BREAKING ELECTION NEWS - VOTE PLAID, GET EXTREMISM

@TheGreenParty plan to be the puppet-masters in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

If no party gains an outright majority, a smaller party can hold @Plaid_Cymru to ransom, demanding they adopt more extreme policies in exchange for key votes.

AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE GREENS ARE BOASTING IN THEIR ELECTION LEAFLETS.
1/ Plaid's policies on women's and girls' rights are dreadful - even their own leader @RhunapIorwerth
can only splutter and mumble when asked to defend them.

But those policies will not only be demanded by the Greens, they'll push Plaid even further.
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SHOCK SENEDD ELECTION NEWS! 🚨
NOT ALL VOTERS DESERVE REPRESENTATION SAYS CANDIDATE

If you’re a Welsh voter making up your mind who should represent your interests in the Senedd, would you vote for a candidate who says they’ll only represent their “community”, - and who says that doesn’t mean you?

Wherever you are in Wales, before you choose your representative, make sure they’re prepared to represent YOU.

Read on ….
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https://x.com/WRNWales/status/2046213041457340553

Women in every Senedd constituency have written to all the candidates seeking to represent them.

They asked for a simple yes/no response to five key questions raised by Wales WRN.

These are all common-sense questions which relate to the rights of women and girls.
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A photographic (and video) reflection 🧵

Last Saturday, WRN Wales were at the One Year Later event in Cardiff, marking the first anniversary of the Supreme Court judgment.

1/ We were treated to speeches from wonderful speakers, including Welsh artist and poet @SonyaDouglas. The woman is a powerhouse.
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The Welsh Greens leader @as_penarth wants to be elected to the Senedd next month.

Yet in a frankly imbecilic response to a superb question from a woman at the BBC Your Voice event in Llandudno this week, Anthony Slaughter trots out the tired old trope that women’s rights are a 'culture war'.

1/ How dare you speak up about your rights, you meanie women! According to Anthony, you are ‘bad faith actors’ because you won’t just roll over and submit to men.

This tired old misogyny really has to stop.

Women happen to have rights too Anthony. We are not support animals for men. And we don't want to have men in our single-sex spaces. The law agrees with us. Deal with it. Or meet with us and we'll explain it to you.

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Do you believe that this man 👇 is a woman just because he says he is?

Nicola Sturgeon and @theSNP got into a right mess over self ID. Yet @Plaid_Cymru have learnt zip. Their manifesto contains a pledge to seek self ID in Wales. We’ll see you in court if you try that Rhun.

Welsh women and girls need to be aware. Men who care about the women and girls in their life need to be aware.

There is nothing ‘progressive’ about this. It’s a regressive and hostile attack on women’s rights.

1/ Plaid are less the Party of Wales and more the Party of Males at this point.

Compare this pledge from their manifesto (released today) with the statement of values on their website.

Self ID. Men accessing women and girls’ spaces and services. Toilets, changing rooms, sports, hospital wards, on and on they go.

We’ve tried to work with them to change this. Many times. They aren’t listening.

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We also wrote to @ReformUK about their reaction to the Supreme Court judgment - they now have one Senedd MS in @LauraJ4SWEast.

We asked that they set out their position for the elections in 2026, and address their awful messaging about men in women’s prisons.

Our letter 👇
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The response of @ReformUK in Wales, received from @LauraJ4SWEast.

Straightforward, uncomplicated and unequivocal on the rights of women and girls in Wales.

Thank you Laura Anne 👏

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We also wrote to @Plaid_Cymru, (the party of Wales apparently), following the Supreme Court judgment.

Plaid have aspirations in the Senedd elections of 2026. Surely they would have a lot to say to the female electorate of Wales on the rights of women and girls?

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Here’s their response to our letter sent in early May 2025.

That’s right. Nothing to say.

@RhunapIorwerth usually has a lot to say. He had nothing to say to us about the Supreme Court judgment.

Perhaps you’d like to rectify that Rhun? We’re all ears.

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Despite only having one representative in the Senedd, the @WelshLibDems also received a letter from us about the Supreme Court judgment.

The response from @DoddsJane was prompt, measured and relatively reasonable on the surface.

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However, there were concerning aspects to their response.

There is nothing ambiguous about the judgement @WelshLibDems. Nor is it ‘complex’.
It’s crystal clear.

The issue is your party got it wrong. You failed women. You should have listened to @LibVoice4Women.

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Following the Supreme Court judgment, WRN Wales also wrote to @WelshLabour via our own First Minister Eluned Morgan.

We aimed to see if they would give a stronger commitment than that immediately following the judgment - and address their past wrongs.

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There followed a meeting 👇, with Minister @JaneHutt. So at least the @PrifWeinidog made this happen.

The approach of @WelshGovernment though consists of ‘waiting for the EHRC guidance’.

Not good enough. Policies are in breach of the judgment and delay is not acceptable.

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https://twitter.com/wrnwales/status/1945778165965586784

In an FOI response, @WelshGovernment stated they had sent a Ministerial letter to Baroness Falkner at the @EHRC.
That letter was from Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice Jane Hutt.

But we can exclusively reveal there’s even more!
Links below ⬇️
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https://twitter.com/wrnwales/status/1959932252273471566

Is this letter:

a) Pompous?
b) Dismissive of the rights of women and girls?
c) Desperate to avoid accountability?
d) All three?

