- 2010
- Sep02... that is the question?“More powers for the Welsh Assembly Government? Well, yes, that is the question on which ...”
- Aug
- Jul2423The Myth of Innovation“The WAG in its endless multifarious stated aims, visions, new directions, renewals and so on ...”1815080706Anywhere but Wales .. an admission by WAG“Finally an admission by the WAG (in their new economic policy document) about an issue ...”05
- Jun
- May2521Ceredigion Lib Dems, immigration and the county Tory who 'did a Cameron' and won his battle“SOME LIB DEMS are really getting their knickers in a twist over politics in Ceredigion ...”20A Lib Dem curate of cant in Swansea“THE LIBERAL Democrats in Cardiff seem quite happy with the coalition their party has formed ...”19Will the coalition Lib Dems lose Jenny's seat ?“TRUST THE press to do their best to unsettle a politician. Jenny Randerson is to ...”Tory David Jones gets the cold-shoulder“EXPECT DAVID Jones, the right-wing MP from Clwyd West, to find himself slightly frozen out ...”18One-nation politics, but what does it mean ?“SOME TROUBLE-MAKERS could see the combination of a left-wing adminstration in Cardiff and a Tory ...”17The Tories didn't do too well ...“THERE’S NO doubt that the Tories didn’t do as well as they had hoped and ...”Kirsty hopes for too much in Montgomery“THE FUTURE of Montgomery constituency is one that greatly concerns Lib Dem leader Kirsty Williams, ...”12Carwyn goads Tories on their election failure“FIRST MINISTER Carwyn Jones visibly relaxed when asked at this week’s press briefing how his ...”Tories dream of bedding Labour“THE TORIES have won – or been forced into – a coalition with the Lib ...”A spot of light amidst the gloom for the Lib Dems“WHAT WENT wrong for the Lib Dems in the election, writes Clive Betts from the ...”1105Minister of Cuts“Some light relief courtesy of BBC comedy. The two Ronnies ”Jane saves the millions ... and her seat ?“JANE HUTT was so enthusiastically telling us how the civil and local government services were ...”Ceredigion prepares a nasty blow for Plaid“Expect the Liberal Democrats to hold Ceredigion, writes Clive Betts from the Assembly press gallery. That ...”Tory take-over of Wales?“SO, HOW’S it going to pan out on Thursday night, according gossip from the professionals ...”03
- Apr30'Downfall' #bigotgate video“Here is the latest 'Downfall' video. Oh dear! Who'd be in politics. bigotgate the downfall of ...”28BigotGate“For your entertainment. The Twitterverse is going nuts on #bigotgate! This should really set the scene ...”Paxo Stuffing“New Plaid hero Eurfyl ap Gwilym wins encounter with Jeremy Paxman the doyen of BBC ...”0701Five more years“Cool political video for your entertainment. ”
- Mar25EU funds Converge on the Public Sector“We have been sent this by the West Wales Business Initiative who believe that Welsh ...”24Kirsty on Welsh Assembly coalition“EVERYONE IS talking nowadays about coalitions, and Welsh Lib Dem leader Kirsty Williams seems ...”23Cab for hire“This is one 'cab driver' voters will not be hiring! Is there no end to ...”21Give Jane Carwyn's job“JANE IS the First Minister we never had, but should have writes Clive Betts from ...”20Hands off the councils, warns Jane“HOW IS the Assembly going to save sufficient money to overcome the current economic crisis ...”04Move your Money Project“The “Move Your Money” movement had a big win this week as the New Mexico ...”01St.David's Day Parade“Video of the 7th Parade through Cardiff. Big Question? Why can we not have a ...”
