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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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Political correctness going mad

June 17th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Blood Boilers, Welsh Politics

So massive is the hypocrisy and political correctness being displayed over the Alun Cairns light-hearted faux pas over “greasy Italians” that only one question remains to be asked.

And that is, when will the South West AM get his jobs back as Tory education spokesman and as chairman of the Assembly finance committee.

Well, perhaps there [...]

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Going overboard for political correctness

June 16th, 2008 · No Comments · Welsh Politics

Only limited sympathy today in the Assembly - which often loves to go overboard in political correctness - over the massive bullock that Alun Cairns dropped on the radio last week.

In a light-hearted item on which soccer team he supported in the current European championship, Mr Cairns attached the description “greasy wops” to the [...]

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Is Cairns a language and religious thief ?

June 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Welsh Politics

Plaid are hopping mad that Tory Alun Cairns is grabbing credit for giving free transport to pupils attending Welsh-medium and church schools.

A Measure setting out new Welsh laws on school transport has begun its passage through the Assembly, and Mr Cairns is furious because it is not strong enough.

A Measure is a law within [...]

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Tories end up on the Left

April 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Voting methods

Nick Bourne is haring off leftwards so fast that it won’t be long before the Welsh Tory party stands to the left of Labour.

He kicked off his weekly briefing by advocating a £100 discount on their council tax bills for all pensioners. What about the millionaires ? For everyone, he replied; the matter’s [...]

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