Monday, 8th June, 2026
Cllr. Dennison’s misconduct lands record sanction
Councillor Alan Dennison’s disciplinary has attracted the stiffest sentence ever handed down by Pembrokeshire County Council’s standards committee. The Milford Haven member has landed a four-month suspension for abusing his elected position to interfere in his mate’s planning application, despite having clear and wide prejudicial interests…
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Thursday, 23rd April, 2026
Second class candidates
One of the legacies, if we can call it that, of Wales’ outgoing parliament is its array of institutional reforms. By far the biggest was to increase our d...
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Sunday, 11th January, 2026
Mike Stoddart • 1940-2026
There is an awful lot that I could call upon in tribute to the OG, Old Grumpy (also known as Mike Stoddart!) who died last Sunday afternoon, exactly four weeks before his 86th birthday.
Robert Michael Stoddart and I have shared a special bond si... Read post →
Tuesday, 30th December, 2025
Over-egging the humble pie
It’s a well-worn cliché to say how nothing follows any sort of form during that strange period between Christmas and the new year.
Crimbo limbo, I’m told, is one of the names given to this week which defies all comprehension of spac... Read post →
Tuesday, 4th June, 2024
Money for nothing?
Since my last blogpost Wales has had a new first minister, Vaughan Gething. Facing a historic no-confidence vote tomorrow with a strong Pembrokeshire connection, his stock is tanking.
Mr. Gething’s path to his narrow Welsh Labour leadershi... Read post →
Friday, 29th September, 2023
Fair crack of the whip
The first agenda item at Pembrokeshire County Council’s education scrutiny committee meeting last week may have caused some head scratching. Members were ...
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Tuesday, 30th May, 2023
Blogatha Christie
Conclusive evidence has emerged linking Pembrokeshire County Councillor Alan Dennison to a Facebook account which is anonymously targeting a female fellow councillor
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Tuesday, 16th May, 2023
Huw dares, wins?
Following on from my last two blogposts (here and here) it’s little surprise that Cllr. Huw Murphy’s name is going forward as a candidate to become leader of Pembrokeshire County Council at Thursday’s extraordinary meeting.
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Thursday, 27th April, 2023
Stage set for leadership ouster vote – contenders still unknown
The previously-scuppered motion to unseat Pembrokeshire County Council’s leader, Cllr. David Simpson, will now be debated at a special meeting convened by...
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Sunday, 23rd April, 2023
Murphy’s law
The late queen’s legacy played its part in Pembrokeshire County Council’s latest source of amusement, this week.
The story begins just after 7pm on Tuesday, the 18th April.
It was an email sent to all councillors by the chief execut... Read post →
