Monday 29th April, 2019
Cosy complainers
You’ll recall at Pembrokeshire County Council’s last meeting in late February, Johnston councillor Ken Rowlands tabled the following question to the authority’s leader, David Simpson: A dictionary definition confirms that, “a Cosy Relat... Read more →
Sunday 31st March, 2019
Hazard an opinion
Last week’s conclusion of Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation across the pond caused quite a stir among those who had banked on a different outcome. To Donald Trump’s detractors the development that the extraordinary probe had foun... Read more →
Monday 18th February, 2019
Ken’s big book of words
Thursday’s meeting of Pembrokeshire County Council features a question tabled by Johnston councillor Ken Rowlands. The brown-nosing sermoniser’s levels of blind loyalty to unelected officers, and what he perceives to be their absolute infallibility... Read more →
Wednesday 23rd January, 2019
Questionable antics
The depths to which some elements at County Hall will stoop to avoid admitting mistakes and culpability are well documented. Many episodes have taken on legenda...
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Monday 31st December, 2018
Full disclosure?
Following on from yesterday’s article (Terrible with names), this is the other blogpost I never got round to publishing this year. The conviction and leng...
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Sunday 30th December, 2018
Terrible with names
As December nears its end I imagine most bloggers, like me, annually revisit posts they never got round to publishing. Only two failed to escape my drafts folde...
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Wednesday 5th December, 2018
COUNCIL LEGAL CHIEF’S ‘PLONKER’ SLUR
• COUNTY HALL LEGAL CHIEF BRANDS MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC ‘A PLONKER’
• SECRET INTERNAL MEMO EXPOSES STRATEGY TO MANIPULATE ELECTED-MEMBER SCRUTINY
• TOP OFFICERS CHANGED COUNCIL RULES TO AVOID ADMITTING SCHOOLBOY ERRORS
Monday 26th November, 2018
Chair and chair alike
Pembrokeshire County Council committee meetings with a 2pm start are something of a rarity at County Hall these days. But tomorrow sees an exception to the usua...
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Wednesday 31st October, 2018
Inside man (or woman?)
Those paying attention to Pembrokeshire County Council’s full council meeting earlier this month will have been rewarded with a juicy revelation. Finance ...
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Thursday 13th September, 2018
It’s all going on…
And so the long wait is over for the residents of Pembroke’s St. Mary North ward, who today go to the polls in their long-anticipated by-election. Essenti...
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