I walked up Fan Brycheiniog yesterday, and someone's painted the trig point with 'Yma o hyd' on one side, and 'Cofiwch Eddie Butler' on the other, which is a patriotic slogan I can get behind. #Cymru

I've joined bluesky, and I'm keen to recreate the set-up that I used to have on here before it became ... this, so anyone who's done the same please follow me over there.

British politicians know perfectly well why the BBC avoids the word ‘terrorist’, and over the years plenty of them have privately agreed with it. Calling someone a terrorist means you’re taking sides and ceasing to treat the situation with due impartiality. The BBC’s job is to

Otter is very good at transcribing English, but fell down when someone asked me to say 'Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch', which came out as 'Credible cleanser logo'.

Strongly welcome Rachel Reeves on
👉a new ‘Covid Corruption Commissioner’ to claw back lost £billions
👉looking at sentencing on fraud and corruption against public services
👉 having a strong debarment regime
👉 hardwiring counter-fraud into public spending

Dear Irish people angry that I said Ireland's a tax haven 'stealing as much revenue from the rest of the world as possible'.

I wrote a book ('Butler to the World') about how Britain enables financial crime, so there's no need to tell me how bad the UK is. I already know, thanks

The Guardian has re-named Leo Varadkar as 'Varadrak', and now he sounds like a goblin chief in Lord of the Rings.

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More than worth a few bob, imo.
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Now everyone's investing in billions of pounds in transport all over the place: could we have a sixth daily bus between Brecon and Hereford?

English people famously all learned Welsh when they came over, after all.
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