Senedd Watch - August 2014

Friends of the Earth Cymru launched a legal challenge against the Welsh Government's decision to approve an M4 bypass of Newport at the expense of an alternative “Blue Route”. Business & Economy Minister, Edwina Hart (Lab, Gower), said she “expected a challenge” as part of the “reality of the world we work in”. She later said that, “As far as I'm concerned we will be going ahead”. Unison are due to ballot NHS Wales staff members on industrial...

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"Thank you for flying Ieuan Air...."

Poor value for money? Or vital transport link? The Anglesey-Cardiff "Ieuan Air" service has its critics. (Pic : Wales Online) The direct air service between Cardiff and Anglesey has been a political football since it was first introduced. Some consider it a vital public service air link; others consider it a complete waste...

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The Aberconwy Funnel-Bebb Spider

"For there is always something down there, in the dark, waiting to come out...." (6th August - Devolution : The Failures) : "In fact, blogging's still quite dangerous - even in Wales - and you leave yourself open to getting into disputes when you didn't need to." I don't like "blogging about blogging", but due to a row between...

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A bunch of AMs walk into a library....

....and asked where the crap punchlines were. They were pointed to the correct section. (Pic : National Assembly via Flickr) Just before the summer recess, the National Assembly's Communities, Equalities and Local Government Committee reported back on their wide-ranging inquiry into local libraries in Wales, which was launched...

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Devolution at 15 : A Political Journey

(Owen : This series was originally going to be posted w/c May 12th 2014)May 12th 2014 marked the fifteenth anniversary of the first meeting of the National Assembly. It's an arbitrary anniversary that's not particularly significant, but five year increments are a good place to take stock. Because this blog's unlikely to be...

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