Cambria Politico - The Political Blog

It cannot often happen that a politician puts forward a proposal that will harm his party - but that is precisely what Lib Dem Peter Black is proposing for local councils.

On Wednesday, he will propose that the Assembly seek powers to change through a legislative competence order the way councillors are elected in Wales.

Mr Black, [...]

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In all the comment about Plaid’s performance in the elections, Caerffili has been almost ignored.
Certainly, it’s significant that Plaid lost Gwynedd - but as the seats went to another lot of Nats, there’s not much difference politically.
Far more important is what happened in the Valleys. From the insignificant mention in Plaid’s main comment on their [...]

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Rhodri Morgan wandered up in decidedly relaxed fashion to talk to the press in the wake of the “terrible” election results he had just witnessed.

His trousers seemed to have come straight from the gardening shed and his “Chile” jumper talked all about leisure and absolutely nothing about governance.

Relaxed he, indeed, was as he talked to [...]

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