...the Welsh blogosphere, which, in general terms, is in a state of rude health. - Iain Dale
...in Wales we seem to have a healthier and perhaps more mature situation, in which politicians, political editors, (anonymous) civil servants, lobbyists and anoraks can and do rub shoulders, interchanging views, ideas and topics, without such mediocre pretentions, tensions or rivalries between professionals and amateurs. - Simon Dyda
Most of the Welsh blogs around don't matter in the slightest. - Leighton Andrews AM
Our Blogosphere is a much nicer and more interesting place to be that the wider one. - Valleys Mam
In defence of the Union
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There was an interesting debate on the Union over on Andrew Gwynne's blog
earlier tonight. Andrew is a decent Labour MP (yes, there are quite a few!)
who...
A warning from the English NHS
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Figures released today by the Liberal Democrats have revealed that the NHS
in England is facing a £63bn bill for PFI hospitals which are only worth
£11bn. ...
Priorities and Scrutiny
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The stories over Lib Dem AM Mick Bates and former Auditor General Jeremy
Coleman have certainly caused a stir over the past few days, but they raise
questi...
Twitter
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I have never understood the desire to tell the world what you are eating for
breakfast or that you're just about to walk the dog. Yet—amazingly—it looks ...
Why Bankers Will Never Learn….
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Why we need strong financial regulations, because bankers will never learn
because they see noting wrong in anything they do as long as it gratifies
themse...
Hitting the high notes.
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Just thought you'd like to catch up with little Ffion. She's going through
her Elton John phase - though she was singing 'Twinkle, twinkle little
star'. ...
Cameron warned
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Total of British soldiers killed in Afghanistan = 256 That is one more than the UK death rate in the Falklands. Cameron has gone too far. Speaker Bercow gave...
Pam bod mor bersonol?
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Ar ol cychwyn ei yrfa fel arweinydd y Blaid Doriaidd yn addo new style of
politics, mae David Cameron yn mynd yn fwyfwy personol ac annifyr yn y
ffordd ma...
Five More Years of Labour - a Deadly Scenario?
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*What would Britain look like after another five years of Labour government?
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1) A highly multi-racial society with a large pe...
Deuparth ffordd ei gwybod
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[image: Rhydfelenbad.jpg]Maddeuwch i mi bod y blogio wedi bod yn ysgafn y
dyddiau diwethaf yma. Rhwng mynychu'r hwn a chadeirio'r llall mae pethau
wedi b...
Why pay less?
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I am a sucker for catalogues and the one that dropped through my letter box
today took my breath away. If I buy a new washing machine from
Buy-as-You-View,...
Cynical Brown on 'Alternative Vote'
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Gordon Brown has once again shown a cynicism for the political process, in
what can only be described as a 'death bed' conversion to voting reform. It
woul...
Demolish the Vulcan?
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From Brew Wales
Demolish the Vulcan? Well that was the headline in the Echo the other day as
customer Alan Grainger attempted to plug his book that features...
A tan to die for
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This Wednesday a debate on the Health Committees report on the use and
regulation of sunbeds in Wales takes place in the Plenary session.
BMA staff have p...
Bates and the Bottle
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If Mick Bates AM is guilty of assaulting health workers who were attempting
to help him after he had injured himself in a drunken accident he is a yob,
and...
Dyfodol Prifysgol Bangor
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Dwi ddim wedi dweud dim ar y blog hyd yma ynglŷn a’r datblygiadau ym
Mhrifysgol Bangor mewn perthynas a’r bygythiad i gau pump adran ac hefyd y
broses o be...
Hiding out?
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[image: charlstonsmaller.JPG]Just back from Charleston's steak-house -
"Celebrities hide-out, best steaks in Cardiff probably, just ask Charlotte
Church,...
Watch the Priorities, not the Cuts.
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Not even the snow and ice could stop this general election year from
announcing its arrival. Within the first few days of the New Year, the
campaigning beg...
A shepherds hut is part of BBC history of the world
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Ian from www.shepherdhuts.co.uk has emailed me to say the historical
significance of shed dwelling on our ancestors lives is finally recognised
it’s on t...
Red Tape
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Red tape is a little bit like sin – everyone's against it in the abstract,
but not necessarily so certain when it comes to the specifics. For
politicians, ...
Posts Of Note
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1. “Cheap and very nasty” - CiF Watch - A good example of how the Guardian's
Comment Is Free site isn't as free as it claims.
2. "Growing anger at BNP expl...
