Uncategorized Ruabon eyesore – the highs and lows of politics. 24 Apr 201724 Apr 2017 Politics. I both love it and hate it. Love it because on a good day you feel like you’ve achieved something; improved someone or a society’s lot; you can make…
Heddwch 100 Labour MPs abstain from Yemen vote 27 Oct 201627 Oct 2016 Tens of thousands of people have suffered or been killed in Yemen because of the on-going vicious war there, with Saudi Arabia trying to force its will on the country.…
Wales Has Wales been or is there more to come? 25 Oct 2016 I'm worried about Wales' future. I've touched on it before, in this Welsh post - what is Wales' future post triggering article 50, Scottish Independence, and the new rump UK state…
Politics Be wary of the rightwards march of Anglo-British Politics 6 Oct 20166 Oct 2016 Old Welsh Mythology has a story about how Pwyll Pendefig Dyfed saw Rhiannon, the most beautiful of women, leisurely riding her pure white horse, but every time Pwyll tried to…
Community Demeaning our politics and taking advantage of our trust 22 Mar 2016 Politics. Sometimes I hate it. Well, more than sometimes, quite often actually. The oneupmanship; the spinning; the misleading; the downright lying at times - all to keep face and win…
Heddwch… Why MPs bombing decision was wrong 4 Dec 2015 This is a copy of a letter that I've sent to papers in north Wales: Dear Sir I was bitterly disappointed to see that my MP, Susan Elan Jones, supported…
Corruption Voters 0 – MP’s 1 29 Oct 2014 Susan Elan Jones MP "afraid of her constituents" Clwyd South MP Susan Elan Jones has been accused of being afraid of her constituents after voting against a motion in Parliament to give…
Austerity Wales: “highest rate of child poverty” 6 Oct 2014 A Save The Children Child poverty report states that “Wales has the highest rate of child poverty of any nation in the UK”. It is estimated that there are 600,000…
Austerity Minister challenged to explain apprenticeship funding cuts 11 Sep 2014 800 16-24 year olds in Clwyd South out of work Deputy Minister for Skills and Technology and Clwyd South AM Ken Skates has been accused of jeopardising the future of…
Austerity “Are we the baddies?” 30 Aug 2014 I've written before about the Labour Party's sheer hypocrisy and crocodile tears, how they say one thing in public but do something completely different. I was reminded of this again…