Owner: Miss Wagstaff Presents URL:http://onewalesgovernment.blogspot.com/ Join Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:10:17 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: A political blog of Welsh origin. Analysing - among other things - the 'One Wales Agreement/ Government' and whether it is serving the people of Wales or merely a convenient way for Labour to stay in power and for Plaid Cymru to gain ministerial Site statistics:Click here
Silliness Unlimited 2008-08-13 05:56:00 Northerners in England should be encouraged to move away to the south-east of England in a bid to promote urban depopulation regeneration in northern England, according to wonks at Policy Exchange, one of D-Cam's favoured think-tanks.This, obviously, will do the Tories' electoral chances no good at all in Wales. The summary to the report, Cities Unlimited, (no one reads these reports, do they?) sa Read more:Silliness
Brothers and Sisters in Arms 2008-08-13 01:00:00 The Welsh blogosphere is reasonably small when you compare and consider the size and number of blogs in England and Scotland. We seem to dwindle in numbers from time to time. Some disappear for a while, and some for good. Other blogs seem to take their place, and with mixed success.You could say that we are a 'family', even to the point of looking out for one another, as it seems from the content Read more:Brothers
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AM's Expenses: Take a pew 2008-08-12 09:00:00 Eight AMs claimed the maximum possible amount of £12,500 for second home expenses in the last financial year.The detailed expenses breakdown were released to BBC Wales in response to a Freedom of Information request. Atleast one AM will be able to 'take a seat' while she curses the day such requests have to be answered. Read more:Expenses
Foundation Modern Apprenticeship Scheme 2008-08-12 02:02:00 Briefly touched on earlier this year, the Welsh Assembly Government's flagship apprenticeship programme provides the opportunity for young people with limited qualifications, those who are unemployed; or want to change their career; to develop skills and experience to help gain sustainable employment.6-month placements have been created for 10 candidates (yes, that figure is 10) with 6 based in th Read more:Foundation
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Wanted: IT Consultant for Non-IT Girl 2008-08-11 14:26:00 I've added the code for this template and can assure you that it isn't meant to look like this. You could say that I've got a few problems that didn't exist at the testing stage - the 'posts' section doesn't come in the same format as the template, and I'm unable to upload a photo in the header.At the testing stage, when I created a blog from scratch, the formatting was fine and I was able to uplo Read more:Consultant
Iain Dale's Total Politics: Last Chance to Vote 2008-08-11 01:32:00 Iain Dale's TOTAL POLITICS is asking for your votes to decide the Top 100 UK Political Blogs.How to Vote:Either email your Top Ten (ranked from 1 to 10) to toptenblogs@totalpolitics.com (Please type Top 10 in the subject line)Or you can leave your Top Ten in the Comments section of Iain Dale's post (you must be logged in to blogger).Total
Politics and Iain Dale will then compile the Top 100 from t Read more:Last Chance
Taken Offline 2008-08-10 14:34:00 Miss Wagstaff Presents will be taken offline for short periods now and again over the next few days in order to carry out changes to the overall look of the blog. Wish me luck.Update: You'll have to bear with me as the update of the blog layout is an ongoing process. As you can see the layout of posts should be improved and my banner is missing. Now this didn't happen in practice.I've also rearran Read more:Offline
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Wales' and Britain's New Olympian 2008-08-10 08:01:00 Congratulations to Nicole Cooke on winning the gold medal in the Women's Cycling Road Race today, doing Wales
proud in the process. We've known it for years, and today the world also knows just how good she is as an athlete. This Bridgend girl deserved to win an Olympic Gold Medal, and Britain
's first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics. Read more:Olympian
Tragedy in Antigua 2008-08-10 05:36:00 Going off tangent from politics, I couldn't help but notice that the police officer heading the inquiry into the murders of a British honeymoon couple in Antigua has quit. This will be of little or no comfort to both families during their time of grief. My second thought - after trying to get my head around what the families must be going through at the moment - was one of cynicism. I can't help t Read more:Tragedy
Changing, not for change's sake 2008-08-09 09:31:00 I've talked many times about changing the look of this blog. Sometimes family, friends, work, and even my lack of IT skills get in the way. I can't continue to pass the blame.Some question whether bloggers are a dying breed, while others attempt to criticise the way we choose to blog (thanks to Peter Black AM and Al Iguana for their views). I obviously intend to post on this at some point. For now Read more:Changing
How can I possibly forget...The Riddler 2008-08-08 13:01:00 The Riddlerto pierce the artifice in Welsh Politics. The Riddler - A former member of parliament now living in Wales. Now very bored. and his classic..."While the boards say impressed things from a willing serrated tongue in a pitch pippa would not spit the pips of an orange land the sycamore cladding will object in sly computer waves through its dark slate."
