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Millar goes for ‘federalism’ - but no Tory dare breathe the word

November 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Welsh Conservatives

To some, Tory AM Darren Millar is assuredly a right-winger - mainly because of his links to Christian groups. You know, a sort of Welsh version of an an American Christian republican.

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Roll over with Dover … in Caerffili’s Tory dirt

November 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Welsh Conservatives

Those with long memories will quickly recognise Den Dover, the Tory MEP expelled from both party and group for directing no less than £500,000 in the wrong direction (ie, family-wards), as an old acquaintance.

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When a Tory says the constitutional settlement is ‘untenable’

October 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Welsh Conservatives

Tory leader Nick Bourne’s thoughts on the constitutional clash developing between the Assembly and Westminster are becoming more apposite by the day.

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Terrier Cairns has served his sentence

October 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Welsh Conservatives

The rehabilitation of Alun Cairns is overdue.

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Plunging through Rhodri’s dress dossier and political hyperbole in the Senedd

October 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Welsh Conservatives, Welsh Politics

When the Western Mail runs a story quoting a “senior Welsh Tory” questioning whether party centrist Nick Bourne should “stay on as leader”, one must wonder how close that individual is to the self-styled True Wales group led by a descendant of Owain Glyndwr.

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A blooming liberty with council cash

May 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Welsh Conservatives, Welsh Politics

Tories used to be defenders of the public purse. But the Conservatives in the Assembly are now demanding that price should no longer be the final arbiter over which supplier should gain a contract.
Instead, Welshness should come first. Presumably at any cost … at least, some of the time.
This principle which will have quite a [...]

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