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Sgint – Sherman Cymru
February 10, 2012 15:02 -
AWEMA – a failure of governance
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The show must go on
February 10, 2012 07:02 -
The Welsh re-Development Agency
February 9, 2012 07:02 -
An excuse to do nothing
February 8, 2012 07:02
Posts Tagged ‘public debate’
Untangling nation and state will lead to a better debate about our future
To most nationalists, a sense of nationhood and a desire for Welsh independence are indivisible. But, as Plaid Cymru’s Chair argues, pride in Wales and a proper debate about its constitutional future may both benefit from greater distance from one another
Mental Health in Wales: See past the stigma
It is time for the Welsh Assembly Government to make real progress on mental ill health in Wales – and to learn from other parts of the UK who are running effective campaigns to counter the major problem of stigma
Nasty, brutish and short
APOLOGIES for the radio silence on the Hearth, but I have been distracted by Another Place over the past two days. On Wednesday I spoke to the House of Lords Constitutions Committee on the issue of referenda as part of their ongoing enquiry into this rather unBritish political device. Why me? Well it wasn’t on [...]
We need fewer public sector jobs and fewer councils in Wales
Could we cut the number of public servants working in Wales by a fifth and improve public services? If we are to continue the work of the visionaries that created the welfare state, we have to
Opportunity in adversity
In the first of a new weekly column focusing on the public sector and public services, the newly appointed Minister for Social Justice and Local Government, Carl Sargeant AM, explains how joint working between the Welsh Government and local councils is the key to surviving the budget squeeze
‘We now have a skewed election which favours a discredited political elite’
As the new political year starts, Plaid Cymru PPC Jonathan Edwards reflects on how there has never been a time when the political and economic establishment has defending its own interests at the expense of Wales and working people
Going for gold
The so-called Golden Decade of Sport is not just a British thing – it is a moment when Welsh nation-building and Welsh sporting success can converge, and create something special
Their faith needs your reason
Organised belief is under sustained attack, and faces the prospect of being expelled from public life. It is not just religious people who should fear this
The language of priorities
On the eve of the International Day of Disabled People, the question is posed that if the language of priorities is the religion of socialism, surely disabled children and young people have a right to be at the front of the queue?
Boil it down to the fundamentals
The technical aspects of the referendum question have left some devolutionists gloomy about which way voters will go. Time to take a leaf out of the salesman’s book
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
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
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