Thursday 29th September, 2016
Paper cuts
Pembrokeshire County Council’s new ‘paperless’ agenda initiative for all council and committee meetings is ostensibly about saving money on th...
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Tuesday 27th September, 2016
Collective wisdom
We’re forever being told of the increasing need for councils and other public bodies to work together. A worrying development of the consequences seems to be emerging at the Kremlin on Cleddau in, would you believe it, even more allegations of misappropr... Read more →
Tuesday 30th August, 2016
First among equals
Wikipedia tells me that the Local Government Association is an organisation which “seeks to promote better local government” and “develop best...
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Thursday 18th August, 2016
Double blind
I was recently interested in a press release issued by the Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire Liberal Democrats. They’ve elected Andrew Lye to become the p...
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Further to my Facebook post last night, the Pembrokeshire Herald has published its article and video of yesterday’s debate – the little bit that was conducted in public, that is. This, for those unaware, was the extraordinary meeting of PCC’s... Read more →
Tuesday 12th July, 2016
Virtue is its own reward
The agenda for this Thursday’s full council meeting might give the impression that Theresa May’s in town for her inaugural PMQs session. Cllr. Bob K...
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UPDATED: See below. I’m so alarmed by a decision taken by Pembrokeshire County Council’s cabinet at its July meeting yesterday morning that I have set about the process of having the decision called-in. Unfortunately the details I am able to provide of... Read more →
Wednesday 22nd June, 2016
I’m backing Brexit
The UK has never expressed any appetite to be part of a United States of Europe. But that’s just what the EU’s movers and shakers aspire for us all to become – member states of a federal union – and it’s the direction things have ... Read more →
Tuesday 17th May, 2016
Palace perk for precarious Perkins
• CLLR. SUE PERKINS SWANS OFF TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE GARDEN PARTY
• UNDER-FIRE CABINET MEMBER CHAUFFEURED BY PCC EMPLOYEE FUNDED BY YOU
• POSH JOLLY COMES DAYS AFTER CLLRS REJECT UNPOPULAR POST-16 EDUCATION SCHEME
Tuesday 26th April, 2016
Unoriginal thinkers
I seem to have struck a rich seam on the topic of plagiarism among county councillors. I’ve taken a renewed interest in the propagandising motion tabled b...
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A senior moment (15)
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“Obviously the word instructions includes the council's policies, but the...”
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Memorandum of underhand things? (18)
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“Dammit Dai, they are organising education, what have children got...”
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Margot against the flow (10)
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“I doubt very much that Margot Bateman will do the...”
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“I do believe whilst Cllr Bateman who stood as an...”
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Why so shy, Dai? (9)
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“With Wimbledon about to start can we assume nothing will...”
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“Come on Jacob give us an update or are you...”
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Winners and losers (6)
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“I well remember that Western Telegraph front page, but not...”
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“I think this widely-watched webcast probably had an effect on...”
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How dairy! (31)
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“Keanjo whilst it would perhaps indicate that they are trying...”
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“You took the words out of my mouth, Larry. I...”
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