Taking the Mick
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Poor Mick Bates, eh? What rotten timing, to have a night out go completely
Pete Tong for an AM right at the worst possible moment, when the Welsh Lib
Dems ...
Lib Dem drama latest
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UPDATE: A paramedic has come forward to jog Mick Bates' memory - this from
Radio Wales News.
He has now been relieved of his frontbench duties after a para...
Demolish the Vulcan - a response
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Needless to say we were a bit shocked to read an article entitled 'Demolish
Vulcan, says man who fought to save it' in Friday's Echo. You can read the f...
Half measures
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Yesterday's Sunday Times had an interesting article that outlines exactly
why Liberal Democrats are lukewarm about Gordon Brown's proposed referendum
on vo...
Ringtones i’r iPhone
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Dwi wedi sylwi’n ddiweddar eich bod yn gallu prynnu ringtones i’r iPhone
drwy iTunes. Doedd hyn ddim yn bosib tan yn ddiweddar gan bod y gwasannaeth
ddim a...
Journalism: from the bottom rung
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The media remains in a state of flux and continues to be characterised by
hard work and low pay. So why do so many people want to join the industry?
Here, ...
So you Want to Buy an Aberdare Chapel …
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One of Aberdare’s oldest Chapel is now on the market for sale. Ebenezer
Chapel in Trecynon – originally built in 1811 – is now on the market for
sale. The ...
Hermannsdenkmal
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I nodded in casual agreement with the whole of music-loving, non-Tantric
humanity as The Daily Mash recorded a popular wish for Toyota not to fix the
brak...
Best for West - croeso Llyr
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Croeso i'r diweddara' o'r blogwyr Plaid. Llyr Huws Gruffudd ydi ymgeisydd
Plaid Cymru ar gyfer Gorllewin Clwyd.
Good to see a new kid on the blog... Llyr H...
ID Cards - So shit the banks won't accept them.
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Well this one made me laugh.
From Big Brother Watch
*Man can't prove ID with ID card*
*Darren McTeggart tried to use the £30 ID card to pick up a replaceme...
An Ulster lesson from Carwyn for Untrue Wales
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PETER ROBINSON and the Democratic Unionists of Northern Ireland are set to
play a star role in the Welsh referendum campaign on extra powers for the
Nation...
GLC Videos
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Check out our video page!
http://www.youtube.com/user/glcvideo
It"s amazing
Hear our agent's answerphone messages!
And the messages Stewart Cable leave...
What do I get for my money
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I have an MP
I have an AM
I have regional representatives
Quite a crew then, but what do I get
I have never seen any of my regional AMs where I live
On...
General Election in Ceredigion - The Line-Up
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The announcement this week of Labour’s General Election candidate for
Ceredigion completes the line-up for the parties in the constituency, bar
any minor a...
Saturday, 6th February, 2010.
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Wealthy At Last! Wales is a wealthy country – official! It must be
true, too, because it was a claim made by the Westminster government’s Welsh
Secr...
Language learning January 2010
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Well, it's February, and the learning of the Icelandic language has been
going fairly well. I've acquired some new materials, and made use of some
resource...
Fail of the day
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Douglas Alexander and Ed Miliband on Comment is Free.
The real question facing Britain is not how to nudge people but how to give
them power over their own...
Demonstration outside UK Border Agency
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Over forty people braved the wind and rain outside the UK Border Agency on
Newport Road on Wednesday to protest against the first Joint EU Charter
deportat...
Pentref Eisteddfod
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Yn sgil cofnod 24 Ionawr y blog hwn, a chofnod 3 Chwefror Ifan Morgan Jones,
rydw i wedi bod yn meddwl ychydig mwy am y syniad o gynnal yr Eisteddfod
Gene...
DJP yn Wrecsam
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DJP yn cynnal noson yng Nghymdeithas Owain Cyfeiliog, Wrecsam
Dwi yn Wrecsam heno yn gwmni i DJP wrth iddo gynnal noson i Gymdeithas Owain
Cyfeiliog yn W...
From Record- question over benefits advice company
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This is a question that I asked during Business questions a few weeks ago in
the Senedd. I hope to chase it up, as it is quite worrying if a company has
be...
“AND THEY CALL IT PUPPY LOVE…”
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My former home is looking for help for Valentine’s Day Sponsor rescue dog,
Belle from Dogs Trust Bridgend this Valentine’s Day Faithful, really cute
and re...
Pleasure postponed
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It was one of those parliamentary occasions when the nation holds its breath - the House of Lords was about to discuss the Barnett formula. More specifically...
