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The Assembly or the Assembly?
If ever there was any doubt that the names of the Welsh Assembly Government and the National Assembly for Wales are a cause of mass-confusion try searching Google with the specific search term National...
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Miao!
You may recall this exchange between Bethan Jenkins and Peter Black on Twitter a few months ago.Now, not to be left out, British politicians are getting in on the act.Witness John Prescott vs Clwyd...
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A new kind of Politics....Cymru!
Yes! We're back blogging.It's been such an incredible few weeks for British politics and the coming months are set to make history in Welsh politics (it's almost time for an Assembly election you...
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Cheryl, Chezza, Chegsy e.t.c...
Well, so much to talk about and so little time.However for now I’d like to focus on one lady in particular - Cheryl Gillan. The new Secretary of State for Wales polarises opinion and made me choke on...
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The other side of Cheryl Gillan
In response to my fellow Dewi's questioning of Cheryl Gillan's appointment as Welsh Secretary, I've taken the time to think about why we perhaps shouldn't pre-judge her tenure...The appointment of an...
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Smart Guy
The Conservative management board are meeting today to decide what to do about Alun Cairns. The new MP for the Vale of Glamorgan announced earlier this week that he intends to step down as an Assembly...
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Jenny Randerson to step down
News just in - Jenny Randerson to step down at the next Assembly elections.Here's her statement, analysis to follow later:"I have this weekend informed my local party executive that I do not intend to...
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Stop the press
You might need to sit down for this one. The British press have mentioned devolved politics in Wales.See The Guardian AND The Telegraph.I know. It's a shocker.Dewi Tri
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Playing politics with the referendum
Today, this morning to be more precise, Carwyn Jones finally let us all know that he is in favour of an Autumn referendum – late October if possible. Not only has he set out his preference for the...
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Not another commission?
Yesterday the full Liberal Conservative coalition document was published (you can read it firsthand here– complete with pictures of Dave and Nick being all chummy).If you look through it there are a...
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Smart Move?
Alun Cairns, MP for Vale of Glamorgan and AM for South Wales West looks set to retain both titles after the Welsh Conservative Board of Management met today.They've just released the following...
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Arise Lord German
Alun Cairns might be sticking around but Mike German is off! The Liberal Democrats have decided to appoint Mike German to the House of Lords as a "Working Peer".Here's a brief statement from Mr...
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Setting the date
When the new Con/Lib Government at Westminster announced the date of the next UK General Election it raised more than a few eyebrows in Cardiff Bay and at Holyrood because it clashed with something...
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For One Night Only...
Usually when an MP isn't an MP any more they take up a job as a consultant or a lobbyist or perhaps even as a non-executive board member. I think it's fair to say Lembit Opik was never a usual MP...so...
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And the nominees are..
Choosing Select Committee Chairs is a long and drawn out process - and I'm not an expert in the ins-and-outs of it!I do know however that the Welsh Affairs Select Committee will be chaired by a...
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No News is...
The IFNC pilot proposal is dead. Under plans outlined in the Labour government’s Digital Britain report, they were set to fund 3 pilots (one in Wales) that would replace and run the news on ITV. The...
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Division
Welsh Lib Dems have come under fire for their No vote on an amendment to the Queen’s Speech proposed last night by the nationalist parties and the Green Party asking for Trident to be included in its...
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The Big Ideas
What now for Labour? The big question. It’s the subject of a 2 page spread in this morning’s Guardian G2 magazine. Journalist John Harris has asked 9 “leftwing thinkers” what “big new ideas” the party...
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Green Fingered
Darren Millar and Mark Isherwood have declared their shock in today’s Daily Post at the level of WAG spending on flora and fungi.Over the past five years £175,000 has been spent looking after various...
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Brace yourselves
What can we expect in tomorrow’s budget? The government’s warning it’ll be a hard pill to swallow...but this morning’s Financial Times has new research that suggests it will be a slightly tougher pill...
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