- Feb27Lib Dems s**t rather than glory“PLENTY OF doubts among the press as the Assembly resumes after its half-term break about ...”25The Tories and how to curb Tesco“A SUGGESTION BY a senior Conservative that the supermarkets should be broken up created some ...”24Time to raise a glass to Mick“HOW ABOUT a bit of sympathy for Mick Bates, the Lib Dem AM for Montgomery, ...”06An Ulster lesson from Carwyn for Untrue Wales“PETER ROBINSON and the Democratic Unionists of Northern Ireland are set to play a star ...”05Why is Kirsty trying to sink the referendum?“THE LIB Dems seem terrified that the expected referendum on extra powers for the Assembly ...”04Cost dictates the referendum date“THE COST of holding a referendum is one of the reasons which will help decide ...”03Is this why Bourne is threatening to abstain?“THE WELSH Tory group at the Assembly is being faced with a terrible conundrum over ...”02Let's call it the General Election!“WORDS EXPRESSED by politicians can sometimes mean rather more than they mean on the surface, ...”
- Jan1514Time for Kirsty to give way to Jenny over the Valley aeroplane“I REALLY must question the strategy being used by the Liberal Democrats in their weekly ...”130905
- 2009
- Dec15141209Rhodri and the tax raising question“AN INTERESTING answer from Rhodri Morgan on how the Assembly should fund its programme in ...”08Did Tory racists force Oscar to join Plaid?“WE ALL wondered why the entire Tory group turned up for that group’s weekly press ...”07New-style Tories now David's in the imperial Parliament ?“ARE WE seeing a new-style Tory party in the Assembly, writes Clive Betts from the ...”When Darling's squeeze is around your throat“PLAID ISN’T too happy with the London government attitude to the amount of money which ...”03Protocol to appease the monarchists“AS CAMBRIA forecast a couple of weeks ago, it is not the Labour Party who ...”02
- Nov30Labour's dying and new economic forces are taking over“GOOD TO see some excellent business enterprise for the sake of both the Welsh language ...”272625Why Labour's decline has made Huw screwloose“HUW LEWIS seems to have made a bit of a fool of himself by attacking ...”24Mistrust“THE DEPTH of mistrust between the Plaid Cymru side of the coalition and the Labour ...”20Liebour rewrite history“This interesting video from Guido Fawkes blog sums up how NuLiebour appear to be twisting ...”19The Presiding Officer causes chaos for the Press“THE EMPIRE-BUILDING engaged in by Lord Elis-Thomas seems about to back-fire, writes Clive Betts from ...”Labour thugs try to stifle free speech“A warning from history. In an attempt to gag Cambria Politico, one of the fiercest critics ...”18We've been gagged!“Echoes of Stalinist Russia as Labour tries to gag free speech in Wales. Following threats of ...”These three Tories should do the decent thing and join UKIP“THE CONSERVATIVES moved yet further into the pre-Assembly camp. Of course the group wants more ...”17161106Why we are in Afghanistan“The answer to, the rationale for 'why we are in Afghanistan' could come from reading ...”03
- Oct242214Why it's wrong to reduce the number of councils“DESPITE ALL the problems both they and the country is facing, a pledge was made ...”What do you pay to attract foreign jobs ?“TALK OF the Cardiff government undertaking a sea-change in its industrial policy was somewhat overwhelmed ...”13Was Edwina saying sorry?“I WAS told this by a Tory AM, so I can’t vouch for it myself, ...”Gibbons sets councils free to decide how high to send dustbins tax“IT WAS like old days when local government minister Brian Gibbons stood up to talk ...”Edwina gets the liveliness vote“A LIB DEM with a sense of humour gave his backing yesterday to health minister ...”09Tories and 'the slippery slope'“DAVID MELDING spelled out a few Conservative principles to the weekly Conservative party briefing, writes ...”07Sacrificing the language“IF LANGUAGE and heritage minister Alun Ffred Jones is confused about what is happening to ...”06Lib Dems get shot up over St Athan military base“LIB DEM financial spokesman Vince Cable is down in Newport later this week, and the ...”040201Who in heaven tried to ditch the translations ?“THE FAUX PAS by the Assembly Commission with their attempted ditching of a parallel English-Welsh ...”
