Ex Valleys but still involved, Wales, United Kingdom
Woman of a certain age, happy in my skin and still hoping for Wales to reach her potential.
Politics,I am a believer in social justice. Finding a home in a particular party is hard, so I remain free floating.
I blog on what takes my interest,I judge not the party or the people, but the policies and the progress.
Dave on poverty, back to the poor house
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So the Tory leader would have us believe his big idea, the 'big society', is the answer to helping people through the recession. As the Chancellor pointed ou...
Lord Mandelson to be appointed Defender of the Faith
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There is something of a decomposing inevitability in the news that the Right
Honourable the Baron Mandelson of Foy in the County of Herefordshire and
Hart...
Nomad, Ayaan Hirsi Ali's new book
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Praise for Infidel: "A brave, inspiring and beautifully written memoir." — The New York Times "A significant contribution to our times." — Kirkus Reviews "Th...
The Daley Dozen: Wednesday
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1. Charles Crawford on the letter the PM got so wrong.
2. The soon to be married Shane Greer explains the mystery of his accent.
3. Paul Waugh on another cl...
EU [leaders] to decide top jobs next week
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The EU will hold a special summit on 19 November to decide the new top jobs
of EU president and foreign policy chief.
"The extra informal summit... will ta...
Leighton snaps
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Ok, I admit to gaining your attention under slightly false pretences there.
He may be in the thick of the Welsh Labour leadership campaign, but Leighton
An...
Healing powers
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I have been was pondering over our personal healing powers.
The inner strength, we all have. We find it deep, deep within us. Often at
times, when we wou...
Vote blue, go green?
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Meet Greg. He's the man who could decide the fate of thousands of jobs on
Anglesey and Wales's energy supply.
Greg (Clark) is the shadow Secretary of Sta...
Prime minister's questions - live at 3pm
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Minute-by-minute coverage of today's PMQs
*11.58am:* Prime ministers' questions is at 3pm today. It'll be like the old
days. The time has been moved beca...
Depressing and Predictable
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Wales had the largest increase in unemployment in the last 3 months of
14,000, the total is now 125,000 or 8.7% of the workforce out of work and is
among t...
Storm in a teacup
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The fuss over the likely loss of women AMs following the next election is a
storm in a teacup. The so-called gender balance of the Assembly was trotted
ou...
Defining merit
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Interesting report published this week by the IWA on the effect that women
have had on the development of the National Assembly, and the likely changes
in ...
Five minutes with ...
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[image: clock.jpg]If you've got fifteen minutes to spare, sit back and meet
the three Labour leadership candidates as they're subjected to five minutes
w...
Sounds impressive, doesn't it?
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A story from the Business section of yesterday's Western Mail caught my eye:
*Biggest carbon capture test planned for Aberthaw Power Station*
*By Aled Bl...
It wasn't the Hoff wot did it
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A tired and emotional David Hasselhoff confirms that he wasn't in fact
responsible for the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Alles klar?
What was that about teapots and kettles?
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We live in an increasingly sloppy world these days, especially when it comes to journalism. The Sun has made much of the apparent mistakes in Gordon Brown's ...
Expenses reform-maybe-part 2
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It seems I was right; Professor Sir Ian Kennedy, the head of the new
watchdog charged with cleaning up Parliament, has refused to publicly
endorse the re...
The Nuclear Option
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THERE is no middle way with nuclear power stations. Like Marmite or sprouts, you either love them or hate them. On Anglesey, where locals have enjoyed the ec...
Twilight Archive
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The film franchise based on Stephenie Meyer’s best-selling teen saga
continues to capture young hearts (and young-at-hearts), thanks in no small
part to th...
Thanks but No Thanks
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What kind of a government sets up an Advisory Council of eminent people to
investigate and advise on the scientific evidence (on drug-taking) and then
reje...
Absence of integrity
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The Liberal Democrats in Montgomeryshire are currently distributing a
'newspaper' which they call 'Montgomeryshire Mail'. Normally, I don't read
other part...
View From The Big Wheel
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*Photo copyright: Maggie May*
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When I went on the big wheel at Weston Super Mare last summer, there was a
really good view of the pier where the pavi...
Another student fees review…
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….BUT this time it’s the long awaited review by the Labour Westminster
government on top-up fees, which was announced at the beginning of this
week. Lord B...
Aneurin Glyndwr leaps from farce to farce
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Welsh Labour's biggest ever internet farce has come to an early end, with
the widely mocked Aneurin Glyndwr website now appearing to be inactive,
according...
