What should republicans say this year? On Monday last week I had several
invitations to speak on radio and television on the subject of monarchy. I
turned them down. Not cowardice I hope, just sensible caution. If I said a...
I am hoping to watch the last two episodes of series one of Borgen tonight so
please no spoilers in the comments.
It has been a compelling experience though perhaps not reaching the heights of the first three series of West Wing. Nevertheless, as the BBC explains it has gripped the imagination of politicians, desperate for reassurance that the world they inhabit is not abnormal and can be replicated in a popular TV drama.
They say that Borgen has become the "must watch" of the Westminster village because it tells some uncomfortable eternal truths about the world of politics:
First, is the cost to friends and family.
As Birgitte Nyborg climbs ever higher up the political tree, so her family life disintegrates ever more disastrously.
Culminating in weekly diary appointments for sex with her husband, psychiatric help for her youngest child and divorce.
So far, so depressing but perhaps not so far-fetched.
After all, who at Westminster would not recognise those frosty dinner table showdowns or the strain politics inevitably put...... [ Read the rest of this story ]
It has been a compelling experience though perhaps not reaching the heights of the first three series of West Wing. Nevertheless, as the BBC explains it has gripped the imagination of politicians, desperate for reassurance that the world they inhabit is not abnormal and can be replicated in a popular TV drama.
They say that Borgen has become the "must watch" of the Westminster village because it tells some uncomfortable eternal truths about the world of politics:
First, is the cost to friends and family.
As Birgitte Nyborg climbs ever higher up the political tree, so her family life disintegrates ever more disastrously.
Culminating in weekly diary appointments for sex with her husband, psychiatric help for her youngest child and divorce.
So far, so depressing but perhaps not so far-fetched.
After all, who at Westminster would not recognise those frosty dinner table showdowns or the strain politics inevitably put...... [ Read the rest of this story ]
Triathlon Training I’m taking my triathlon training a little more seriously
this year. I’ve been following a sensible training plan and have just about
finished a winter ‘Base Phase’ of training. With my coach we’d been gradually
increasing the volume of training over the past couple of months and I’m now
just beginning to increase [...]
There is confirmation toady of our worst fears. The USa are seeking war with
Iran. U.S. officials confirmed today that Israel has been funding and training
Iranian dissidents to assassinate nuclear scientists involved in Iran's nuclear
program. The claim has...
AmeriCymru spoke to Diana Watts of Blond-E, South Wales and the UK's
top Blondie tribute band. Find out more about the band on their website
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| Diana Watts |
AmeriCymru: Hi Diana and many thanks for agreeing to be
interviewed by AmeriCymru. Care to tell us a little about your
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I put a press release out earlier this week highlighting the way
that the big energy companies are seeking to hoodwink the public with small
price reductions in selected products.
Essentially, most of the Big Six energy companies have cut the price of one fuel only. For instance, British Gas has only cut electricity prices, EDF and Scottish and Southern Energy (which is SWALEC where I live) have only cut gas prices.
British Gas has twice as many gas-buying customers as electricity customers. EDF and SSE have many more customers who buy electricity than gas. That does not appear to be a coincidence.
When these companies pushed their prices up, gas and electricity prices rose together. That is not the case when we experience price cuts. Wholesale prices have fallen from their 2011 peak by 19% for gas, and 25% for electricity, and yet we are only being offered a 5% reduction that will come into effect as winter ends, and fuel use falls.
Within a few minutes of posting that press release on my website I was contacted by...... [ Read the rest of this story ]
Essentially, most of the Big Six energy companies have cut the price of one fuel only. For instance, British Gas has only cut electricity prices, EDF and Scottish and Southern Energy (which is SWALEC where I live) have only cut gas prices.
British Gas has twice as many gas-buying customers as electricity customers. EDF and SSE have many more customers who buy electricity than gas. That does not appear to be a coincidence.
When these companies pushed their prices up, gas and electricity prices rose together. That is not the case when we experience price cuts. Wholesale prices have fallen from their 2011 peak by 19% for gas, and 25% for electricity, and yet we are only being offered a 5% reduction that will come into effect as winter ends, and fuel use falls.
Within a few minutes of posting that press release on my website I was contacted by...... [ Read the rest of this story ]
Former Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott was all over Twitter yesterday
announcing that he is to run for Police Commissioner in the Humberside area
later this year.
He has already been branded Kojag, a label he has accepted with glee. However, if he uses pictures on his literature such as the one that illustrates this Telegraph article, I dont hold out much hope for him.
