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Tag Archives: Plaid Cymru
The Oath Of Allegiance…And Other Nonsense
29th September 1969. Seems a million years away. My first job as a Clerical Officer with Belfast Corporation as it was then called. The new recruits were sitting in the Council Chamber and a lady called Sandra put a small … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Charles Windsor, Claire Hanna, Colum Eastwood, Gavin Robinson, Git, Plaid Cymru, SDLP, Sinn Féin, SNP
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The Incredible Shrinking “United Kingdom”
How many constituencies are in the “United Kingdom”? Well if we look at Wikipedia, an impeccable source for everything…it is 650. But I dispute this. There are in reality just 643, Seven constituencies elected a MP who will not be … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Windsor, Norn Iron, Plaid Cymru, Sinn Féin, SNP, Westminster Election
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It Was Eighteen Elections…Not One…And Ninety Proxy Elections.
The General Election. The Headline Well, it was actually eighteen different elections ….and the British one and it does not really matter. As a spectator sport, it was of course great to see the Conservatives get humiliated, But in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alliance Party, Boris Johnson, Conservative Party, DUP, General Election, Green Party, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Party, Liberal Democrat, Norn Iron, Plaid Cymru, Reform, Rishi Sunak, SDLP, Sinn Féin, SNP, Starmer, TUV, Upper Bann, UUP
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The Sturgeon Revolution: The Edinburgh Spring
I was always a politics nerd. I suppose the first Westminster election that I ever watched “thru the night” was in 1964. I was 12 years old. It was a narrow Labour win. Then..1966 (Labour) , 1970 (Tory win..the first in … Continue reading
“Sister” Parties & “Girlfriend” Parties
“You should support the British Labour Party…your sister Party” they say. “You should support the Irish Labour Party…your sister Party” they say. I daresay they are only half-right. Family of sorts. And I daresay we would support them. If Joan Burton … Continue reading
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Tagged british labour party, Ed Miliband MP, Irish Labour Party, Joan Burton, Plaid Cymru, SDLP, SNP, Tony Blair
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Everyone Is A Nationalist
Watching “Question Time” on BBC last night, I have to say that I was disappointed in Andy Burnham who is a leading member of the Labour Party. Indeed, he might well be a future Deputy Leader or even Leader of … Continue reading
The Great Debate…How Was It For You?
The Great Debate…the seven leaders of major political parties in England, Scotland and Wales…ahead of the Westminster Election. Confirming the fact that Norn Iron is a semi-detached part of the DisUnited Kingdom, no Party gives a tinkers curse about Norn … Continue reading
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Tagged british labour party, Conservative Party, DUP, Green Party, Liberal-Democrats, Plaid Cymru, SDLP, SNP, UKIP, Westminster 2015, Westminster Election
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Croeso Leanne Wood
Anybody who refers to Mrs Windsor……..as …….”Mrs Windsor” is ok by me. So welcome/fáilte/croeso Leanne Wood, the new, avowedly Republican Leader of Plaid Cymru (the Welsh Nationalist Party).
Keeping An Eye On the Czar of Russia 