- Sep29Kirsty's on the war-path“IT CAN be advisable not to cross Kirsty Williams, the Lib Dems’ leader. She can ...”Is the Assembly about to revive the Bank of Wales ?“THE WELSH Assembly bank is at last to be set up, deputy first minister Ieuan ...”28St Athan, the Lib Dem dropped brick, and Rhodri's request for £100m“THE WELSH Lib Dems can expect to suffer plenty of embarrassment over their Westminster party’s ...”2722Ieuan refuses to shift for Price“I FORECAST A leadership change within Plaid Cymru, Clive Betts writes from the Assembly press ...”It's the economy ... stupid“The BBC's Newsnight programme recently commissioned and broadcast a voter survey on attitudes to the ...”2101The MP-friends of the late-night drunk“RETURNING FROM Scotland on the last day of August was just the time for yet ...”
- Aug
- Jul28VisitWales Revisited“Cambria Politico has many times had a go at VisitWales for good reason. Firstly, because ...”23Wales is regionalised“CULTURE MINISTER Alun Ffred Jones should learn to keep his eyes more peeled than usual when ...”19Why reform a dying legislative system ?“IN THE dying days of the system, is there much point in discussing whether or ...”17Will Ieuan end up as Bourne's deputy ?“ONE OF the main weaknesses of Ieuan Wyn Jones has been correctly lighted on by ...”16It's not cricket“THE GRANDIOSE spending on the Olympics in London, at the expense of the rest of ...”15Will Melding follow Marx into Federalism?“IS THERE any possibility that Tory David Melding will follow the path carved out by ...”14Why a civil servant's credit card bill is much better than a till receipt“THE COMMENTS by this blogger a couple of weeks ago that new Lib Dem leader ...”10Murder Academy heading for Death Row“News that plans for the Murder Academy at St Athan are in serious jeopardy ...”09Playing the right-wing Tory game on AMs' expenses“HOW LONG before the expenses issue starts to blow up in the faces of AMs, ...”08Barnett Squeezes the pips till they Squeak“HOW MANY billions of pounds Wales has lost through the operation of the Barnett funding ...”07Creating a crisis in the ambulance service“ONE OF the problems with being a high-profile minister who thinks she knows how to ...”06Prepare to give Metro a hammering“The failure by the London press to give any news coverage to Wales at the ...”05An Assembly farce as school sixth forms get the chop“THE MERGERS of further education colleges will naturally create some noisy protests within the colleges ...”02Why isn't Kirsty making a bigger impact ?“ I WONDER whether the new Lib Dem leader Kirsty Williams can ever win over the ...”Need for Speed“IT’S A move that will please petrol-heads and some of their fast-moving Tory friends, writes ...”01All coalition roads lead to failure“ THIS MUST be the first document for the 2011 election campaign, writes Clive Betts ...”
- Jun29A Tory vote winner“The Welsh Tory strategy for countering Nationalists appears to be to 'give in' on national ...”21Kirsty claws into Ieuan“ QUITE A little battle is opening up between new Lib Dem leader Kirsty Williams ...”20Gordon Brown is judge and jury and banker“ The Barnett Formula is dead. Long live the new Barnett Formula, writes Clive Betts ...”19Will President Morgan replace the Queen?“IT SHOULD be an interesting sight, when Western Mail letter-writer Neil Welton ascends to the ...”16Copying BNP tactics to knock the Assembly and Welsh“When it comes to the Welsh language, people can harbour some very strange ideas, writes ...”15Plaid hopelessly overtaken by the Scots“ No wonder Plaid didn’t try to present last week’s cabinet briefing to the press ...”12Boadicea or Thatcher“Who is the greatest female politician Britain has produced ? Is it Margaret Thatcher or ...”1110UKIP raving Assembly-lovers?“There was never a doubt that the Tories' performance in Wales was clearly the best ...”0908When Counsel General Jones gets involved in a spot of illegality“I SOMETIMES wonder whether Counsel General and likely next First Minister Carwyn Jones exists in ...”0604Euro-politicians treat us with contempt, so vote Rhodri's lot“SOME POLITICAL parties treat their would-be voters with contempt, and this has been happily happening ...”03The English Olympic Stench“A TIRADE about the London Olympics last weekend has told us what a few feared ...”02Lib Dems start to fall off the edge of Europe“When the Welsh Lib Dems start likening themselves to the UK Independence Party, you know ...”
