I have mixed feelings about rallying through Welsh forests, but if the story on Freedom Central is true, that the Welsh Assembly Government is one-sidedly breaking a contract by withdrawing financial support from Wales GB Rally, then WAG has acted irresponsibly and thoughtlessly.

It appears that the Westminster government is prepared to remove the Secretary of State’s veto power from the measure which is currently going through parliament. The veto was described as “illegal” by Peter Black AM and caused the Senedd’s presiding officer to journey to London to speak in a Lords debate later today.

Peter calls for political parties to work together, and not use the Deputy Minister for Social Services’ statement last Tuesday as a basis for point-scoring. Full story here.

Welsh Liberal Democrat Leader Kirsty Williams has urged the First Minister to come clean about the discussions he has had with the banks, the UK and the EU over the availability of credit to help Welsh businesses deal with the financial crisis in Wales. An earlier curt reply on the subject from Rhodri Morgan’s office […]

It’s up to individual AMs, judging by this letter in the Western Mail.

Councillor Mike Richards (Labour) and I attended the consultation workshop organised on behalf of the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales held in Carmarthen yesterday. This sort of outreach exercise is a departure for the Commission. It is very much a brain-child of the outgoing chair, Susan Smith. She had felt that the AGM of […]

Ignore the jargon “delayed transfer of care”; ignore the artificial distinction between “social care” and “nursing care”; if you need health care, no matter how old you are, the National Health Service should pay. You do not have to sell your home to pay for it, and any elderly patient who has been persuaded to […]