Welsh Political News

There will be campaigns starting up for the leadership of all three London based parties in the Assembly. The Tory bet is on Jonathan Morgan ousting Nick Bourne. Jenny Randerson versus Kirsty Williams for the Lib Dems, while Labour candidates are anyon…

My Montgomeryshire Conservative colleague, Dan Munford has published an essay on ConservativeHome Platform. It deserves wide readership - especially in Montgomeryshire. Dan is one of a group of Montgomeryshire based Conservatives who are making a mark…

A new website dedicated to giving people living in wales the very best telephone answering service available. Sometimes the service can be used as an overflow for an existing receptionist, many companies both large and small find it benificial..

The blogging impact on Welsh politics. Paul Flynn and Jane Davidson talk (briefly) to the BBC about blogging. Apparently Jane was blogging every night during the coalition talks. First I’ve heard of it. “The future of politics is on the blogosphere” sa…

What a bracing champagne start to the day. America has emphatically recovered from its wretched warmongering Bush-induced psychosis. The bumper stickers in 2003 read “Kick Saddam’s ass and grab the gas.” The divide between Hilary Clinton and Barak Obama was…

More from the Dickipedia concerning US presidential candidates. This time the target subject is Hillary Clinton:Though she has claimed to be from New York, Arkansas, Washington, or anywhere else she’s up for election, Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton was…

I’m back! Have you missed me? Best not answer that one… I’ve had a relaxing Christmas. A few blips to the relaxation here and there- mostly when my 8 year old sister demanded that we play yet another game of Cluedo, but all in all I am stress free- u…

Basque, Catalan and Galician Governments signed on Saturday the “San Mamés statement”, an official manifesto that seeks to promote “sport systems, sport practice, , autochthonous sports and national teams” in the three regions. “We are not here against anybody. We…

Okay, Iowa is not that well known to me, but everyone else is writing about it, so I’ll firmly grasp the wrong end of the nettle and write about stuff I know nothing about. I could make a front-line politician yet….Iowa is in a proper state in Americ…

In a fairly recent blog I asked what were Community Councils for? Now I am asking what are County Councillors for? More precisely what are those County Councillors who are not members of Cabinet, Executive or Board for?Of the 73 members of Powys Count…

Scientists and academics today condemn as undemocratic and possibly illegal the government’s plans to force through a new generation of nuclear power stations to meet Britain’s energy needs for the next three decades:They warn that questions about the …

Richard Brunstrom has defended his recent remarks concerning ecstasy and aspirin with an entry on his blog:As a fact then, and one which deserves to be more widely known, UK government figures from the Office of National Statistics show that between 19…

Is America a step closer to electing its first ever black president? Whatever the case, it appears that some American bloggers think Obama is the first Afro American to run for the post:Trolling around various locales in wwwLand last night, I was a sho…

Fascinating article in this morning’s Western Mail by Rory Francis suggesting that the impact of Labour’s Planning Reform Bill on Wales could be comparable to the flooding of Cwm Tryweryn in Meirionnydd, drowning the village of Capel Celyn so as to pro…

I am puzzled at the profile the demise of Cardiff Chamber of Commerce is having. When the scandal of the use of money arose around three years ago and auditors and police were brought in , there was very little being reported. The then chief executive …