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We knew Mark Reckless had a brass neck. You’d have to have one to show your face again after you fell over blind drunk in the Commons on practically your first week in the job. Which, by the way, doesn’t bode well for him when it comes to…
Whenever the chatter in the Westminster bubble reaches fever pitch and the commentators begin whipping up their latest round of froth, there’s no better antidote than a surgery in my Pontypridd constituency, a street stall in Cardiff North…
The Valleys of South Wales have always been an affront to the Tories. From the Living Wage strike and the riots that followed in 1910, to the proud resistance of 1984-85, and through a near century of socialism in between, the Valleys have…
It may be an uncomfortable exercise, but brace yourself and try to imagine for a moment that you are Jeremy Hunt. Now, in your new role ensconced behind a desk at the Department for Health, it’s not difficult to imagine the huge pressures…
Today we have seen the Tory lie machine out once again attacking Wales and distorting the truth about the NHS in Wales. It doesn’t take a genius to work out why: they are trying to distract attention from the harm the Tory-led Government is…
Agricultural work is tough and dangerous - it often involves backbreaking jobs, carried out over long hours and has some of the highest fatality and injury rates of any industry. That is why Wednesday’s ruling at the Supreme Court to uphold…
‘Have you ever had an affair? Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offence? Tell me about this phone-hacking stuff I’ve been reading about in the papers: that happened on your watch didn’t it? Three questions that would have been put…
A year from today we will know whether Labour has succeeded in winning back trust and power in just one term, a task that has eluded opposition parties for over 40 years. Eighteen months ago, shortly after I joined the Shadow Cabinet, Ed…
You might not have spotted it on the front pages of the nationals, but make no mistake Wales is under a concerted attack. Over recent months the Tories have organised a smear campaign against Wales, launching countless attacks against our…
Watching David Cameron perform in Cardiff on Friday was like attending a PR master-class. Sweeping in to our local TV studios, lavishing unaccustomed attention on star-struck journalists, with the confession that he is now a committed…
As the conference stage is packed up for another year, it is worth reflecting on how far Labour’s preparation for the general election of 2015 has been advanced over the course of the last week. For me, the biggest achievement has been the…
The football season just gone does not rank as one of the most exciting or successful for British clubs. The Premiership battle was less closely contested than in recent years, and our top teams were eclipsed in Europe by Germany’s success…
