| A Look-back and Guide |
A Political Diary |
| Politics, Media, Public Issues: Subject Index , Wales and England , December 27, 2024 |
The topics below include: 20 December 2021: Language, Future Generations, 2021 Election, Bad Sociology "The legislation is slackly general, Rhodri Williams QC the Act is inherently “toothless”. "Acts of Parliament need to be enforceable, not only aspirational, and that rhetoric must be turned into action". * * * * 18 December 2021: Tourism, Independence, Economics. "Adam Price addressed tourism, calling it “exploitative” and “extractive”. Councillor Gareth Thomas,Gwynedd’s Head of Economical Development, took a different view. Tourism “provides high quality jobs for local people as well as supporting the county’s environment, language, culture and destinations”. "...This argument is clogged with lifeless metaphors that lack precision: outward-facing, breaking down barriers. The economics lack the courage to look at reality...This is a nonsense nudging into fantasy....political language on autopilot." * * * * 23 April 2021: Plaid Cymru Senedd Election Manifesto "The economy of Wales is locally owned, pays high wages and employment and investment are shared equitably across the country. Young people have ceased to migrate. Energy is completely renewable, owned and generated locally and produces no emissions. Biodiversity thrives, the agriculture sector produces an increasingly localised food system. People live longer and fitter lives in a healthier society that prevents sickness. Welsh is used as a language for living, working and public and private administration. Racism, misogyny and other forms of discrimination and intolerance have been eradicated." * * * * 28 December 2020: Jane Davidson “#futuregen: Lessons from a Small Country” "The One Planet development framework was crafted in the Senedd and intended to over-ride local government. The Future Generations Bill, is used by lawyers for property developers to over-ride local council officers. By default these reports do not filter through to established media and cannot be confirmed or denied." * * * * 20 December 2020: Abolition of Welsh Development Agency “To this day, I am convinced that the termination of the WDA was done out of both jealousy by Welsh Gov and also a disregard by WDA to service the needs and wants of Ministers as they became more and more demanding for information from the organisation. It was not designed to service Welsh Government. It was designed to deliver economic development to external customers and it did it well." * * * * 30 October 2020: Lockdown and Education Examinations “Computer Says No”. Our students have worked for these grades and deserve them; an algorithm that dismisses this is immoral. It is unjust and immoral and our children deserve better.” The First Minister remained loyal to the algorithm." * * * * 28 February 2020: Opaque accountability of Power in Wales "Andrew Davies, with experience in both Cabinet and as Chair of a Health Board: “This really goes to the nub of the problem, where accountability and responsibility lie. In Wales it's very opaque. It's very, very unclear...It's very clear in Scotland and England where accountability lies. In Scotland there's very clear water. There are the services on one hand and the government on the other. Every year an annual accountability audit is held.” * * * * 05 February 2020: Out of the European Union & Identity Politics "The drinkers who spill onto the pavement are men, many with shaven heads. The majority of the flags are of the Union Jack but a good number are of the Cross of Saint George. “Land of Hope and Glory” plays through the loudspeakers. The organisers want the crowd to sing-along but it does not work. Anne Widdicombe in Newport, Gwent. “If this lot had been in charge in 1940 they'd have thrown the towel in after Dunkirk.” It is all on YouTube; the Welsh crowd loving it. * * * * 31 January 2020: Labour Electorally Routed "First Minister's Questions: “Despite the disunity fostered by his party”- this was in reference to Adam Price- “running down Wales at every opportunity, this is a country that faces the future with a greater sense of confidence and purpose.” The numbers are tough. The number to regain is 3,697,403, the voter gap behind the Conservatives. What really stings is who they are, less than half of those with GCSEs or lower." * * * * 31 July 2019: Laura Macallister on BBC Wales. Jess Blair on open government "No Welsh Government official or Minister. In contrast, Scotland was represented by its Head of Open Government. The representative spoke on multiple panels and was able to push the Scottish work to a global audience. With low political engagement, a small and inhibited media and a relatively weak civil society, surely measures around transparency and participation are an obvious aid.” * * * * 4 June 2019: Politics at Hay Festival "Rarely have I heard such hostility levelled between audience members in a talk at Hay, visible anger, heckling, squabbles breaking out across the venue and a palpable atmosphere of discontent on both sides of the debate characterised what became a slightly uncomfortable demonstration of exactly why it is so difficult to find a path forward from this political quagmire.” * * * * 30 May 2019: Laura Macallister, Kevin Morgan, Bevan Foundation on 20 years of devolution "The devolution dividend- the public pound didn't work hard or smart in Wales in the first ten years. One of the biggest problems of all was that the Welsh government treated leaders and laggards the same, got the same grants, the same treatment where we should have been discriminating in favour of good practice. Money was just chucked