David Cornock's other blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
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 State for Energy and Climate Change. Within months, if the polls are right, he will be in charge of Britain's energy policy (well, most of Britain, and most energy policy anyway). For all the talk of fast-tracking nuclear power planning decisions, by...
ANTI-METRIX (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Welcome to MILTARY WALES - ST ATHAN SCHOOL FOR MERCENARIES - Welsh Assembly Minister JANE DAVIDSON decided NOT to call in this controversial application! Her decision was NOT TO INTERVENE! We have to formally request the papers relating to this to find out what reasons were actually given for not calling this in! Political lackeys all of them as the decision is made to follow their Westminster bosses...
0725 to Paddington (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
Luckily, I knew what he meant. In the course of my interview with David Cameron, I asked him where he stood on the £13bn Defence Training Academy planned for St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan. Being a smart politician,...
David Cornock's other blog (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
It wouldn't be a party conference without questions being asked about the defence training academy proposed for St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan. Around 5,000 jobs are due to be created by the project to centralise training at one base in the largest private finance initative seen. Unless of course an incoming Conservative Government pulls the plug on it. So, David Cameron, you're the PM. What would...
A View from Rural Wales (Free subscription) | 22/09/2009
I've been much involved in my 'Elderly Care' work over the last few days, so only now catching up on what's been happened at the Lib Dem Conference in Bournemouth. The only consistent theme seems to have been a full-blooded attack on the Conservative Party, and David Cameron in particular. " Who's the nasty party now?" is a question that occurs to me. It wouldn't be so worthy of comment if...
ANTI-METRIX (Free subscription) | 21/09/2009
Cable says scrap defence academy Vince Cable said the £13bn project was too costly A pan-forces training academy which would create thousands of jobs in south Wales should be scrapped, the Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman has said. Dr Vince Cable MP said the £13bn to set up the St Athan project was was too costly in the current economic climate. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced...
ANTI-METRIX (Free subscription) | 15/09/2009
at last - the voice of reason...perhaps the local lib dems will see sence at last! Scrap Defence Training College , says Lib Dem WalesOnline - Tomos Livingstone - 3 hours ago Lib Dem Treasury spokesman Vince Cable has identified the Training College , due to open in St Athan in 2014, as one project that should be dropped. ... Scrap Defence Training College, says Lib Dem Western Mail Scrap...
David Cornock's other blog (Free subscription) | 15/09/2009
No-one can accuse the Lib Dems of refusing to use the c-word. Their Treasury guru, Vince Cable, is publishing today a list of where the axe would fall should they win power. His chums in the Welsh Lib Dems may or may not be thrilled to learn that Dr Cable would scrap the defence training review contract, estimated to be worth £13bn, a project that would see a defence training academcy set up...
ANTI-METRIX (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
WAGs Steamroller Aerospace Aspirations Welsh taxpayers 20m bill for privatised military college! The aerospace team in WAG have had to justify their aspirations for the Aerospace Park in the plans put to the Vale of Glamorgan Council for approval of the St Athan Defence College development. They call it a “draft comprehensive strategy” in the Design and Access statement dated May 2009....
ANTI-METRIX (Free subscription) | 28/08/2009
Sain Tathan Action Group (S.T.A.G.) http://www.wix.com/stathan/STAG contact here st.athan@live.co.uk Chris Franks AM Plaid Cymru shocked by road plans! But not shocked about military training being privatised and run by ratheon arms makers and war profiteers! Chris franks AM not shocked about the militarisation of Wales and theat meaning no way for welsh independence of any kind! Chris Franks from...
ANTI-METRIX (Free subscription) | 17/07/2009
MP criticises airport road decision WalesOnline - United Kingdom Vale of Glamorgan MP John Smith said a new road is needed to serve not just the airport, but also the £12bn Defence Technical College planned for St Athan. ... Dropping our defences? « David Jones, MP By David Jones This is what the local MP , John Smith , had to say at last May's Welsh Grand Committee: We must ensure that...
David Cornock's other blog (Free subscription) | 15/07/2009
Cheryl Gillan took time off from wittering during Welsh Questions to ask a specific question about the proposed defence training academy at St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan. The project, to centralise services training, has seen several delays since it was first announced and there are growing questions over its future. This was Cheryl Gillan's question to the Wales Office Minister Wayne David: "The...
ANTI-METRIX (Free subscription) | 06/07/2009
FT.com Qinetiq consortium denies £1.3bn hole By Jeremy Lemer Published: July 5 2009 22:41 The consortium behind a £12bn training programme for the military, one of Britain’s largest private finance initiatives, has denied that there is a £1.3bn hole in the project’s funding. According to a Ministry of Defence memo leaked to Mark Pritchard, Conservative MP for The Wrekin,...
ANTI-METRIX (Free subscription) | 08/06/2009
St Athan military academy planning application is submitted 12:20pm Friday 15th May 2009 http://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/latestnews/4368173.St_Athan_military_academy_planning_application_is_submitted/ NOTE Susan Dowd from Vale of Glamorgan Council planning tells me that everyoner hasbeen consulted.. the neighbours have been consulted and there are 21 days to file objections from 14th may...
Welsh Ramblings (Free subscription) | 26/02/2009
If one development could sum up all the world's problems then it would be the military academy proposed at St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan . The UK government's plan is to build a place to train soldiers from all over the world in the best methods to kill other people. Backed by firms such as Raytheon , it's part of an international military-industrial complex that needs wars to generate profits....
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