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May 7 2026 Elections in Wales Scotland and England – Promising Predictions from the Celtic Nations – and a Horror Story from England.

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Wales :

1 way or another, if these numbers are right, Wales is headed for a left-wing majority at the May 7 Senedd elections. A Plaid Cymru/Labour/Green coalition would have 56 seats, a healthy majority of 16 against the vile racist right Reform-Cons. it’s a proportional representation election.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Senedd | Plaid lead by 5pts🟩Plaid: 30% (+9)➡️Ref: 25% (+24)🔴Lab: 15% (-21)🔵Con: 12% (-13)🟢Grn: 10% (+6)🟠Lib: 6% (+2)– Seats –🟩Plaid: 39 (+17)➡️Ref: 27 (+27)🔴Lab: 13 (-31)🔵Con: 12 (-18)🟢Grn: 4 (+4)🟠Lib: 1 (+1)Poll: @Ipsos, 2-8 April (+/- vs 2021) x.com/LeftieStats/…

— Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ (@leftiestats.bsky.social) 2026-04-23T14:22:30.013767Z

Scotland :

If these numbers are right, the Scottish National party will win the May 7 Scottish parliament election, either with a majority over all other parties, or in coalition with the Greens. The vile racist far-right coalition Reform-Cons will only get 23 seats out of 129.

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Apr 23, 2026 at 5:17 pm

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Keir Starmer’s Cops Arrest Screenwriter Paul Laverty in Edinburgh for wearing a Pro-Palestine T Shirt – “The most important court in the world is the court of public opinion”

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The screenwriter of many Ken Loach films – including The Wind That Shakes the Barley – Paul Laverty – has been arrested in Edinburgh for wearing a Pro-Palestine T Shirt.

Paul Laverty, Scriptwriter of many Ken Loach films including The Wind That Shakes the Barley arrested in Edinburgh for wearing a Pro-Palestine T Shirt. http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-poli…

— John Meehan (@johndmeehan.bsky.social) 2025-08-25T19:26:30.586Z

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The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Wikipedia)

EXCLUSIVE: Watch Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty reads out the names of the 22 members of the UK Government Cabinet 'guilty of collusion with genocide' before he was arrested this morning 👇

— The National (@scotnational.bsky.social) 2025-08-25T13:12:11.430Z

Update : Paul Laverty Released and charged with a terrorism offence

The most important court in the world is the court of public opinion

Paul Laverty : https://bsky.app/profile/dmcguirecfc67.bsky.social/post/3lxap5nwebc2s

“I now have been charged with a terrorism offence… charged with terrorism because you oppose starvation, oppose the execution of the starving. “Another [Palestinian] journalist was murdered this morning, [there was] another attack on a hospital, and I'm being accused of terrorism.”• Paul Laverty

— Dial M for Madeye 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@carnaptiousmadeye.bsky.social) 2025-08-25T19:50:28.479Z

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Aug 25, 2025 at 9:47 pm

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