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A conference to control the Nasty Nats

September 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Welsh Politics

Once upon a time, Plaid Cymru used to hold an annual conference which attracted nationalists from all corners of the country to debate ideas and to decide policy. But not now.

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Golwg’s £600k web boost

May 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Press and Media, Welsh Politics

More power to Golwg. Let us hope they can make a go of it. We shall follow their progress (or lack of) with bemused interest.
Of course, there will be envious carping by others not least from the many penniless Welsh bloggers who have been providing the proposed service for several years unpaid and largely [...]

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When the Press failed at the election

May 4th, 2008 · No Comments · Press and Media

As expected, Labour’s local election collapse over much of Wales (eg, Flintshire, Wrexham, Carmarthen, Merthyr, Blaenau Gwent, Torfaen and Newport) was a five-second wonder in a couple of English morning papers, and all-but unmentioned in the rest.

“National” for our London newspapers presumably equals “English”.

But we’ve got problems in Wales, too. So little of [...]

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