Dafydd Trystan
@dafyddtrystan.bsky.social
Rhedeg, Data, Ailgylchu, Beics, Addysg Gymraeg a rhywfaint o wleidyddiaeth Running, Data, Recycling, Bikes, Education and a bit of politics Fy marn fy hun ac nid fy nghyflogwr na chyrff eraill dwi'n eu gwasanaethu
we are keeping tabs of what Andy Burnham says vs what Andy Burnham actually does www.ft.com/content/4371...
Andy Burnham’s summer of quietly backing away from radical pledges
From Thames Water to electoral reform, the prime minister seems to be diverging from his campaign rhetoric
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Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY. There was also a 71% drop in air pollution. Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
forbes.com
Gradually, step by painful step, the media will catch up. But it's far too late.
NEW on Wonkhe: Higher education faces a demographic cliff through to 2040. David Kernohan sets out four possible futures of higher education in a shrinking Britain buff.ly/aBZWqn6
Tomorrow at 1:30 we’ll be hosting our first pre-election webinar. Open to everyone who is interested we’ll be talking through our Scotland and Wales MRPs out tomorrow as well as latest insights from England’s local elections. Sign up here moreincommon.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Just a quick reminder that my old sparring partner David Costa @drc1649.bsky.social and I - are in 100% agreement on one thing, please post who you are supporting if you want to - but DO NOT post pics of completed ballots. The Chartists fought for a secret ballot - lets keep it that way!
What is “the E-Bike Effect?” “Those who bought e-bikes increased their average daily bicycle use from 2.1km (1.3 miles) to 9.2km (5.7 miles), a 340% increase. The e-bike share of all their transportation increased dramatically too; from 17% to 49%.” Fewer car trips. Via @lloydalter.bsky.social
E-Bikers Ride Much Farther and More Frequently Than Regular Bikers
They are not 'cheating,' but are serious transportation.
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Huge thanks to @docrunningpunk.bsky.social for organising the Sarah Everard memorial run tonight at @senedd.wales. Grateful to everyone who joined us. Diolch 🕯️ @prifweinidog.gov.wales @janehutt.bsky.social @dafyddtrystan.bsky.social @huwirrancadaviesms.bsky.social @carolynthomasms.bsky.social
Van (Caerphilly) Council By-Election Result: 🌼 PLC: 43.3% (-1.9) ➡️ RFM: 28.5% (New) 🌹 LAB: 26.8% (-28.0) 🔶 LDM: 1.4% (New) Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour. Changes w/ 2022.
Fishguard North East (Pembrokeshire) Council By-Election Result: 🌼 PLC: 33.8% (New) 🔶 LDM: 18.0% (New) ➡️ RFM: 12.7% (New) 🌹 LAB: 11.1% (-47.9) 🙋 Ind: 10.5% (New) 🌳 CON: 9.2% (-31.9) 🙋 Ind: 4.7% (New) Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour. Changes w/ 2022.
There doesn't need to be reform branding on the letter - BUT - there must be an imprint (could be in fairly small font) setting out that its printed on behalf of reform. The Returning Officer I'd assume would stop any further distribution of this
Turn Left Media@turnleftmedia.co.uk · 8mo agoBREAKING 🚨: Reform have been caught potentially cheating in the up coming Gorton & Denton by election. Residents have received a letter from a 'local pensioner'. There is no Reform Party branding on the letter
Hanfodol i bawb sydd hefo ddiddoreb mewn addysg yng Nghymru - yn wir, i bawb hefo diddordeb yn ein dyfodol fel cenedl. Essential reading for anyone interested in education in Wales or, indeed, the country’s future more generally. wonkhe.com/blogs/welsh-...
Welsh higher education is running out of wriggle room
Jim Dickinson gets across a candid Welsh Government document that identifies problems that others are less willing to confront – from market redistribution to the graduate brain drain Jim Dickinson ge...
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'Howells’s department has published the actual substance – 60 pages of analysis, data, and, unusually for these things, genuine honesty about the constraints the system is operating under.' 1/2
Welsh higher education is running out of wriggle room
Jim Dickinson gets across a candid Welsh Government document that identifies problems that others are less willing to confront – from market redistribution to the graduate brain drain Jim Dickinson ge...
wonkhe.com
I'm not quite sure whether I'd go as far as Rob Ford, but this would be a pretty remarkable result (and I say that as one of the potentially 46 according to this prediction) ...
Rob Ford@robfordmancs.bsky.social · 9mo agoSo here’s the prediction I’m going for: Plaid 46 seats Reform 32 Conservatives 9 Labour 6 Lib Dem 3 Plaid and LDs would have a slim majority here and I suspect would govern together given Plaid’s desire to differentiate themselves from (and oppose) Labour
"Pam y sefydlwyd Plaid Cymru?' Mae testun fy narlith - sef Darlith Flynyddol Archif Wleidyddol @librarywales.bsky.social - bellach arlein os oes rhywun ffansi deunydd darllen dros y Nadolig?! www.llyfrgell.cymru/fileadmin/do...