He has already been branded Kojag, a label he has accepted with glee. However, if he uses pictures on his literature such as the one that illustrates this Telegraph article, I dont hold out much hope for him.
Three Questions today in the Commons. Three times the Coalition is wrong. The
lobbying consultation is a limp surrender to the lobbyists. Paul Flynn (Newport
West) (Lab): The tentacles of the corrupt and semi-corrupt lobbying system have
sunk deep into...
'Dwi'n rhyw drio daeall ond fedra i ddim, fedra i
ddim - am safbwynt Dafydd Elis Thomas at annibyniaeth 'dwi'n son wrth
gwrs.
Rydym wedi hen sefydlu ei fod yn erbyn annibyniaeth i Gymru cyn cynhadledd ddiwethaf y Blaid, ond ei fod wedi dod i gefnogi annibyniaeth rhywbryd yn ystod y gynhadledd - neu o bosibl yn fuan wedi iddi ddod i ben. Ond os ydi'r rhifyn diweddaraf o Golwg (dim fersiwn ar lein) i'w gredu mae bellach yn ystyried y cysyniad yn esiampl o rhyw ramantiaeth emosiynol.
Rwan 'dwi'n cael trafferth i ddilyn rhesymeg y darn. Ar un llaw mae'n dadlau nad yw'r dyn cyffredin yn uniaethu gyda thrafodaeth gyfansoddiadol am le Cymru o fewn y Deyrnas Unedig cyn mynd ati i gyflwyno dadl gyfansoddiadol ei hun y dylid cael gwared ar y swydd o Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Tros Gymru ac y dylai Lloegr gael ei senedd ei hun. 'Dydi o ddim yn egluro pam y byddai'r dyn cyffredin yng Nghymru yn uniaethu efo ymgyrch i gael senedd i Loegr.
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...... [ Read the rest of this story ]Rydym wedi hen sefydlu ei fod yn erbyn annibyniaeth i Gymru cyn cynhadledd ddiwethaf y Blaid, ond ei fod wedi dod i gefnogi annibyniaeth rhywbryd yn ystod y gynhadledd - neu o bosibl yn fuan wedi iddi ddod i ben. Ond os ydi'r rhifyn diweddaraf o Golwg (dim fersiwn ar lein) i'w gredu mae bellach yn ystyried y cysyniad yn esiampl o rhyw ramantiaeth emosiynol.
Rwan 'dwi'n cael trafferth i ddilyn rhesymeg y darn. Ar un llaw mae'n dadlau nad yw'r dyn cyffredin yn uniaethu gyda thrafodaeth gyfansoddiadol am le Cymru o fewn y Deyrnas Unedig cyn mynd ati i gyflwyno dadl gyfansoddiadol ei hun y dylid cael gwared ar y swydd o Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Tros Gymru ac y dylai Lloegr gael ei senedd ei hun. 'Dydi o ddim yn egluro pam y byddai'r dyn cyffredin yng Nghymru yn uniaethu efo ymgyrch i gael senedd i Loegr.
The Minister for Equalities has announced that the Government report on AWEMA,
will not be published until 4pm today, after all Assembly Committees have
finished their meetings for the recess. The next meeting of Plenary, where AMs
might wish to scrutinise the Government on this report will take place on
Tuesday 21 February, 12 days from now. That is very convenient for the
Government.
As yet we do not know what the report will say but the questions are stacking up, not least due to the discovery by a Welsh Liberal Democrat researcher of the 2004 report into AWEMA, in the Assembly library.
That report concluded that no further funding is provided to Awema for new projects until Awema is able to verify that it has taken a systematic approach to project and performance management. It was also critical of the civil service oversight and scrutiny of the projects, saying: "The primary concern regarding the role of the Equality Policy Unit (EPU) was the lack of scrutiny and performance appraisal exercised throughout all three projects."
When an urgent question was...... [ Read the rest of this story ]
As yet we do not know what the report will say but the questions are stacking up, not least due to the discovery by a Welsh Liberal Democrat researcher of the 2004 report into AWEMA, in the Assembly library.
That report concluded that no further funding is provided to Awema for new projects until Awema is able to verify that it has taken a systematic approach to project and performance management. It was also critical of the civil service oversight and scrutiny of the projects, saying: "The primary concern regarding the role of the Equality Policy Unit (EPU) was the lack of scrutiny and performance appraisal exercised throughout all three projects."
When an urgent question was...... [ Read the rest of this story ]
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