Race riots, involving people being dragged from their houses and attacked, are just a local news story to the BBC. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Arrests and injuries amid Thetford anti-immigration protests

Norfolk Police attend two nights of disorder in Thetford as MP condemns "ugly scenes".

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Plaid Cymru backbencher Kiera Marshall has called on Defence Secretary Wes Streeting to reveal whether the US Air Force has used Cardiff Airport during its war against Iran✍️Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-1qvm

Tories: "The left is anti-Semitic!" Also Tories:

How many Cardiff’s are there in the USA? Cardiff, Alabama Cardiff, Arkansas Cardiff by the Sea, California Cardiff, Colorado Cardiff, Delaware Cardiff, Idaho Cardiff, Illinois Cardiff, Maryland Cardiff, New York Cardiff, New Jersey Cardiff, Pennsylvania Cardiff, Tennessee Cardiff, Texas

Playing cricket in Salford, 1962, photo by Shirley Baker.

O’r Afon i’r Môr 11.09.2026 | 17.10.2026 Ten. R/O 143 Donald Street Caerdydd | Cardiff CF24 4TP www.gallery-ten.co.uk Llid (19.5 x 18 inches acrylic on mdf 2026)

Since 1885 the area covered by RAW4 has been in five different constituencies (highlighted in purple on the Constituency Chart): 1885-1918: South Glamorganshire 1918-1950: Llandaff & Barry 1950-1974: Barry 1974-1983: Cardiff North West 1983-now: Cardiff North

"The kind of education Burnham’s on about isn’t for the ruling class, but for the rest of us."

The miseducation of Andy Burnham - Freedom News

Radical Reprint: Britain’s PM wants a more ‘relevant’ education system—we go back to 1959 to show when it comes to capitali…

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Freedom Press@freedompress.bsky.social · 4d ago

The miseducation of Andy Burnham Features, Aug 2nd Radical Reprint: Britain’s PM wants a more ‘relevant’ education system—we go back to 1959 to show when it comes to capitalist education, it’s the same as it ever was ~ punkacademic ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/08/02/t...

Championship Rival ‘Close In’ On Jack Moylan Capture Cardiff City are reportedly closing in on a move for Lincoln City midfielder Jack Moylan, in what would be another significant summer departure for the… https://staceywest.net/2026/08/01/championship-rival-close-in-on-jack-moylan-capture/

Championship Rival ‘Close In’ On Jack Moylan Capture

Cardiff City are reportedly closing in on a move for Lincoln City midfielder Jack Moylan, in what would be another significant summer departure for the Imps. According to journalist Pete O'Rourke, the Championship side are poised to complete a deal for the 24-year-old after his outstanding campaign in red and white. There is no indication of a fee at this stage.

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👉NEW -- US ammunition ship docked in Wales during Iran strikes by Phil Miller & John McEvoy The Sagamore is a key vessel for keeping US bases in Britain stocked up with bombs www.declassifieduk.org/us-ammunitio...

US ammunition ship docked in Wales during Iran strikes

The Sagamore is a key vessel for keeping US bases in Britain stocked up with bombs

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"Workers have not freely chosen to sacrifice or compress their leisure time; their leisure time has been sacrificed and compressed because capitalist production increasingly dominates their lives." weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1596/...

Capitalism’s compressed game

Cricket was born in rural England and spread globally alongside British colonialism. Nowadays, however, India is the dominant force and, as shown by The Hundred, commercial considerations rule, says C...

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From the linked article - "Pensioner benefits account for more than half of all welfare spending." That's a hell of a figure! www.ft.com/content/5fa1...

There is no modern-day Maggie to save Britain from Burnhamism

The right hopes that Labour’s new leader will fail, but who exactly is going to step in and shake things up?

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Interesting blog about Cardiff's hollow mountain. This is the hill that overlooks Gwaelod-y-Garth. ilovesthediff.wordpress.com/2018/11/20/c...

