Rhondda Leader (icWales) (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
RHONDDA AM Leighton Andrews will not be on the ballot to become Wales’s next First Minister, he has revealed.
Welsh Ramblings (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
In this post , Leighton Andrews announces that despite many calls for him to stand for the Labour leadership, he will not be putting his name forward. A sceptic might say, that he is attempting to turn an embarrasment - ie. not having the necessary 6 fellow Labour AMs to nominate him - into some kind of triumph. In reality it was not his choice not to stand, he couldn't find 6 AMs to...
Chanticleer (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
There's only room for one unionist in the Labour leadership contest, and the fish called Rhondda has jumped out of the pond. Ahem. On Dragon's Eye tonight Leighton Andrews ruled himself out of the contest (which hasn't actually begun) to succeed Rhodri Morgan as First Minister, leaving Huw Lewis to take on Carwyn Jones next year. Huw Lewis has wider support than Leighton among...
icWales (Free subscription) | 23/11/2008
I WOULD like to use this opportunity to rule out spending this weekend lying in a bath of strawberries with Girls Aloud.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
Rhondda AM Leighton Andrews says he will not stand for the leadership of Welsh Labour once Rhodri Morgan stands down.
Leighton Andrews (Free subscription) | yesterday
Radio Cwmni is back - and you can listen online . I'll be joining Sharon and the team tomorrow afternoon. You are subscribed to an RSS Feed from Leighton Andrews. You can send your views direct to Leighton via email.
Rhondda Leader (icWales) (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
... lead to a qualification in youth work.Welsh Assembly Government Deputy Minister for Regeneration, Leighton Andrews said: “Ricky’s story is yet another example of JobMatch proving its effectiveness for local people.“The initiative continues to help people across the Heads of the Valleys area to be more fulfilled and financially better off with obvious benefits for the local economy.”JobMatch...
Leighton Andrews (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
The Rhondda Artist Charles Burton has an exhibition on at the Martin Tinney Gallery in Cardiff. I went last night and I hope many others will also! You are subscribed to an RSS Feed from Leighton Andrews. You can send your views direct to Leighton via email.
Leighton Andrews (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
You are subscribed to an RSS Feed from Leighton Andrews. You can send your views direct to Leighton via email.
Rhymney Valley Express (icWales) (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
... solar-powered hot water and under-floor heating systems.Deputy Minister for Regeneration Leighton Andrews AM said: “The Assembly Government is supporting, promoting and encouraging the use of micro generation and renewables.“We want the Heads of the Valleys to be a model of good practice in sustainability and this project is an excellent example of how the latest technologies can...
Miss Wagstaff Presents... (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
Rhondda AM Leighton Andrews has ruled himself out as a contender to replace First Minister Rhodri Morgan as leader of Welsh Labour. The rest of us did that a year last September. Hurry up and take the photograph David, because now we're on our own .
welshblogindex (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
Betsan Powys looks at Leighton Andrews position in the Labour party. She also looks at the Lib Dem leadership contest . More on that here from Glyn Davies . Vaughan Roderick looks at Labour’s support for independence. Translation here from Ordovicius . More here from Welsh Ramblings . Tomos Livingstone looks at the idea of an early election. Leighton Andrews suggest Welsh...
Guerrilla Welsh-Fare (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
Leighton Andrews' latest blog confirms his decision not to stand as a candidate for the leadership of the party in Wales. His reasons are that he does not want every Ministerial decision he makes over the next twelve months scrutinised as though it were a calculated move in a leadership campaign. The past twelve months was fine! I have to agree with Betsan’s assertion that this is maybe...
Rhondda Leader (icWales) (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
Students get taste of politics by Our Correspondent, THE day before the American elections Year 11 students from Rhondda Cynon Taf had their own effect on world politics with an invitation to visit the home of the Welsh Assembly Government – Y Senedd.Students Ringo Maskel, Jimi Kevill, Tom Llewellyn, Ashley Jenkins, Ann-Marie Williams, Andrew Smith and Kirsty L’Homme met with Assembly Members Leighton...
ORDOVICIUS (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Translation of a post by Vaughan Roderick: Labour is trying to turn the knife in Nick Bourne's back. In a speech in Cardiff tonight Leighton Andrews will claim that the leader of the opposition's days are numbered. Leighton's argument is that the Roberts report has undermined Nick's authority and that the Welsh Tory MPs are now in charge. The Roberts Report, which commits the Tories...