Fresh faces for the Blogosphere 2008-08-07 06:30:00 A warm and open-armed welcome to:Brother TecwynI am a member of the Labour party and a committed socialist. I stand kinda halfway between Old and New Labour. I am a Christian, am Welsh and speak the language fluently. But don’t get me wrong. I offensive, like my women and drink too much. And, controversially, I don't always follow the party line. You could say I'm the nionist Rhodri Glyn Thomas, Read more:Blogosphere
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Second Annual Welsh Blog Index Awards 2008-08-07 02:02:00 It must be the Awards
season as The Welsh
Blog Index
has recently made an announcement and encouraging all Welsh bloggers to post on the item. The site is an excellent source for blog round ups in Wales.It's time for the second annual Welsh Blog Index awards. Nominations will close at 12.00pm on August 31st with the winners announced on September 1st.Please email your nominations to welshblogindex Read more:Annual
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DotCYM, an unsavoury opportunity for some 2008-08-06 08:58:00 A £20,000 grant to secure a "dot cym" internet address for Wales is to be given by the assembly government.Deputy First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones said the money was to support the DotCYM campaign for a Welsh version of the .com or co.uk endings. He said it would "open up new marketing opportunities and help promote the Wales brand."Broadcasters on BBC Wales news were reluctant to pronounce the pro
Leighton jumping ship... again! 2008-08-06 06:00:00 Matt Withers from 'Wales on Sunday' in a new post on his blog, 'All aboard the Miliband Express' speculates on... the growing number of Labourites, seeing the way the prevailing wind is blowing, are being lured by the fresh face, boyish charms and fighting talk of Foreign Secretary David Miliband.Rhodri Morgan thinks any kind of leadership bid would be "suicide". But at least one of his Labour min Read more:Leighton
Welsh Politics needs an Open Culture in the Welsh Assembly Government 2008-08-06 05:59:00 Interesting new post from Matt Wardman which I think may be of interest to readers of this blog. Read for yourselves:I had an exchange with Tom Watson MP, who launched the debate that lead to eventual creation of the Principles for Participation Online for Civil Servants, before my interview with Radio Wales.In my first post, I said:I wonder if I can get a statement from Tom Watson by 5:00pm that Read more:Assembly
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Not supported by the Assembly Government 2008-08-06 02:12:00 Too many things in Wales have 'Supported by the AssemblyGovernment
' written on them. It may come as a great surprise to you that this blog isn't one of them.Miss Wagstaff Presents... 'Not supported by the Assembly Government'.Thanks to Dotcommentator for the idea and Matt Wardman for the logo.
The Radio Audio of blogging civil servants, and Miss Wagstaff on Facebook 2008-08-05 00:50:00 In case you missed the discussion on 'Good Evening Wales' about recent events in the Welsh blogosphere and Facebook
, Matt Wardman has kindly placed the audio on his blog.We were talking about the restrictions on blogging Civil Servants in Wales, in the light of Miss Wagstaff’s expulsion from Facebook.I’m delighted that Peter Black AM was more controversial than I was. Welsh Assembly Government Read more:Audio
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Live at 17:30 - Good Evening Wales: Welsh Blogging and Facebook 2008-08-04 09:50:00 Unfortunately, I'm unavailable for comment, however, my old blogging friend Matt Wardman will be taking part in the radio programme, Good Evening Wales
a little later today (just after 5:30) talking about Welsh
Political Blogging
by Civil Servants from the point of view of an “outsider”, as a result of the coverage he has been giving to the Christopher Glamorganshire case in Wales, and also th Read more:Facebook
Two weeks to go 2008-08-04 01:05:00 There are two weeks left to get your votes in. Don't forget to vote for some Welsh blogs.
