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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
February 1, 2012 07:02
Posts Tagged ‘public debate’
Intellectual lovesick blues
What is Blue Labour, and does it offer anything for the new Welsh Labour administration in Cardiff Bay?
X hits the spot?
It’s Britain’s biggest talent show and ITV’s most lucrative franchise. But is the X Factor marvellous or manufactured?
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
Forget The West Wing: it’s Radio Time in Britain
The leaders’ debates were bad democracy and worse television. But is it the shows or the scripts that need changing?
Only the Lib Dems can win here – errr…?
“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.” This famous quote by Mahatma Gandhi is probably privately what many Liberal Democrats are feeling at the moment, even if they can’t work out whether or not they are stuck on the third phase or really moving into the fourth. [...]
We can’t afford to cut the public sector
During a period of tight financial settlements, public services often become a scapegoat or an easy target for cuts and so-called efficiency savings. But cutting public services now could do the economy more damage and lead to another recession
Trust the people: time to devolve from the Assembly
Instead of national politicians treating local government as scapegoats and indulging in blame games, it’s time for a new era of proper partnership which trusts local democracy to deliver
Chewing the fat of disgust and deliberation
The test that our democracy faces, both in Wales and in the UK, is to engage more people. But how can this be done against a backdrop of disenchantment with politicians fuelled by the expenses scandal?
Time to challenge the big lie about True Wales
The True Wales campaign says it is against more powers for the Assembly because of the so-called “slippery slope” to independence. But this has it’s own downhill ramp – one that would take Wales backwards
Why would you want to travel First Class, anyway?
Standard class ain’t perfect – but up-front is a complete rip-off
Lobbying the lobbyist
SOMETIMES unexpected issues can overtake party conferences, can’t they? Well, that’s how it felt to me at Welsh Liberal Democrat Conference this weekend in Swansea. I have grown beards a few times before and did so again over recess. But, on a whim, last Monday I removed the bottom portion. The moustache that remained was [...]
Time for politicians to take a whole system approach to governing Wales
Do the public really know at which level public services in Wales are planned, delivered and regulated? And if they don’t, is it because politicians and political parties can’t logically explain the current system themselves?
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