- May31302927Wales's Westminster freeloaders“Time to call time on Wales's Westminster freeloaders If ever there was a need to get ...”2523Representing Merthyr from Penarth“ The issue of the place of residence of Huw Lewis, AM for Merthyr and Rhymney, ...”Are the Welsh-Not Tories showing their true-blue colours ?“ARE THE Welsh Tories showing their true colours in these Euro-elections ? The election leaflet pushed ...”212019Who will gain from ExpenseGate?“ THERE'S LITTLE doubt that the Euro-elections will prove a problem for the two main ...”Lib Dems claim Labour says Ieuan isn't up to it ...“ I'M SURE Cambria - and its political editor - will get the blame for ...”1715Why Labour's still on the way out in the Valleys“It looked like a political trap. But Valleys Labour are so stupid and arrogant that ...”1412Bourne gets peace until 2011 - but will it then be RIP ?“ Forget thoughts of depriving Nick Bourne of his leadership of the Tories, at least ...”Real Lib Dem radicalism - with a call for 'more thought' on which budget to cut“ It's time for all politicians to be thinking of budget cuts. These will amount ...”10Elin Jones makes a splash in the press - But how ?“It must be more than a trifle unusual for a Welsh government minister to become ...”090605A scene to cheer the troglodytes of Untrue Wales“ AT FIRST sight, a scene to cheer the troglodytes of Untrue Wales and their leader ...”
- Apr3029Castration of Wales by the London Press“The Assembly report on what to do about the future of journalism in Wales is ...”Getting ready for an election to replace Ieuan as Plaid's leader“ Ieuan Wyn Jones seemed surprised - but far from dumbfounded - when approached by ...”2827242318161210070503Should ExPats vote in any Referendum?“I read with interest (Western Mail 2nd April) that certain 'eminent' ex-pats want a vote ...”The Latest Swill“What did I just say? Another moment of idiocy won't be long a-coming? And it's ...”01
- Mar313028272317141110090705Newspaper subsidies- hope for the Press?“ The world is rapidly turning upside down as far as newspaper subsidies is ...”Get well soon Clive!“Many of you will know that Clive Betts is the main contributor to Cambria Politico. ...”
- Feb17Labourlist chief stars in 'Downfall' video“Video of Draper's Downfall. Derek Draper is the creator of the new labourlist political blog ...”10Four Summits to climb the 'worst slump for a century'“There's plenty of political argument about what - if anything - the Assembly can do ...”Send the petitioner a train timetable“Sometimes petitioners to the Assembly don't know what they are talking about. This leaves the Assembly's ...”Welsh Language LCO - a plea for sanity“An Open Letter to All Welsh MPs from Rhydian Fôn James Dear Member of Parliament, I'm ...”Untrue, Untrue, Untrue - True Wales“ Don Touhig is sending out his acolytes to freeze on Valleys streets by shadowing ...”09The failings of the media in Wales“ A nasty jibe at newspapers and broadcasters in Wales from the Constitution Unit of ...”03Language LCO battle - Tory versus Tory“A division of opinion has surely appeared between Tories in the Assembly and those in ...”A woman of principle walks out“Janet Ryder, the Plaid AM with a Sunderland accent, has finally made her mark on ...”02Alun Michael - hero of the Tory devo-sceptics“ Alun Michael must be on his way to becoming the hero of the ...”Expect chaos - Cardiff's language legislation“ It is a sad situation when the biggest concern when Cardiff publishes a Legislative ...”01
