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New labour agree destruction of Ffos-y-fran
2007-10-10 19:09:00
what is the problem - how can they do it to wales and destroy the environment and ruin the lives of people in Merthyr - put their health in jeopardy..collude to invite this appalling destruction - why aren't people screaming about this ???The New Coal AgePosted: 09 Oct 2007 04:14 AM CDTA vast new opencast pit will ruin local people’s lives and wreck the government’s climate change policies. How was it allowed to happen?By George MonbiotA vast new opencast pit will ruin local people’s lives and wreck the government’s climate change policies. How was it allowed to happen?. Published in the Guardian 9th October 2007..... in a secure compound behind me were the heaviest beasts I have ever seen - 1300 horsepower or more - lined up and ready to start digging the one of the largest opencast coalmines in Europe. In Romania perhaps? The Czech republic? On a hilltop in south Wales. The diggers at Ffos-y-fran, on the outskirts of Merthyr Tydfil, will excavate 1000 acres of land to a d...
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Labour left sell out!! roll up ..unwinable seats going..any bugger will do
2007-10-04 22:56:00
LRC looking for candidates to stand at the next General ElectionDesparate for people to stand for LABOUR REPRESENTATION COMMITTEE http://www.l-r-c.org.uk We need YOU to reclaim the Party! who are you kidding?? CLPs across the country are currently looking for candidates to stand for Labour at the next General Election. Could you be an MP? The left needs people to stand for Parliament, or we will never turn around the current New Labour dominance in the PLP.If you want to try for an unwinnable seat ,this is your chance . If the seat was worth fighting...i.e. winnable then it would gp to some new labour ass licker .. We have attached a copy of the standard CV, and copied below is a list of parliamentary seats with upcoming deadlines for nominations. If you are applying for one of the seats below, please email us to let us know, and we will do what we can to help. Good luck! (If you're not keen to stand, please let us know if your CLP has already selected their candidate for the ne...
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Stop the St Athan Military AcademyNext
2007-10-04 20:51:00
Meeting at Temple of Peace / Y Deml Heddwch2pm Saturday October 6thCathays Park / Parc CathaysCardiff / Caerdydd CF10 3APThe campaign against the mega military training academy at St Athan for Cynefin y Werin www.cynefinywerin.org.ukFor more information see also http://metrixconsortium.blogspot.com/http ://www.nomurderacademyatstathans.com/St Athan Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=415 6619706
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TUC challenging racism conference Cardiff
2007-10-02 08:08:00
Wales TUC Challenging Racism Conference Date Sat, 27 Oct 2007Location County Hall, Cardiff BayFree of charge but you need to register in advance.The Wales TUC Challenging Racism Conference will take place on 27th October in Cardiff Bay. The conference will commemorate the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. The event is at Cardiff County Hall in Cardiff Bay. Part of the day is open to public, part of the day will be motion based and just for trade union delegates.Contact for more informationChris Hartwell on chartwell@tuc.org.uk or 029 2034 7010
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tory naff game
2007-09-30 23:15:00
Visit www.taxmangordon.com to play the game.beyond me ..mind you that isn't difficult .....Brownie yor slipping don't you have a game .tomorrow ....ok then
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Tell the people of Burma what to do, WHATS BEST ?
2007-09-29 12:47:00
Whos pulling your strings......caution!!!! think about it carefully..............Think back and be wary... have you a post military junta PLAN??? what next... is this the best way forward???most brutal very bad leaders in burma..most brutal very bad leaders in iraq...iraq .. nothing to do with oil?burma.... nothing to do with oil?get rid of very bad wicked leader ... = peace and democracy in iraq now??? = DEATH for hundreds of thousandsBurma ..The protests spread as hundreds of thousands of ordinary people and public figures joined in, finding the hope they'd lost only hundreds of thousands and now 20,000London...The protests spread as hundreds of thousands of ordinary people and public figures joined in, finding the hope they lost? 'Million' march against Iraq war http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2765041.stm There were also antiwar gatherings in Glasgow and Belfast - all part of a world-wide weekend of protest with hundreds of rallies and marches in up to 60 countries. They came as U...
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Tesco wants to appear ethical?