Witanagemot Awards 2008 2008-08-03 13:05:00 The votes have been counted, just over 300 of them, and the results are in (Last year's results here (pdf)). How did your favourite blog do?Political Blog: By AffiliationBest blog by a politician (MP, MSP, AM, Cllr, etc.)John RedwoodTom HarrisNadine DorriesBest Labour Party supporting blogBob PiperPaul LinfordTom HarrisBest Conservative Party supporting blogIain DaleLetters from a ToryConservative Read more:Awards
Gossip! Me? Never! Good news for a change 2008-08-03 13:00:00 Apparently I've been awarded first prize in the 'Best Cardiff Bay Gossip
' category in the Witanagemot Awards. Not sure how many voted for me or why.Such a wonderful feeling after the recent negative action against me. Slightly disappointed not to be mentioned in the same category as Bethan Jenkins AM. You can't win them all [laugh].Thanks to Damon Lord for letting me know.
Wiped from the Face (book) of the earth 2008-08-01 02:25:00 "Facebook is a social utility that connects you with the people around you." No longer, thanks to the Facebook fascists!It seems that due to a number of complaints from Labour party members [including a reasonably well-known UK blogger; a Labour Special Adviser; and a member of the National Assembly] and one from a member of Plaid Cymru, my Facebook account is no more.Those that want to spread a l Read more:Wiped
The forever failing campaign for equal opportunities in the Assembly Government 2008-07-30 00:46:00 Back in November 2007 this blog's second post drew attention to the Welsh AssemblyGovernment
's poor performance in relation to equal opportunities.Back then, an assembly government spokesperson said that applicants from ethnic minority groups had risen from 2.1% in 2005-06 to 3.7% in 2006-07. This reflected work that had been done to raise awareness of the assembly government as an employer among
Total Politics Results: Top 100 UK Political Blogs 2008-09-04 05:55:00 Five Welsh blogs (numbers 58, 59, 61, 72 and 79) have made it into Iain Dale's Top 100 UK Political Blogs
list for his Guide to Political Blogging in the UK 2008-9. Last year's position is in brackets.1. (2) Guido Fawkes 2. (1) Iain Dale 3. (4) Conservative Home 4. (3) Dizzy Thinks 5. (-) Political Betting 6. (-) Devil's Kitchen 7. (9) Spectator Coffee House 8. (12) Burning our Money 9. (42) John Read more:Total
Welsh Blog Index Awards 2008: Results 2008-09-04 01:21:00 Having been away for nearly a week, I'm humbled to have returned to the following news from our very own Welsh
Blog IndexAwards
2008.A big thank you to everyone that voted for this blog, and a hearty round of applause to my colleagues - Dotcommentator and Senedd Whip - for their huge effort over the last several months.Best Politicians Blog: Glyn DaviesBest Media Blog: David CornockBest Other Blo
Total Politics Results: Top 100 Right of Centre Blogs 2008-09-04 01:17:00 Five Welsh blogs have made it into Iain Dale's Top 100 Right
of CentreBlogs
list for his Guide to Political Blogging in the UK 2008-9.28. Glyn Davies85. Lone Voice95. David Jones MP98. Linguanaut99. The Right StudentThe full list and entire series can be followed by clicking on the following link to Iain Dale's Diary. Read more:Total
Total Politics Results: Top 100 Left of Centre Blogs 2008-09-04 01:15:00 Nine Welsh blogs have made it into Iain Dale's Top 100 Left of CentreBlogs
list for his Guide to Political Blogging in the UK 2008-9.19. Ordovicius35. Bethan Jenkins AM39. Adam Price MP47. Cynical Dragon59. Guerrilla Welsh-fare60. Welsh Ramblings73. Blog Menai87. Amlwch to Magor90. Paul FlynnI would never have described The Cynical Dragon as left of centre.The full list and entire series can be f Read more:Total
All at sea 2008-09-02 07:34:00 Here's the new front page of the Assembly Government. Let's hope it is not an artist's impression of the ministers.
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