Director and Group Lead of Covid Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru @covidbereaved Views expressed here are my own (and not always representative of our Group)
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I’m sorry 😔
Hi, it’s @SamSmithHiggins
The last two weeks have been mentally brutal for our families. And I need to take some personal responsibility for the pain many are now feeling.
As Co-Lead, I trusted @Plaid_Cymru ‘s assurances. I believed them, and I passed that trust on to our families. I’m sorry 😞
After six years of fighting for a Wales Covid Inquiry, you can imagine the devastation and sense of betrayal they now feel.
A message to all politicians: please don’t use people like us in a political game. We are real people, carrying real grief. This is cruel, and it has to stop 🛑
Pic is our private FB group. @mabonapgwynfor @DafyddTrystan @PeredurPlaid @RhunapIorwerth @DelythJewellAM @Sioned_W @Heledd_Plaid @Adamprice @LlyrGruffydd @cefincampbell - you’re the ones we trusted 💔
For the record. I don’t believe anyone is on drugs. It’s a saying around here that when someone does something bonkers, the response is “are you on crack?” And that’s because they usually are 🥴 Apologies to anyone who took my post the wrong way. But I did type I’M JOKING🤦♀️#jeez
At this point in my #ReluctantCampaigner story, I’ve come to the conclusion that they must all be on crack 🥴 *I’m joking* But just why are they u-turning? 🙄 Today we’ll put together the final email for this week with our theories on this 🧐 (Feeling better mentally btw ❤️🩹)
Friday positivity 🥰
John Lennon 🎩🪄 Mind Games (1973)
Both the album and single were released on October 29th, 1973.
A legendary artist, a timeless song, and a musical legacy that lives on!
#JohnLennon
At this point in my #ReluctantCampaigner story, I’ve come to the conclusion that they must all be on crack 🥴 *I’m joking* But just why are they u-turning? 🙄 Today we’ll put together the final email for this week with our theories on this 🧐 (Feeling better mentally btw ❤️🩹)
Sam S-H retweeted
This ⬇️ was tweeted by our Co-Lead on the day of @Heledd_Plaid’s interview announcing a Covid “Review”. Look at the comments on the tweet. @mabonapgwynfor was explicit - it’s a #WalesCovidInquiry #WeAreNotGoingMad 🥴
@RhunapIorwerth - who got to you? 🤷♀️
I don’t think @Plaid_Cymru are going to do the dirty on us! I’ve told @mabonapgwynfor that if he did, I’d send 350 angry Welsh bereaved middle aged women to stalk him in his home town. He thought I was joking 🙃 I wasn’t. @RhunapIorwerth would have a similar number too! 😘
Setting up ready to film @balletcymru 40th Anniversary. They are the loveliest people. We’ve been filming them for around 10 years and I still don’t know a “great move.” They all look great to someone who now holds on to something to bend down 😂🤦♀️ Tickets available for tomorrow!
If I were a @Plaid_Cymru MS opening this email, I’d feel ashamed 😢
Update. Email no4 will now be in every MSs inbox. It’s is titled - THE WALES COVID INQUIRY - The timeline of our attempts to engage with @Plaid_Cymru.
@DafyddTrystan @mabonapgwynfor @RhunapIorwerth @Heledd_Plaid @DelythJewellAM @Sioned_W @PeredurPlaid @AndrewRTDavies @natasghar @jason_oco @as_penarth @lynne_neagle @KenSkatesMS
Sam S-H retweeted
We had the biggest attendance ever in our Group Meeting last night. Members were very upset and the vote was unanimous. An absolute DIM DIOLCH to a non-statutory review. We’re just about to send all MSs another email but we wanted @DafyddTrystan to hear first last night ⬇️. We’re united on this ✊💛 Watch out for the email - it’s pretty explosive 🧨 And we’re pretty sure all recipients will be equally disgusted at how we have been treated.
@natasghar @AndrewRTDavies @jason_oco @mabonapgwynfor @RhunapIorwerth @as_penarth @Heledd_Plaid @DelythJewellAM @PeredurPlaid @Adamprice @Sioned_W
Just watched the Caroline Flack documentary on Disney 😢 The Met Police and CPS ought to be ashamed and admit it. They did not act appropriately at all! My heart goes out to her family 💔 Genuinely really saddened watching that 😢 And well done to her Mum! Keep going ✊
Sam S-H retweeted
Just listen to this “full Wales Covid Inquiry” @RhunapIorwerth - your words.
Are you being advised by opposition advisors? 🤦♀️ You are committing political suicide by going back on this! 🥴 What is wrong with you all? 🤷♀️
@AnnBremenda @SarahCLesadd @Adamprice @DafyddTrystan @AledapDafydd @mabonapgwynfor @DelythJewellAM @Heledd_Plaid @PeredurPlaid @marcvjones @CarrieAHarper @markjhooper @elwyn04 @natasghar @AndrewRTDavies @jason_oco @as_penarth @LSRPlaid
Why was the Welsh Government so unprepared for Covid?
"We need a full Welsh Inquiry if we're ever going to get near the truth."
@RhunapIorwerth
It’ll be all budget news today. So this #ReluctantCampaigner will be watching that. But thank you to everyone who has reached out with support ⬇️
Someone has just bookmarked this?!?! 😂 🤷♀️ X is weird af.
I’ve always had this thing that if I feel happy, everyone who wishes me ill must be angry, and vice versa. It’s like a hippy karma thing 🤷♀️ There’s probably a psychological name for it? I can’t be the only one! 🤦♀️ Anyhow, I feel quite content this evening 🥰 #ReluctantCampaigner
I’ve always had this thing that if I feel happy, everyone who wishes me ill must be angry, and vice versa. It’s like a hippy karma thing 🤷♀️ There’s probably a psychological name for it? I can’t be the only one! 🤦♀️ Anyhow, I feel quite content this evening 🥰 #ReluctantCampaigner
Sam S-H retweeted
🤥🚨4 days ago @RhunapIorwerth said in an interview, “we were asking for an inquiry at the beginning, then the UK Inquiry came along,” implying that the UK Inquiry had satisfied his call for an inquiry and seeking to justify his change of position.
The @covidinquiryuk was formed in June 2022. This ⬇️is @RhunapIorwerth in March 2024.
A bit of a porker there Rhun.
@Sioned_W @Heledd_Plaid @cefincampbell @mabonapgwynfor @DafyddTrystan @Adamprice @PeredurPlaid @DelythJewellAM @WillHayCardiff @CHafJones
First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth has confirmed that the Welsh Government’s Covid review won't have statutory powers to call witnesses and testimony - after concerns raised by @CovidBereaved.
I once posted about Farage. I couldn’t believe he was just 6 yrs older than me. Iwas immediately hacked and for 2 weeks I had 100k people telling me how ugly and old I was 😂🤦♀️ @PoliticalWales are now having a go because I dare say that @mabonapgwynfor et al lied to me 🥴 1/2
I had my suspicions that the account was a former Co-Lead of @CovidBereaved. They give off the same psychotic vibe. But who knows. But I can say - no hurty words will hit like the betrayal from @Plaid_Cymru. I’m already broken 😢no need to bully anymore 👍 2/2 #peaceandlove
Another moan. @andyburnham’s changes to the care allowance don’t work. They assume that all carers can now get a little part-time job in a shop and earn up to £200 a week. Whoopy do. They forget about the people who have given up high earning roles to provide care. 1/2