2007-09-28 22:52:00
She worked it out in the end ..good for you Katharine!! Takes some folk a while but as long as she got there in the end ...See here for the full story:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/ma in.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/09/28/cntesco128 .xmlDesigner Katharine Hamnett is to terminate a deal to supply organic and fair trade clothing to Tesco . The deal, which was one of a number of high-profile initiatives designed to boost Tesco's green credentials, has collapsed after only a year."I was initially really excited about the tie-up because I thought we could increase demand for ethical products," says Ms Hamnett in an interview published in Drapers, the fashion industry's trade magazine, today. "But I've come to the conclusion that [Tesco] simply wants to appear ethical, rather than make a full commitment to the range."A spokesman for Tesco said, “She really helped us understand how to transfer our existing knowledge of organics and fair trade into clothing but she is wrong to question our co...

Woman prisoner SERCO prison van
2007-09-28 10:29:00
Another woman prisoner dies in HMP Send.Indymedia UK - UKAt 3.45 pm, a Serco prison van (BW04 VZH) was stopped as it attempted to enter the jail. The driver was informed that protesters considered the jail to be ...
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Severn Barrage
2007-09-28 10:23:00
I have been told that there is a better alternative + The government's love for big,expensive projects means that is neglects completely the idea of tidallagoons in the estury and Swansea bay, which could generate the same amountof electricity taking up a fraction of the area, not blocking off the esturyitself and having minimal impact on wildlife. There was a presentation onthis at Swansea conference which made any idea look silly in comparison.Severn Barra ge GOVERNMENT UNVEILS SEVERN BARRAGE FEASIBILITY PROJECTThe Government has decided to carry out a full-scale feasibility study into a possible power-producing barrage across the Severn Estuary...http://www.planningportal.gov.u k/news/?1115315177021Charles Clover: The alternative to a barrage is four new nuclear power stations. Anyone can see that is the less environmentally damaging option. Telegraph 28th Sept 2007http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main .jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/09/27/earthlog127. xml Letter: bewildering that Friends of...

Assembly Finance Committee to launch inquiry into Public Private Partnershi
2007-09-27 15:43:00
labour in wales is different .. i hear distant echoes of clear red water .. was that R Morgan??/And Plaid....surely not going down the PPP road..that has proved disastrous elsewhere. Nothing to do with St Athan of course...... is it.....tiding up after they welcome one of the biggest PPP ever..... noooooo................. whoops we mustn't have any loose ends that might scupper the might military academy.FIN(3)-03-07 : Draft AgendaPrevious Month:Thursday, 20 September 2007FIN(3)-02-07 : AgendaFIN(3)-02-07 : Paper 1 : The budgeting process agreement between the Scottish Executive and the Finance Committee (pdf, 52 kb)FIN(3)-02-07 : Paper 2 : NHS Redress MeasureFIN(3)-02-07 : Paper 3 : Private Finance: Frequently Asked Questions (pdf, 44kb)FIN(3)-02-07 : Paper 4 : Inquiry into Public Private Partnerships - Terms of ReferenceFIN(3)-02-07 : Transcript FIN(3)-02-07 : Transcript (PDF, 180kb)
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Iran strike next? Be afraid!
2007-09-24 15:34:00
Secret US air force team to perfect plan for Iran strike 23 Sep 2007 The United States Air Force has set up a highly confidential strategic planning group tasked with "fighting the next war" as tensions rise with Iran. Project Checkmate, a successor to the group that planned the 1991 Gulf War’s air campaign, was quietly reestablished at the Pentagon in June. It reports directly to General Michael Moseley, the US Air Force chief, and consists of 20-30 top air force officers and defence and cyberspace experts with ready access to the White House, the CIA and other intelligence agencies.
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New Labour seats requiring candidates?