Power to the People
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Today the One Wales government has launched the process which will lead to
law-making powers for the National Assembly and will vote on the resolution
on F...
The Cashback King
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Nick Ramsay has just admitted in plenary that his local nickname is the "cashback king" - apparently it's due to the scarcity of free cash machines in rural ...
It's a Bourne Ultimatum
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JUST when we thought a referendum could finally be triggered by a vote in the National Assembly, a spanner is teetering on the edge of the works. First Minis...
The death of Dr David Kelly
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The UK Government yesterday claimed that the post mortem examination report
into the death of biological weapons expert Dr David Kelly was being kept
secre...
Hyperlocal News: Journalism without the journalists
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Print journalists are dinosaurs who crush innovation and entrepreneurial
endeavour. Because they struggle to comprehend the Brave New Digital World
arou...
Y ding-dong arferol
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Os nad oes gennych chi ddiddordeb yn y frwydr rhwng Llais Gwynedd a Phlaid
Cymru yng Ngwynedd, yna does dim diben i chi ddarllen ymhellach. I fod yn
onest,...
Wedi Hacio'r Iaith
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Ychydig yn ddistaw fu'r blogio byw o hacio'r iaith (er bu digonedd o drydar),
felly dyma rai sylwadau am y diwrnod o'r sesiynau y mynychais i.
1. SaySometh...
Bit of a break from the campaign
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Well, rather that turning up the heat with the campaign as I hoped,
unfortunately, I am going to have to take at least two weeks break.
Yesterday, I was di...
Morgan's legacy leaves recurring hangovers
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Rhodri Morgan only left a short while ago, and now we find that civil
service sleaze lingers on to affect Carwyn Jones' administration. WAG
staffing has al...
Think selling out Wales. Think Plaid
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*Think selling out Wales. Think Plaid!*
Have a look at Plaid Cymru manifesto for the 2010 general election!
Where do Plaid stand on the privatisation of m...
The politics of potholes
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We are all seeing it, the huge levels of damage to tired road surfaces caused by the recent winter weather and the consequent burden on the local authority b...
Short Letters Can Cause a Stir
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My recent short letter has started up a Labour hornets nest. All of whom
played on scarmongering and untruths. If they bothered to study the options
which ...
a market for welsh futures?
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I’m currently reading Fintan O’Toole’s highly readable modern morality tale
of the hubris that sunk the Irish economy. The Irish are a resilient people
who...
Fontana di Trevi
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I first came here [pictured above] in circa 1972. I threw in a coin and
wished not for a daughter born in the year 2006, but instead to win a gold
medal i...
Is This Misleading?
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You've seen them, you can’t move without coming across one of David
Cameron’s much talked about posters. They’re big, they’re snazzy and they’re
part of th...
School Closures - Some Thoughts
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Across the country schools have been closed due to the bad weather and a
number of people have expressed their annoyance at the disruption to their
lives a...
Standing Down
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As I'm sure you know, I have stood down as the candidate for Ynys Mon for
work-related reasons. Thanks for all your support.
I will keep my blog up for pos...
New Year, New Start
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Good Morning All
Well, the new year is upon us, and soon we will have the opportunity to
dispose of the clown clinging to power by his fingernails.
Rhodri and Saunders
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I saw Rhodri Morgan's interview on 29 December and a few paragraphs stood
out. He said:
“It never crossed my mind [joining Plaid Cymru]. I can remember ac...
Wait and Hope
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It's Thursday afternoon - Christmas Eve. We had a light dusting of snow
yesterday, some of which is still around, and is probably going to make my
life das...
Minority Languages and social networks
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I'm taking part in exciting event next month called Hacio'r Iaith (Hacking
the Language), a sort of BarCamp meets Hack Day with the emphasis being on
looki...
Disgusted is back: what you’ve missed
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Hello you rock ‘n’ rollers! Disgusted is back – and more disgusted than
ever. Naturally. So what insights have you missed? Carwyn Jones is Our New
Dear Lea...
Maesycwmmer Development
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Planning consent has been granted for a 137 House development on land near
Gellideg Heights in Maesycwmmer. This development was originally refused on
3r...
No Freedom of Information
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News that Labour has vetoed any freedom of information request relation to
Cabinet discussions on devolution is very worrying. Only once before has a
veto ...
Huw Lewis AM has a Streisand moment!
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Apparently it seems that Huw Lewis AM and his staff seem to think it's OK to
issue threatening letters to a blogger who merely ridiculed the Assembly
membe...
