Blog Review: 243

• Matt Withers gives some tongue in cheek predictions for the coming year.
• IWA say it’s a crunch year for the welsh media. More here from the Bevan Foundation.
• Vaughan Roderick looks at the importance of political allegiances.
• David Jones looks at the cost of having Tony Blair in the Middle East.
• Peter Black attacks Tory tax proposals.
• Dylan Jones Evans looks at another company in difficulties. More here from Valley’s Mam.
• Guerrilla Welsh Fare looks at Kirsty Williams ideas to change the world.
• Heledd Fychan looks at the date for the next Westminster election.
• Tomorrow Wales notes the first meeting of the All Wales Convention.
• Welsh Ramblings suggest David Cameron is copying Adam Price. He also starts the campaign to elect Carwyn Jones.

The Blog Returns!

Well Christmas and the New Year is over and so I return to start up the blog for another year. Good to see some stalwarts of the blogsphere have been keeping up the postings in my absence. Some would describe these as political geeks. Others, myself included, would refer to them as the lifeblood of the blogsphere in Wales.

If there have been any new blogs started over the festive period please let me know by leaving a comment or emailing me at welshblogindex@hotmail.co.uk

Christmas Break

The Blog will be out of action until the NEw Year. Sorry for the inconvinience but I have a lot of shopping to do!

Merry Christmas to all who follow the blog.


WBI

Blog Review: 242

• Cambria Politico looks at plans to sell of Welsh assets.
• Matt Withers looks at the time Gordon Brown is spending on the economy.
• Adam Price gives his views on top-up fees.
• David Jones comments on the arrest of Tory MP Damian Green. More here from Peter Black, Damon Lord and Miss Wagstaff.
• Bevan Foundation asks if the PBR has short changed Wales.
• Tomorrow’s Wales looks at the need to be positive about the referendum.

Blog Review: 241

• Betsan Powys questions who’s to blame for job losses in Maesteg.
• Bethan Jenkins comments on news Labour AM’s have been told not to discuss the Yes campaign. More here from Guerrilla Welsh Fare.
• David Jones looks at the view that new Labour is dead.
• Peter Black looks at the One Wales Agreement on the referendum.
• John Dixon is less than impressed with the way the Government and Tories are dealing with the economic troubles.
• Guerrilla Welsh Fare notes rising unemployment.
• Ian Johnson provides reaction to the PBR.
• Miserable Old Fart says Wales is for sale.
• Politics Cymru looks at Bethan Jenkins campaign and Eluned Morgan’s future.
• Tomorrow’s Wales asks what the real case for more powers.

Blog Review: 240

• Betsan Powys looks at reaction to the PBR. More her from Plaid Bontnewydd.
• Cambria Politico notes Darren Millar’s views on devolution.
• Huw Lewis highlights his lecture to the Institute of Wales Politics.
• Peter Black looks at top-up fees. More here from John Dixon and Marcus Warner.
• Guerrilla Welsh Fare looks at David Cameron’s comments on evolution.
• Politics Cymru discusses the political issues in Wales on their pod cast.
• Up the Valleys says Labour have been gagged on the referendum.

Blog Review: 239

• Cambria Politico looks at the LCO debate.
• Bethan Jenkins looks at the refernum. More here from Politics Cymru and Up The Valleys.
• Adam Price gives his views on the PBR. More here from David Jones, Dylan Jones-Evans and Plaid Casnewydd.
• Peter Black picks up on David Cameron’s views on devolution.

Blog Review: 238

• Paul Flynn looks at Nick Clegg’s leadership.
• Glyn Davies looks at the pre-budget report.
• Peter Black examines student debt. More here from Welsh Ramblings.
• John Dixon looks at Cameron’s U-Turn.
• Guerrilla Welsh Fare looks at things getting catty in the Lib Dem leadership race.
• Miss Wagstaff notes Leighton Adnrews ruling himself out of the Labour leadership race.
• Ordovicius noted Huw Lewis on the defensive and looks at David Cameron’s views on devolution.
• Tomorrow Wales says the case for primary powers is overwhelming.
• Welsh Ramblings looks at Huw Lewis’ defence of Labour as anti-welsh.

