Posts Tagged ‘2010 General Election’
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
If only he’d stayed
Right wing, media savvy Alun Cairns’ departure from the Senedd leaves it a poorer place
Is Plaid in crisis?
Plaid Cymru enters the Assembly election near-term with searching questions about its future posed from within and beyond part ranks. But is there really a crisis? And, if so, can Plaid recover? Two WalesHome editors give their verdicts
Is Plaid about to get shafted over Select Committee places?
New elections to Parliament’s scrutiny bodies could have dire implications for the minor parties
Hung out to dry on the immigration debate
Immigration was a hot topic during the General Election – and for the Lib Dems honesty on this issue was perhaps electorally counter productive, writes our newest Sixth Columnist
What next for Labour?
It only looks like a good time to be in opposition, says one of Welsh Labour’s newest MPs. The popularity of the new coalition may be more enduring, and Labour’s road back to credibility harder than most imagine
What next for Plaid Cymru?
Plaid Cymru had a dreadful election, but providing lessons are learnt they can rebuild and reposition for success in 2011
London calling to the faraway towns
“London parties” is a term of abuse for Plaid and the SNP. Here, a London dweller argues that the UK capital does not deserve to be demonised
Reflections from Montgomeryshire: my campaign
Our newest Sixth Columnist tells of how she fulfilled her childhood ambition of running for Parliament, contributed to boosting her party – and also to the Portillo moment of the 2010 General Election
Exit, stage left
Lib-Lab talks fell apart early this week amid claims that significant Labour figures believed the time for opposition had come. So does this writer, who also warns of new challenges ahead for the party
Plaid still playing fantasy politics
FORGIVE the tangential nature of this post. History is being made in Westminster but Plaid still persists in an alternative version of reality. Today they have alleged that it was Labour that stopped discussions with the Liberal Democrats and not the other way around. Peter Hain’s rebuttal is clear: “I was involved in the discussions [...]
Just because it’s normal doesn’t mean it’s good
Coalition forming may be the norm elsewhere, but the practices should still offend us







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