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Regional rugby: time for change
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Something of the night
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Judgement time … almost
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Greece is the word
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This is league tables
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Posts Tagged ‘Paul Murphy’
PubCos in the last chance saloon
This evening the Assembly’s Cross Party Group on Beer and the Pub meets to hear about the continuing pressure on traditional pubs. Here, one of Wales’ leading MPs also raises the worrying issue of pub closures
Beware the Tory Trojan Horse
Speaking in the House of Commons, former Welsh Secretary Paul Murphy has warned members of the Silk Commission on devolution against being fooled by ‘little Englanders’ in a Conservative party that values the Union less than ever
No way to fix the “England problem”
Creating a Parliament where elected members have differential voting rights would create an unjust “two-tier” system of MPs – and Unionists should know better
In praise of boring politics
This week’s historic agreement on the completion of devolution in Northern Ireland was greeted with more of a disinterested grunt than a cheer. Good, says one of those at the centre of the original Belfast Agreement negotiations in 1998
Save our SOS: Why Wales needs its place at the Cabinet table
Wales without a Welsh Secretary would be weaker within Britain. That’s precisely why nationalists advocate abolition of the post
Mo show for Murphy
The Mowlam drama-doc omitted the Welshman at the heart of the Northern Ireland peace process
Hart declares support of three MPs – including former Secretary of State
EDWINA HART’s campaign for the Labour leadership received a significant boost this lunchtime with confirmation that three MPs are supporting her in the race to become Welsh Labour leader. Paul Murphy, the MP for Torfaen has, in the emerging style of the Hart campaign, added an endorsement video to her website: The well-respected former Secretary [...]
The concilliator
Peace in Northern Ireland is arguably New Labour’s greatest achievement. Yet, despite his crucial role in bringing it about, Paul Murphy has been twice reshuffled out of Government. Does that say more about the man, or his party?
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