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Rhodri’s succession is the stuff of the silly-season

August 27th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Welsh Politics

We all know the Western Mail (otherwise Llais y Sais) is losing readers, and that their reporters sometimes can’t find stories (after all, it is still the “silly season“).

But today’s effort on the future leadership of the Welsh Labour Party in the wake of Rhodri Morgan is peculiarly off-centre.

So peculiarly off-centre that it’s worth examining, [...]

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Slap saves councils

April 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Welsh Labour

A slap on the wrist for local government minister Brian Gibbons from his senior, the minister for finance and public service delivery Andrew Davies.

There has been quite a lot of quiet talk for some time that 22 councils is too many for Wales - some are too small, such as Merthyr, with only 56,000 [...]

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