David Jones gives up Twitter for Lent

Now the pancakes have been devoured, Lent has begun and people are giving up indulgences until Easter. For most that’ll mean giving up chocolate or some other food or drink but for Wales Office minister, David Jones, it means giving up Twitter. He reckons he spends about half an hour each day reading or sending Tweets [...]

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Calman style

There was much talk at the Welsh Liberal Democrat conference and the Conservative Spring Forum at the weekend about the ‘Calman-style process’ that the UK coalition government promised would follow a Yes vote in the powers referendum. Now that there’s been a Yes vote, leading Westminster politicians including Nick Clegg, David Cameron and Cheryl Gillan, [...]

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War of words over organ donation powers bid

I haven’t heard such angry words exchanged between the governments in London and Cardiff, although I’m sure they use much stronger language in private. The words used in Cardiff Bay: ‘Disrespect’, ‘lack of courtesy’, ‘they’re trying to stop Wales discussing this.’ The words from Westminster: ‘Utter rubbish’, ‘reprehensible’, ‘playing politics.’ Let me try to piece [...]

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Treasury Leak Freezes out Wales Office

Sources at the very highest level are blaming a Treasury leak for freezing out the inhabitants of the Whitehall base of the Wales Office. We’re talking literally here. The heating system at Whitehall is, apparently, interlinked and a leak at the Treasury has caused the boiler in Gwydyr House to malfunction just as temperatures plummet. Incidentally, [...]

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