
Martin Shipton
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Associate Editor Nation.Cymru. All my own opinions, except for those that aren't.
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An international body that promotes the interests of stateless nations is to hold a major conference in Wales, it has been announced by YesCymru ✍️Martin Shipton nation.cymru/news/major-sta…

Shav Taj, the general secretary of TUC Cymru, has confirmed that she has had informal conversations with people in the Labour Party about the possibility of standing in a Senedd by-election if Vaughan Gething resigns his seat early ✍️Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-10hb

Cardiff University has further modified its proposed cuts programme by confirming that it will continue to teach modern languages and music after all ✍️Martin Shipton buff.ly/8gf2lb2

A local authority has been accused of seeking to 'greenwash' its pollution record by offloading some of its potential carbon emissions to a private firm ✍️ Martin Shipton nation.cymru/news/council-a…

A would-be Tory Senedd Member has resigned from the candidates’ list because of the Welsh Conservative chairman’s 'autocracy' and the controversial decision to grant sitting MSs automatic top slots in next year’s election ✍️Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-10jJ

A little-known Welsh hero who saved many lives as he was losing his own has had a new memorial to him unveiled ✍️ Martin Shipton nation.cymru/news/hero-wels…

A Welsh company that is a world leader in space-based manufacturing has secured the largest funding deal in UK space technology history ✍️ Martin Shipton nation.cymru/news/record-in…

Russian invaders are deliberately targeting hotels in eastern Ukraine to eliminate journalists so their war crimes won’t get reported, according to a new report ✍️Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-10mY

The political career of Adam Price hangs in the balance after the former Plaid Cymru leader was allocated third place in the party’s list of candidates for his home county of Carmarthenshire in next year’s Senedd election ✍️Martin Shipton nation.cymru/news/political…

Reform UK has won its first seat on Carmarthenshire County Council, comfortably gaining Llanelli’s Lliedi ward from Labour ✍️Martin Shipton nation.cymru/news/reform-wi…

A health board has launched an investigation into the case of a 30-year-old man with a rare medical condition that causes him to suffer excruciating pain in his hips with every movement ✍️Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-10qm


Campaigners who have fought for years to be compensated for defective cladding on their homes have suffered a devastating setback after a High Court ruling went against them ✍️ Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-10r6

Adam Price is a formidable politician of a calibre we have too few of. It therefore seems extraordinary that Plaid Cymru has managed to engineer a situation where he has only an outside chance of being re-elected next year ✍️Martin Shipton buff.ly/uh2POJD

Adam Price is a formidable politician of a calibre we have too few of. It therefore seems extraordinary that Plaid Cymru has managed to engineer a situation where he has only an outside chance of being re-elected next year ✍️Martin Shipton buff.ly/gG5sTxj

Adam Price is a formidable politician of a calibre we have too few of. It therefore seems extraordinary that Plaid Cymru has managed to engineer a situation where he has only an outside chance of being re-elected next year ✍️ Martin Shipton nation.cymru/opinion/plaid-…

More than 90 environmental and community activists have signed an open letter to Cardiff council protesting the use of Bute Park for events this summer ✍️ Martin Shipton buff.ly/izSnSCo

Two retired priests who worship at Bangor Cathedral have called for a full inquiry into the Diocese of Bangor following revelations about safeguarding and financial concerns ✍️Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-10y4

The mother of an activist who took part in direct action that caused more than £1m damage to an Israeli drone factory fears her daughter could face a long prison sentence because the action has been unjustly categorised as a terror crime ✍️Martin Shipton nation.cymru/news/activists…

A Welsh company has built the highest altitude waste water treatment facility in the world in just four months - safeguarding the river that runs through a World Heritage Site at Quito, the capital of Ecuador ✍️Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-10zY