Harry Thompson
@HMorganThompson
Head of Fair Economy @cynnalcymru - working for a living wage and fairer economy for Wales. Former political staffer 🌹. All views only my own, not employer
Reform UK won't stand up for Wales. They're embracing scandal with open arms.
Reform's first Member of the Senedd 👇
Liz Truss delivered an inspirational speech today on why change is needed and why growth is so crucial. More growth means higher wages, more opportunity & the opportunity to level up the whole of Wales. That’s why I’m backing Liz to unleash Wales & Britain’s true potential 🏴🇬🇧
New on the blog! The Federal-Confederal Letters by David Melding & @GlyndwrCJ These letters make the case for reform of the UK’s governing framework, through sharing views and experiences on models of devolution, federalism and confederalism Read more: edin.ac/44wXmJJ
With no Jac Morgan, for the first time since the club's inception, there is no Ospreys player in the Lions 23 for a test match. Thus ending the only club with a 100% selection rate in Lions history.
My favourite Winston quote , "Never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.” 😉
The consultation date for St Helen’s has been set for 01/08/25. The next planning committee is 05/08/25.
Reform performing poorly in Welsh by-elections overnight. Lost in Baglan, Prestatyn, Pontypridd - to Labour, Tories, and Plaid respectively. It’s not going to be as easy for them as they think it is.
Can you help save Capel Rhondda? Capel Rhondda is where 'Cwm Rhondda', also known as 'Bread of Heaven', was sung for the first time in November 1907. Local resident Rhian Suze has launched a last minute crowd funder appeal to raise the £47,500 need to keep Capel Rhondda in…
Fascinating @NIESRorg lecture - highlighting the need for a place-based analysis of industrial strategies. Great to take a sectoral approach to spurring economic growth - but potential for exacerbating existing inequalities, with many growth-generating industries located in…
"Reports of the Ospreys death have been greatly exaggerated" - Mark Twain, probably
I’ve been down at St Helen’s this morning, doing some filming for an announcement next week. No clues until then, though. 😎
Farage laughs about Reform cutting nursery funding.
“It simply isn’t an adventure worth telling if there aren’t any dragons” -J.R.R Tolkien.