Blog Review: 237

• Betsan Powys looks at Leighton Andrews position in the Labour party. She also looks at the Lib Dem leadership contest. More on that here from Glyn Davies.
• Vaughan Roderick looks at Labour’s support for independence. Translation here from Ordovicius. More here from Welsh Ramblings.
• Tomos Livingstone looks at the idea of an early election.
• Leighton Andrews suggest Welsh Labour needs a debate. Reaction here from Ordovicius and Politics Cymru.
• Valley’s Mam has some thoughts for Friday.
• Wales First looks at whose spending Welsh taxpayer’s money.

Blog Review: 236

Sorry for the lay off!

• Betsan Powys looks at how to make an LCO. More here from Peter Black.
• IWA looks at fiscal federalism.
• Vaughan Roderick looks at Nick Bourne’s leadership worries. Translation here from Ordovicius.
• Bethan Jenkins looks at job losses in Merthyr. More here from Huw Lewis, Dylan Jones Evans and Valleys Mam (in a very familiar new layout!).
• Glyn Davies heaps praise on Cameron.
• Heledd Fychan notes Kirsty hasn’t come off well in the 21st Century Wales review.
• Marcus Warner looks at Labour’s position in Wales.
• Miserable Old Fart says Labour hasn’t changed.
• Welsh Ramblings suggests Jonathan Morgan has been up to his old tricks again.

Blog Review: 235

• IWA presents its new book 21st Century Wales. More here from Peter Black, Up the Valleys, Welsh Ramblings and the Bevan Foundation.
• Vaughan Roderick asks what is the purpose of the Lib Dems.
• David Jones defends George Osborne. More here from Glyn Davies.
• Leanne Wood looks at job losses in the written press.
• John Dixon looks at the Governments decision on the Post Office Card Account.
• Ian Johnson looks at the Bevan Foundations Evolution of Devolution pamphlet.
• Valley’s Mam looks at the issue of presumed consent.
• Welsh Ramblings highlights what you haven’t read in the papers.

Blog Review: 234

• Betsan Powys looks at Alun Michaels' views on devolution.
• Cambrian Politico notes a Tory expulsion in Europe.
• Adam Price’s latest Golwg column looks at the military academy in St Athan.
• Vaughan Roderick thinks things are getting very nasty between Kirsty and Jenny.
• Huw Lewis isn’t happy with Adam Price.
• Glyn Davies examines the LCO situation.
• The Bevan Foundation reports on its withdrawal of a Labour conference.
• Heledd Fychan looks at Plaid’s Winter Campaign.
• Tomorrow Wales notes a letter one of its members has sent to the Western Mail.

Blog Review: 233

• IWA looks at tools for the recession.
• Matt Withers points out a slight oversight by Jenny Randerson. He doesn’t leave Kirsty Williams off the hook either.
• Bethan Jenkins reports on here work on e-democracy.
• David Jones has a spat with Adam Price as well as Gordon Brown’s PMQ’s and the Welsh Select Committees report.
• Peter Black looks at the tensions regarding the Housing LCO.
• Glyn Davies comments on the British or Welsh debate. More here from Guerrilla Welsh Fare, Up The Valleys and Ordovicius.
• Amlwch to Magor looks at the trust we have in our AM’s.
• Guerrilla Welsh Fare looks at Nick Bourne’s leadership and the battle between Kirsty and Jenny.
• Marcus Warner looks at a GB football team.

Blog Review: 232

• Betsan Powys says the gloves are off in the Lib Dem leadership race. More here from Peter Black.
• Vaughan Roderick looks at the leadership of the Conservatives. Translation here from Ordovicius.
• David Jones takes issue with Plaid’s leaflets in Caerphilly.
• Dylan Jones Evans looks at the latest unemployment figures.
• Marcus Warner looks at the issues surrounding taxation.
• Welsh Ramblings suggests the Lib Dems are planning for Government.

Blog Review: 231

• Bethan Jenkins looks at the Western Mails claims of a crisis for One Wales. More here from Peter Black and Welsh Ramblings.
• David Jones shows the Conservatives and Peter Hain are in tune.
• Paul Flynn looks at Lembits failed bid to be president of the Lib Dems. More here from Glyn Davies, Peter Black, Valley’s Mam and Miss Wagstaff.
• Half Blood Welshman looks at Glenrothes and America.
• Heledd Fychan gives her views on a number of issues.
• Miserable Old Fart looks at some reasons the SNP didn’t win.
• Wales First gives a devolution round up.