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Queen Elizabeth the original Celebrity Label?
2007-05-06 12:07:00
Whose bright idea was it for the queen to visit USA now and meet with the hated Bush? Even the queen looked disgusted sitting with Cheney! The 2 together is sickening and speaking of sickening I read in the Observer this morning that the queenie had her personal surgeon with her? Who is paying for that at a time when we hear there may have to be rationing of health provision. I wonder how many fertility treatments the cost of her personal surgeon might pay for. Does anyone know how many others has the queen brought with her on her trip to visit Bush? Has anyone measured her carbon footprint for the trip?The Americans seem bemused by the whole visit. I wonder what they male of her ‘mother of the bride’ style clothes, that peculiar British ‘church of England’ style some people want to wear for some reason I can not fathom.When I see her picture I keep thinking whose wedding is it now? Celebrity labels are taking off so perhaps we've all missed something and the mother of brid...
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Politics outside the box
2007-05-05 16:14:00
Politics Outside the Box 02 May 07 Hilary WainwrightHilary Wainwright takes a look at the agenda needed for an independent left to work towards an egalitarian vision of democracy in the UK.Red Pepper's first issue came out 13 years ago this month, shortly before Tony Blair became Labour leader.As we celebrate outlasting him, and prepare for a new phase in our development (more of which later), Hilary Wainwright sets the wider scene for the independent left.Increasingly across the world you find people on the left coming together independently of party allegiances to try to set electoral agendas that break the boundaries of mainstream politics. Sometimes they’ve had a dramatic impact – like the trade unionists in Trondheim, Norway, (see Red Pepper, print issue March 2007) whose defence of public services was decisive in the election of a left coalition that has halted the privatisations of previous regimes. At other times they’ve set off a new electoral dynamic, as across Amer...
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Blair after success of nationalists in Scotland to rebuild Hadrians Wall
2007-05-05 15:59:00
Prime Minister, Tony Blair has announced that, in the wake of dramatic success for the Scottish National party in local elections, Scotland will become physically as well as politically independent from England. This will be achieved by "every British citizen picking up a brick and putting it on Hadrian's Wall " said the Labour leader. "We should have the whole thing closed off by Monday morning".Written by James Wallin note - The story above is a satire or parody. It is entirely fictitious.
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Resign Rhrodri
2007-05-05 13:08:00
Rhrodri Morgan its time to quit, do the decent thing and resign for your partys sake. Even your life jacket won't save you from the sinking ship. Its time for sharing and a more honest politics.New Labour has suffered its worst share of the Welsh vote since 1918. 32% for Labour – in a nation associated so closely with Labour history – has been unprecedented over the intervening 89 years. People in Wales 89 years ago were inspired to sell their furniture to fund and support the Labour Party which has today turned its back on the least advantaged in society. No matter what glib promises they endless churn out.It's time for an end to the machiavellian politics and the stranglehold of the Morgans on Welsh Public life.
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Feminism in an era of 'Girls Gone Wild'
2007-05-05 13:05:00
Amanda Marcotte writes Feminism in the Era of 'Girls Gone Wild ' Everyone these days wants to hear how young women have lost their way, especially if the author can blame feminism for it. But in reality, feminism has been anything but a tragedy for women. Worth reading. From AlterNet
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Labour needs some political viagra?
2007-05-04 11:55:00
Damp squib night after a damp dull campaign in most areas failing to capture anybodies imagination and a coalition with the lib dems most likely when Rhrodri chokes on his pride.Trish Law held on to her seat with an increased majority after all the slagging of from Labour . She gave an impressive performance on BBC TV last night. Time for a change from the slick professional dodgy 'Arthur Daly' politicans we've had enough of. Labour needs some political viagra to implement polices that Wales wants and 'stand up' to Tony and Gordon.Plaids Helen Mary Jones has overturned a Labour majority of just 21 to win back the Llanelli assembly seat she lost four years ago. Perhaps Plaid could learn from her campaign. Clearly they haven’t got peoples confidence but not surprising with mixed messages on nuclear power and lacking ‘real’ green credentials in other areas like transport policy.Above the picture is of a polling station in Cardiff North where a lonesome Tory takes numbers wit...
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Labour concede Llanelli - Morgan Mafia shot out!
