Member of the Senedd for Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr. Shadow Minister Economy & Transport. Chair, Senedd Petitions Committee. Reform UK
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Proud and thrilled to announce that I’ve been called to serve the constituency of Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr. Watch the video, leave your thoughts, but be assured, you will not find a harder working candidate.
The campaign starts now.
The country has never needed a Reform government more than now.
We’re in touching distance of economic catastrophe, spend spend spend Burham’s day of financial reckoning will be here sooner than he would want.
Britain is broke. And to fix it, we need to start growing again.
That’s why Reform’s Economic Rescue Plan includes these 64 pro-growth measures I’d take if I were Chancellor:
𝗨𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗮
1. Approve Rosebank
2. Restart oil and gas licensing
3. Legalise onshore exploration
4. Abolish the Energy Profits Levy
5. Restore maximum economic extraction as the North Sea regulator's objective
𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻
6. Abolish the Emissions Trading Scheme
7. Halt the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
8. Repudiate AR7 contracts for difference and scrap AR8
9. Implement the Fingleton Review on nuclear in full
10. Automatically approve French and South Korean nuclear designs
𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀
11. Cut affordable housing requirements on brownfield sites
12. Permitted Development Right for brownfield housing
13. Repeal Biodiversity Net Gain
14. Exit the Aarhus Convention
15. Repeal and reform the Habitats Regulations, including Nutrient Neutrality
16. End the boiler ban
17. Legalise air conditioning to meet overheating rules
18. Remove mandatory EPC improvements
19. Revoke the Future Homes Standard
20. Repeal the Renters' Rights Act
𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲
21. Legislate approval for new runways at Heathrow and Gatwick
22. Auction airport landing slots
23. End 'target-consistent' carbon pricing in project evaluation
24. Ban carbon emissions considerations in planning applications
25. Fast-track all water reservoirs as nationally significant projects
26. Make Development Consent Orders a true one-stop shop
27. Restrict judicial review of ministerial planning decisions
28. Scrap Net Zero construction rules
29. Scrap the social value test in procurement
30. Lift launch limits at SaxaVord Spaceport
31. Open completed sections of East-West Rail
𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
32. Review regulatory barriers to AI adoption
33. Permit on-site gas generation for data centres and industry
𝗥𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀
34. Cut Employer NI back to 13.8%
35. Introduce a migrant worker levy
36. Repeal the Employment Rights Act
37. Clarify that workplace rights don't require mandatory training courses
38. Let experienced tradesmen work on government contracts without CSCS qualifications
𝗨𝗻𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆
39. Review bank capital requirements to boost lending
40. Rule out Net Zero in financial regulators' remits
41. Repeal climate-related financial disclosure rules
𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴
42. Scrap airport 'surface access strategies'
43. Abolish the electric vehicle mandates
44. Apply domestic GB hours to all UK HGV trips
45. Ban Low-Traffic Neighbourhoods
46. Back the M4 Relief Road
47. Move a new car's first MOT to four years
48. Abolish the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation
𝗨𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺𝘀
49. Replace GDPR with a New Zealand-style Privacy Act
50. Fully re-legalise Imperial units
51. Review all unchanged EU law
52. Automatically repeal remaining EU law in 5 years unless retained
𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀
53. Make quarterly Making Tax Digital reporting voluntary
54. Reduce legal obligations on SME Non-Executive Directors
55. Double permission-free event days from 28 to 56
56. Make pavement dining licences automatic and permanent
57. Let shops open until 10pm, except Sundays
58. Repeal board diversity and inclusion rules
59. Remove the Sustainable Aviation Fuel mandate
60. Abolish the packaging tax
61. Scrap BBC and Channel 4 priority on streaming platforms
62. Remove the Public Sector Equality Duty
63. Five-year sunset on all QUANGOs
64. Five-year sunset clause on all new regulations
And there are more to come!
Britain’s full potential is waiting to be unleashed 🚀
People, including children and young people, have reportedly been using the grass verge alongside the main road as a shortcut between Tesco and Trecynon.
I went down to see the situation for myself, and I’ll be writing to the council to raise these concerns and ask what can be done to make this area safer.
There may be a number of possible solutions, but the views of local people need to be heard
Jason O’Connell MS 🏴🇬🇧 retweeted
It has not been ‘claimed’.
It’s a fact.
Anyone aiding and abetting the illegal immigration racket in this country should be imprisoned for a long stretch, have their business shut down, be banned from ever running a business in the UK again and if a foreign national, be deported alongside those they brought in via the loophole.
This would swiftly put an end to those exploiting our system.
Chicken shops are creating a “visa loophole” for migrants to enter the country, it has been claimed.
More than 3,600 takeaway shops in Britain are eligible to sponsor skilled worker visas, government data show.
🔗: telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…
Something special is happening in France.
A national resurgence of hope for the future, and if the last few weeks are to go by, they need this movement to succeed more than ever.
🇫🇷 Ils pensaient vous intimider, vous dissuader de venir : vous êtes aujourd’hui des milliers rassemblés à Orléans porter l’espoir de la renaissance du pays.
Vous êtes l’espérance française ! #Marine2027
Turn out reflects just how highly this community regards Darren!
19th Nov, let’s get Darren elected to Council and start the process of renewal
🚨 What a turn out for my campaign today 👌🏻
Big thanks to everyone 👏🏻
@DanWalesReform
@cllr_thomas
@LauraMonTorfaen
@jason_oco
Jason O’Connell MS 🏴🇬🇧 retweeted
Grooming gangs- I asked the Councel General if the Welsh Government has the legal power to hold its own inquiry into how devolved services failed women and children in Wales 🏴
#wales #swansea #newport #GroomingGangs #gower
What’s been uncovered in the River Taff is unacceptable. People deserve clean, healthy rivers and those responsible for pollution must be held to account.
