Comments on: I rescued devolution

By: Michael Reconsidered « This is my truth

Michael Reconsidered « This is my truth — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:16:44 +0000

[...] Interesting piece on Alun Michael’s contribution to devolution over at the WalesHome site. [...]

By: Jeff Jones

Jeff Jones — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 07:30:49 +0000

With other Labour local authority leaders I met Alun Michael in the days leading up to his dramatic resignation. Harry Jones asked him if there was anything we could do to help him. He replied basically on the lines of ‘Thanks for the offer but there was no problem’. I’ve always assumed that he resigned because certain Labour AMs not only refused to back him but encouraged Plaid privately to go for the kill.

By: Daran Hill

Daran Hill — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:50:29 +0000

Thanks for all the tweets, retweets, blog posts and Facebook updates today which highlighted this article. I think it’s been one of the most interesting profiles WalesHome.org has done and have a feeling it’ll keep generating interest.

By: Duncan Higgitt

Duncan Higgitt — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:00:52 +0000

Thanks for your comments, Angela.

Obviously, this was a profile of Alun and, as such, we were looking specifically for his take on events. However, we would be more than happy to speak with the people you suggest at some point in the future.

By: Angela Elniff-Larsen

Angela Elniff-Larsen — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:36:40 +0000

Amazing none of the people I know who were strategically involved in the set up and worked on the YES campaign saw this .I did see Ron Davies and Peter Hain and also Leighton Andrews very active. It would be interesting not only to get Ron Davies take on Alun Michaels comments , but also the people who actively worked to oust Alun .Balance is important but a spectrum can show up many more facets

By: Rene Kinzett

Rene Kinzett — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:36:02 +0000

Excellent interview. I liked Alun as a Minister in all the Departments he has been in and – as this interview also shows – his style of considered and thoughtful approach to public administration should be held up as a great example of its type. I particularly admired his pragmatism over fox hunting and his brave resistance of the more militant wings on both sides of the ban argument.

On devolution – a great angle, not revisionist, but certainly a good revisit and refresher on events which are fast becoming text book history (eeek!).

By: Daran Hill

Daran Hill — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:04:15 +0000

Over on the Bevan Foundation blog, This is My Truth, Victoria Winckler makes some interesting observations on this profile. http://www.thisismytruth.org/2009/09/michael-reconsidered/

By: Adam Higgitt

Adam Higgitt — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:44:02 +0000

Good idea, Al. He’s certainly a figure we’d like to profile.

By: AL

AL — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:31:50 +0000

Interesting piece, thanks to Alun for taking time to do this. Although, In the interest of balance, can we get a piece from Ron Davies in the near future? Not taking sides, of course, but it is important that we do get both points of view.

(although, it has to be said, I don’t care much for “who said what” and “who did what to who”. I’m more concerned with where these people are going than where they have been, as they are still part of the forces that are shaping us.)