · last mo.

Steve and I recorded this a couple of weeks ago for release today and, predictably, plenty has happened in the intervening two weeks to reinforce most of what we said to each other. cakewatch.fireside.fm/tenyearslater

Alun Eurig@aluneurig.bsky.social · last mo.

"sJulie Burchill claimed that the release of the COVID vaccine was a triumph for Brexit, despite the fact that the EU began their rollout less than three weeks after the UK.

Sarah Murphy@13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · last mo.

Compare and contrast: Ian Dunt and @yasminalibhaibrown.bsky.social considering the profound social and geopolitical implications of the Brexit damage to us all… And then the arrogant, petulant swagger of 2 Brexiters who won’t take any responsibility and are still honking on about the Covid vaccine.

lan Dunt: It devastated our economy and nation It has been almost exactly as bad as we expected it to be. The big economic organisations said in the run-up to the 2016 referendum that it would be a disaster, specified roughly quite how disastrous it was likely. to be, and were proved correctly. The economic impact of the decision itself was not as bad as expected, but the economic impact of actually leaving the EU played out as per expectations The National Institute of Economic and Social Research - one of those much derided experts which Michael Gove detested so much - found that by 2023, UK real GDP was 2-3 per cent lower than it would have been if we had remained. These effects will escalate, reaching some 5-6 per cent of GDP by 2035. This is money we all urgently need right now. We deprived ourselves of it. In the end though, the worst impact was not economic but social. Brexit carved the country into two warring cultural tribes, with Europe representing a symbolic encapsulation of their divisions which then went on and tainted completely unrelated matters like National Trust reports and single-sex loos. Once that split existed, there was an incentive for politicians to speak to one part of it and to pitch voters against one another, instead of trying to stitch together broad electoral coalitions. It encouraged extreme rhetoric rather than moderation.