- Jan27Are we heading for a nuclear explosion in Anglesey ?“The Welsh government seems to getting used to living in a cleft stick over building ...”The new Tory leader, malicious mediamen and biased bloggers“Lay down your forks, gentlemen, put away the knives you use to cut the bacon ...”26London newspapers ignore Wales“Alun Pugh, former culture minister and former AM for Clwyd West, is having to watch ...”Cardiff Bay to restore Wales Tourist Board?“This week, it’s the Welsh government reversing its policy on who superintends the Wales Millennium ...”2221Alun Ffred is no cardboard minister“At long last, a Plaid minister in the coalition government is making a mark without ...”20Who will shadow who?“ Perhaps Welsh Labour's press office would tell us which of their MPs they expect to ...”Assembly must act on the newspapers“Not a moment too soon, but the future of the Welsh daily newspaper industry is ...”Oaten's bed.Blair's Kitchen“So we, the taxpayers, paid £10,000 to have Mr.Blair's kitchen refurbished and for Mr.Oaten to ...”19Shenanigans at Trinity Mirror“If we are to talk of the importance to democracy of the existence of a ...”Invisible Kirsty?“Kirsty Williams isn't starting well in her new post as leader of the Welsh Lib ...”13A case of newspaper inequality at expense of the Tories“Nick Bourne and the Welsh Tories seem to be storming to political advances within the ...”02Cambria Politico Blog Awards“Cambria Politico End of Year Award for blogging: Best Blog Post of 2008 Definitive Rant by ...”
- 2008“Cambria Politico gets off to a good start”
- Dec29One Jew equals 3,000 Muslims ... dead“The Bible says, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth... But have those ...”27Review of the Year“The best way to review the year, we feel, is to look back at the ...”24Iain Dale's Political Poll & 2009 predictions“Iain Dale is running a survey of opinion on UK politicians - who has been ...”22Day 12: anti-Welsh campaign starts to smell“ The Western Mail has really excelled itself in its campaign to rid the Welsh ...”21Can Cardiff's Valleys put a spark into Ieuan ?“ The Assembly - and in particular Ieuan Wyn Jones, transport minister and deputy to ...”18Be prepared ... but the Scouts have forgotten about Wales“I'm sorry, but this blog sends no message of merry Christmas to the scouts and ...”Two unionist blasts against Bourne ... ?“ Is the Western Mail's highly-unusual over-the-top call for Nick Bourne to resign as Tory leader ...”11Flu Pandemic - what does the WAG know that they aren't telling us?“The Welsh Assembly Government is allocating a sixth (~£50million) of the new expenditure budget, ...”09Tories fall into hands of a nutter“Conservative leader Nick Bourne has fallen into the hands of a bunch of extremist Christian ...”08Scouts prove they are as English as when B-P was around“Anyone who uses the Scouts and Guides postal system to send their Christmas cards is ...”A load of rubbish flies through the air to Bristol“When will we stop running down Wales in our bid to ruin the world by ...”02Lisa reminds the Nats about their Welsh language promise“A voice from the past was heard in the National Assembly telling the Welsh government ...”
