Sharia law in Wales -Its on its way ,timed for summer next year

Muslims living in the west have submitted a plan so that they can get Sharia law practised here in Wales.I am just aghast that this can even be contemplated
The people behind this move say that a Sharia law tribunal in Cardiff will help community relations and give some Muslims services they want.
The people against this say; "It's being advertised as this opt-in system when it actually isn't.If a Muslim woman is given the option of using a Muslim Arbitration Tribunal over going through the courts system using the law of England and Wales; there's no question as to which system she's going to use.If she doesn't go with the Muslim Arbitration Tribunal, she is going to face stigmatisation, she will be ostracised by her community, her peers, her family who believe she is turning her back on the community."
A recent report by Civitas was critical of Sharia courts, saying they were not in keeping with UK legal principles.Denis MacEoin, of Civitas, said: "It is Sharia law that is given the prominent position and this effectively means that British law is shoved to one side."All citizens have the right to be judged under a single legal system, and that we didn't bring in the legal system by the back door and that is effectively what is happening at the moment."
There is a major fear that Muslim women may become isolated from their communities if they do not choose the tribunal system.According to the Sharia, despite declarations of the equality of the sexes before God, women are considered inferior to men, and have fewer rights and responsibilities. A woman counts as half a man in giving evidence in a court of law, or in matters of inheritance. Her position is less advantageous than a man’s with regard to marriage and divorce. A husband has the moral and religious right and duty to beat his wives for disobedience or for perceived misconduct. A woman does not have the right to choose her husband, or her place of residence, to travel freely or have freedom in her choice of clothing. Women have little or no autonomy and are deemed to need the protection of their fathers, husbands or other male relatives throughout their lives. Any conduct that undermines the idea of male supremacy will fall foul of the Sharia.
Is this what we want in Wales in 2009?
Who is supporting this I hear the Muslim Council in Wales isnt may be some of our elected members could find out more.
There is a blog that more information can be taken from ,written by muslim women
http://womenagainstshariah.blogspot.com

Marya Shabir, of the Welsh Women's National Coalition, said: "It's being advertised as this opt-in system when it actually isn't.

"If a Muslim woman is given the option of using a Muslim Arbitration Tribunal over going through the courts system using the law of England and Wales; there's no question as to which system she's going to use.

"If she doesn't go with the Muslim Arbitration Tribunal, she is going to face stigmatisation, she will be ostracised by her community, her peers, her family who believe she is turning her back on the community."

Cilmeri 11th December 1282

Just to recall our history ,often lost and not taught in our schools ,such a shame
I was lucky I was taught Welsh History thanks to Miss Williams who thought it more relevant than the set curriculum

Cefn y Bedd [Cilmeri - Cilmery] is a name which has great meaning for us Welsh . It is the place where Edward I’s conquest of Wales succeeded and Welsh spirit was broken? But we are reclaiming and rediscovering that spirit through devolution and an acknowledgement that we are a nation of much talent and capable of standing up as a nation
Cwymp Llywelyn - gan Calfin Griffiths, LLanfihangel ar arth, Sir Gar:

Hydref hydref Llywelyn.
Hydref oedd ar lawr y glyn.
Mor drwm oedd llaw y gelyn,
Mor greulon ein goresgyn.

Gaeaf gaeaf Llywelyn.
Gaeaf gwae heb derfyn.
Bu gwaed ar Bont Orewyn,
Bu gormes a dychryn.

Gwanwyn gwanwyn Llywelyn,
Gwanwyn a ghyrdd eginyn.
Daw eto gân aderyn,
Daw eto ddydd dy fyddin.

Haf o haf ein Llyw olaf,
Haf weri’r holl aeafau.
Tân yn ein calonnau,
Tan i’r henwlad barhau.

So who is in who is out then

Well IWJ is in thats not a big surprised is it
so is Edwina Hart, she stays in Health but did you see her face and how she stood away from the rest of the group
Jane Hutt goes to business and looks after the budget
Leighton Andrews -Minister Education as I said earlier this week
Carl Sargent Social Justice
John Griffiths - Council general,
No Change in the Plaid people
Huw Lewis becomes deputy minister for children.
Full List
Ieuan Wyn Jones - Deputy First Minister and Minister for the Economy & Transport
Jane Hutt - Business and Budget
Edwina Hart - Health and Social Services
Jane Davidson - Environment, Sustainability and Housing
Leighton Andrews - Children, Education and Lifelong Learning
Carl Sargeant - Social Justice and Local Government thats a surprise
Elin Jones - Rural Affairs
Alun Ffred Jones - Heritage
Deputy Ministers
Lesley Griffiths - Skills, Innovation & Science
Jocelyn Davies - Housing and Regeneration
Gwenda Thomas - Social Services surprised she survived
Huw Lewis - Children
John Griffiths - Counsel General & Leader of the Legislative Programme
Janice Gregory - Chief Whip

