Tuesday, 29th April, 2014
Rewriting history
JW has been contacted by a reader who is horrified at what she’s read on Cllr. Mike Stoddart’s Old Grumpy website. I managed to resist the urge to r...
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Saturday, 19th April, 2014
A rotten borough
Earlier this week the Westminster government’s cabinet member for local government, Eric Pickles MP, spoke out in criticism of councils running their own ...
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Monday, 14th April, 2014
Self-publishers
Readers will remember that my interest in the promotional spending returns submitted by candidates standing in the 2012 Pembrokeshire County Council election was sparked by the Ombudsman’s Partygate investigation and its conclusion. The authority’s... Read more →
Monday, 7th April, 2014
Frayling to declare?
Of particular interest on my visit to Pembrokeshire County Council’s elections unit when I visited last week were the 2012 council election spending retur...
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Thursday, 3rd April, 2014
The point of no return
This website’s Partygate series revealed the scale of the county council’s cabinet room production line, which was in full swing creating election literature heading up to the 2008 and 2012 council elections. According to Cllr. Rob Lewis, who was s... Read more →
Monday, 31st March, 2014
To the letter
The recent suspension of the county council’s deputy leader, Cllr. Rob Lewis, for improper use of the authority’s resources for political purposes m...
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Monday, 24th March, 2014
Fine print
If the author of that other website is to be taken seriously – and he’s had a recent run of good form, for a change – there may be a rather in...
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Tuesday, 18th March, 2014
Partygate: the verdict
Pembrokeshire County Council’s Standards Committee met today to consider a report issued by the Public Service Ombudsman following a lengthy investigation into cabinet member and deputy leader Cllr. Rob Lewis. It was to do with Cllr. Lewis’ part in... Read more →
Thursday, 13th March, 2014
Ombudsman’s Partygate investigation: case hearing
Back in 2012 on this website I ran a series of articles which became known as Partygate. They laid bare the actions taken by those who were in the driving seat of the ruling group of Pembrokeshire County Council, the ‘Independent Political Group,’ ... Read more →
Sunday, 9th March, 2014
Voting variations
In addition to the the voting records I uploaded on my previous post for the three votes of no confidence at Thursday’s county council meeting, another re...
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