My first response when reading about Forward Wales’ plan to field both party and ‘independent’ candidates in the next Assembly elections was, “what took them so long?” The Electoral Commission appear to have now woken up to this, but really it is too late. This is the real danger of the AMS system, not the… Continue reading An accident waiting to happen
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Respect for Law
Labour hacks are normally quick to attack the Lib Dems for seeing only another by-election opportunity when an MP dies. In Peter Law’s case though, it is Labour that have been seriously quick off the mark. It gets worse. Now Labour are accused by his widow of offering Law a peerage to not stand. The… Continue reading Respect for Law
New name? Plaid should have checked
Peter Black has been chronicling the utterly pointless debate waging in the Welsh Assembly about its new building’s monoglot name. Personally, I think that Senedd is a perfectly fine name, speaking as someone who doesn’t speak a word of Welsh. It evokes a distinct identity which is absolutely what you want an assembly for a… Continue reading New name? Plaid should have checked