Musical Chairs - depends who is paying the piper

So Oscar has shimmied into the thin blue line, well well. I wonder what job he will get. Oh and what they will offer his wife and daughter, it’s a family business with this guy.Makes me speculate if anyone will defect from any where else and cross the floor, once one starts another could well follow Any one going to have a quick speculate with me
Oh and I am told that Facebook now has a site supporting Mike German, supporting him for what I wonder. Anyone on Facebook care to have a look and let me know, may be there is a comeback planned

Hat Tip To Dylan Jones Evans, Wales Business in Decline

Dylan tells us that the data on new business births for Wales. showed that during the period 2004-2008, the average decline in the number of new business births across the UK as a whole was 3.5 per cent.
In contrast, the decline in Wales was 19.4 per cent - the worst performance of any region of the UK, with the next worst result found in the South West of England with a decline of 12.8 per cent.
The data also showed some regions had increased the number of new businesses. For example, the number of new firm starts in Scotland had actually increased over this five year period by 13.7 per cent.
Dylan calls this decline - catastrophic Its worse than that its cataclysmic The rate of new business formation in Wales since 2004 will and is having mega consequences for the economy.
He tells us that in terms of employment, this decline has meant that 6,270 fewer businesses have been created in Wales since 2004, impacting directly upon the number of new jobs within the private sector economy.
Assuming these ‘lost’ businesses only generates, on average £50,000 of sales every year then, the lost turnover to the Welsh economy is around £600 million.In reality it is more as most will turn over more and increase this each year
This if nothing else shows that the business support programme is not working
Stop the spin WAG,DET get some people in who understand enterprise and business support
IWJ you need to get a grip on this ,what the hell has all the money gone to?
Big mistake not supporting new business, not recognising the need for specialised support for certain segments of the business world,employing those relationship managers and tying peoples hands with red tape.
Get the business support out of WAG ,get business development out of WAG and away from local Authorities - There are better models out there that work
Oh and may be bring Enterprise and Business back to where 80% plus of the business activity is.That would help the carbon footprint WAG is always banging on about as well

Can you picture the amounts we have spent -I can't

A national Audit Office report says that the total public sector support for Britain's banks runs to £850 billion - with the final cost of the financial rescue unlikely to be known for years.The National Audit Office also said the cost of financial advice to the Treasury since September 2007 is expected to reach £107 million by next April.
Credit Suisse is expected to earn up to £15.4 million in fees for emergency advice to the Government on the banking crisis, according to the NAO report. The investment bank is being paid up to £300,000-a-month to provide financial advice to the Treasury as one of a raft of consultants drafted in amid the crisis.
The NAO report found the Treasury was "justified" in using unprecedented sums of taxpayer cash on bank rescue measures to protect the wider financial system. But it criticised the Treasury for hiring advisers on expensive contracts for up to a year that included undefined success fees.
Credit Suisse and its fellow investment bank Deutsche Bank were brought in on contracts paying £200,000 a month each for a year - as well as a potential further £5.8 million in success fees.Credit Suisse was also hired on another contract to advise on the toxic asset protection scheme, which increased to £300,000 a month from June, with a potential £3 million success fee. Its total fees could reach £15.4 million by next April.
The NAO was highly critical of the lengthy contracts and the failure to include a definition of "success", although it stressed that just under £100 million of adviser costs will be refunded, largely from part-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland in return for state support.
The report also reveals little was known about the scale of the problems at Royal Bank of Scotland before it was bailed out with vast sums of taxpayer cash. The NAO discovered the Government believed RBS's capital position was "reasonably strong" just days before RBS was given covert emergency support from the Bank of England.
This funding - which peaked at £36.6 billion for RBS - was only made public for the first time late last month.
The NAO report confirms £131 billion is expected to be the total taxpayer outlay on bank bailouts by the end of this year, including last year's Northern Rock nationalisation. The total public sector support - including borrowing guarantees and liquidity support from the Bank, as well as savings depositor protection - runs to £850 billion.

And another one bites the dust

Andrew Davies has announced he is not going to stand in the next Assembly election. So how many Labour non returners is that, must be 8 may be 9? This I don't see this as a surprise. Andrew D supported Edwina H and was not a fan or close ally of Carwyn J's. He was and is I guess Rhodri's man.
He has also had health problems and said that this wouldn’t be his last job before he retires.
Was he likely to be out of ministerial office any way, probably. He is very experienced being only one of four who have been in the cabinet since Rhodri took over. A quiet man, rather like a banker more than a minister, he is a safe pair of hands and well liked for the most part
I wonder too if he didn’t want to work with Leighton Andrews, who must be in line for a Cabinet post. He worked for Leighton in his Public Affairs Consultancy and apparently so I am told it ended in disharmony. So the announcement creates a bit more manoeuvring space for Carwyn Jones or not as it is likely that Andrew D wouldn’t have been on the list of possibles any way. .
lesley Griffiths name is being touted too I heard today, or Carl Sargent or John Griffiths or may be …………….
At least it’s given us something to speculate about

The whispering has begun

Whispered to me -Leighton Andrews wants Education, and Jane Hutt wasnt a Carwyn supporter.
Mmmm will he create a bigger cabinet with smaller portfolios?
Any one esle heard any whispers -what about Edna, Glyn?