Tuesday, 4th December, 2012
Toothless tiger
A recent episode, entirely my own fault, caused a minor blush. On the afternoon of November 28th, I was out meeting a number of constituents. At 5pm the same da...
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Wednesday, 28th November, 2012
Guess who
Much like the county’s school headteachers, this morning I found myself logging onto the section of the council’s website where meeting agendas are publishe...
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Sunday, 25th November, 2012
Omnishambles
‘Omnishambles’ has just been announced by Oxford English Dictionary as the 2012 word of the year, beating the word ‘pleb.’ It was judged by a panel of lexicographers and means: “a situation which is shambolic from every possible angle.” It excellen... Read more →
Thursday, 22nd November, 2012
Comment is free (audio)
Or should that be worthless? I’ve received a tip-off from somebody who likes to think he’s cultured and intelligent. So quite why he reads my website, I’m not sure. I’m also surprised he was able to tear himself away from Radio 4, but h... Read more →
Wednesday, 21st November, 2012
Gloating voter
The morning after the recent Police and Crime Commissioner election I received an email from a reader. He asked me if I thought there would be anybody within Dyfed-Powys are regretting not standing as an independent, seeing as two of the four Welsh posts were... Read more →
Sunday, 18th November, 2012
Party planners: The party files, Pt. 6
So the party files have been rifled through, and after this final instalment which covers the 2012 post-electoral coup d’état, the cupboard is bare (for Partygate, at least.) Not quite as revealing as the post-2008 stuff, but if you remember, the real e... Read more →
Sunday, 11th November, 2012
Party planners: The party files, Pt. 5
If the unspoken benefits of being an IPG councillor are enhanced prospects of re-election, then Partygate is building up quite a clear picture of the canvassing efforts assisted using authority resources. I’ve made the point before that political loyalt... Read more →
Thursday, 8th November, 2012
Flagging a dead horse
Going to the polls is all the rage right now. The inaugural Police and Crime Commissioner election is just a week away, and you may have heard about some big el...
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Sunday, 4th November, 2012
Party planners: The party files, Pt. 4
Following the conclusion of the ‘Party files’ for the 2008 election, this first instalment of the 2012 Party files focuses on the preparation ahead of the polls in 2012. Welcome news for a small minority of my regular readership is that the 2012 pr... Read more →
Wednesday, 31st October, 2012
Commissioner candidates on TV
This afternoon I was contacted by a friend (and avid reader of my site) asking whether or not I’d seen yesterday evening’s BBC Wales news, as there ...
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