Blog Review: 157

• David Cornock looks at the Tories preparing for Government.
• David Jones notes moves against Brown are already underway.
• Peter Black looks at the Labour party’s view on free speech and Martin Shipton’s views on the breakdown of a Rainbow coalition.
• Normal Mouth claims the Crewe By-election does not guarantee success for the Tories.
• Ordovicius suggests Brown is off. He also gives views on the One Wales coalition a year on and notes Plaid’s return to power in Gwynedd.
• Miss Wagstaff suggests Labour should stick to policies and not personalities.
• Welsh Ramblings looks at Beavan and Thatcher.
• Welsh lobbyist notes Labour’s defeat in Crewe.

Blog Review: 156

• Matt Withers notes an unorthodox campaign tactic waged by Gordon Brown’s opponents.
• Vaughan Roderick looks at the Crewe by-election. Translation here from Ordovicius.
• Tomos Livingstone notes the Assembly rugby team’s match tonight.
• Adam Price discusses a year on from the coalition.
• Leanne Wood gives her backing to the Health Ministers stance on treating failed asylum seekers.
• Leighton Andrews gives his views on the Assembly’s Art Work. More here from Amlwch to Magor and Miserable Old Fart.
• Peter Black looks at a slip up by the Tories.

Blog Review: 155

• Betsan Powys highlights the Tory’s getting a bit confused on their health policy.
• David Cornock notes the goings on in Crewe.
• Vaughan Roderick notes Dafydd Ellis Thomas grip on the Presiding Officers chair. Translation here from Ordovicius.
• Paul Flynn looks at censorship and Tory financing.
• Peter Black highlights Lembit’s difficulty in supporting the Lib Dem’s candidate in Crewe.
• Glyn Davies gives his views on the big votes at Westminster.
• Amlwch to Magor looks at Tamsin Dunwoody’s campaign and the Labour fall out after the council elections. More on that issue with Guerrilla Welsh Fare.
• Ceredig picks up on the issue of Labour dismay at Plaid and singles out the Western Mail for pushing their agenda.
• Guerrilla Welsh Fare looks at Leighton Andrew’s censorship poll. Original post here.
• Half Blood Welshman suggests Brown could be off soon. More here from Ordovicius.
• John Dixon suggests that David Cameron is offering us a re-hashed version of Thatcher.
• Normal Mouth thinks it should be Beavan and not Thatcher that is attacked of the artwork on view at the Senedd.
• Ordovicius looks at Plaid’s direction in Gwynedd and reports there are already rumoured splits in Llais Gwynedd.

Blog Review: 154

• Betsan Powys looks at the health minister’s decision to do the right thing. More here from Ordovicius.
• Matt Withers examines David Cameron’s standard policy response.
• Tom Bodden picks up on Maggie Thatcher’s visit to the Senedd. More here from Bethan Jenkins. Peter Black provides the images.
• David Jones suggests some Labour strategists have already given up on Crewe.
• Leanne Wood announces the publication of her new paper "making our communities safer."
• Peter Black notes yet another Lembit Opik publicity stunt.
• Half Blood Welshman looks at the impact of the 10p tax u-turn.
• The Cynical Dragon notes Labour’s activist’s anger at Plaid.

Blog Review: 153

• Bethan Jenkins gives her views about Thatcher at the Senedd.
• David Jones looks at the importance of the Crewe by-election and the Labour strategy for winning it.
• Peter Black notes the knifes are out for Brown.
• Glyn Davies highlights Carwyn Jones’ poor showing on the politics show. More here from Valley’s Mam.
• Guerrilla Welsh Fare notes the lack of election talk from the potential Welsh Labour leaders and Plaid’s position in Caerphilly.
• Normal Mouth looks at Iain Dale’s attack on Tamsin Dunwoody.
• Miss Wagstaff looks at the One Wales Governments priorities.
• Ordovicius notes Nick Clegg’s heavyweight proposal and the threats made to Gordon brown’s leadership.
• The Cynical Dragon looks at the Western Mail’s sickness vs. Olympics article. Valley’s Mam has more here.
• Welsh Ramblings looks at Carwyn Jones fighting back against Peter Hain.