- Nov292725Millar goes for 'federalism' - but no Tory dare breathe the word“To some, Tory AM Darren Millar is assuredly a right-winger - mainly because of his ...”24Ping-pong over an eLCO“The housing Legislative Competence Order which threatens a constitution crisis between the Natonal Assembly and ...”A plea too dangerous to reject for Tory devolution loyalty“Tory rebels against the party's rapidly-developing devolution policy had better watch out. One of the longest-standing ...”Now David Davies is officially a "Tory maverick"“At last, it's official. David Davies, the right-wing, anti-Assembly MP for Monmouth, is officially a ...”Why the Western Mail should be renamed Llais y Sais“Slowly, we are learning what has been happening to the Western Mail, the self-styled national ...”1413Roll over with Dover ... in Caerffili's Tory dirt“Those with long memories will quickly recognise Den Dover, the Tory MEP expelled from both ...”09McCain Palin - the movie“The opening scene... A Frank Lloyd Wright designed house perched on a rocky cliff overlooking the ...”07Hazel Blears on blogging“In a speech to the Hansard Society, Hazel Blears has talked about political bloggers. See ...”06The summit of tourism“Amongst other tourism news, the press release reproduced below has come from 'Visit Wales communications'. ...”04
- Oct30US election fear video“Yes. We really really do have something to fear - Americans. Ordovicius also has this video ...”24The Welsh are different from the English“The party at the once-Welsh Folk Museum to celebrate the 70th birthday of literary giant ...”23Social cost of Olympic Gold“HIGH TIME FOR US TO WHINGE ABOUT SCHOOLS'N'HOSPITALS Not only will Wales suffer financially on a ...”21When a Tory says the constitutional settlement is 'untenable'“It's not the first time he's said it, but Tory leader Nick Bourne's thoughts on ...”20Housing a mockery of devolution“ It is very appropriate that the title of the housing conference organised at Cardiff university ...”19Question David Miliband. Banana anyone?“If you really fancy posing a question to David Miliband Team GB Foreign Secretary, you ...”14Terrier Cairns has served his sentence“The rehabilitation of Alun Cairns is overdue. Ever since being caught out making a silly comment ...”DJE back from Dead. Cynical Dragon slain.“So, welcome back to Dylan Jones-Evans and goodbye to Cynical Dragon of 'Paul Flynn is ...”13Do True Wales deal only in untruths ?“There's a slight smell of 1978 wafting around the Assembly nowadays. That was the time when ...”How Welsh are the Welsh Lib Dems ?“The Liberal Democrats' conference failure to put-Welsh-first when giving the name of the party in ...”The US elections - we need to have an interest“Like it or not, the US election result is going to have far-reaching effects on ...”11The Political Weather“Just as the Climate Change debate is over whether Global Warming is man made or ...”07Has Wyn gone for full law-making powers ?“The sudden appearance of a press release from Cheryl Gillan, shadow Wales Secretary, about the ...”Plunging through Rhodri's dress dossier and political hyperbole in the Senedd“When the Western Mail runs a story quoting a "senior Welsh Tory" questioning whether party ...”06How a mini-Lib Dem wags the Welsh dog“ The announcement on the board about the business scheduled for the Assembly briefing room ...”03WAG Windows“The Welsh Assembly Government IT facilities seem to be about three years behind everyone else. ...”01True Wales?“ True Wales? ... No Wales at all They've called it "True Wales". As George Orwell ...”Team GB - the continuing saga of Lord f***'em Coe“As we suspected, the 2012 Olympics will result in huge wedges of taxpayers (of Wales ...”
- Sep30Could Edwina's prescription include a take-over from Rhodri ?“ Edwina Hart took the weekly Assembly cabinet press briefing like she was a negotiator for ...”Is Assembly about to fail ITV as programme and jobs cuts loom ?“ Hopes that the Assembly would lead the battle against the ITV news service entering ...”29Assembly-sceptic Ann invents a fishy problem with England“ As a true daughter of Rhyl, we can presumably assume that Ann Jones, AM ...”What chance of Leighton succeeding Rhodri ?“ Leighton Andrews is by far one of the most able Labour back-benchers. Curiously, ...”2524All the news that's fit to print - but not if it's Welsh“ The appearance of full-page government adverts last week in some of the largest newspapers ...”23Surely a metro can beat a motorway“ Police turned out in more-than-usual force for the first demonstration of what seems likely ...”22Elin Jones, the Kremlin, Josef Goebbels and the Badger Trust“ The bully-boys - and their possible grave-digging pals - of the Badger Trust have ...”A bad start for the Assembly“ The Assembly reopened today, and the Lib Dems immediately got off to a ...”15Helen Mary should beat Janet any day“ Hopes that Plaid's northern regional member Janet Ryder will be shoe-horned into the vacant position ...”14Jane Hutt needs a kick up the arse“ Do I see a sign that Plaid is trying to stifle criticism of its ...”12The Great Big Lie at the heart of the Great British Union“We Welsh seem to be everywhere these days - don't we? We win far more ...”11A conference to control the Nasty Nats“Once upon a time, Plaid Cymru used to hold an annual conference which attracted nationalists ...”10TeamGB for Welsh football - more evidence emerges“More (email) evidence has emerged concerning the possibility of a future merger of the Scottish ...”09Flagging Numberplates“Getting us the right to have our national flag on our numberplates The paramount need for ...”0803Forgery on the blogsphere + a lot of internet rubbish“ Some politicians, in several parties, think that one Clive Betts is as much as they ...”Property dilemmas“It doesn't need a mathematical genius to work out that this latest 'tax bribe' by ...”02An accident. A great loss. A tragedy?“A co-conspirator sent us this amusing little snippet that is going the rounds. Gordon Brown was ...”