2007-09-23 16:45:00
If you are a new labour person - helps to be ulta right wing, brownite, morgan mafia, pro war,pro militarism, these are the seats for you ... but if you not already somebodys darling then you have no hope. Suggestions for contenders? Seat: Blaenau Gwent Held by: Ind Majority: 2,4882nd place: LabAWS: No - open selectionClosing date for applications: 12 OctoberShortlisting: 14 NovemberHustings: 5 DecemberProcedures Secretary: Lyndon Moore Ty Garth 8 Chapel Road Nantyglo Ebbw Vale GwentNP23 4NBSeat: ArfonNew seatAWS: No - open selectionClosing date for applications: 3 OctoberShortlisting: 15 OctoberHustings: 3 NovemberProcedures Secretary: Tecwyn Thomas 7 Constantine Terrace Caernarfon Gwynedd LL55 2HLTel: 01286 673473Email: tecwyn@ukf.net
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Hear the powerful stories of the Iraqi oil workers and trade unions resisti
2007-09-23 12:43:00
HANDS OFF IRAQI OILCome and hear the powerful stories of the Iraqi oil workers and trade unions resisting the military and economic occupation of their homeland . . .Tuesday 2 October at 7 pm WALLACE LECTURE THEATREMain Building Cardiff University Park Place (opp. Student Union Building)Speakers- EWA JASIEWICZ UK rep for the Basra Oil Workers Union & founder member of NAFTANA, an organisation that builds solidarity with Iraqi workers.+ Speaker from the Stop the War CoalitionAbout the Ewa Jasiewicz: In 2004, Ewa Jasiewicz visited Iraq to build links between the anti-war movement and Iraqi trade unions resisting both occupation and the corporate take-over of their counrty. She became the UK rep for the Basra Oil Workers Union, a militant trade union resisting both the sell-off of Iraqi oil to foreign corporations and the armies of occupation and helped organise Iraq's first anti-privatisation conference. Ewa has lived in Baghdad and Basra, supporting human rights groups, womens o...
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Are feminists and Prudes Rebelling Against Slut Chic
2007-09-22 13:52:00
Girls Gone Mild: Are Feminist s and Prudes Rebelling Against Slut Chic? By Anneli Rufus, AlterNet anti-slut rebellionWendy Shalit's new book suggests there's anti-slut rebellion in the making. Read more »

Christopher Glamorgan?
2007-09-19 12:58:00
Christopher Glamorgan is back boasting "Perambulating Wales, the Welsh, the United Kingdom, politics, humour, general philosophical commentary, and gossip. Oh!...and the professional bloggers down 'The Bay' - sparing much more than just a casual thought for the Kingdom that is United, for we are joined at the hip and rightly so!"Love a bit of gossip.
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Anti-APEC protesters: defiant and united
2007-09-19 12:15:00
story from elsewhere!There were at least 10,000 people gathered at 11am at Sydney’s Town Hall. Despite an intensive campaign aimed at keeping people away, and provocative policing on the day, up to 15,000 people come out on September 8, asserting their right to protest against US President George Bush and Australian Prime Minister John Howard. Hundreds of highschool students chanting “Troops out now!” joined with hundreds of trade unionists chanting “The workers united will never be defeated!” ensuredthat the crowd swelled onto George Street, sending the riot police scampering to take up new positions in front of their mobile prison buses.
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Stark message for parties in green report
2007-09-17 19:33:00
A coalition of nine leading environmental charities has produced a report rating each of the UK's three main political parties on their environmental credentials ahead of the party conference season.The report, How Green Are Our Parties ? The Green Standard Report , bases its assessment on criteria developed earlier this year by the coalition, which consists of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, Friends of the Earth, the Green Alliance, Greenpeace, the National Trust, the RSPB, The Wildlife Trusts, the Woodland Trust and WWF-UK.It finds that none of the parties has yet implemented policies and action “on the scale required to meet the range and urgency of the environmental threats we face”.It rates the Liberal Democrats most highly, but describes the gap between Conservative aspirations and policy commitments as “stark”. Green Alliance director Stephen Hale said the charities were disappointed by the findings. “The environmental ambitions of the parties are very welcom...
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mercenary company Banned from Iraq!
2007-09-17 19:05:00
interesting story .. anybody have info on this company?US security firm Blackwater banned from Iraq 17 Sep 2007US security contractor [terrorists] Blackwater has been banned from operating in Iraq, after eight civilians were killed in Baghdad yesterday. Blackwater offers personal security to US officials working in Iraq, and is one of the better known firms involved in what critics call the privatisation of the war in Iraq.Iraq shootout firm loses licence 17 Sep 2007 Iraq has cancelled the licence of the private security firm, Blackwater USA, after it was involved in a gunfight [war crime] in which at least eight civilians died. The Iraqi interior ministry said the contractor, based in North Carolina, was now banned from operating in Iraq. See: Security contractors open fire in Baghdad, at least 9 killed 17 Sep 2007.
