tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post5891351786190709503..comments2023-05-08T10:46:34.371+01:00Comments on Y Cneifiwr: Council Crisis: Dirty tricks and some correspondence - UpdatedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-16595235619016723492014-02-18T16:20:51.809+00:002014-02-18T16:20:51.809+00:00You keep the twine to hold your pants up Cneifiwr....You keep the twine to hold your pants up Cneifiwr.<br />It's rope they are short of.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-32211163958294344252014-02-17T21:15:45.219+00:002014-02-17T21:15:45.219+00:00If I might digress from twine-related anecdotes, a...If I might digress from twine-related anecdotes, and return to the recent goings-on....<br /><br />From what I saw of the Pembs meeting, and have read subsequently, I did have to wonder what Mr Kerr's brief was. If it was to thwart the no confidence motion, then he was a brilliant success. But as far as the politics of the matter are concerned, it seems to me that it was an absolute "Kerr-crash", if you'll excuse the pun.<br /><br />The Cabinet appears to have won the day by the use of dodgy ruses and dissembling, and with all due respect to Mr Kerr and the undoubted correctness of his legal views, to this observer it looked as if they were sold a load of mumbo-jumbo by a snake-oil salesman. It certainly did nothing to inspire confidence in the administration.<br /><br />Perhaps Cneifiwr can lend them some twine to help them keep it together?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-49949656385142642812014-02-17T17:42:47.148+00:002014-02-17T17:42:47.148+00:00Let the ferrets out to do their worst - please!Let the ferrets out to do their worst - please!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-6256357198625546002014-02-17T14:47:06.051+00:002014-02-17T14:47:06.051+00:00Indeed Mrs A. I find that string around the waist ...Indeed Mrs A. I find that string around the waist and trouser legs helps keep the ferrets in.Cneifiwrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08767078276794410524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-66573556147502471992014-02-17T14:26:48.315+00:002014-02-17T14:26:48.315+00:00This thing about the twine, Cneifiwr, presumably i...This thing about the twine, Cneifiwr, presumably is from the same tradition of support as the bit of old string keeping your trousers up?Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-89315927089648421972014-02-17T13:10:39.597+00:002014-02-17T13:10:39.597+00:00Anon @10.18 As a member of a farming family, I spe...Anon @10.18 As a member of a farming family, I speak with some knowledge of these matters, and have done similar "temporary" fencing jobs at home.<br /><br />It reminds me of the old joke that if it wasn't for all the bale twine, Wales would have floated away from England years ago.Cneifiwrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08767078276794410524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-88132867567120017212014-02-17T12:16:16.420+00:002014-02-17T12:16:16.420+00:00… and yet despite all this, ITV poll shows Carmart...… and yet despite all this, ITV poll shows Carmarthen East & Dinefwr as a parliamentary Labour gain from Plaid. Amazing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-19031353578831741852014-02-17T10:44:32.693+00:002014-02-17T10:44:32.693+00:00Re. QC Tim Kerr-"Ching" - wouldn't i...Re. QC Tim Kerr-"Ching" - wouldn't it have been moral/ethical whatever for him to explain, prior to stuffing the cheque into his pocket, that his advice was of limited use being AFTER the funding decision had been made? That by providing advice (to fit?) AFTER the decision was clearly just an arse-covering execrcise, protecting those parties who had influenced/made the decision and who wrote the cheque. Although the cheque was drawn on public funds. And this work for one, paid for by another, continues! I haven't read the "Bar Standards Board Handbook" - but I would hope it included something in the spirit of the Councillors' and Officers' Codes of Conduct. Tessanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-64950905337769089402014-02-17T10:18:56.937+00:002014-02-17T10:18:56.937+00:00Cneifiwr
If I catch you snooping around my farm an...Cneifiwr<br />If I catch you snooping around my farm and making disparaging remarks about the state of my fences I will be forced to let the dogs loose, or get in touch with Mr Kerr. The use of decorative orange baler twine and pallets is called recyling and an ancient Welsh tradition. <br />Stick to the council g'boi and leave the farming to us who know about these things. <br />Y FfermwrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-39815316682470245232014-02-17T10:13:27.934+00:002014-02-17T10:13:27.934+00:00Thank you Anon @9.49. I'll see if I can dig ou...Thank you Anon @9.49. I'll see if I can dig out a link.Cneifiwrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08767078276794410524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-83279165718405821342014-02-17T09:49:54.075+00:002014-02-17T09:49:54.075+00:00Nia Griffiths is right: check the JNC guidlelines,...Nia Griffiths is right: check the JNC guidlelines, that is the national employment conditions of chief executives. I managed to find a copy on some other Council's website. Only an investigation committee set up by full council has the power to suspend a chief exec or monitoring officer, and only an independent person has the power to suspend them for more than 2 months. Someone has a good union!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-70844336085748251542014-02-17T09:22:49.948+00:002014-02-17T09:22:49.948+00:00I think it does John. Sian Caiach pointed out in a...I think it does John. Sian Caiach pointed out in a comment on Jacob's blog that the difference between the two counties is that the Executive Board and Labour Party in Carmarthenshire have probably disqualified themselves from taking part if Mr Kerr applies the same interpretation of the rules. <br /><br />This could be fun to watch.Cneifiwrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08767078276794410524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-7592501269771823482014-02-17T09:08:26.517+00:002014-02-17T09:08:26.517+00:00" support which will be forthcoming from the ...<i>" support which will be forthcoming from the Labour members"</i><br /><br />Using what we might call the "Kerr-Pembrokeshire" rules, doesn't that statement disqualify all Labour members from taking part, on the grounds of expressing a view in advance?John Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.com