- Aug2827The empty rip-off that is the Olympics“ A little table in the Independent on Sunday revealed the emptiness of claims that the ...”Rhodri's succession is the stuff of the silly-season“We all know the Western Mail (otherwise Llais y Sais) is losing readers, and that ...”262120Impact of WAG policy? - "At best marginal"“Why is it still surprising news to academia and the commentariat that government (of any ...”18Best Welsh blog post awards“Nominations for the best blog post judged by a panel of judges must be done ...”15141211Y Byd may be heading for a rescue“The Rev Roger Roberts put his foot right into his mouth and then swallowed it ...”08End of the blogger? Ermm...No“Is this the end of the blogger? I don't think so and certainly not of ...”07Welsh Blog Index Awards“You can now vote for your favourite Welsh blog in the prestigious annual Welsh Blog ...”Failure of Mind Control - The New Labour error.“The imminent death of the Labour Party in Wales and demise of Gordon Brown's career ...”0501
- Jul3130Stand by for a badger-war with England“Badger-lovers seem determined to turn into an international issue the cull of badgers proposed by ...”2928272522They get pissed - we pay“Cambria has been sent a press release by the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) ...”211817Visit Wales website is a dead parrot“VisitWales.com, the 'official' online showpiece for Welsh Tourism, is officially a failure. The parrot is ...”15The slow-moving farce in Cardiff Bay“ The procedure by which the Welsh Assembly passes legislation is developing into a slow-moving farce ...”14Advanced thought at the new Convention“ The initial meeting of the All-Wales Convention - tasked with plotting the road forward ...”11Has Leighton Andrews fawned enough?“Rhondda AM Leighton Andrews is reported as demanding that Cambria's ‘editor' apologise for claiming that ...”Inside the Assembly jail“I have been asked whether I knew Christopher Glamorganshire, the civil servant who blogged from ...”09No Jones apology as the views of a nation change ?“It seems David Jones, MP for Clwyd West, is none too happy about me having ...”0807Who's planning the future for rural planning ?“Just who precisely is minister for rural housing ? Last week, Elin Jones spoke in detail ...”Getting Lib Dems to vote for Europe“Alan Butt Phillip almost let the cat out of the bag when introduced to the ...”0605Dumbing down by the Welsh Academy“I hear that the University of Wales Press is discretely trying to distance themselves from ...”
- Jun2423No news equals Assembly secrecy“NO news today from the Assembly. The only scheduled event - the weekly Lib Dem ...”22Secrecy on the Assembly website“ The Assembly government's web-site is a pure disgrace. And the abolition of the subject ...”Princess Jane ends blackout of Welsh princes“For some time there has been talk of creating a truly-welsh version of the royal ...”19Western Mail so slowwww...yawn.“The online version of the Western Mail finally catches up with the Welsh blogosphere which ...”17Political correctness going mad“ So massive is the hypocrisy and political correctness being displayed over the Alun Cairns ...”1613A smell in the council where Labour retained power“ Decades of uninterrupted political power almost always exacts its cost - usually in something ...”1009Hanging a bribe from the battlements“Yet another bribe from the Assembly government - and a hint of a political clash. On ...”How to lose control of Cardiff“It cannot often happen that a politician puts forward a proposal that will harm his ...”07Double-dutch makes sense for Eleanor“Eleanor Burnham, the Welsh Lib Dem AM for North, is generally considered as being beyond ...”Nick Bourne's 'f' word - Federalism“Nick Bourne is one of the most open of politicians at the Assembly. Perhaps his policies ...”Rural housing needs a new minister rather than matches“Perhaps it's time the massive rural housing problem was handed over to someone who can ...”05Political blogging and the Law“Politicians may well be in the public eye and thus fair game for Media scrutiny ...”03Royal Investiture?“i-Cambria has news of an alleged 'Royal Charm offensive' in preparation for a possible ...”Are the Tories blowing away ?“ Are London journalists going a bit over the top in their belief that David Cameron ...”
