icWales (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
ALUN FFRED JONES was yesterday named Wales’ new Heritage Minister, four days after Rhodri Glyn Thomas was forced to quit after a pub-smoking incident.
The Stage (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Alun Ffred Jones has been appointed as Wales' new Heritage Minister, following the surprise resignation of Rhodri Glyn Thomas.
nicolaswebb.com (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
In the May elections Torfaen slipped from Labour control. However, the council made up of 18 Labour councillors, 16 independents (some linked to People's Voice Torfaen), five Conservatives, three Plaid Cymru members and two Liberal Democrats, returned Labour to power with Plaid and two of the independents supporting Labour. Some of the opposition are upset that despite polling only 40% of the
icWales (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Alun Ffred Jones has been appointed as Wales' new Heritage Minister following the resignation of Rhodri Glyn Thomas.
Guerrilla Welsh-Fare (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Defence Questions Regarding St Athan: Adam Price (Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government; Culture, Media and Sport; Defence; Transport; Ministry of Justice); Carmarthen East & Dinefwr, Plaid Cymru) This project was announced with considerable fanfare in the run-up to the Assembly elections, but, 18 months on, there is still no signed contract. We already have one empty aircraft hangar in the...
Miss Wagstaff Presents... (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
On 24 January 2008 Peter Hain resigned as Secretary of State for Wales and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. That same day he was replaced by James Purnell. On 18 July 2008 Rhodri Glyn Thomas ' resigned ' as Minister for Heritage in the Welsh Assembly Government. We're still waiting...
ORDOVICIUS (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Translation of a post by Dyfrig Jones: It's a bit of a stretch to say that i'm close bosom friends with Elfyn Llwyd, but there's a family connection going back for years. To be honest, I like Elfyn a lot, both as a person and as a politician. In contrast to quite a few MPs, he has succeeded in serving his constituency - and his nation - in Westminster without forgetting how to be a normal person
ORDOVICIUS (Free subscription) | 20/07/2008
Jill Evans will be Plaid Cymru’s lead candidate for the upcoming European elections following hustings across Wales and an internal election. Jill Evans will be joined on Plaid’s list of candidates by Eurig Wyn, Ioan Bellin and Natasha Asghar. Jill Evans said: “It’s a great honour for me to once again lead the Plaid Cymru team for the European elections. There is much hard work to be done over
icWales (Free subscription) | 20/07/2008
PLAID Cymru’s Vice-President Jill Evans was yesterday named as the party’s lead candidate for next year’s European elections following an internal election, meaning she is almost certain to return to Brussels for another four years.
icWales (Free subscription) | 20/07/2008
A NEW Culture Minister is expected to be named this week, with Plaid Cymru’s deputy leader in the Assembly, Alun Ffred Jones, being tipped as the man to step into Rhodri Glyn Thomas’ shoes.
icWales (Free subscription) | 20/07/2008
A NEW Culture Minister is expected to be named this week, with Plaid Cymru’s deputy leader in the Assembly, Alun Ffred Jones, being tipped as the man to step into Rhodri Glyn Thomas’ shoes.
The Wardman Wire (Free subscription) | 19/07/2008
"Welsh Culture Minister Rhodri Glyn Thomas has resigned after claims he walked in to a pub holding a lit cigar."
Peter Black AM (Free subscription) | 19/07/2008
With Rhodri Glyn Thomas' demise as a Government Minister the media is full of speculation that he will stand down in 2011 so as to allow Adam Price to assume his 'natural' role as Plaid Cymru leader. If Mr. Price does get that opportunity then he will need to exercise better political judgement than this . Holding the referendum on the same day as the Assembly elections would guarantee a 'no' vote...
icWales (Free subscription) | 19/07/2008
NATIONAL Assembly culture minister Rhodri Glyn Thomas has quit after being told to leave a Cardiff pub for smoking a cigar.
Miserable Old Fart (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
Plaid Cymru has taken my advice and sacked Rhodri Glyn after his latest embarrassing gaff. I know that it is as a direct result of my post that Rev Thomas has lost his job, because the main stream media tells it so. The spin being put on the "resignation" is that it was caused because he had become the butt of jokes on the internet because of his smoking-ban blunder . Vaughan Roderick has also being...
