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A small, but important piece of local news and some quick reminders.

There have been two by elections recently for seats on Welsh County Councils. One in Torfaen produced a real shock...

A modest proposal

There has been no shortage in recent years of statistics demonstrating the huge and ever-expanding gap between the wealthiest people...

Advice to keir starmer:

JOHN MCDONNELL article published in the Guardian 5 March 2025 Stop the fawning over Trump. Then help build for a...

REFORM  IN  THE  UK  AND  WALES

In one sense Reform UK is less of an issue in Wales than in England, as it will be standing...

Political discussion on zoom

The invitation is to join at 6.30pm for a political discussion. The invite has also gone to anyone who has...

Bleeding Wales Dry

The fourteen years the Tories were in power in Westminster were bad for Wales. The malign neglect of Cameron’s austerity...

The Resistible Rise of Nigel Farage (or Something Worse)

Reform and Wales. In a recent by-election for Torfaen Council, Reform took the seat from Labour with a comfortable majority...

Fake! The new reality?

Part One. February 2025 I suspect it’s vanishingly unlikely that anyone with a radio, TV, computer, mobile phone or regular...

A Trip Down Memory Lane

 As the negotiations over this year’s Welsh Budget staggers on we thought it would be timely to reproduce this, as...

Just a Thought…

The slippery Russian Oligarch, Roman Abramovich, has been caught out over £1 Billion tax evasion arising from his dealings with...

First Signs of a Wakeup Over Closed Lists

Speaking to the Guardian last week, Wales’s First Minister Eluned Morgan explained that she was “nervous” that changes to the voting system and...