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.

Blog Review: 230

• Betsan Powys revisits the housing LCO row. More here from Peter Black.
• Dylan Jones-Evans looks at the issue of late payments.
• Glyn Davies looks at the issue of presumed consent.
• Amlwch to Magor looks at the Glenroths by-election. More her from Miserable Old Fart and Plaid Casnewydd.
• Guerrilla Welsh Fare takes issue with some Lib Dem Bloggers. Ian Johnson looks at the referendum and Kirsty Williams’ absence.
• Tomorrow Wales looks at the LCO process.
• Welsh Ramblings suggests Kirsty is aiming a little high.

Blog Review: 229

• Betsan Powys looks at the Lord Roberts report. More here from Vaughan Roderick, Bethan Jenkins, Leanne Wood, Peter Black, John Dixon, Glyn Davies and Ordovicius.
• IWA looks at the threat to regional press.
• Tom Bodden looks at David Melding’s bid for a Welsh honours system. More here from Guerrilla Welsh Fare.
• Tomos Livingstone asks if Brown is fundamentally strong.
• Adam Price gives some questions and letter to Paul Murphy.
• Amlwch to Magor gives some good odds on an Obama – Clegg alliance.
• Tomorrow Wales looks at mobilising the youth.
• Wales First set Nick Bourne a challenge.
• Welsh Ramblings states the end of the Welsh conservatives.

Blog Review: 228

• Tomos Livingstone looks at the St Athan training facility.
• Peter Black takes issue with Jenny Randerson’s gimmicks.
• Glyn Davies looks at the Lib Dems internal elections.
• Dylan Jones-Evans gives his solutions to saving the ‘real economy.’
• Guerrilla Welsh Fare looks at the performance of Tory councils.
• Ian Johnson suggests the Lib Dems still don’t understand devolution.
• Tomorrow Wales looks at the conventions call for evidence.

Return

Back blogging from tomorrow

Off For A Rest

Looks like everyone is away for the half term break so as the blogs are light I think I'll take a week off also.

I'll be back next week. Sorry to those dedicated bloggers still keeping us all in the loop.

Blog Review: 227

• Betsan Powys looks at the mount of money councils in Wales have in Icelandic banks. More here from Glyn Davies.
• Cambrian Politico looks at the cost of the Olympics for Wales.
• Vaughan Roderick looks at connecting North and South.
• Adam Price’s latest Golwg column looks at Welsh bank notes.
• Leanne Wood criticises Parliament over the Housing LCO row and challenges Chris Bryant to make clear where he stands.
• Peter Black looks at the .cym campaign.
• Dylan Jones Evans looks at the forthcoming recession.
• John Dixon looks at Angela Burns and Alun Davies’ Assembly row over Tory Hedge Fund donations in Carmarthenshire.
• Half Blood Welshman looks at Peter Mandelson's influence on Labour media control.
• Guerrilla Welsh Fare looks at True Wales’ interview on Dragons Eye last night and Alun Cairns return to the Vale candidacy.
• Valley’s Mam asks if the press have turned on the Tories.

Blog Review: 226

• Betsan Powys notes Alun Cairns reinstated as Conservative candidate for the Vale. More here from Bethan Jenkins, Valley’s Mam and Glyn Davies.
• John Dixon blogs on the economy.
• Peter Black looks at Don Touhig’s leafleting. More here from Guerrilla Welsh Fare.
• Guerrilla Welsh Fare looks at David Cameron’s reaction to the George Osborne issue.
• Plaid Sir Gar calls for policing to be devolved.

Blog Review: 226

• Betsan Powys looks at Alun Michaels defence of the Welsh Affairs Committee. More here from Ordovicius.
• Adam Price gives a details view of some economic strategies.
• Miserable Old Fart takes issue with David Jones MP.
• Wales First clarifies the intention behind a referendum for further powers in Wales.
• Welsh Ramblings gives some views on the economic situation.

Blog Review: 225

• IWA looks at life after Rhodri Morgan.
• Adam Price looks at nationalism and the credit crunch.
• Bethan Jenkins looks at Dafydd Ellis Thomas’ letter to Paul Murphy. More here from David Jones, Peter Black and Glyn Davies.
• Dylan Jones Evans looks again at the Economic Summit.
• Rhetoric Innes provides his interviews with Kirsty Williams and Jenny Randerson.
• Guerrilla Welsh Fare looks at the possibility of an early election and the importance of Wikipedia on politics.
• Ordovicius takes issue with one of Glyn Davies posts.