2007-05-04 02:10:00
Welsh election night 2007 marks the beginning of the end for the Morgan mafia - Goodbye to Catherine Thomas who used to work for Julie Morgan and goodbye to the expectant candidate for Cardiff North - Asbo Sophie Howe who worked for Julie Morgan as does Asbo Sophies Dad. If Rhrodi resigns as leader then maybe we will have an emd to the nepotism that corrupts the labour party in Wales.I hate quizzes! And that background behind Betsan Powys in the studio is dreadful and very distracting - looks like an feeble attempt at the northern lights.
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Fire Paul Wolfowitz
2007-05-03 22:39:00
Paul Wolf owitz -- architect of the Iraq war, president of the World Bank, and self-styled scourge of corruption -- has been caught red-handed in corruption himself, arranging a huge pay raise for his girlfriend and hiding the evidence. Wolfowitz's rigid ideology, unilateral decision-making, and domineering style demoralized the Bank's staff and undercut efforts to reduce poverty -- and this corruption scandal is the last straw. (As fans of the global television programme The Office know, when the wrong person is in charge, nothing gets done -- so Avaaz has launched a video putting Wolfowitz as the boss in The Office. Click here to see it.) World Bank board members are deciding on his fate now. A massive global outcry could tip the balance. Add your name to the petition below:Read more »
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CLIMATE CHANGE RED ALERT! SIGN the petition
2007-05-03 22:33:00
The world's foremost climate science body has concluded, in a landmark new report, that humankind has the technology to stop a climate catastrophe--but only with bold government action. Now it's up to the world's people to demand that their leaders listen to the scientists. Avaaz is sending its global petition to national leaders around the world--along with personalized messages from citizens of every country on earth. Petition to world leaders: Climate change is the greatest threat facing our world today--and we are almost out of time to stop it. You must tackle this problem now, decisively and together. Start working toward a new global agreement this year. Set binding global targets for emissions to avert catastrophic climate change. Take bold action immediately--and we will join our efforts with yours.Sign the petition and send a message to your national leader! (If you've signed before, you won't be double-counted.)
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Tempers fray in French presidential debate
2007-05-03 10:46:00
Right-winger Nicolas Sarkozy and socialist rival Segolene Royal staged an often bad tempered televised debate Wednesday that could have a crucial effect on France's presidential vote.What we need in Wales is a bit of spirited genuine debate instaead of these staid staged TV'discussions' that insult the viewers intelligence.I hope women in the Welsh elections will keep left and avoid voting for new labour/tories or the conservatives
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Cheney behind forged Niger documents
2007-05-02 15:28:00
Cheney behind forged Niger documents, says former CIA officerBy Jan Frel Quite an allegation. Is the evidence soon to follow?Former CIA officer Ray McGovern went on Tucker Carlson's show on Monday and directly accused Vice President Dick Cheney of being behind the Niger forgeries. Carlson pressed McGovern for evidence, but McGovern said he wouldn't share his evidence at present.Go back to 9th July 2003 Remember Blair telling us .....not the only evidence "It was not a 'fantasy'"Doubts about a claim that Iraq had tried to buy uranium from the African state of Niger were aired 10 months before Mr Bush included the allegation in his key State of the Union address this year, a CIA official has told the BBCThe British Government has stood by its assertion, saying the forged documents were not the only evidence used to reach its conclusion that Saddam Hussein tried to buy uranium from Africa. On Tuesday Mr Blair defended the assessment, telling a committee of MPs that it was not a "fa...
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The Polls
2007-05-01 19:28:00
How will Labour do in Wales on Thursday?A good outcome for the Lim Dems?
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MOD under fire for allowing 'excessive' rewards when business privatised
2007-05-01 18:06:00
MoD under fire for Qinetiq incentives Telegraph.co.uk - Charges of being too lax and allowing managers of Qinetiq to benefit from "excessive" rewards when the business was privatised are being vigorously rejected ...QinetiQ wins radiation effects contract from United Kingdom militaryMilitary & Aerospace Electronics - Nashua,NH,USAQinetiQ in Farnborough, England, won a five-year $3.7 million contract from the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MOD) Research Acquisition Organization ...QinetiQ was involved in the Metric Consortium, to locate an armed forces Defence Training Academy at St Athan to bring together training courses for the Army, Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force in one of the biggest privatisation projects ever. 5,500jobsRhrodri Morgan claimed it would create 5,500 jobs, he boasted about this just the other night in a TV debate. However, it is thought the base will create 1,500 jobs in the wider economy, as well as 1,500 construction jobs generated from building it. Riv...