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Blog Review: 152

• Betsan Powys notes the damage the 10p tax row is doing to Labour on the doorstep.
• David Cornock talks about the Government’s U-Turn.
• Bethan Jenkins looks at the local elections.
• Peter Black highlights some Tory hypocrisy.
• Glyn Davies praises Boris Johnson and notes Dai Harvard’s appearance on Dragon’s Eye. More on that issue here by Ordovicius.
• Southpaw Grammar talks Groundhog Day Politics and outlines why he is still a member of Labour.

Blog Roll Update

I've added a few more blogs to the blogroll. If there are any that i am missing please let me know.

Many thanks

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Blog Review: 151

• Betsan Powys comments on Elin Jones increasing impact.
• David Cornock notes the joys of opposition.
• Bethan Jenkins gives views on John Prescott and Huw Lewis.
• Huw Lewis challenges the idea he’s a devo-sceptic.
• Peter Black notes Lembits announcement. More here from David Cornock, Glyn Davies and Ordovicius.
• Glyn Davies gives his response to the Lord Roberts report. Comments here from Guerrilla Welsh Fare and here from Ordovicius.
• Normal Mouth looks at Eurfyl ap Gwylim’s recent analysis of the Assembly’s spending.

Blog Review: 150

• Matt Withers gives his view on the Tories opposition to further on housing powers.
• Adam Price notes rebellion for Brown and creative accounting.
• Paul Flynn attacks the Government’s position over the 10p tax and Tory hypocrisy over the same issue. Peter Black also picks the issue up.
• Glyn Davies reports some critical analysis of Gordon Brown.
• Lee Waters asks what’s the point of the All Wales Convention.
• Ceredig takes issue with Peter Hain’s claim that fake emails cost him his job.
• Normal Mouth asks if the current political climate is more like ’92 than ’97.
• Plaid Cymru’s Bontnewydd Branch suggest Llais Gwynedd have lost the plot.
• Welsh Ramblings looks at Huw Lewis’ charge towards the First Ministers position.

Blog Review: 149

• Betsan Powys notes a detail description by the Liberal Democrat’s Voices’ candidate in Llangynog.
• Matt Withers questions how many friends Gordon Brown has left.
• David Jones gives Labour a few hints about where their going wrong.
• Bethan Jenkins criticises Darren Miller for his attack on the Welsh Awareness Wales.
• Leanne Wood says Glyn Davies and Dylan Jones Evans have missed the point about housing powers.
• Guerrilla Welsh Fare highlights Rod Richards run in with the law.
• Luke Young levels another attack at People’s Voice.
• Miss Wagstaff looks at Peter Hain’s surreal nightmare.
• Southpaw Grammar looks at the way trade unions fund Labour.

Blog Review: 148

• Betsan Powys notes the Badger Cull vote.
• IWA looks at Wales’ media.
• Tomos Livingstone looks at a Tory reshuffle.
• Valley’s Mam looks at a potential fall out between Labour and the GMB.
• Welsh Ramblings highlights the Tory’s anti-wales stance on housing.

Blog Review: 147

• Tom Bodden notes Alun Davies laughing fit.
• Tomos Livingstone highlights troubled times for Gordon Brown but a silver lining for Chris Bryant.
• David Jones draws attention to Labour’s infighting.

Blog Review: 146

• Bethan Jenkins asks who would be a politician.
• David Jones looks at Gordon Brown position with the economy.
• Peter Black notes Brian Gibbons’ proposals to reorganise the councils in Wales.
• Glyn Davies looks at Tuesday’s Badger cull debate.
• Guerrilla Welsh Fare gives his views on the calls for the national anthem to be played at the FA cup final.
• Normal Mouth sees scope in Plaid’s Innov8 policies.
  
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• Well done to David Cornock on running the London Marathon.