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New Labour in denial - really?
2007-09-14 22:02:00
Welsh Devolution reportNo need to comment as the few elderly members and emloyees of new labour struggle. They are well out of touch.Labour ’s lousy report Sep 10 2007 by Martin Shipton, Western Mail WELSH Labour’s performance during and immediately after the National Assembly election has been torn apart in an expert study. And the men behind the new research say the party’s leaders are simply failing to face up to the shortcomings. In a devolution monitoring report for the Constitution Unit at University College London, Dr Richard Wyn Jones and Dr Roger Scully of the Institute of Welsh Politics at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, say many Welsh Labour members are “in denial” about the extent of their party’s decline. The report says, “Although hardly helped by the fortunes of the UK-wide party – fighting an election in the dog days of the Blair government, with issues like Iraq and the ‘Cash for Honours’ affair continuing to rumble in the backg...
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The Freedom of Information Filer and Queen issues!!
2007-09-14 19:17:00
The Queen on TheyWorkForou Is this the first monarch with her own RSS feed? Would anyone really care if she was? freedom of informationhttp://www.theyworkforyou.com/ royal/elizabeth_the_second The Freedom of Information Filer and Archie website is under construction. Aiming to make it easier to make freedom of information requests, and easier for people to find what other people have found out. If you have anything to contribute please either get in touch or leave your ideas on the wiki page here -http://www.mysociety.org/moin.cgi/Freedo mOfInformation http://www.spy.org.uk/foia/ Do your bit for freedom of information and go to Amnesty sitehttp://irrepressible.info/addcontent
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Warning! - this may make you ill!
2007-09-13 17:32:00
Brown welcomes Thatcher to No 10 - Thought she had Alzheimer’s, but I'm sure there will be any discernable difference.Brown meets Thatcher: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/69 93269.stmMaybe other friends will pop along! Interview with Tony Benn which isn't so bad - kind of an antidote to the doting Maggie pic with Brown. http://www.socialistreview.org.uk/article .php?articlenumber=10071
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Julie Morgan MP 'SPIN' out of control by manager Peter Howe
2007-09-09 13:34:00
There was a story in the Echo on 8 Sept -Row over the secretary from out of town by Phillip Nifield, South Wales Echo. Dirty tricks already. Obviously few new labour folk in Llanishen as Julie Morgan MP has to send her men .. sorry staff! In this case Peter Howe, uneducated, intimidating, belligerent oaf who wouldn't be a lot of help anyway. They are so desperate for votes!(Pic of the charmer himself.)WELSH Conservative MEP Jonathan Evans was last night selected to fight the highly marginal seat of Cardiff North at the next general election. Mr Evans, a former Minister who was MP for Brecon and Radnor from 1992 to 1997, has been an MEP since 1999, he lives in the neighbouring constituency of Cardiff West, I believe. Julie Morgan had a majority of 1,146 at the last general election, but the seat was won for the Conservatives in this year’s National Assembly election by Tory AM Jonathan Morgan with a majority of 4,844.Will Jonathan Evans be sending staff to 'volunteer' for local ...
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Act NOW!
2007-09-09 12:33:00
Show solidarity and Support the Fremantle Care WorkersFremantle is the Aylesbury-based "non-profit" outfit that was handed care of Barnet's elderly by the borough's Tory council. Some "charity" this is, sacking staff if they won't take pay cuts, taking away sick pay and holidays, getting rid of their union rep, and wielding legal threats to stop protest.The GOOD NEWS is that by the time the legal threat took effect over 8,000 people around the world had already sent messages to Fremantle demanding fair treatment for its workers.

