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Reply | Robert Jenrick
at 23:32 16 Jan 2026
Britain was falsely enjoying the selling of the family silver which did bring immediate cash windfalls to the government and to the country but that was accompanied by long term negative consequences.
Nothing is simple is economics and running the country but Thatcher was not a saint and neither was Blair. |
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Reply | Senedd election 2026
at 11:28 15 Jan 2026
One of Reform's election promises in England was that they would freeze council tax. In the 5 they control, they put up council tax by the maximum permitted of 5% in 4 of them and in the other they increased the tax by 3.99%. Reality bites. |
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Reply | Reflecting ;Should we?
at 21:09 14 Jan 2026
Happy Birthday Rich.
We all reflect on the past, sometimes for guidance and reassurance and for lessons lived.
I have had an interesting year and part of that was a reflection on my past and joined a genealogy site which reintroduced part of family that I knew about but had no idea where they were as they did a kind of Lewis diaspora.
It does worry me that someone that shares my surname may be closer to me than makes me comfortable ;) |
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Reply | Murder in the Valleys - Clydach murders
at 23:24 12 Jan 2026
That's right about barristers. They get paid a lot of money for a reason.
There are a few of us who may be from Clydach and will be quite sensitive to this subject because of family and friends. |
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Reply | Swansea City v West Bromwich Albion : FA Cup match day thread
at 17:48 11 Jan 2026
First thing I said was that we have just thrown away a few hundred grand because we insist on giving our real goal keeper a day off on cup days. It gives us something else to look forward to and, even though we struggle to score ourselves that has been wasted. I don't know if Vigs would have saved any of the penalties but he wouldn't have let hose goals in. |
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Reply | Best Chippy
at 10:15 11 Jan 2026
I used to go to Sweetmans for a pastie then Covelli's for the chips. I lived so close to Johnnies that they kept me alive for a good while.
Hardly eat chips these days so it is good to know what is great out there and with my current job I am in the position to swing by them on the way home.
I regularly forget about the Copperfish so thanks for the reminder.
I went to Penaluna's in Hirwaun a few years ago and indeed it was good. |
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Reply | 2026 Unemployment
at 16:06 10 Jan 2026
I have been banging my head against a brick wall for years trying to explain to my friend's who are lucky (by choice) to have a public pension as they (my friend's) can't seem to grasp why I get worried about the state of the markets and how it affects my pension. The money I have put in to pot was disappearing quicker than I was putting in to it for a good while.
The bank of mum and dad isn't going to be good enough in a few years time. Some of my daughter's friends are on a completely different financial plateau and the amount of money they are given by their parent's makes us look like paupers so I do think how really hard it must be for kids who don't have any help get a foothold on finance for the future. |
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Reply | Best Chippy
at 15:54 10 Jan 2026
I do have fond memories of summer afternoons eating on the lawn outside Dick Bartons with so many other families. The queue of traffic coming back from Caswell and Langland was immense. |
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Reply | Best Chippy
at 13:05 10 Jan 2026
are you talking about Dick Bartons? |
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Reply | 2026 Unemployment
at 12:55 10 Jan 2026
Usual Labour party in spite of the last decade of hell by a completely useless bunch of similar politicians from another party.
The minimum wage is now too high but that isn't this government's fault or the previous one. As has been said it probably needs to be frozen for a few years just like in the past when public sector workers have had to have a pay freeze. I'm looking at life in the same way as Max and looking to stop working nearly 50 hours every week and would be joyous (thanks to the minimum wage that I'm saying should be frozen) if I could get a job working three days a week. |
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Reply | Best Chippy
at 12:42 10 Jan 2026
yep, though checked online and Hiks is 9.75 for large cod and is supposed to be really good. one of my mates said Codbox is good as well. I travel through Swansea on way home so any good chippy is worth a look at. You can have a massive Chinese meal for the same cash. |
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Reply | Best Chippy
at 12:36 10 Jan 2026
Ive got a cooler box - probs do the same thing |
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Thread | Best Chippy
at 11:58 10 Jan 2026
Went to buy Fish and Chips in Dick Bartons last night and large cod was £11.50. 3 with chips would have been 45 quid. It got me wondering what the best Chippy in the Swansea area was, are they better value and how do I keep them warm when I'm travelling back? |
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Reply | Gabriel Silva Santa Clara
at 13:32 9 Jan 2026
Is there some link that we can all individually complain Keith. Maybe PM us, so he can't say that you encouraged us :) |
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Reply | Is Vitor Matos a genius ?
at 14:27 1 Jan 2026
Christ on a bike. No known goal scorer and no Galbraith but with pace and Yalcouhe genius. Were the subs all out on the piss with him? |
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Reply | Oxford United v Swansea City : Match day thread
at 20:45 29 Dec 2025
I thought we had Oxford on the ropes and then we decided to let them have a go. Good start, lovely cross and goal but poor end of half. Keep the ball on the floor and make space. |
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Reply | Johnson’s mates
at 09:29 29 Dec 2025
Meeting one concluded.
They are making a hash of it. Still better than the last lot, he said, and that they seem to be hamstrung by it being such a mess they can't make difficult decisions. The Police need a shitload of money but can't get it because they didn't get rid of the triple lock. |
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