The secrets of Cardiff’s hollow mountain

There’s holes in them thar hills. And there’s very little left of Lesser Garth in Morganstown. An autumn afternoon’s adventure that proves to be an education and involves a hole o…

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A truly remarkable story of S African apartheid links to Israel, dodgy deals, brutalist football stadiums, and reference to Stalin's idea that “monumental propaganda” requires architecture to be harnessed to the service of the state and its ideology. elevennamedpeople.substack.com/p/the-stadiu...

The Stadium Project

How two football stadiums offer an entry point into an architectural story of Bantustan politics in the former South African “homeland,” Bophuthatswana.

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Born #OTD in 1894 - Fred Keenor Captained Cymru in 24 of his 32 caps (3 gls), second only to Billy Meredith after his last cap vs Sco in 1932 Played for Welsh Schoolboys in their first ever game vs Eng in 1907 Has the full house of commemoration in Cardiff: statue, plaque & road named after him

Setting up a podium for people to read poems is now terrorism. Andy Burnham can stop this. He isn't.

The media is desperate to make sabre-rattling nobody Al Carns into a thing although no one in the real world likes him or rates him. Lining him up to be the next Wes Streeting.

Today's necessary disclaimers apply Nigel! www.youtube.com/watch?v=acT_...

The Coup - "The Guillotine"

YouTube video by ANTI- Records

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I'm not qualified to judge whether such people are psychopaths. All I can say is that they behave as if they are. From today's Telegraph.

Remembering Murray Bookchin Features, Jul 30th His ecological and communalist ideas remain influential and controversial ~ Fabio Carnevali ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/07/30/r...

Remembering Murray Bookchin - Freedom News

His ecological and communalist ideas remain influential and controversial ~ Fabio Carnevali ~ Murray Bookchin was one of the most relevant voices i…

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Stand with Diane - Starmer's treatment of her was a disgrace! Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...

Restore the Whip to Diane Abbott

Restore the Whip to Diane Abbott

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It's Beano Day! This week, the Beanotown summer tour reaches Cardiff, where the Bash Street Kids and Minnie the Minx cause chaos. Meanwhile, Roger the Dodger has a scuffle with sand. Scripts by me, art by Laura Howell, Shannon Gallant and Barrie Appleby. Cover by Nigel Parkinson. In shops now!

Could not wish this demotion on a nicer one term only MP

NationCymru@nation.cymru · last wk.

Cardiff West Labour MP Alex Barros-Curtis has lost his place in the UK Government as part of a cull of Starmer ‘uber-loyalists’, we have been told ✍️Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-1pY0

Cardiff Bridge and Castle, Wales, 1795-6, painting by J.M.W. Turner (Tate).

Just to say that, from now on, I’ll be posting stories from my Cardiff City blog mauveandyellowarmy.net on here rather than on the sewer that is Twitter/X.

Meanwhile, back on Planet Earth, teenagers who work part time can also get PIP. It's ridiculously misleading to keep comparing wages minus PIP to benefits plus PIP.

The Times and Sunday Times@thetimes.com · 2w ago

Teenagers on Pip paid £100 a week more than those working part-time

Britain’s first Prime Mayor Comment, Jul 27th Burnham’s decentralisation of power from Westminster still represents undemocratic centralisation at the local level ~ Jon Bigger ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/07/27/b...

Britain’s first Prime Mayor - Freedom News

Burnham's decentralisation of power from Westminster still represents undemocratic centralisation at the local level

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There is simply no ambiguity in what Elon Musk is arguing and endorsing here.

Happy #SocialistSunday Clip from Sergei Eisenstein's Strike (1925). Film is based on a 1903 strike in pre-revolutionary Russia. Propaganda? If you wish, but powerfully evokes the power of collective action.

When talking about "people fleeing" the word the national press doesn't want to use is "refugees." Because refugees are those foreign types on the other side of the Fortress Europe border, aren't they. Suddenly that callous shrug, the viciously delivered "keep em out, send em home" seems iffy.