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Ceredig: April 2008
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Tuesday, 29 April 2008. A little ado about what, exactly? Yesterday’s Western Mail. Had a story about Chris Bryant drawing attention to an apparent inconsistency between two senior Plaid Figures. According to the story, Ieuan Wyn Jones welcomed this year's air show at Sophia Gardens, whilst two years ago, Plaid’s Chief Executive, Gwenllian Lansdown condemned a similar event at the same location as being a showcase for arms dealers. Bryant claimed that this showed a major inconsistency. Ordovicius. The pr...
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Ceredig: November 2007
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Friday, 30 November 2007. The real scandal, to me, was that a governing party which pledged to bring transparency to political funding, and passed laws requiring donations to be declared, then proceeded to use a loophole in its own legislation by asking potential donors to turn their gifts into loans so that they would not need to be declared. Links to this post. Labels: cash for honours. Wednesday, 28 November 2007. Ambition isn't the same as Ability. It’s not often that I come to the support of t...
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Ceredig: March 2008
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Tuesday, 25 March 2008. In my previous post, I referred to the statement by Ieuan Wyn Jones on the transport grant settlement. Normal Mouth. Picks up on the same issue, although dealing more with the substance of the issue than the spin. I said in my previous post that ‘green’ is a word with more than one meaning – so is ‘sustainable’. At its basest, politicians seem to interpret it as meaning nothing more than ‘whatever we can get away with’. As long as ...Links to this post. Wednesday, 19 March 2008.
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Ceredig: May 2008
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Wednesday, 28 May 2008. Yesterday’s fuel protests by truckers brought to the forefront some key dichotomies in public attitudes, and drew out some interesting political responses as well. The situation raises a number of different issues at the same time. Fifthly, we all tell politicians that we care about the environment, and want to do more to protect it – until it starts to hurt. Then, we want someone else to pay the ‘green taxes’. Politicians know this, so while they say the...Rail transport already ...
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Ceredig: January 2008
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Wednesday, 30 January 2008. Now, call me cynical, but I think that if a Labour MP had said that, there would have been indignant howls from Plaid quarters, and the words 'dinosaur' and 'Brit-nat' would be flying all over the place. Many have commented previously that the purpose of the Commission, under Emyr Parry-Jones, is far from being clear, and there has always been a suspicion that it was intended, above all else, to simply buy some time. It took one of the most contentious issues in the agreem...
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Ceredig: October 2007
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Wednesday, 31 October 2007. From the Heritage Bunker (Episode 2). Sir Humphrey: I thought your statement on the Millennium Centre went extremely well, Minister. Minister: Thank you, Sir Humphrey. Sir Humphrey: Particularly the way in which you transferred the blame to the people who had leaked the document to the media. That usually has the desired effect of diverting attention from the real issue. Minister: For the time being at least. But I’d still like to know how much it is all going to cost. Sir Hum...
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Ceredig: Blue on blue
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Thursday, 4 September 2008. It has hardly come as a surprise to anyone that David Davies MP has decided to set up a ‘cross-party’ campaign. Against further devolution to Wales. Nor should it come as any surprise to anyone that he is planning to base his campaign on dishonestly equating devolution and independence and on the equally dishonest notion that Wales is inevitably and permanently stuck in a state of poverty which only handouts from our rich English neighbours can alleviate. I tend to the latter ...
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Ceredig: Blair's Big Boot
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Wednesday, 6 August 2008. I am quite willing to accept that the 'leaked memo' setting out what Blair apparently really thinks about Brown was not penned by Blair himself. But it was certainly penned by someone close to the man, and there seems little reason to doubt that it accurately reflects his feelings towards his successor. Whether Blair authorised the 'leak' is at best uncertain; but there seems little room to doubt that it was 'leaked' by someone close to the man himself. 8 August 2008 at 16:29.
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Ceredig: June 2008
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Thursday, 26 June 2008. Ceredig est en vacances. Heading across La Manche tomorrow to spend some time in la belle, belle France. Comment moderation enabled during les vacances. It's been just over a year since I started this blog and I've managed barely 100 posts - an average of rather less than two per week. The next three weeks' absence will thus be something of an opportunity to reflect on the whats and whys. Links to this post. Tuesday, 24 June 2008. Is suggesting that it doesn’t). Penderyn. The firs...
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Ceredig: July 2008
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Wednesday, 30 July 2008. For more than ten years, New Labour somehow managed to keep the media on board with their own version of the political narrative. Critics called it ‘spin’ from the outset; but whatever you call it, it’s a pretty impressive achievement. Now they seem to have lost it, completely. It’s true isn’t it? Well, no, of course not. At one level, it shows the power which ‘the media’ now wield. I’ll admit that I’m not entirely sure to what extent the media are. A regular sort of guy'. Howeve...
