Prince Albert and the University: The Prince Albert Sesquicentennial Lecture
Reflection:Representation:Review (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
The moves to stop the vultures continues with much pace. I had a fantastic email action from Jubilee Debt Campaign in my inbox this morning and I just had to share it....(ok this is my write up of it) The call is simple - This latest case is yet another example of the horrors of Vulture Funds. They can be stopped if an MP introduces a private members bill. The 'winners' of the poll this year to introduce...
The Stonemason (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
…… Cheryl Gillan (Shadow Secretary of State for Wales) said … As a new nuclear power station at Wylfa would provide much-needed quality jobs in an area devastated by the closure of Anglesey Aluminium, I am pleased to endorse the Secretary of State's welcome for the project. However, what discussions has he had with the First Minister in the Assembly, who has contradicted him and...
David Cornock's other blog (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Some people mistakenly think MPs are too grand for the little things in life - such as holding an umbrella to save a colleague from a drenching. Ynys Mon MP Albert Owen dispels the myth to allow Paul Flynn to hold forth for the cameras on the subject of Carwyn Jones's Welsh leadership bid. I suspect the cameraman - from RhonddaTV? - may have filmed this as rather more of a close-up than I managed....
Plaid Wrecsam (Free subscription) | 03/10/2009
From today's Daily Post only three of North Wales's eleven Labour MP's and AM's have declared which candidate they favour. Two AM's Karen Sinclair and Ann Jones support the partisan uncompromising Huw Lewis whilst Albert Owen is backing Caerwyn Jones. I don't know about the remaining eight, Chris Ruane, Ian Lucas, Mark Tami, Martyn Jones, Betty Williams, Lesley Griffiths, Carl Sergeant and Sandy Mewies....
Betsan Powys' blog (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
There will be no campaigning in the race to succeed Rhodri Morgan until midday tomorrow - well, officially at least. But do me a favour. Don't miss tomorrow's Good Morning Wales. Albert Owen MP will be in the Carwyn Jones corner. Sian James MP - whose constituency postcode is, of course, SA - will not be in the corner of the AM who shares her postcode. She's in the Huw Lewis corner. Can we bet the...
Plaid Wrecsam (Free subscription) | 25/09/2009
The shock decision not to site the proposed North Wales prison in Caernarfon is a huge blow to the local economy of that area. It's also an indictment of the way the UK government makes its decisions - presumably content to bring the project to what it saw as a Labour marginal without consulting or informing the local population. Now the seat appears beyond the grasp of the party, which hasn't even...
The Dyda Dispatches (Free subscription) | 24/09/2009
In a move that has shocked cynics across Wales, serial Welsh Secretary Peter Hain has announced that he would support a Labour marginal constituency as the new location for a prison in Wales after plans for a jail in a Plaid Cymru constituency were scrapped. Posing outside Beaumaris Castle with outgoing Anglesy MP Albert Owen, Peter Hain's chosen location for a photo shoot has given rise to speculation...
Carwyn Jones AM (Free subscription) | 13/08/2009
I was up at the Anglesey Show yesterday at the invitation of Albert Owen MP and it was good to meet so many familiar faces in the Ynys Mon party and on on the showground. Albert is a remarkably active MP and I'm confident that he will hold Ynys Mon next year. Many people knew him on the showground and he attracts support from those people who are occasional Labour voters as well as having built up...
Carwyn Jones AM (Free subscription) | 05/08/2009
Many thanks to all those who have been asking to read a full copy of the much covered speech I made ath the Eisteddfod this week. Here is the text in full. The next ten years are going to be crucial to the future of the Labour party in Wales. We face a stark choice; fighting again in those areas that we have been uncompetitive in for some years, or looking to consolidate while accepting exclusion from...
Peter Black AM (Free subscription) | 26/06/2009
MPs on the Welsh Affairs Select Committee have complained that the Legislative Competence Order which seeks to devolve more powers over the environment to the Assembly is so complicated, that they are struggling to understand it: Wales Office Minister Wayne David conceded the LCO was “quite laborious to read”, but added that complexity did not entirely explain the delay. “It’s...
Andrew Nutt (Free subscription) | 16/06/2009
Former Tower Colliery boss Tyrone O'Sullivan expressed his disgust over the findings, saying it was Lord Kinnock's reward for failing to support the miners during the 1984 strike. Former deputy Labour leader of Liverpool City Council Derek Hatton said,"nobody should be surprised by the findings, as Lord Kinnock had set the party on the road to embracing Thatcherism. Mr Hatton went on the say,"He...
The Lone Voice (Free subscription) | 16/06/2009
Albert Owen, Ynys Môn MP: designated second home in London and claimed monthly mortgage interest of £1,288 in August 2007. Claimed £629 for a Sony television, £73 for painting and decorating and £89 for cutlery. Spent £11,830 on food in four years, his receipts reveal. The claims vary from £60 during the summer recess to £395. Most submissions are made...
Plaid Cymru Llundain London (Free subscription) | 15/04/2009
Albert Owen UK Labour MP for Ynys Mon is pleased that Plaid is using the "I" word as a focus for its policies to improve the lot of the people of Wales and as a vehicle for restoring confidence and self respect. Apparently, he like others in the UK Labour and Tory Parties believe that the "I" word will generate mass hysteria and total rejection of Plaid at the polls. It would be...
The Stonemason (Free subscription) | 30/12/2008
..... to a replacement Nuclear power station adjacent to the existent Wylfa plant. .. Both the Ynys Mon Labour MP Albert Owen and Phil Fowlie leader of Anglesey County Council welcome the investment in the future by German energy company RWE. .. Nothing from the other parties on this news; the people of Anglesey are very lucky that
The Dyda Dispatches (Free subscription) | 13/06/2008
Here's how our MPs voted on 42 days: Labour Albert Owen (Ynys Môn): Aye Betty Williams (Conwy): Aye Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): Aye David Hanson (Delyn): Aye Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside): Aye Ian Lucas (Wrexham): Aye Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): Aye Nicholas Ainger (Carmarthen West & Pembrokeshire South): Aye Nia Griffith (Llanelli): Aye Martin Caton (Gower): Absent Alan Williams (Swansea...
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