Sunday, 23rd June, 2013
Partygoers
An eagle-eyed reader has pointed out to JW that a small change has been made to the section of Pembrokeshire County Council’s website which lists councillors and their contact details. Whilst on this section, readers can browse through the county’s... Read more →
Tuesday, 18th June, 2013
A ‘waste’ of money?
Members of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park will meet tomorrow to consider the controversial application submitted by Pembrokeshire County Council to build a Civic Amenity site on land adjacent to Brooklands Nursing Home, near New Hedges…
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Sunday, 2nd June, 2013
Llanion by-election is a no-brainer
The results of my recent online readers’ poll are quite decisive. It was posted shortly after Cllr. Sue Perkins left the Labour group to join the IPPG. In...
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Wednesday, 29th May, 2013
IPG block-vote scuppers bid for ‘independent’ pay & grading appeal chairs
With the passing of almost three weeks since the May council meeting, your author has had some time to get his head around the way in which the majority of other councillors voted on an item of business relating to the ultra-contentious pay and grading review.... Read more →
Monday, 20th May, 2013
United Kingdom Indecisive Party
David Cameron once called them ‘fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists,’ and only the other week Ken Clarke was calling them ‘clowns,’ b...
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Sunday, 12th May, 2013
Three is a magic number
With no fanfare announcement during the course of Friday’s AGM, it may well have gone unnoticed by those present or in the public gallery. It’s perh...
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Thursday, 9th May, 2013
He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother
One of the items tabled for a vote at today’s council meeting was a motion submitted back at the February meeting by Cllr. Reg Owens. It called for a three ye...
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Wednesday, 8th May, 2013
NEW POLL: Switching sides
Following the news last week that Cllr. Sue Perkins has defected from Labour to join the IPG, there have been calls in the comments section of both my website and the Western Telegraph, for Cllr. Perkins to go back to the electorate for a new mandate. Cllr. Pe... Read more →
Thursday, 2nd May, 2013
STOP PRESS: Perkins ditches Labour for IPG
Readers of my site may remember a few weeks ago my prediction that Cllr. Sue Perkins, who was sitting in the cabinet as a Labour member, would jump ship and joi...
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Wednesday, 1st May, 2013
Keeping up appearances
The filming of council meetings looks set to be introduced to Pembrokeshire County Council following the return of a motion laid down eighteen months ago. The principle departs quite sharply away from some of the council’s past ‘signs’ – mo... Read more →
