Paul Sandars🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@paulsandars.bsky.social

Born in England, but would much rather be a Celt. I only seek Celtic followers.Lives in Neath Port Talbot. Survivor of a brain haemorrhage. Plaid Cymru,was Labour cllr. I shall always love my late partner Nikki Thomson and our late daughter Eilidh Thomson.

What a repulsive man. I had eye problems. Everything from routine cataract surgery and laser work for retinopathy in both eyes, to a vitrectomy. Some of the surgeons and nurses didn't have flawless English. But as they were busy saving my eyesight, it would have seemed churlish to whine about it...

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August 5, 1944 – World War II: At least 1,104 Japanese POWs in Australia attempt to escape from a camp at Cowra, New South Wales; 545 temporarily succeed but are later either killed, commit suicide, or are recaptured.

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5 August 1925 (101 years ago): Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that is at the time in danger of dying out.

Poor Andrew Husband, Reform UK Leader of Durham Council. He complained to IPSO about the Sunday Times article “Reform council leader's firms went bust with £1.5m in debts”. IPSO ruled the article was accurate. Ouch.

00355-26 Husband v The Sunday Times - IPSO

Andrew Husband complained to the Independent Press Standards Organisation that The Sunday Times breached Clause 1 (Accuracy) and Clause 2 (Privacy) of the Editors’ Code of Practice in an article…

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