Cambria Politico attended a hustings event organised by the FSB.
More about this soon…
“As you are probably aware The Welsh Assembly Elections are being held in May. “
(ed. errmmmm … yes)
Have you given any thought as to which candidate would be best for your business ?
Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire Branches of the FSB Branch are organising an “Election Hustings”. This will take place on Tuesday the 19th April, 7:30pm at Llanteglos Confernence Centre, Llanteg. SA67 8PU.
We have received confirmation that representatives of the major parties have accepted the invitation to attend. These will be:
Selwyn Runnett, Liberal Democratic Party.
Nerys Evans, Plaid Cymru.
Angela Burns, Conservative.
Christene Gwyther, Labour.
This is a wonderful opportunity to question the politicians on a range of business related issues, ie Business Rates, Bank Support, Welsh Assembly Support for Business, Planning, Procurement etc. and whichever candidate is successful can be reminded of promises made at this meeting!
Using the same format as proved successful in the past, please forward your questions to the Hustings Chairman Donald Melrose, donaldmelrose@actioncoach.com he will put these to the panel, there will also be an opportunity to ask questions “from the floor”.
Cambria Politico, after a brief absence, will be back shortly and will be attending and reporting on the Plaid Cymru Spring conference in Cardiff.
Mar 012011
In memoriam.
Rhobert ap Steffan was a founder member of the St.David’s Day Parade in Cardiff. Sadly, he passed away last month but we are sure that he will be marching along with us in spirit. We all miss him especially today.
Wherever you are Rhobert – Cymru am byth!
For the rest of us I hope you enjoy the day and please support your local festivities wherever they may be.
This an old but good story sent to us by Martyn Williams.
An American photographer on vacation in the UK was inside a church in London taking pictures, when he noticed a golden telephone mounted on the wall with a sign underneath which read “£10,000 per call”.
The American, intrigued, asked the priest who was strolling by, what the telephone was used for. The priest replied that it was a direct line to heaven, and for £10,000 the caller could talk to God. The American thanked the priest and went on his way.
The next stop for the American was Lincoln, and there at a very large cathedral, he saw the same golden telephone with the same sign underneath. He wondered if this was the same kind of telephone he had seen in London, and asked the nun who had been praying nearby, what was the purpose of the telephone. She told him that the golden telephone was a direct line to heaven, and that for £10,000 he could talk direct to God. He thanked the nun and moved on.
The American then visited Bath, Sheffield, Leeds, Manchester, Southampton and several other large cities in England, each time visiting a church. Each time he found the same golden telephone with the same “£10,000 per call” sign underneath.
The American then decided that he would travel to Wales, to see if the Welsh had the same type of telephone in their churches. He arrived in Cardiff and again, in the first church he entered, there was the same golden telephone .. but this time the sign underneath read “50 pence per call”.
The American was very surprised, so he sought out the priest and enquired about the sign. “Father”, he said, “I have travelled all over the length and breadth of England, visiting countless churches, and I have seen this same golden telephone in all of them. But in the English churches, the price was always “£10,000 per call. Can you tell me why is it only 50 pence here in Wales?”
The priest smiled warmly and replied, “You’re in Wales now my son … it’s just a local call”.
Note
Unless, of course, you’re calling from Satan’s phonebox (Tregaron 666)! In which case, the call is free. This is the nearest phone box to Capel y Zoar (Cefn-cerrig-Telefon)
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Y Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol
Ers talwm, ymhell cyn yr Etholiad Cyffredinol, yr oeddwn oʼr farn fod y Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol yn amherthnasol i Gymru. I beth maen nhwʼn dda? Efallai bod lle yn Lloegr ar gyfer trydedd blaid, ond yng Nghymru gyda Phlaid Cymru, Llafur aʼr Ceidwadwyr sut wyt tiʼn ffitio plaid arall i mewn?
Oʼr ychydig oʼr Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol yr wyf wedi dod ar eu traws, ar wahân i Richard Livsey, maent yn ymddangos yn academyddion Seisnig dosbarth canol syʼn darllen y Guardian ac yn gweithio iʼr prifysgolion. Agwedd trahaus sydd ganddynt i Gymru a dyheadauʼr Cymry. Yn yr etholiad Cyffredinol, allan o ddeugain o ymgeiswyr, dim ond dau oedd yn Gymraeg.
Ers yr etholiad mae fy agwedd iddynt wedi newid i un o gasineb. Yr wyf yn casáuʼr ffaith, diolch iʼr ddadl ar y teledu gyda Nick Clegg yn dod drosodd fel meseia gwleidyddol, y cawsant gymaint o bleidleisiau yng Nghymru. Yn etholaeth Arfon gydag ymgeisydd papur, ni ddaeth iʼr etholaeth yn ystod ymgyrch yr etholiad, llwyddant i ennill 14% oʼr bleidlais. Yng Ngheredigion daethant y blaid i bleidleisio drosti i gadw Plaid Cymru allan.
Diolch iddynt werthu allan iʼr Ceidwadwyr maent wedi gwneud cam mawr aʼu hunain Nid yw llawer a bleidleisiodd drostynt yn hoffiʼr llywodraeth clymblaid. Gydaʼr refferendwm ar fwy o bwerau iʼr Cynulliad allai fod yn anfanteisiol fod y Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol ar ein hochr ni.
Pris y Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol oedd refferendwm ar AV. I fi AV ywʼr sianel ar y teledu rwyt tiʼn ei defnyddio i diwnio fideo i mewn. Pan ddawʼr refferendwm ar AV awgrymaf y defnyddiwn ni’r cyfle i bleidleisio yn erbyn y cytundeb ConDem a gwneud bywyd yn anodd iʼr Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol.
The Lib Dems
For some time, long before the General Election, I have regarded the Lib Dems in Wales as being an irrelevancy. What are they good for? Perhaps there is room in England for a third political party, but in Wales with Plaid, Labour and the Tories where do you fit another party in?
From the few Lib Dems I have come across, apart from Richard Livsey , they seem to be English, middle class, Guardian reading intellectuals who work in the universities. Their attitude to Wales and Welsh aspirations is one of condescension. In the General Election out of forty Lib Dem candidates, only two spoke Welsh.
Since the election my attitude to them has change to one of deep dislike. I resent the fact, that thanks to the TV debate where Nick Clegg came over as a Political Messiah, that they won so many votes in Wales. In the Arfon constituency with a paper candidate, who never showed her face during the election campaign, they managed to win 14% of the vote. In Ceredigion they became the party to vote for to keep Plaid out.
Thanks to them selling out to the Tories they seemed to have signed their own death warrant. Many people who voted for them in Wales do not like the coalition. With the coming referendum on greater powers for the Assembly having the Lib Dems on side could be a liability.
The Lib Dems price was a referendum on AV. To me AV is the channel on your TV you use to tune the video in. When the referendum on AV comes I suggest we use it as opportunity to vote against the ConDem pact and make life difficult for the Lib Dems.
Chris Schoen
Mar 012010
Video of the 7th Parade through Cardiff. Big Question? Why can we not have a similar bank holiday to St.Patricks Day?
Dafydd Iwan is a man to be admired. No pussy footing from him – he comes straight out with it in his condemnation of the tactics of Llais Gwynedd which has been published in Y Cymro and disseminated in saisneg by the uber Plaid blogger Ordovicius.
Forget silly euphemisms about ‘mis-speaking’ or being ‘economical with the truth’. No. Dafydd Iwan accuses Llaeth Gwynedd of ‘telling bare-faced lies’ for political advantage in the recent elections. How refreshing!
This will run and run.