Cut the Carbon March Cardiff today
2007-09-08 12:15:00
Saturday 8 September Rali Caerdydd/Cardiff rally with I Count 2:30pmCwrdd ar Lwybr y Taf yn Blackwier a cherdded i'r rali yn Cooper's Field (dibynnu ar drwydded)/Meet on the Taff Trail at Blackwier at 2:30pm to walk to the rally in Cooper's Field (subject to licence).3:30pm Rali a chyngerdd/Rally starts Ffoniwch 029 2084 4646 am fwy o fanylion yn cynnwys man cyfarfod/Please call 029 2084 4646 for more details.Appearances from Maggot (formerly of Goldie Looking Chain), Beth Elfyn, Radio One's Evening Session DJ, actress Greta Scacchi. Music from: Terra Naomi, folk singer Gwyneth Glyn Speakers: Cut the Carbon marchers, I Count (Stop Climate Chaos), Islamic Relief. Register online now - please let us know you're coming. Order rally posters
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No influence for Labour Party members in policy making - nothing new there
2007-09-08 11:11:00
When does extending party democracy mean exactly the opposite? When New Labour want to curtail members rights and influence even further.Suggested motion for New Labour CLPs. "We, the undersigned Constituency Labour Party Officers, are alarmed at the proposals in the document 'Extending Party Democracy', that would remove the right of CLP's to send motions to our annual conference. Rank and file Labour Party members must have the right and ability to influence and direct policy within their own party if the party is to have any claim to democratic legitimacy. We have mandated our delegates to oppose any proposals which would threaten this right, and call on all delegates to do the same."Alarmed at last? Bit late now!As I pointed out below..only 30% are delegates or Labour Party Visitors - LP visitors can't go in the main conference hall perhaps because they don't pay enough.10% elected representatives20% Mediaand 40% exhibitor /Commercial/Corporate the Labour Party boasts so yo...
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Cardiff bus sell out by liberals
2007-09-06 17:57:00
Bus service could go privatePLANS have been unveiled which could lead to a sell-off of a slice of Cardiff Bus, netting tens of millions of pounds. more We want better services not worse!what next .. this is a big mistake - perhaps the councillors who are on the board could have resisted this? Cllr Neale?
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Protest planned for NEW Labour conference
2007-09-06 10:57:00
Join Maya Evans and John Catt for mass civil disobedience in Bournemouth, outside the New Labour Party Conference , on Sunday 23 September. http://www.u-turnforpeace.org/Over 100 peace activists from around the UK have pledged to take part in nonviolent civil disobedience outside this year's Labour Party Conference in Bournemouth see ...a sit-down protest in the road leading to the Conference Centre. Brown For further information visit: http://www.u-turnforpeace.org/I note that new labour state that Deliveries due to security ... all vehicles, including courier deliveries, will need to assemble at the Remote Vehicle Search Site (RVSS) at Kings Park Coach Park (just off Kings Park Drive). We recommend you allow 6 hours to pass through RVSS before your event commences!!! Even protesters don't disrupt air travel or anything for quite that badly.Did you know that only 30% are delegates or Labour Party Visitors - LP visitors can't go in the main conference hall perhapsbecause they don...
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Petition to save trees in Penylan
2007-09-05 19:32:00
31 July residents of Penylan were sent a letter from Cardiff Council informing them without consultation about their plans to remove 8 Crab-apple trees. The trees in question are in fact actually cherry trees and the beautiful blossom in Spring calls into question how 'diseased' as claimed by the Council they really are.With each tree being 50 years old the felling would mean the destruction in one year of 400 years of tree growth.Please sign our petition and send the link to anyone you may think would beinterested in supporting a worthy causehttp://petitions.pm.gov.uk/penylan-t reesFurther informationhttp://www.penylan-trees.co.uk /Facebook group (you need to have a Facebook account to access this)http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gi d=5136685997Background - Friday August 24IC Wales features the article 'Trees are healthy, so please don’t fell them'.find out more at IC Wales
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Fat Cats Protection League
2007-09-05 11:06:00
The Fat Cats Prot ection League Posted: 04 Sep 2007 04:16 AM CDTWherever you hear the words “free market”, you’ll find massive state handouts to corporationsMonn ..from Monbiot
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Largest coporations pay no tax
2007-09-04 17:58:00
It was revealed last week that one third of the UK’s 700 largest corporations avoid paying any tax at all. Not only do they avoid tax bills at home, but many also dodge them in developing countries, depriving those countries of a staggering £250 billion annually. Join our call to the prime minister and demand an end to corporate tax dodging now. Once you have done that, play our new tax dodge game and put an end to corporate fat cats running off with the public’s money.Take Action! Email Gordon Brown:Send an email to Gordon Brown to demand that he take action to stop corporate tax dodging.
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