Loser’s charter
John Reid’s appearance with David Cameron on an anti-AV campaign platform yesterday has caused enormous outrage among certain elements of the party’s top brass. John...
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TAN 8 is key to wind farm spread (Daily Post article)
The increasing number of applications for consent to the development of wind farms has become a significant political issue in North and Mid...
Read this entry » Nansi and the cockerel
Sometimes being an MP is not just an honour, it’s pure, unalloyed fun. Spent today, like a third of the rest of humanity, watching the royal...
Read this entry » AV vote should be good for Wales
Mary Ann Sieghart, in today’s Independent, urges us to “Vote Yes for evolution, not revolution”. The article, in truth, adds...
Read this entry » AV gets thumbs down in the Bay
Self, Cllr Cheryl Carlisle, Roger Cummins Disappointingly, the weather has broken today. The barbecue Easter we were promised seems to...
Read this entry » The worst thing about AV
Had a very encouraging meeting this morning to discuss the issue of Colwyn Bay pier; another, I hope, will follow in about three weeks. It’s...
Read this entry » A stroll in the sunshine
A gloriously sunny day for campaigning in the Welsh Assembly election – very similar to the wonderful weather we enjoyed during the general...
Read this entry » Rise above it
The Labour party in Clwyd West are putting out a highly personalised leaflet aimed at Darren Millar, the Conservative candidate, who is well...
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Sack the speechwriter
Watching the BBC Ten O’Clock News, I catch Ed Miliband earnestly assuring us that the AV referendum offers “the chance to choose hope over fear”. No, it...
Read this entry »A Day with the Druid
Spent today campaigning in the Welsh Assembly elections across North Wales. First stop was Anglesey, where the excellent candidate, Paul Williams (aka the Druid),...
Read this entry »Foreword to Welsh Motoring Writers’ yearbook
I’ve always liked cars, which may perhaps be a dangerous thing for any minister to admit to. Notwithstanding, I do like cars and in my constituency town of...
Read this entry »Llwch
As regular readers will know, we moved house in June. Since then, we have entertained a succession of electricians, carpenters, plumbers and decorators. All...
Read this entry »Westminster overhears
“The first day I arrived in Parliament, I sat down to dinner and soon discovered that I was the only one on the table whose grandfather hadn’t been...
Read this entry »Miliband should listen to Campbell
Wise words for Ed Miliband from Alastair Campbell today. Speaking at the Cheltenham Literature Festival, Tony Blair’s former director of communications pointed...
Read this entry »Hain again
I must admit to being quietly pleased at the re-appointment of Peter Hain as shadow Welsh Secretary, much as one enjoys the experience of being reunited with a...
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