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Election 2011 – Where now?
The dust is beginning to settle, the politicians are rested and refreshed and this is the week in which decisions will be taken which will have long-term consequences for Welsh politics. I expect to...
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It takes two – Welsh Conservative leadership latest
‘No deals,’ Andrew RT Davies insisted when I asked him. ‘I don’t believe in deals.’ And when I put the same question to Darren Millar he used almost identical language, saying ‘There have been no deals...
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Plaid Cymru: leadership and Labour.
Plaid Cymru has today set out some of what it wants from Carwyn Jones if he wants the party’s support in avoiding stalemate in the Assembly. AMs Elin Jones and Simon Thomas said Plaid wants the First...
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Calman-style II
Now that the Welsh election and the powers referendum are behind us, thoughts are turning to what change is next for Wales. Top of the list (for some) will be the much-anticipated ‘Calman-style...
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St Athan – an insider’s view of what went wrong and what could go wrong again.
‘Endemic failures’; a ‘hierarchy’ which ‘doesn’t easily allow a mechanism of change’; ‘programmes that are lasting decades.’ Strong words of criticism directed at the Ministry of Defence by someone who...
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Welsh Conservative leadership contest gets underway.
There seem to have been a lot of false starts in Welsh politics recently, amongst them the contest to replace Nick Bourne as leader of the Welsh Conservatives in the Assembly. After an initial flurry...
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Lib Dem 2 – the latest
Assembly members will get the chance to vote on whether or not to reinstate the two disqualified Liberal Democrat AMs on June 29th. That’s the date when two motions – one relating to Aled Roberts and...
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Welsh Government: devolve corporation tax to Wales as well as Northern Ireland.
Next Tuesday in the Assembly, the First Minister will set out what his government’s stance will be on which financial powers should be transferred to Wales. We’ll have to wait for the full detail, but...
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Blog changes
If you’re following this blog, you’ll have to change your bookmarks, subscriptions or RSS feeds I’m afraid, because I won’t be blogging on this site any longer. Most of what I post here is also...
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Rail fare rises in Wales
It’s been widely reported that rail commuters can expect to see train ticket prices rise by around 8% from early next year. But for some commuters in Wales, it’s still not clear how much their fares...
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