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How Green are the parties in the Welsh Assembly election?
2007-05-01 17:23:00
Julian Rosser, director of environmental pressure group Friends of the Earth Cymru, gives his verdict on each of the candidates.How green are the parties in the Assembly election? ic Wales - Cardiff, I hope that the National Assembly will start to take seriously the responsibilities placed on it by the 1998 Government of Wales Act. We have the capacity ...The results were1.Green party 8/102.Plaid Cymru 7/103.Forward wales 7/104.Conservatives 4/105.Lib Dems 6.5/10Worst :- at the bottom of the league 6.Labour 5/10On Ann Were, Leader, Green Party Wales, Ann Were is absolutely right that voluntary action is not enough to combat climate change but although stronger laws are needed to reduce emissions, the pill can be sweetened by Government action to create more jobs in public transport, recycling and green energy. Score: 8/10On Elin Jones AM, Plaid Cymru, Elin Jones seems to be setting a good example. It's great to see Plaid Cymru commit to a 3% cut in carbon emissions, although they...
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Blair's bloody legacy: 1. Iraq 2. Bush
2007-05-01 10:37:00
On the 10th anniversary of Tony Blair's election as Prime Minister, an exclusive poll reveals 69 per cent of Britons believe that, when he leaves office, his enduring legacy will be the bloody conflict in Iraq By Andrew Grice. The next highest "legacy rating" on the Communicate Research poll is the prime minister's relationship with US president George W.Bush .Disgrace! People in Wales will have this in mind when they vote in the Welsh Elections. Does Rhrodri Morgan agree with this? Needs his life jacket for the sinking ship.
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New Labour Leeds Postal Vote Scandal
2007-04-30 19:47:00
Is it happening here in Wales too? - An undercover Times reporter made secret tape recordings last week which would appear to confirm many people’s fears that senior Labour figures are carrying out sharp practices which could have a decisive effect on the outcome of this week’s local elections.The Electoral Commission, the official electoral watchdog, says canvassers must not solicit postal votes and should post votes only if specifically asked to do so. However, Maserat Ghafoor, a 39-year-old housewife, said she, too, had felt under pressure when a Labour councillor was brought to her home by a relative. She said the councillor asked her whether she needed help filling out her postal vote.Politicians involved are Graham Hyde *, a Labour councillor who works as a parliamentary aide to the local MP George Mudie, a former whip and staunch Brown supporter. Keith Wakefield, the Labour group’s leader.Wakefield yesterday denied he had ever instructed canvassers to solicit postal vot...
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Postal union chief to quit Labour's NEC
2007-04-30 19:41:00
This story from Oliver Morgan, industrial editor Sunday April 29, 2007The Observer Postal union leader Dave Ward is to step down as a member of Labour's ruling national executive committee, saying there is a conflict of interest between fighting government policy and sitting on the body. The news comes as the Communication Workers Union meets this week to finalise the timing of a strike ballot over Royal Mail's latest pay offer. Ward, who has opposed the introduction of competition into postal services and is fighting plans to close the company's final salary pension scheme to new members, says the union will launch a nationwide campaign against government policy on 15 MayHe said: 'I believe this government's policies have been more hostile to postal workers than any previous government.'In a letter to CWU members informing them of his decision to stand down from the NEC, he says: 'I feel there is a growing conflict of interests between my role in representing and defending t...
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Body Parts Scandal
2007-04-30 11:33:00
Wales on Sunday report that TWO nuclear power stations in Wales may be included in a national inquiry into a major radioactive body parts scandal. Wylfa in Anglesey and Trawsfynydd in Gwynedd could form part of a government probe into whether organs were taken from deceased workers without their families' consent.....British Nuclear Fuels - runs Wylfa and Trawsfynydd -Wyfla, pictured above employs 660 workers, was the last and largest of the Magnox type of nuclear reactor power station of its type to be built in the UK. It started electricity generation in 1971 and will cease to do so in 2010. Wylfa Nuclear Power Station is situated just west of Cemaes, Anglesey, the northernmost village in Wales.Trawsfynydd, which employs 500 workers, ceased to generate electricity in 1991. Wales has two nuclear power stations. Trawsfynydd is closed and Wylfa is due to close in 2010. You can have your say in the consultaion to ensure that Wales has a nuclear free energy future. Say NO to nuclear p...