An awful PM but not heartless
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Like many people in this country I am not too keen on our current Prime
Minister. I think he is an awful PM, unappealing, clumsy, he misunderstands
the pub...
ADMISSION - AT LAST
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OG was finally admitted last night at 2200. I know they gave us the
runaround yesterday, but it is worth it just to get into this hospital. It
is on a diff...
Remembrance.
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Every year I take the time to celebrate, or is it commemorate, the lives of
those who died in the defence of our country and our freedom. The Lost
Generati...
‘The Man Tales’ – Speaking Out – Part Two
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Ani had already begun to pack up the odds and ends of the store when
Margaret and Jerome arrived. She had taken brown paper and a stencil and
made a sign...
The Second Bus
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You wait all campaign for a premier league academic to endorse a candidate, and a day after Cardiff University's Kevin Morgan comes out for Carwyn Jones we l...
Assisted Suicide ……
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*……* A poll has found that two-thirds of people in Scotland support
changing the law to allow assisted suicide. Legislation by Margo MacDonald,
an indepen...
The Cost of Remembrance
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There is much debate on the Scottish blogosphere about the decision by the
Scottish Parliament that poppy wreaths laid by MSPs today can be claimed for
out...
Countryworks, Montgomery
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On Friday night, I was lucky enough to be invited to the Christmas preview
of merchandise for sale at Countryworks in Montgomery. I'd never been to the
sho...
A more optimistic vision ?
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There will be people who think that this is the wrong time to be discussing
holding a referendum, Rhodri Morgan told an audience in Aberystwyth last
night....
Paper Anniversary
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It was our fifth wedding anniversary on the 16th of October. It’s a paper
gift kinda anniversary. I hadn’t seen any receipts from Aspreys or the like,
no s...
Paris by night
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Yesterday evening we picked up a rental scooter for a couple of days. I
worry that I just said 'we' but hey, get over it. Anyway, it's a very cool,
black P...
What is the truth about drugs? Time for action?
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Whatever the truth about drugs, the Government has made a mess of the issue.
They have let druggies, paedos, and all sorts of criminals roam our streets
an...
The world of local politics
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A week into officially being a candidate as a local council election, I have
already been slandered on a local political website. They have, rather
laughab...
D'ya wanna be in my gang?
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The deadline for supporting nominations from MPs, the MEP, constituency Labour parties and affiliated organisations for the leadership election was 12pm toda...
Quote Of The Day
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The media and parliament has been deceived by the so-called Taxpayers'
Alliance. They are widely quoted as an independent voice. To our shame the
Select ...
Leadership
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I announced my intention to stand for the leadership of the Labour Group in
the Assembly on Monday. From now until the end of the campaign, all blogging
wi...
Western Mail Essay
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It should be pretty clear by now to any objective observer that the Labour
Party is a few months away from suffering the most humiliating electoral
defeat ...
The Start of a Clean Campaign
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Talking to ordinary party members over the last few days, what’s struck me
quite forcefully have been the hopes they’ve expressed for the Welsh Labour
lead...
Jam and Jerusalem via Brighton
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I've been watching The X Factor from between my fingers. People's capacity
for self-deception is breathtaking. OK so you're homely, three stone
overweight ...
The silence of the S4C2 lambs
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So, switching on S4C2 today to watch First Ministers Questions (and the
long-awaited Heritage statement), we were greeted with … the S4C2 testcard.
Huh? ...
Lying Down On The Job?
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Oh dearie, dearie me. And tut, tut, tut. Some doctors and nurses from the
Accident and Emergency Department at a Swindon hospital are in serious
trouble, i...
100 Welsh Twitters
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Are you a Twitterer?
If yes, then you might find the following useful.
This is a quick list of Welsh Bloggers (and interesting people who happen to
be Twi...
Hart failure
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Whoops (again)! According to Betsan Powys’ blog the health minister has sent
out a statement that clarifies (sic) the earlier one. First, in January, the
M...
Promoting an Artist
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A wally of a journo promoting a girl
with eyes of blue pearl
but could not paint
as kyffin could not either
the victorians laughing in there pits
of dwindlin...
We're moving...
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It's time for a refresh. And for some reinforcements. The Bevan Foundation
blog is being re-styled and redesigned. Now it will have six regular
contributor...
Will Speaker Bercow name Brown?
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Speaker Bercow made a virtue of reform in his manifesto, and singled out the
problem of MPs reduced to 'bit part players' because ministers debate policy ...
Apologies, and the future of WPH.com
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Apologies to my loyal reader for the lack of posts over the past couple of
weeks. I’m working on an exciting new project which I hope to be able to
reveal ...
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