Were you still up for ..?
I'll let you fill in the blanks as the night goes on. I'm going to be talking, listening, then talking some more for the next 24 hours - but if you want to join in the conversation tonight and into the...
View ArticleLabour...led?
There may already be an embryonic deal between Labour and either the Liberal Democrats or Plaid Cymru to form a coalition Assembly government. Three of the most senior figures in Welsh Labour, leader...
View ArticleHolding the reins
The leader is gone. Long live the interim leader. The new Conservative group of Assembly Members met with the party management board this morning to start the process of finding a new leader - one that...
View ArticleCome again?
It took a while to track it down but here is what Tavish Scott - the now former leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats - said to my colleague Brian Taylor in an interview earlier today about the...
View ArticleNecessity v convenience
If you were still up for Llanelli ... Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire ... Cardiff North ... Central and Aberconwy, then I hope you had some sleep. Some pretty bleary-eyed new members on the...
View ArticleChange afoot?
The Presiding Officer for the past three Assemblies has been spotted carrying a few personal belongings from the fourth floor. Does Dafydd Elis-Thomas know something for sure that we don't yet? The...
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First Minister second time around
"Various discussions have taken place in recent days both inside our own party and with others too. As a result of these discussions, I will seek to form a Government later this week, consisting...
View ArticleHill Kill Bill?
It's not often that Quentin Tarantino is evoked in the hushed, brushed wood environs of the Senedd. In fact, I think it's a personal first - and it was all about who fills the shoes of the outgoing...
View ArticleTeam "Delivery"
What IS 'deliver' in Welsh? Carwyn Jones asked the other day, mid interview, conscious that he always uses the word in English no matter in which language he's being interviewed. Cyflawni? Cyflawni...
View ArticleTwo down ...
For Nick Bourne, there was no choice. The blunt realities of the electoral system meant his years as party leader were at an end. In essence, after a bad election, there was little choice for Ieuan Wyn...
View ArticleTwo horse race
A colleague has just typed "Tory group" into a search engine. The response came back: "The submitted search criteria was too complex for the system to handle in a timely manner." Given the briefings...
View ArticleChoosing your words carefully
It was Mrs Stafford Williams, my English teacher in Ysgol Tryfan, who taught me never to mis-use the word 'literally'. She'd peer at me quizzically, read back the offending sentence, emphasise the word...
View ArticleThe 'proper' way forward.
If the Liberal Democrats were hoping that a swift show of hands in the Assembly chamber yesterday could save their two disqualified AMs, then that hope soon evaporated and things are going rapidly...
View ArticleThe police are investigating
South Wales Police have launched an investigation into Aled Roberts and John Dixon's election: "Following a complaint received by South Wales Police and North Wales Police on Thursday 19th May relating...
View Article931 down
It was an inspired conversation. What shall we call a blog written by someone called Betsan? How about ... Betsan's blog? 931 entries later, Betsan's blog is on the move. From today, if the technology...
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