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How One Moment could end the War!
2007-04-29 11:56:00
A piece of paper will soon be placed on George Bush's desk in the Oval Office. By picking up a pen and signing his name to it, he couldend the war in Iraq.The House and Senate united and passed a bill that wouldprovide for our troops now and begin a redeployment from Iraq to bring themhome.We're just one signature away from ending the tragicmistake that has cut short thousands of American lives, cost tens ofbillions of dollars, and destroyed America's global moral leadership. Butonly if the president signs the bill.I opposed this war from the beginning, and I would signthe bill to end it in a heartbeat.If you would too, please take a moment to tell someone just how simple it would be to end this war:All of the politics, all of the spin, all of the rhetoricmeans very little today.The overwhelming majority of Americans want this war toend. The president must follow them.America is one signature away.Barack Obama
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Plaid Cymru split over nuclear power?
2007-04-27 13:50:00
Yes, it seems they are.....ELIN JONES this week dismissed a Plaid Cymru split over nuclear power. The Ceredigion candidate insisted it was of no significance that the party was anti-nuclear while its leader, Ieuan Wyn Jones, backed a nuclear replacement within the next 10 years for the Wylfa power plant on Anglesey. Successive Plaid manifestos rule out new nuclear power stations, but Mr Jones said he would support the development because he had a “re-sponsibility to defend jobs”, subject to assurances concerning the level of investment, the number of jobs that would be created and proposals for dealing with nuclear waste.Rival candidates - apart from the Liberal Democrats - back a new power station and accused Mr Jones of fudging the issue. But Elin Jones said she defended the right of any AM, including a party leader, to disagree with official policy.Aberystwyth Today 26th April 2007 Plaid should dump this Mr Jones. Either you are for or against nuclear power! This is too serio...
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Sophie Howe promises
2007-04-27 11:48:00
Bombarded with election leaflets for Cardiff North where the big issue is antisocial behaviour according to asbo Cllr Howe Sophie Howe. In Cardiff North? Perhaps she should visit some other parts of the UK, Cardiff even ...She is obsessed with asbo stuff, perhaps she thinks it is the only new labour policy to boast of...em..only it is so right wing.Other Cllr Sophie Howe new labour policesA fully staffed office – is that sharing with daddy Peter Howe, Julie Morgans 'spin doctor'? (Picture of Peter Howe) Vote Sophie get Peter. Who is going to pay for this office? I don't want to vote for an office.Sophie Howes priority is to tackle what antisocial behaviour in Cardiff North? No mention of How. Perhaps she might produce figures for all this imagined anti social behaviour. What about more youth facilities like a skateboard park in Whitchurch which cost how much and then was built and then demolished! Sophie Howe promises to protect green spaces and heritage but as a councillor has...
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Rhrodri gets a make over?
2007-04-27 11:45:00
Watching Rodri Morgan on telly last night I noticed a big difference..yes... and what might that be you might well ask ....he had his hair done...not the usual unruly mess but perfectly ..well ...done and smart tie and clean shirt .....I wonder who did him? I could do with a make over myself!
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PCS Make your Vote count campaign
2007-04-26 20:39:00
The Welsh Assembly elections are now only a week away and it is important that PCS makes the most of the time remaining to build on what has been achieved by our 'Make Your Vote Count ' campaign.The responses PCS received from the leaders of the main parties in Wales to our questions about pay, job cuts, etc. have been posted on the PCS Wales pages of the national union website The questions PCS Wales asked are as follows 1. Where do you stand on cutting civil service jobs in the devolved and non-devolved civil service in Wales?2. How much importance do you attach to the provision of well staffed local offices providing the public with the option of face to face contact? 3. Where do you stand on privatising public services?4. Do you agree that Welsh civil servants deserve fair play on pay and would you like to comment on the current method of civil service pay delivery?5. Do you support the introduction of regional pay in the public sector?These elections are a major opportunity t...
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Anglesey WON'T say NO to a nuclear power station!
