Glyn Davies has some interesting reflections on last night’s IWA event in Wrexham on the ‘Future Health of the People of Wales’. And once again the issue of powers rears its head.
Budget reflections
Eurfyl ap Gwilym considers Budget 2009:
Taxing question
James Foreman-Peck reflects on the tax row sparked by the Budget last week:
Maze or motorway?
Geraint Talfan Davies takes issue with the All Wales Convention’s description of the choice of paths to law-making open to the Assembly:
Reading the runes of Welsh politics
John Osmond reports on a new prediction about the timing of the forthcoming referendum on extending the powers of the National Assembly:
Difficult decisions
The Budget balance sheet for Wales (novices version) announced a £216m reduction in the Welsh Assembly Government Departmental Expenditure Limit
Delilah and the Welsh Victim Culture
John Osmond suggests that the current controversies surrounding Tom Jones’s 1960s hit song betray an atavistic Welsh culture of defeat:
Welsh politics seeks Obama moment
An ‘Obama moment’ could be far off in Wales, says Nick Morris:
Stimulating statistics
James Foreman-Peck on keeping track of Wales’s position in the world: