Monday, 7th December, 2015
Cops and rozzers
Users of Pembrokeshire County Council’s webcasting facility may have noticed one of the more recent archived meetings has nothing to do with the authority...
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Wednesday, 25th November, 2015
(Just like) starting over
The announcement last week that councillors tomorrow are to be asked to withdraw proposals for secondary education reform in Haverfordwest led to much criticism...
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Sunday, 22nd November, 2015
Myles out of order
A reader-comment posted by Gwylan on my recent article questions Cllr. Myles Pepper’s suitability for promotion to the county council’s cabinet as spokesperson for planning, replacing Cllr. Rob Summons. It came as a surprise to some as Myles had be... Read more →
Thursday, 19th November, 2015
Alison Lee joins IPPG
Pembroke Dock councillor Alison Lee has joined Pembrokeshire County Council’s ruling IPPG party. Her new political affiliation follows Cllr. Pearl Llewel...
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Thursday, 12th November, 2015
Pepper’s promotion and Pearl’s commotion
• CLLR. ROB SUMMONS RESIGNS FROM CABINET • REPLACED BY CLLR. MYLES PEPPER • CLLR. PEARL LLEWELLYN QUITS RULING IPPG Monkton’s Cllr. Pearl Llewellyn...
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Sunday, 18th October, 2015
A recipe for corruption
An interesting email landed in my inbox last week from the Electoral Reform Society. They were publicising research in England conducted for them by University of Cambridge academic and research fellow, Dr. Mihály Fazekas. Dr. Fazekas’ profile on the un... Read more →
Tuesday, 29th September, 2015
Labour inducements
You have to see the funny side of the Labour party’s recent big change. The unlikely socialist devotee’s unexpected elevation to a position of power...
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Monday, 14th September, 2015
Problem Solva
Part of the proposals debated at Thursday’s extraordinary council meeting was to consult the public on the discontinuation of Solva CP School. Cutting a sorrowful figure, the local member Cllr. Lyn Jenkins – who’s also a school governor ̵... Read more →
Tuesday, 11th August, 2015
Driving a hard bargain
Council cuts affecting public services in Pembrokeshire have only just begun. Things are only going to get worse. “Every damn service” is at risk of cuts – the words in May this year of the council’s leader, Cllr. Jamie Adams. There ha... Read more →
Thursday, 30th July, 2015
Westley winds of change
The summer’s grass court tennis season is well over and Wimbledon is but a distant memory. With such time since my last post I’ve heard that some are even wondering if the autumn’s US Open is going to be done and dusted before I find my keybo... Read more →
