Posts Tagged ‘coalition’

Should Labour join the UK government ?

Should Labour join the UK government ?

It’s bad and getting worse each day. So let’s find some radical answers.

The end of monogamy?

The end of monogamy?

Last Autumn my view was that One Wales Two was the only realistic shape of any future Welsh coalition government. My view has changed

Ask not what Wales can do for you

Ask not what Wales can do for you

Do we dislike David Cameron’s Big Society because of what it is or because of who is promoting it?

On your bike

On your bike

The ConDem government’s plans to penalise the workless shows how little they understand Wales, and how much we need the powers for those who do

Moaning on the sidelines?

Moaning on the sidelines?

The Assembly and the Welsh Government’s attitude towards the Westminster Coalition Government may go down well electorally, but it will leave Wales behind in the long run unless priorities are quickly redrawn and pragmatism employed

An ocean of clear red water

An ocean of clear red water

The Lib-Con coalition’s fears that Labour will regroup and rebuild from Wales are well founded. By showing an alternative to dogmatic cuts, an an insistence on maintaining vital investment, Labour can protect Wales and demonstrate the alternative to the rest of the UK

Hughes fooling who?

Hughes fooling who?

Lib Dem Simon Hughes’s appointment as Advocate for Access to Education might have been an early Christmas present for him, but to many it seemed more like April’s Fool

Is the UK Government anti-Welsh?

Is the UK Government anti-Welsh?

They’ve been slanging it out in the Chamber and on Twitter: and here leading Assembly Members Alun Davies and Peter Black debate a key issue for Welsh politics

Haven’t we been here before?

Haven’t we been here before?

With the Liberal Democrat federal conference under way in Liverpool, here’s a reflection on the last time the Liberals and Conservatives aligned themselves closely in Wales

The next Welsh Assembly Government

The next Welsh Assembly Government

Are we heading next May to One Wales Mark II or are there other possible alternatives?

A burden that won’t pay

A burden that won’t pay

The ConDem VAT hike will hit the poorest hardest, and it is rooted in the worst kind of Tory dogma

We must answer the siege guns of the right

We must answer the siege guns of the right

Labour’s task is not just to contest the coalition’s dismantling of public services, it is to develop a compelling and contemporary vision for the way we choose to organise ourselves