Plaid Cymru: leadership and Labour.

Plaid Cymru has today set out some of what it wants from Carwyn Jones if he wants the party’s support in avoiding stalemate in the Assembly. AMs Elin Jones and Simon Thomas said Plaid wants the First Minister to publish a programme of government for the entire five-year term; an early indication of his likely [...]

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Labour’s coalition split

It’s a war of words that gets to the heart of the way the two parties which form the One Wales coalition government distinguish themselves after four years of working together. I’m told there’s real anger and very red faces amongst Labour leaders in Cardiff Bay and some backbench AMs in Cardiff Bay following Peter [...]

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Ieuan Wyn Jones’ GOATs

Deputy First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones has named six business leaders who’ll advise the Assembly Government on economic development. They’ll head six ‘sector panels’ in six areas of the economy that the Labour-Plaid Cymru government has already identified as being crucial to the future development of Wales. It reminded me of Gordon Brown’s effort to [...]

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Sharp End

As we count down to next month’s referendum on changing the Assembly’s powers, we wanted to get a bit of context about the powers that Cardiff Bay already has and how they might change if there’s a yes vote on March 3rd. Of course, Wales isn’t the only devolved part of the UK so I’ve [...]

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Sharp End and politics round-up

It’s a Sharp End day today so a lot of my time and attention is being taken up with that, but there are a couple of strands to pick up on briefly. Electrification of the London to Swansea rail line. * The Deputy First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones has been at Swansea railway station today [...]

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