Ten reasons to vote Lib Dem
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I *would like to share a fantastic article with you. It was written by
Elaine Bagshaw, Chair of Liberal Youth, and was published in the Student
Times. You ...
Hello and Goodbye!
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As I heavily hinted to in the last post I am back in Wales and ready to turn
my hand to blogging again.The new Amlwch to Magor can be found at:
www.amlwch-...
Welsh Defence League sent packing from Swansea!
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An outbreak of organised racism in Swansea last Saturday 17 October was
cured by a traditional remedy: street confrontation. The self-styled Welsh
Defence ...
Fab Forty
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If you have emailed or called over the last 2 weeks, you may be wondering
where I've been and who is this Pat person?
Well, ladies & gentlemen, I have...
Leadership
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I announced my intention to stand for the leadership of the Labour Group in
the Assembly on Monday. From now until the end of the campaign, all blogging
wi...
Y Carchar a Cymru'n Un
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Mae’r datganiad na fydd carchar yng Nghaernarfon yn wedi siomi nifer mawr o
bobl, gan gynnwys nifer o Bleidwyr. Ond rhaid gofyn: faint o ergyd ydi o?
Budds...
White on black
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POOR old Peter Black got himself into a bit of a pickle yesterday by
ignoring Rule Number One for public figures that engage with the
blogosphere: don’t ge...
BROWN IS MY SHEPHERD
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I have just received this from an anonymous source (thanks Dad), I thought
it might amuse:
BROWN IS MY SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT WORK.
HE LEADETH ME BESIDE ST...
We're moving...
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It's time for a refresh. And for some reinforcements. The Bevan Foundation
blog is being re-styled and redesigned. Now it will have six regular
contributor...
1000th blog
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I wanted to do a nice blog for the 1000th – something highlighting the highs
and lows of The Right Student but I find myself in Turkey so that will have
to...
Should he stay or should he go?
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The expenses row now it's overblown second week (I mean really aren't we in
the midst of the worst recession since 1945, or so the newspapers tell us?)
is ...
More than Gavin & Stacey
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Barry is a town which has a surprising place in the history of Welsh
politics. Historically it was a major coal exporting town because of the
docks, and wa...
Love Will Tear Us Apart
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Infographics based on the 85+ recorded covers of Joy Division’s “Love Will
Tear Us Apart” Using information design principles and graphical techniques,
the...
Apologies, and the future of WPH.com
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Apologies to my loyal reader for the lack of posts over the past couple of
weeks. I’m working on an exciting new project which I hope to be able to
reveal ...
Newyddion Mai / May Newsletter Out Now!
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May's edition of Newyddion! is out now. If you haven't received your copy,
please email us at postcymrux@googlemail.com to be added to the mailing
list.
T...
Pleidiol pause.
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Okay, this has been an interesting experiment. I don't want to continue
posting here as it cuts into time I had set aside for other projects. If any
other ...
Stand up for Wales Ieuan!
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The sudden tearing up of a five year contract between the Welsh Assembly Government and the organisers of the Wales Rally GB is probably illegal. It is certa...
Statebook: because knowledge is power
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I just wanted to post about this, because the Open Rights Group’s new site
Statebook, seems to be hitting a nerve, judging by the interest the site is
gett...
Karl Marx
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On a recent day visit to London I met with some friends in Highgate.
Although I lived in London for a period of time and have visited London on
many occas...
Wales Can
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From the British Nationalists in Wales Watch Website
Plaid's new www.walescan.com website is just fantastic. A political party
which actually maps out wher...
Liberal Youth Elections.
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Good old Harry has nicked a piece from the Liberal Democrat bloggersphere
suggesting all is not well in the contest to be the next Chairperson of
Liberal Y...
Blog Review: 267
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- Betsan Powys looks at the Tory reshuffle. More here from David
Williamson, Tom Bodden, Vaughan Roderick, Peter Black, Glyn Davies, Freedom
...
The referendum that never was
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Still on the subject of the highly unlikely referendum on further powers, I find myself – somewhat unusually – in agreement to some extent with both Peter Bl...
A-Level Exam Practices In Need of Drastic Reform
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Although the A-Level examination results came out almost two weeks ago and
for the most part students were either pleased with the grades they were
given (...
Woman police officer done for speeding
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83mph in a 40! Through the roadworks! Tut, tut. The boss wouldn't be happy.
It's especially bad news if your boss happens to be the man dubbed by the
Dail...
WALES'S 12 MILE
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Richard Lochhead, the environment secretary (Scotland), told MSPs that he believed Holyrood should be in charge of the marine environment around Scotland's c...