Anthony Hunt is a former Wales Office Special Adviser and has worked for Paul Murphy during his time as Secretary of State for Wales, when Paul was in Northern Ireland and when he was Chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee. He was Labour's candidate for Ludlow in the 2010 General Election and a candidate at the 2011 Assembly Elections. He has also worked in research and communications roles for Welsh Labour and for the National Assembly Labour Group and is a long standing party activist. He lives in Griffithstown with his wife and two young children. Anthony writes for WalesHome in a personal capacity.

Holocaust Memorial Day 2012

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day – here is a reflection on its continued significance

Beyond the Boundaries

A week on from the announcement of new boundaries for Welsh constituencies in Westminster, the changes proposed still cause concern

The place between an arrogant government and hard left rhetoric

While the Government must shoulder the blame for tomorrow’s strike, the left must respond responsibly in order to protect the interests of those affected by the cuts

Philip Gould

In the first of two obituaries being published this afternoon, Philip Gould’s impact and legacy is considered

Ken Clarke – The voice of reason

The Westminster government needs Ken Clarke. So do the rest of us

How about letting the dust settle?

Following yesterday’s demolition of Gordon Brown here on WalesHome, another editor provides a defence of his premiership – and a damning indictment of how we remember our immediate past

Riding high

Wales is perfect bike country, well suited to the explosion in cycling now being seen across the UK

We’re better than this

“Cracking down” on crime won’t prevent further unrest, nor will earnest attempts to explain away the rioters’ motivations. There is a series of well-understood policies that, if used together, would tackle both the root cause and the symptoms of urban disorder

A date who won’t stop talking about the ex

Plaid Cymru’s disastrous election result wasn’t down to “the media”, their opponents or any other scapegoat – it was a product of the party’s obsession with attacking Labour

Spare us the trust fund Trots

The recent upsurge in student activism has unearthed a creature that many hoped had vanished: the far-left activist. This threatens to drag down and drown out the cause they purport to endorse

No yes man

A rare, sympathetic TV profile of Kim Howells offered an insight into how to fight and win the next devolution referendum. And it showed a politician the like of whom Wales desperately needs to keep producing

Lessons from the cuts frontline

The proposal to close Newport’s Passport Office is both wrong and symptomatic of a wider fault in the government’s cuts strategy. It also shows the value of local politicians and trade union membership