Jason O’Connell MS 🏴🇬🇧 retweeted
11 months ago @RhunapIorwerth promised us a Wales Covid Inquiry 🧐
@DafyddTrystan @mabonapgwynfor @Heledd_Plaid @Sioned_W @PeredurPlaid @LlyrGruffydd @DelythJewellAM @LSRPlaid @Adamprice can you please remind him. We’re all decent people and we don’t like this style of politics at all. Be better.
@natasghar @jason_oco @markjhooper @as_penarth @DarrenMillarMS @HelenJennerMS @WillHayCardiff @DeansOfCardiff @adavies4 @ShiptonMartin
Today is Wear It Pink, an important opportunity to raise awareness of breast cancer and show our support for all those affected.
It’s also a chance to recognise the families, friends and loved ones who stand alongside those going through it.
Proud to support this important cause.
The Muslim Council of Wales and Plaid Cymru have tried to silence us.
We will not be intimidated, bullied or silenced.
Reform will stand behind a ban on balaclavas and burkas.
#Reformwales #ReformUK
Jason O’Connell MS 🏴🇬🇧 retweeted
STATEMENT:
Reform UK has reported ITV, its board, and its undercover reporters to the police.
Some of the crimes carry up to 10 years in prison.
They forged a passport.
They directly interfered in elections and almost certainly altered the results. Being paid to “canvass” for Reform in crucial wards we lost by a few dozen votes.
They lied to a veteran about their service and left him “violated”.
This is unprecedented.
The police are now involved.
Scrutiny of political parties is one thing.
But anyone breaking the law to try and ruin the lives of Reform’s staff, members or volunteers will be reported to the police and pursued relentlessly in the courts.
Here’s what happened 👇
Proud and honoured to lay a wreath on behalf of myself and David Hughes MS at the Aberfan Memorial.
It was a deeply moving moment to represent the communities of Pontypridd, Cynon and Merthyr as we came together to remember those who lost their lives and all those forever affected by the Aberfan disaster.
They will never be forgotten.
Today, we remember the 116 children and 28 adults who lost their lives in the Aberfan disaster.
We remember the families, the community, and all those whose lives were changed forever.
They will never be forgotten.
Jason O’Connell MS 🏴🇬🇧 retweeted
On paye des décennies de désarmement de notre police.
Nous incarnons, dans les positions que nous exprimons, la France de l'ordre : notre priorité sera de rétablir l'ordre et la sécurité, avec un soutien indéfectible aux forces de l'ordre.
Today’s event is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Penrhiwceiber and Matthewstown war memorial.
A lovely service and a fitting tribute to those souls that made the ultimate sacrifice from this valley community.
Jason O’Connell MS 🏴🇬🇧 retweeted
Hiding your face in public has no place in Britain.
France, Belgium, Denmark, Austria and Switzerland have already introduced bans on full-face coverings in public places.
Under a Reform UK government, Britain will join them.
southwalesargus.co.uk/news/2…
Today I attended Afon Taf High School in Merthyr with David Hughes MS to watch a 60th Anniversary concert for those that lost their lives at the Aberfan disaster.
Brilliant tribute to those that lost and the community that remains.
This kicks off a very poignant and emotional week for this close knit part of Wales.
In a high trust society no one should be allowed to hide their face.
For too long, face coverings have aided criminals and harmed integration.
Reform UK will ban full face coverings.
#ReformUK #reformwales
Reform Wales to debate face-covering restrictions after concerns raised in Newport ift.tt/74POIze
Jason O’Connell MS 🏴🇬🇧 retweeted
Obviously some really unacceptable comments in the ITV story this evening, and it's worth saying that Reform HQ have already taken action where it's needed, investigating and removing people where their comments simply are not compatible with our values.
Sometimes people can make legitimate points but phrase them wrong, and on some issues people are genuinely angry about the state of the country and they say things that are crass. That happens. However, it's also true that some comments are just abhorrent and unwelcome, and in those cases Reform has acted swiftly through disciplinary processes. There's no room for those things in our party.
Whilst we continue to develop an increasingly robust vetting process, nobody can vet people for things that they might say in the future. A handful of individuals have slipped through the net, and that's a huge shame because it damages us all. However, as someone who works with our senior councillors every day I want to say that our party is filled with outstanding and dedicated people who are determined to fix our country and their communities. We can't let the tiny minority of bad derail all of the good, or let it deter us from that mission.
It's also worth saying that, whilst accepting that some of these comments are totally unacceptable, the practice of a journalist lying their way in to people's trust, securing a job with the party with lies and dodgy documents, and secretly filming people with a view to publicly humiliating them is also abhorrent. I've never seen ITV or anyone else stoop to that level against any other party or organisation. It is not fair and surely cannot be legal to obtain those positions of trust by deception, for this purpose. I sincerely hope that some action is taken on that front. This cannot become an acceptable journalistic practice.
Tomorrow I'm on the road meeting Councillors from the South West, supporting them to deliver key local objectives and helping them represent their residents to the best of their ability. That's the focus, and it's important to not lose sight of the fact that across the country Reform-run Councils are delivering major savings, lower taxes and better services for local people. That's why I'm doing this, and that's why so many of our councillors are working so hard every day. We carry on.
