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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
MPs attacked the Press Complaints Commission last night after the regulator said there was "no new evidence" of widespread phone hacking at the News of the World. Its report was described as a "whitewash" and there was a promise that another inquiry, from the Commons culture, media and sport select committee, would be more rigorous. In a report published, the PCC also said it was...
Carmarthenshire Planning Problems (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
I was delighted but not surprised to hear of another court victory against the council which casts doubt on the competence and integrity of Carmarthenshire County Council Planning department. Mr Nigel Humphreys has been trying to make safe and sympathetically convert an old mill in Llandybie, near Ammanford. All planning has been refused and is now subject to Appeal, to be heard in January. The mill...
Guerrilla Welsh-Fare (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Kim Howells calls for a withdrawal from Afghanistan is welcomed news. The former Labour minister is following the lead set by Adam Price way back in August when he put forward an early day motion on the issue. The Lib Dems have been flirting , incoherently at times, with the idea of coming out in favour of withdrawal. The more political pressure that can be put on the government now the better. The...
David Cornock's other blog (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
What have the Welsh Conservatives and Plaid Cymru got in common? Neither has ever sent a woman to Westminster. The Tories hope to change that next year but for Plaid Cymru it may be more of a challenge. The party's shortlist for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr contains four would-be candidates linked by one thing - their gender. Little wonder then that Plaid Cymru's parliamentary leader says it's "a...
Guerrilla Welsh-Fare (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
Very interesting piece in today’s Western Mail by one of the candidates to follow Adam Price as the MP for Carmarthen East. Jonathan Edwards outlines the difficult transition facing Labour in the light of their predicted losses at the next election. I think Jonathan is right to suggest that unless Labour pick a definitive direction between its Welsh and its Unionist wings it is doomed to continue...
Carmarthenshire Planning Problems (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
I am curious to know why Adam Price MP has been so quiet over the expenses row. Even when the story first broke in June there was not one word of reassurance to us, his constituents, that all was well. Silence again this week with the Sir Thomas Legg letters. Other MP's have been busy either proclaiming their innocence, criticising the order to pay back the money or otherwise explaining the exposure...
Welsh Ramblings (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
A piece of very good news is that the proposed 'Severn Barrage', a mammoth project designed to exploit Wales' tidal range to serve the growing energy needs of England, may well be shelved so that newer and cleaner technologies can be tested. The Barrage is such a cumbersome waste of time that it would be quicker, and cheaper to test the alternative technologies like the tidal fence once proposed by...
Independence Cymru (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
Adam Price's Speech to Conference Conference, as we face a new decade in politics my mind turns to how, for me, this decade began. On a clear June morning in 2001 when a trusty band of foot-soldiers had gathered to accompany the new MP for Carmarthen East and Dynevor to London for the very first time. Like Gwynfor all those years ago, though we were going by bus not by train, and they didn't name it...
Liberal Democrat Voice (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
Gareth Aubrey rounds-up the latest political happenings in Wales, looking at Labour's leadership battle to succeed Rhodri Morgan, and Adam Price's continuing striving to become Plaid's next leader. Y Barcud Oren means ‘The Orange Kite’.
The Dyda Dispatches (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
Felicity Evans interviews Adam Price MP on The Politics Show Wales yesterday. Adam will be Wales' second First Minister to have gone to Harvard.
Politics Cymru (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
So we now know pretty much who the runners and riders are not only in the Labour leadership race, but in the race for selection in Carmarthenshire East and Dinefwr. What is seen by many as a safe Plaid seat (I’ll come on to this later) sounds like an ideal place for a Plaid candidate to stand. The big guns to watch out for: Angharad Mair and Jonathan Edwards, I expect the race to effectively...
Carmarthenshire Planning Problems (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
Following Adam Price's promise to the residents of Carmarthenshire that he would request that the Audit Commission investigate Carmarthenshire County Council Planning department, this news article from West Lindsey, Lincolnshire caught my eye, 'Fraud Probe into District Planning Service' Pehaps some brave soul blew the whistle. It seems an investigation is well underway by the Audit Commission into...
The Dyda Dispatches (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
In an article today , Plaid's Promised Son, Adam Price, foresees a day when Welsh Labour will push for independence. Utter nonsense of course. What would any future Welsh Labour government have to gain from such a U-turn on independence? Absolutely nothing. Well, okay, a seat on the Council of the European Union and the European Council . But apart from a seat on the Council of the EU and the European...
Welsh Ramblings (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
Here you have it, a list of the Top 50 Welsh Left-Wingers, based on the nominations we received. No doubt the rankings will change dramatically by next year as many of the individuals on the list will have retired, stood down or otherwise moved. Hopefully more rising stars will also have appeared by next year to find their way onto the list. There are many Welsh political figures who on a British perspective...
Carmarthenshire Planning Problems (Free subscription) | 23/09/2009
I see in todays South Wales Guardian that Adam Price MP is calling for the Audit Commission to investigate Carmarthenshire County Council Planning Department. About time too. He said he received a range of complaints from constituents about planning policy in the county and claimed it was important these concerns are not ignored. "I will be writing to the Audit Commission asking them if they have...
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