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Slightly less boring Betsan

August 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Opinion

Normally, I find so nice BBC Betsan’s blog rather boring and she rarely stimulates any kind of comment. However, her latest offering betrays the teeniest  whiff of annoyance and irritation about AMs expenses - although hedged and couched in the constrained terms of the BBC.  Maybe she’s admired Lynne’s nice new curtains, sat on Lesley’s [...]

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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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BBC Wales scoops the biscuit

June 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Blood Boilers, News Scoops, Press and Media, Welsh Politics

Glad to see BBC Wales has got its top news stories right on the day of the Irish referendum and 42 day detention vote aftermath. Yes, the top story is … wait for it … Sir Norman Lloyd-Edwards is retiring from his post as Lord Lieutenant on his 75th birthday. My God what a [...]

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