2020-02-14 05:32
Interesting article by Ifan Morgan Jones on how the left needs to adapt in order to win elections . I am not a big fan of the left, but I disagree with Ifan from a nationalist pers… Read More
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2017-06-12 07:46
I have been updating https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etholaethau_seneddol_Cymru‘s pages on the constituencies of Wales by adding the 2017 General election
results.
Given the com… Read More
2017-06-02 04:59
I am a constant critic of the BBC’s bias in favour of the status quo, which tends to be supportive of the government (whichever party is in power); so-called “British” valu… Read More
2017-02-16 07:22
English is my first
language but I tend to fill all official forms in Welsh. Welsh is my wife's
first language, but she doesn't like using Welsh forms or help lines, because
she worries that… Read More
2016-09-20 03:29
Ifan Morgan Jones has made an interesting post on his blog on why he thinks Plaid Cymru should move to the centre-ground, I have left a comment there on why I think he's wrong.
I do h… Read More
2016-07-04 07:32
One of the fallacies of
the internet is that social media is able to beat main stream media at its own
game. The Western Mail, the Daily Post, the Daily Mail, the Daily Mirror etc
can publis… Read More
2016-03-15 07:47
As we have seen, during the last three Assembly Elections, it is almost impossible for the Labour Party to gain a List AM. Voting Labour on the list has been a wasted vote for the past 17 ye… Read More
2016-02-21 06:16
I'm sure that few will be shocked at the revelation that I am not a great fan of the Labour Party, but having said that the Welsh branch of the Labour Party held its pre Assembly Election Co… Read More
2016-02-18 05:38
One of the bugbears that I have had with Plaid Cymru is that its main aim is winning votes rather than making the case for Welsh Nationalism, the formation of The Welsh Language Society in t… Read More
2016-02-09 02:20
A message from Plaid Cymru supporting a vote for the UK to remain in the European Union
Wales benefits from being part of the EU, economically, socially and culturally.
The EU helped to es… Read More
2016-01-06 04:21
There is something that smells about the omnipresent "third sector" in Wales, they seem to be consulted on every issue, receive huge amounts of public money, but who they actually represent… Read More
2015-11-10 07:38
I had a YouGov survey today that asked about voting intentions and issues that would affect my vote. One of the questions caused me some difficulty, a question about whether "immigration" is… Read More
2015-09-16 08:00
I can understand why the left wing supporters of Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour Party are cock a hoop by his victory in the Labour leadership election, it is a victory for the left, without a… Read More
2015-05-29 04:39
I was excited by the Welsh Government / EU proposal to give Superfast Broadband to Welsh Rural Communities.
Superfast Cymru will transform the broadband landscape in Wales and promote econo… Read More
2015-05-27 06:06
Miserable Old Fart: 2016 - The Very Last chance to Vote for Wales!: The main story of the UK General Election 2015 is that Britain elected an English Nationalist Government out of fear of… Read More
2015-05-27 05:56
The main story of the UK General Election 2015 is that Britain elected an English Nationalist Government out of fear of what the SNP could do to Britain if it had the balance of power.
A c… Read More
2015-05-10 04:26
It is interesting that the Conservatives have won the GE on less than 37% of those registered to vote and fewer than 25% of those entitled to vote, but yet the Campaign seemed to be one of t… Read More
2015-05-08 11:17
I am very disappointed with Plaid Cymru's lack of success tonight, I was quietly confident that Plaid would have won 5, 6, even 7 seats in this election scarping to keep 3 out of 40 seats is… Read More
2015-04-21 05:00
Whatever you think about the party, its policies or it's personalities, hardly anyone can disagree that the SNP is the winner of the battle to make a manifesto launch in the most stunning lo… Read More
2015-04-10 04:16
The information I gain from Social Media is biased, about 80% of the people I follow on Twitter are members / supporters of Plaid Cymru , the SNP or Mebyon Kernow. I have a bias towards fami… Read More
2015-03-31 02:25
A number of media commentators are claiming that the 2015 General Election is going to be one of the most complicated elections in generations. I disagree Welsh voters have a very simple ch… Read More
2015-03-25 05:19
A lot of discussion has been had on the need to reduce the number of County Councils in Wales, with some consensus that there need to be fewer than the current 22 (although there is little c… Read More
2015-02-13 03:47
I have had an interest in electoral politics since the 1970s. I can't believe that was 45 years ago! Doesn't time fly when you are enjoying your elections?
During the whole of that time I c… Read More
2015-02-04 07:36
YouGov, Ashcroft and other polling companies are predicting that most, if not all, Scottish seats will be won by the SNP in the next Westminster General Election, well done the SNP!
Welsh N… Read More
2014-11-23 04:37
In the days when the Lord Chamberlain's office use to have to censor the morality of stage productions one of the ways in which the Music Hall, in particular, and other production companies… Read More
2014-09-30 03:13
The sewage treatment plant built at Y Ganol (next to the Black Cat petrol station near Glan Conwy and Llandudno Junction) in 1999 at a cost of £ 45 million was intended to create a pla… Read More
2014-09-29 06:08
What a silly article on the Herald site Labour fears English votes plan will halt new powers. These ill thought out plans will not halt Scottish self determination they will enhance them!
E… Read More
2014-09-22 06:57
I was raped by Dafydd y Dug as a 16 year old, he held me in a stranglehold whilst he buggered me against my will against the wall of the Theological Collage in Aberystwyth.
He was an evil… Read More
2014-09-05 04:52
Over the years I have spent many long and tedious hours sitting in the foyer of village halls acting as a polling agent. Some of my best friends are people I met representing opposing partie… Read More
2014-08-12 03:55
I have followed The Thoughts of Oscar Blog, for the best part of 7 years. I'll be honest; I have rarely agreed with Oscar, I have often thought that his posts are offensive, unfair and somet… Read More
2014-08-11 05:44
There is an article on the Scotsman site which is both sick and interesting entitled Great War worst for Scots troops ‘a myth’
The sick part of the article is the way that the b… Read More
2014-08-11 05:18
I bought a book last weekend Dolgellau and the Great War by D T Sheppard which gives details about the 107 people whose names are engraved on the Dolgellau Cenotaph. The introduction to the… Read More
2014-07-10 05:54
In the 1970s and 80s I would occasionally canvass for Plaid Cymru in the south Wales Labour heartlands. It was a hard slog and canvassers would often be greeted with the refrains Labour I w… Read More
2014-07-09 06:31
Cyber bullying is part of the unfortunate nature of the internet. Where there is disagreement on matters sporting, religious, artistic, scientific and, yes, even political here be Trolls. It… Read More
2014-06-07 08:08
I, unequivocally support the supporters of a Yes vote in the forthcoming Scotland referendum. I am jealous that the cause for Welsh Independence has not been made so forcibly because I belie… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Atheists don't believe in the adoration of Saints.
Secularists don't believe in the adoration of Saints.
Protestants don't believe in the adoration of Saints.
Non-conformists don't… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
It is interesting that when Cameron, Rajoy and Barroso make
comments about the difficulty that newly independent nations might have in
remaining in the EU they only concentrate on secessioni… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
It is interesting that the House of Lords held what it called a "debate" on Scottish Independence.
A "debate" by definition needs people of different views discussing opposing opinions, a… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
When I was a lad the suffix in the English county names Essex, Sussex and Middlesex use to reduce me to fits of giggles, I'm sure that little boys still get a laugh from such names, but as f… Read More
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