Disgybl o Wcráin ymhlith llysgenhadon newydd y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol “Fel person o Wcráin, dw i’n deall sut mae’n teimlo pan mae eich iaith dan fygythiad” ✍️ Efa Ceiri
Disgybl o Wcráin ymhlith llysgenhadon newydd y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol
“Fel person o Wcráin, dw i’n deall sut mae’n teimlo pan mae eich iaith dan fygythiad”
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Yougov publish their (small) Welsh sub-sample along with other voting intention data every week ... if you look specifically at Wales you get a very clear sense of the battle looming between Plaid and Reform for first place yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Voting intention
If there were a general election held tomorrow, which party would you vote for?
yougov.co.uk
I'm always fascinated by big numbers ... £16bn is a very big number on Welsh investment; and I had a briefing on one aspect of it a little over a week ago from Vodafone (some £600mn), but the figure that stands out is £10bn from Vantage Data Centres (4 times the size of Wylfa???). Any ideas?
This is very welcome news ... having promoted this as a low cost - high return boost for walking safety, and seen the results of the pilot in Llandaf N - this is great news.
Prof. Ian Walker@ianwalker.bsky.social · 10mo agoHoly moly - Welsh Government have approved side-road zebras! www.gov.wales/written-stat...
For fans of devolution *and* once in a century global pandemics, the Covid-19 inquiry has published its Module 2 report - focussing on decision making by each of the UK’s 4 govts as well as the intergovernmental coordination that occurred #holyrood #senedd #stormont #devolution #covid19
Module 2, 2A, 2B, 2C Report - Core decision-making and political governance UK Covid-19 Inquiry Archives
A report by The Rt Hon the Baroness Hallett DBE, Chair of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry on the core decision-making and political governance, dated 20 November 2025.
covid19.public-inquiry.uk
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
politico.eu
A point I've wanted to make in print for a while but hadn't got around to: 'Freebiegate' was a revealing scandal because if Labour had properly modernised in office, they would have had a modern anti-gifting policy.
Brain-dead Labour retreats to its comfort zone: campaigning
Downing Street’s bizarre war on itself is a symptom of a government whose ideas dissolve on contact with reality
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It was clear my 11-year-old daughter was seriously ill when she collapsed on Friday. And yet, she wasn’t entitled to an ambulance when I dialled 999. nation.cymru/opinion/wale...
Wales’ new ambulance strategy is cruel and distressing for patients and those dialling 999
Emily Price Call handler: “Ambulance, is the patient breathing?” It’s early on a school day and my worst fears have happened before my eyes. My 11-year-old daughter has collapsed in front of me. B had...
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Join Llafur and our guest speakers to explore the 1925 anthracite strike and its legacy a hundred years on! 📆 25/10/2025 ⏱️10:30-16:00 📍Ammanford Welfare Hall 🎟️Free tickets: tinyurl.com/anthracitest...
NEW: The UK Govt's Ministry of Justice begins routinely publishing Wales-only prison data for the first time following a decade of research exposing issues in the Welsh criminal justice system by Dr Robert Jones. 1/3 www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/29...
Release of Wales-only prison data will “enhance transparency and scrutiny of the Welsh criminal justice system”
Dr Robert Jones welcomes move by Ministry of Justice after years of campaigning
cardiff.ac.uk
Excellent thread 🧵 Active travel really is a public health issue rather than a transport issue. The personal and societal benefits from being more active is immense and we need to make it much easier and pleasant. It's also not about sport, but just being active & walking or cycling when we can.
Pharmacist on a Pushbike@ppushbike.bsky.social · 12mo agoActive travel is a public health issue. We really really need politicians at all levels to understand that building decent bike lanes won't just help a few Lycra-clad blokes: it will have a massive impact on people's health long term.
Trowbridge (Cardiff) Council By-Election Result: ➡️ RFM: 39.6% (New) 🔶 LDM: 23.6% (+15.9) 🌹 LAB: 21.3% (-31.1) 🌼 PLC: 7.7% (New) 🌳 CON: 3.1% (-14.8) 🌍 GRN: 2.3% (New) 🐉 PRO: 2.2% (-4.5) No PC/G (-12.5) or TUSC (-2.7) as previous. Reform GAIN from Labour. Changes w/ 2022.
Welsh Westminster Voting Intention: RFM: 29% (+5) PLC: 23% (-1) LAB: 18% (-2) CON: 11% (-2) LDM: 9% (=) GRN: 7% (=) Via @yougov.co.uk, 4-10 Sep. Changes w/ 23-30 Apr.
