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General Election 2017

Jac — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 16:00:50 +0000

Those of you who’ve read Cneifiwr’s latest post, about his canvassing experiences, will I’m sure have enjoyed him waxing lyrical about wrens and shimmering vistas, country lanes and tinkling rills . . . well you’ll get none of that fancy bucolic stuff here. This is the opinionated old git section of the Welsh blogosphere. Last Thursday …

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Council Elections & Colonialism

Jac — Mon, 08 May 2017 12:20:32 +0000

COUNCIL ELECTIONS THOSE WE HAVE KNOWN Before starting any analysis let’s look at a few individuals who have appeared on this blog recently. First, Gary @poumista Jones in Llangennech. Gary was heavily involved with the school dispute, siding with those who would like to kill off the Welsh language. He came top of the poll, …

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‘Welsh’ Labour – The True ‘Nasty Party’

Jac — Thu, 12 May 2016 01:00:42 +0000

As you know, I detest the Labour Party in general and its ‘Welsh’ branch with a special vehemence. My contempt for Labour is due primarily to the damage Labour has done to Wales over the past century, summed up in my post Why I Detest The ‘Welsh’ Labour Party. But my contempt is also attributable …

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Assembly Elections 2016: Hopes and Ashes

Jac — Sun, 08 May 2016 21:15:26 +0000

In my previous post I told you that I was going to vote for Independent Louise Hughes as my constituency AM, and that’s what I did. She didn’t win, nobody expected her to win, but she finished fifth in a seven-horse race, above the Lib Dem and Green candidates; the second of those – and …

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Port Talbot

Jac — Sat, 02 Apr 2016 22:23:18 +0000

Yes, I know, Port Talbot isn’t the only Tata plant affected by the company’s decision to put its UK operation up for sale, but it is the biggest, and serves as useful shorthand. Rather than giving instant remedies or exposing my ignorance by trying to discuss EU regulations on state aid, or the impact of …

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Happy Donkey Hill 2

Jac — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 21:05:35 +0000

In the previous post I wrote about Faerdre Fach farm near Llandysul, the reason for my interest being that the owner, Kate Clamp, had re-named it Happy Donkey Hill, a reference to the donkeys and other animals housed there. That, really, was about all I wanted to say, but comments made by Mrs Clamp persuaded …

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Bits & Pieces 13.10.2015: Assembly 2016, Reputations, Vattenfall, Cardigan Castle

Jac — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 18:30:11 +0000

REVISED PREDICTION FOR 2016 ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS A few months ago, in my post Vote Plaid Cymru – Get Labour I made a prediction for the outcome of the 2016 Assembly elections in which I suggested that the likeliest result would be a Labour-Plaid Cymru coalition. For a number of reasons I think it may be …

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‘Vote Plaid Cymru – Get Labour’

Jac — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 21:50:52 +0000

Leanne Wood, leader of Plaid Cymru, has announced that her party will not go into coalition with the Conservatives after next May’s elections to the Notional Assembly. (Read all about it!) From where I’m sitting, this would appear to condemn Plaid Cymru to either impotence or a pact with Labour. Not an attractive choice, but …

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An Open Letter to David Cameron on the Welsh NHS

Jac — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 09:00:05 +0000

Dear Prime Minister, During the recent election campaign – and even before the campaign started – you made a number of attacks on the NHS in Wales, claiming that the border between our two countries marked the difference between life and death, and that the Labour Party shouldn’t be trusted to run anything. All good …

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Welsh NHS: Let’s Have Some Honesty

Jac — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 20:30:42 +0000

Yesterday the ‘Welsh’ Government announced that is has taken the troubled Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board into special measures. (The Tawel Fan scandal being the last straw.) Today we learnt that the chief executive, Trevor Purt, has been suspended. And yet . . . despite everything that has been said and written about the health …

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