We are entering a critical phase in the history of our nation. During the next two years we have the opportunity to transform our National Assembly into a proper legislative parliament. In June 2007, the new One Wales coalition government committed itself to seeking primary law-making powers for the Assembly and ‘to campaign for a successful outcome’ to a referendum on that subject.

The Welsh Assembly Government is allocating a sixth (~£50million) of the new expenditure budget, more than to the high profile ‘ transport infrastructure’, to preparing for the consequences of a flu pandemic.

It almost seems perversely appropriate to use tinplate to create the giant portrait of Margaret Thatcher revealed at the National Assembly today.

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