2007-04-26 13:10:00
Have the politicans in Anglesey no sense? - perhaps they should ask the people of Wales whether they want a new nuclear power station......Ask your local candidates and those on the lists not to support New Nuclear Power plants..... Anglesey today took its case for a new nuclear power station to the Department of Trade and Industry. Led by the island MP Albert Owen, the high-powered delegation included County Council Leader Gareth Winston Roberts OBE, Managing Director, Derrick Jones, and Amicus Union regional officer, Alwyn Rowlands. They revealed that the meeting with the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Energy, Lord Truscott, had been very positive. News Wales 25th April 2007Get yourself a tshirt from the CND shop especially people in Anglesey
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A good month to bury bad news
2007-04-26 11:47:00
Martin Bright in the New Stateman highlights loads of 'BAD NEWS' stuff that New Labour wants to bury. He says he's told that John Reid is planning to use the Blair-Brown interregnum to shovel out all the overdue business of a famously dysfunctional department in an attempt to bury a veritable landfill of bad news! 'Children's charities have already been informed that the much-delayed research into aBritish version of Megan's Law will be published...A further flurry of potentially embarrassing research into systems for the supervision of the most dangerous sex offenders is also planned for publication later in the month. ....A second considerably delayed report, into the costs of the government's ID card scheme, will also be published during this period' and ...an early-release scheme for prisonersPublished 30 April 2007
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New Labour, New Britain: Taking liberties with our liberties...
2007-04-25 19:30:00
...the advice of Tacitus. The great historian warned that "the more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state."
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Man chops off his Penis in restaurant!
2007-04-25 12:45:00
so bored with welsh elections Man Chops Off His Penis In Rest aurant Sky News - 24 Apr 2007 - A man is in hospital after chopping off his penis in a busy London restaurant. Horrified diners watched as the man ...zizzi........no thats the name of the restaurant!
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Secret power sharing plans
2007-04-25 12:35:00
Martin Shipton, Western Mail reports that LABOUR has been drawing up a series of secret options that could help it retain power, if it fails to win an overall majority in next week’s National Assembly election, it can be revealed today.Yesterday Rhodri Morgan firmly denied a BBC story that senior Labour figures were talking up the prospect of a deal with Plaid. He said, “This story is rubbish from start to finish."Rhrodris cry of no surrender didn't last long. What politican won't share power when that is the only option? Even Ian Paisley capitulated eventually.Was it just Monday Rhrodri Morgan was telling us Labour not out to seek a coalition Apr 23 2007 Western Mail; RHODRI MORGAN insisted he was running for a Labour-only government yesterday, when he was asked if he would accept Plaid Cymru's offer of a coalition to keep the Tories out.LABOUR: 'COALITION NOT ON OUR AGENDA'CHRIS DAVIESCHIEF REPORTERCHRIS.DAVIES@SWWMEDIA.CO.UK10:30 - 23 April 2007 Labour is the only party ...
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PFI in Wales Pollutes Rhrodris 'Clear' red water
2007-04-25 11:49:00
Rhrodri Morgan and New Labour in Wale s are not entirely honest when it comes to PFI and there has been no discernible discussion with the voters of Wales and we must also ask how many people know about the use of PFI in Wales.Wales has 40 PFI Wales Projects: with a Total Captial Value: £1,033 mPFI projects . Energy management, healthcare and road projects are typical examples of the projects procured and schools ; (March 2006) The Wales Office’s IT equipment is provided and supported by Siemens Business Services (SBS) under a PFI contract which is held by the National Assembly for Wales. Information and Communications Technology equipment and services are provided to the Wales Office by the National Assembly for Wales under a Service Delivery Agreement. The Wales Office does not therefore own its IT equipment, or hold the contract for its provision.second Severn CrossingPFI Roads Monmouthshire Capital Value £'m 331Ammanford Police Station PFI Emergency Services Carmarthensh...
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Hain LABOUR LEADERSHIP LOST TOUCH?
2007-04-24 22:07:00
Hain admits Labour has 'lost touch'Peter Hain has said that the Labour leadership has "lost touch" with the electorate.Has he just worked that out? Shows how out of touch Labour are. Most boring Welsh election ever. Spin and more spin...does Rhrodri Morgan think that people will stick with labour to see fines for littering? Blogs just as dull.. are we riveted by coalition talk by Chanticleer, or ordovicius, or blamerbellbriefs, or post Rhodri fight sporting allegories over represented, yawn,most boring ..plaid launched website for y people? Brown in Cardiff North, wow, i was there all day and didn't spot a thing amiss 0725 to paddington
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