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Passionate Jocks
I didn’t get to see all of the debate in Edinburgh today as the Scottish Government was put under the cosh over the release of the Lockerbie Bomber. But what I did see made me think that it was a chamber awash with passion. Definitely no love lost – speaking from the heart, and really…
Regeneration by Retail – Come off it
I’ve just spent a weekend in West Wales and heard a lot of people talking about a proposal to regenerate part of Aberystwyth. It involves the compulsory purchase of 15 surviving, and therefore probably reasonably successful, small businesses and their premises so that they can be bundled in with the empty Woolworths and converted into…
It’s time to launch my 10 point Manifesto
With all the main party manifestos out in print, but probably not going to add to much excitement to anyone’s life I sat back and thought about what would capture my votes in the election. So here is my manifesto, like many others it probably won’t stand up to too much scrutiny. 1. Destroy Speed…
Ryan Jones is back
The Welsh team performance was not great last night against Samoa, but the Welsh Captain, Ryan Jones, certainly put in a man of the match performance that was really pleasing. In September I wrote that Wales needed him and suggested that he should stick to playing No 8. Since then – was he listening I…
Has Rugby lost some of its heart and soul?
As a little lad in the 60’s I was brought up on the spectacle of rugby that was London Welsh. Great games, great excitement and very often thumping rugby. All washed down with a barrel or two after the game. In those days, players were amateurs, they played for love of the game and also…
The Sadness of S4C
It has to be sad when any organisation suffers an upheaval that results in the loss of its Chief Executive, but recent months and years at S4C have not shown real success so change was probably inevitable. Sure: the digital age has increased competition, but the Authority seem to be ignoring the fact there are…