Good news! we have an ‘alternative version’.

See next ⬇️
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whatdotheyknow.com/request/ehrc_c…

What do you think @WelshGovernment’s considered response to the EHRC consultation following the Supreme Court judgment would be?
3 options to follow!

Will it be:
a) An impeccably logical analysis of the draft guidance, providing useful commentary?

Nope. Not that at all.
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b) An empassioned examination of where the TQ+ will be disadvantaged by discovering they never legally had the ‘rights’ (entitlements) Welsh Government told them they had?

Nope. Not that either.

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Our North Wales women attended the Wrexham leg of a proclaimed tour of Wales by @Plaid_Cymru leader @RhunapIorwerth.

What is his position on women’s rights now they may be in touching distance of power?
Will they #RespectMySex?

Here’s Sue explaining more 👇
1/ .@RhunapIorwerth was asked if Plaid would respect the Supreme Court judgment.

His reply: Yes, a @Plaid_Cymru Govt WOULD comply. Good!

BUT (there’s always a but), he said it was ‘more important to ensure rights of all groups were protected’.
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The Party of Wales @Plaid_Cymru have ambitions to dethrone @WelshLabour in 2026, but their
leader @RhunapIorwerth will need to address the frankly bonkers statement 👇 that is still live on their website.

It’s extremist and dangerous. Read on.
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partyof.wales/trans_equality Hey @RhunapIorwerth , are you planning to get candidates for 2026 Senedd elections to also sign this pledge?

Because if so, the people of Wales need to know your candidates are promising to ignore women's rights and break the law.

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Thread 🧵
Excellent meeting at @Monmouthshire council, including a discussion on their Strategy Equality Plan.
Credit to the awesome resident from WRN Wales who pointed out the inaccuracies and misrepresentations to her councillor - and had these corrected 👏
Link follows 👇
1/ Our WRN resident raised concerns with councillor Christopher Edwards, about a whole host of problematic references and inaccuracies in the Plan.

He represented her superbly, referencing the Supreme Court judgment and the Equality Act.
Local democracy working. Diolch!
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WRN Wales teamed up with @women_outspoken today in a joint action outside Mumbles Yacht Club @mumblesyc to draw attention to their dreadful policy of allowing men to use the female showers, changing rooms and toilets.

1/5 Cathy and Dee explain more here 👇.

@mumblesyc have not bothered to consult with, or consider their members.
They expect women and girls to sacrifice their privacy and dignity to accommodate the wishes of a man to be in female spaces.

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HERE WE GO AGAIN. 🚨
@WelshGovernment have released their voluntary Diversity & Inclusion guidance for political parties.
The consultation closes on 7th January 2025.

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Draft diversity and inclusion guidance for registered political parties [HTML] | GOV.WALES The guidance is split into three parts for political parties:
1. Publication of a strategy
2. Collection of data
3. Quotas for women candidates
For obvious reasons, we are particularly interested in Part 3.

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We’re pleased to UPDATE on our below interaction with @WalesOnline.

After a further complaint about inaccuracy, BOTH articles have been corrected, meaning that we don’t have to take this to IPSO.

It’s worth digging in . Accuracy matters in journalism. As does fairness.
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https://twitter.com/wrnwales/status/1837409993307324511

After an email to the political editor, then the editor (no response) we made our complaint about inaccuracy.
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Is @WalesOnline an impartial and accurate news source?

On 18/9 they published this story, which is both factually inaccurate and biased.
We contacted both the reporter and the editor to offer balance and to correct the inaccuracies.
NO RESPONSE.
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https://twitter.com/walesonline/status/1836340236160229675

The article reports on the response of several groups, who were all keen to see the ‘Gender Quotas’ Bill become law in Wales.

Their views are reported uncritically, along with their disappointment with Welsh Government at the scrapping of the Bill.
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It’s a mystery why @RhysOwenThomas MS has proposed a specific set of amendments to the ‘Gender Quotas’ Bill as potential ‘corrupt practices’.

This of course is the very Bill that would have sneaked in self ID to Wales.

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1/4 The Bill is recommended for withdrawal, but will be debated and voted on next week at the Senedd.

The proposed amendments appear to us to suggest that anyone challenging a statement that a candidate is a ‘woman’ could be criminally liable.

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business.senedd.wales/documents/s153…

Self ID in Wales has been defeated (for now anyway).

The scrapping of the ‘Gender Quotas Bill’ concludes what has been an embarrassing and shoddy episode in the history of the Welsh Senedd. And a scandalously wasteful one too.
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bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… Those who have been following this Bill will know that WRN Wales leaked an earlier version.

This version made it very clear that the definition of ‘woman’ for the purpose of the Bill, would include men. And that it could not be challenged.

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https://twitter.com/wrnwales/status/1718534436772335895

We don’t know if ANYONE is left at the #Senedd today, but we are here at least!

We’ll be listening to the debate on the Electoral Candidates Lists Bill.
Will Members support or reject it?
Either way, it’s looking like being kicked into the long grass to 2030.
#NoToSelfID
🧵 Our letter following the release of the report of the Reform Bill Committee.
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