Saturday, 30th September, 2017
A senior moment
I was interested to read last week’s complaint Mid Bedfordshire MP Nadine Dorries sent to the civil service chief executive concerning a government official’s conduct. Sir David Norgrove, chairman of the UK Statistics Authority, had written a press... Read more →
Thursday, 31st August, 2017
Memorandum of underhand things?
The ‘future’ plans for post-16 education provision in Pembrokeshire go back at least five years, deep into the Bryn Parry-Jones era. A lack of polit...
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Monday, 10th July, 2017
Margot against the flow
Seven of the nineteen newly-elected Pembrokeshire county councillors in May’s poll are independent, and of those, only Margot Bateman OBE joined the forme...
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Monday, 5th June, 2017
Why so shy, Dai?
Residents of Pembroke’s St. Mary North ward will find out in the next few weeks if they’re to face a county council by-election. The prospect has arisen because, in a bizarre twist, the newly-elected Conservative candidate in last month’s gen... Read more →
Tuesday, 23rd May, 2017
Winners and losers
The 2017 Pembrokeshire County Council election has seen nineteen new councillors returned and some big changes to the chamber’s political composition. Council leader of the 2012-2017 term, Cllr. Jamie Adams, eventually conceded defeat to his former cabin... Read more →
Monday, 15th May, 2017
How dairy!
The depths to which Jamie Adams will stoop are infamous. It would seem that nothing’s off-limits. As leader of Pembrokeshire County Council he’s bee...
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Tuesday, 9th May, 2017
JAMIE’S SCRABBLE FOR POWER REACHES DESPERATION
• LOW TURNOUT AT JAMIE ADAMS’ LEADERSHIP PITCH MEETING • IN DESPERATION HE REACHES OUT TO ALL NEW COUNCILLORS BY EMAIL – SEE BELOW • LABOUR PA...
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The close of nominations for the 2017 Pembrokeshire County Council elections earlier this month was somewhat underwhelming. The revelation of who was standing, where, and the thirteen councillors returned to the council unopposed must have been pretty deflatin... Read more →
Monday, 17th April, 2017
‘Independent’ council candidates, take note!
As an independent member of Pembrokeshire County Council since 2012, my forthright record of scrutiny at County Hall – and spilling the beans on its shady shenanigans – today receives a plaudit in the Western Mail. The unexpected nod is part of an ... Read more →
Tuesday, 21st March, 2017
Amateur dramatics
The most entertaining awards ceremony moment, bar none, unfolded last month with the climax of the 89th Academy Awards ceremony. This saw the gong for best pict...
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