over the wall in the hope that it would land in the right lace. But we didn't have the Assembly scrutinising those claims and that's where we had a weakness across the board...Rather than challenge we just had things fading in and fading out of fashion. It needs a strong media.” * * * * 23 March 2019: “The Carwyn Years”, Tourist Wales, Pinewood Studios & Welsh Government “So, why is Wales’ culture mostly invisible in these adverts? It is partly, I think, a hangover from history. Wales’ most attractive spots for tourists are also some of those where the Welsh language is still a community language And we wouldn’t want that to make people feel unwelcome! But these adverts should have a role in changing perceptions, not just pandering to them." * * * * By topic: Accountability and responsibility 28 February 2020 Agriculture policy 1 March 2024 Aliberal position 20 December 2021 Apprenticeships, reduced 29 February 2024 Bevan Foundation 30 May 2019 BBC Cymru Wales 31 July 2019 Biodiversity 04 March 2014 Children's Commissioner, good for Reform 31 December 2024 Cognition, influencing 20 December 2021 Cognitive amendment, not a role 30 November 2022 Commissioners, lack of independence 20 December 2021 Community 31 January 2020 Conservative, betrayal of Welsh tradition 20 December 2021 Conservative, philosophy. 20 December 2021 Conservative, ideology and pragmatism 26 May 2015 Conservative, ideology and pragmatism 26 May 2015 Consultation 26 May 2015 Culture, Official Welsh, no representation, superficial 25 February 2019 Culture, not-bothered-much, declarative, nobility of intent. 20 December 2021 Culture, political control 20 December 2021 Democratic deficit 31 July 2019 Digital Economy 31 July 2019 Economics, lack courage to look at reality: 18 December 2021 Economy 05 July 2023, policy incoherent 27 October 2024 Economy, endemic welfarism 29 February 2024 Education 30 October 2020, Government attitude 27 October 2024, 1 August 2024 Election reform, closed lists 5 January 2024, 29 February 2024, 27 October 2024, 1 March 2024 Election, criminalising non-voters 05 July 2023 Employment, pledge against off-shoring 29 February 2024 European Union, agricultural policy 04 March 2014 European Union, Departure Day 05 February 2020 European Union, leaving 04 June 2019, 23 March 2019, 30 May 2019 First Minister's Questions, irrelevant topics 27 October 2024 Future Generations Act 28 December 2020 Future Generations Commissioner 05 July 2023, vague bordering on non-sensical 31 December 2024 Future Generations 20 December 2021 Fiscal deficit 13 December 2021 Freedom of Information 30 November 2022 Gilestone Farm 30 November 2022 Government, open 30 November 2022, 31 July 2019 Government of Wales, behind closed doors 09 November 2019, superiority of 29 February 2024, relationship with Senedd Committee criticised 29 February 2024, directing not legislating 31 December 2024, culture of hostility 1st August 2024, secrecy-centred approach 5 July 2024 Government, siloed approach 31 July 2019 Gross Value Added 23 March 2019, 05 July 2023 Homes, second 30 November 2022 Immigration, attitudes 13 December 2021 Innovation, Strategy 5 January 2024 Ireland 04 June 2019 Labour 05 July 2023 Labour 31 January 2020 Language, lifeless metaphors. 18 December 2021 Language, grandiose and vague 20 December 2021 Language, Welsh 20 December 2021, Empathy programme 27 October 2024, 1 August 2024 Language, political on autopilot. 18 December 2021 Language, public in decline 30 November 2022, vacuous, banal, fatuous 29h February 2024, 1 March 2024 Liberalism 30 November 2022, 28 December 2020 Liberalism, theory 20 December 2021 Ministerial Code 28 December 2020 Monism 20 December 2021, 18 December 2021 Money, public to serve party purpose 29 February 2024, 27 October 2024 Nation, government, party fusing 30 November 2022 31 January 2020. National identity 30 November 2022, 29 February 2024 Nationalised industries 20 December 2021 Natural Resources Wales 05 July 2023, 25 May 2013, 04 March 2014 One Planet development framework 28 December 2020 Organisational culture 04 March 2014 Partnership, social 27 October 2024 Pinewood Studios 23 March 2019 Plaid Cymru 30 November 2022 xx Plaid Cymru, manifesto 23 April 2021 Plaid Cymru 27 May 2014, Economic policy 27 October 2024 Plaid Cymru 19 November 2019 xx Policy, banality 20 December 2021, 27 October 2024 Political language, autopilot. 18 December 2021 Pollution 5 January 2024, 05 July 2023, 30 November 2022, 28 December 2020 Power, opacity 30 November 2022 28th February 2020. Private Finance Initiative 27 May 2014 Prosperity, nonsense language 18 December 2021 Public Services, condition 31 December 2024 Referendum, devolution 1979 25 February 2019 Rural Wales 28 December 2020 Russia 04 March 2014 Senedd, public awareness 5 January 2024 Senedd 31 July 2019, lying to 1st August 2024 Society, created by government 30 November 2022 Solidarity. social 30 November 2022 Solidarity 20 December 2021 State, preceding society 20 December 2021 Tourism,tax 30 November 2022, 31 December 2024 Tourism, exploitative, extractive 18 December 2021 Tourism,hgh quality jobs, supports culture 18 December 2021 Tourist board 23 March 2019 Trade union, block vote 29 April 2017 Transformation 31 January 2020 Voters, allegiance 9 November 2019 Voting, making mandatory 5 January 2024 Wales, exceptionalism 30 November 2022 Water, condition of 29 February 2024 Welsh Development Agency 20 December 2020 Westminster, to Blame 5 January 2024 Working age population 13 December 2021 Yes Cymru, hyperbole with no basis in the reality of the world. 13 December 2021 Yes Cymru, meltdown 18 December 2021 |
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