- May29Golwg's £600k web boost“More power to Golwg. Let us hope they can make a go of it. We ...”26A bare-faced and libellous lie“Dafydd Iwan is a man to be admired. No pussy footing from him - he ...”25Political dinosaurs“Most Welsh politicians are extinct dinosaurs ... they just don't know it yet. They are ...”24Blogging and Welsh Politics“Use of the Internet by Welsh politicians is still in its infancy. However, this is ...”21Rhodri caught by the bell“ Almost caught out by the bell...because it didn't ring. We all know that Rhodri Morgan, ...”20A discredited highway scheme near you“It seems that there are still significant battles still to be fought before the out ...”Elin puts a knife into Darling on food“ Buy the latest issue of Cambria here! Elin Jones is in some ways rapidly becoming ...”17A good philosophy“Buy the latest issue of Cambria here! David James Duncan, author of 'The River Why', has ...”14What future for television in Wales ?“ Such a tautly-worded stand-off has seldom been seen in the Assembly as that between ...”1312Minister forgets her policy clothes“ Peter Black, one of the policy-wonks so often at the back of Liberal Democrat ...”Business rate relief cop out“It seems insane that WAG is doing everything it can to piss off Welsh business ...”1107Caerffili makes its Plaid mark, and then spoils it“In all the comment about Plaid's performance in the elections, Caerffili has been almost ignored. Certainly, ...”06Cymraeg wins; English - 0“Wales is slowly a'changing as far as language is concerned. Overwhelmingly English-speaking in the South-East for ...”04When the Press failed at the election“ As expected, Labour's local election collapse over much of Wales (eg, Flintshire, Wrexham, Carmarthen, ...”Honesty, Plaid and Y Byd“ There's something to be said for politicians being honest about the promises they will ...”02
- Apr29So, who's going to pick up Labour's losses ?“Alison Halford always seemed a wee bit different from her colleagues when she sat as ...”28Assembly puts its money behind real ale“ It's good to know that the Assembly government is putting both its name and ...”2524Sex continues in the Senedd“It's difficult to know what Lord Elis-Thomas, defender of the Assembly and former university lecturer ...”Tories end up on the Left“ Nick Bourne is haring off leftwards so fast that it won't be long before ...”23Badger Trust's blind alley“ Assembly folk reckon the Badger Trust is wasting its time trying to judicially challenge ...”22Slap saves councils“ A slap on the wrist for local government minister Brian Gibbons from his senior, ...”21Just who is lousy ?“ Mike German, of the "lousy Libs", hit back at Labour's local elections political broadcast ...”Sex in the Assembly“There's nothing like stopping a press conference through raising the question of sex. The BBC - ...”19King Rhodri of Dinas Powys“Real kings are proclaimed by the people, rather than announced by proclamation and heralded by ...”Railroading ahead“It didn't sound like a political message when Rhodri Morgan spoke to the Campaign for ...”18The internet and politics - Economist.com“British politics is missing out on the potential of new media EVEN the least fogeyish of ...”1715Democracy not dictators“Tory Glyn Davies, a fully paid-up member of the land-owning classes – he owns a ...”14Web's growing influence“Newspapers are already having a hard time, and latest news from the US is that ...”
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