Posts Tagged ‘All Wales Convention’

This is the pulse of devolution in Wales

This is the pulse of devolution in Wales

A referendum should happen in the Autumn of 2010 and the Welsh Liberal Democrats will continue to work towards this timescale, pledges Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Kirsty Williams in the second of today’s articles by Welsh party leaders

Devolution is bigger than the Labour Party

Devolution is bigger than the Labour Party

Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Nick Bourne becomes WalesHome.org’s 50th writer today as the former No campaigner in 1997 and Welsh Conservative leader in Wales explains how the Conservatives will strengthen the devolution settlement

The half century

The half century

LESS THAN a month ago on the Hearth, we celebrated David Melding becoming our fortieth writer on WalesHome.org. Tomorrow we are fifty as his boss Nick Bourne joins the ranks of our writers. To mark this milestone we’re doing something a bit different tomorrow and for the first time ever we are publishing two columns [...]

Probably the Worst Question in the World

Probably the Worst Question in the World

Calling for a referendum is easy. Setting the question could tax the greatest minds in Wales, says regular columnist David Melding AM

Beware the entitlement to rule

Beware the entitlement to rule

Yes for Wales Mark III must avoid the pitfalls of Ireland 2008 and communicate beyond the converted and the political elite

The Labour candidates on the All Wales Convention Report

The Labour candidates on the All Wales Convention Report

YOU may have read my rant this morning – and my views remain the same after attending the briefing this afternoon on the content of the All Wales Convention report. It was an interesting event, made lively but impenetrable by some of the questions posed by True Wales members. Despite considering myself a bit of [...]

Cheryl Cole and the All Wales Convention

Cheryl Cole and the All Wales Convention

“Anything that’s worth having Is sure enough worth fighting for Quitting’s out of the question When it gets tough gotta fight some more We gotta fight, fight, fight, fight, fight for this love We gotta fight, fight, fight, fight, fight for this love We gotta fight, fight, fight, fight, fight for this love If it’s [...]

Seize this day

Seize this day

Today the All Wales Convention produces its report on the appetite for constitutional change in Wales. Here, and the Archbishop of Wales makes the case for why Welsh civic society and Wales as a whole would benefit from the Assembly moving to full law-making powers as soon as possible

The No voter’s guide to voting Yes

The No voter’s guide to voting Yes

Even the most ardent unionist should support a Yes vote, should Sir Emyr recommend it. Here’s why

A question of timing

EVERYONE has suddenly got an opinion on when a referendum on increasing the Assembly’s powers should be held, and it’s still about three weeks before the All Wales Convention reports. Yesterday it was Peter Hain who set the agenda when he made a hard hitting speech at Cardiff University and argued that the climate was [...]