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Gwleidyddiaeth, llyfrau, bywyd, iaith a'r hyn a'r llall. Dim ond ishe gwneud sens o bethe dw i. Politics, books, life, language and this and that. Just trying to make sense of it all.

Friday, 18 October 2013

Bullshit Bingo with a side-helping of Scymraeg

The management consultants, local authority limos and various other hangers-on were all in Swansea today for the Swansea Bay City Region 201...

What's On at the Ffwrnes: Carry On Cutting

Carmarthenshire County Council's attempt to manage the news with its bizarre budget cuts seminar is set to become a PR nightmare as it d...

Thursday, 17 October 2013

A managed democracy - Part II: A modest proposal

If the chief executive of Carmarthenshire County Council has his way, old fashioned council meetings with their occasional griping, critici...

A managed democracy - Part I

Carmarthenshire County Council is nothing if not inventive when it comes to finding new ways of subverting local democracy, as we can see fr...

Wednesday, 16 October 2013

Numeracy skills

Update The council's press office has now decided to add its pennyworth with a story explaining the deal in carefully chosen words. 3...

Monday, 14 October 2013

Shwmae Sir Gâr

Mae'r Cynghorydd Huw George, sydd yn Ddirprwy Arweinydd Cyngor Sir Benfro, wedi gosod esiampl gyda'i fersiwn o hen glasur Meic Steve...

Budget cuts - an invitation

Carmarthenshire County Council will be holding a seminar at the Ffwrnes Theatre in Llanelli on 21 October to consider some 40 different opti...

Sunday, 13 October 2013

Dear Terry - a mid-term report

Despite the best efforts of the top brass in Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire county councils, the scandals surrounding what the Wales Audi...

Saturday, 12 October 2013

Council of Despair - The Supreme Sacrifice

By Sali Mali-Cachu The Chief wandered into the Reichstag Chamber where workers were busy sweeping up the debris from the raid earlier in...

Friday, 11 October 2013

Jobs for a few of the boys, the sack for hundreds of others

Update For a very well researched and informative review of the Scarlets story, take a look at Caebrwyn's take ( here ). The WAO's...

Thursday, 10 October 2013

Gagged, insulted and sent packing

One of the many good things about Carmarthenshire's decision to pilot the filming of council meetings is that everyone can see for them...

Wednesday, 9 October 2013

Council Meeting October 9

Update Today's meeting attracted quite a lot of attention outside Carmarthenshire, and I have already been contacted by several people...

Ombudsman for Public Services Wales

Peter Tyndall is to step down as Ombudsman for Public Services and return to his native Dublin, where he is taking up a similar role. There ...

Tuesday, 8 October 2013

A stand-off, but will anyone blink?

Update The Plaid Cymru group on the council (in opposition despite being the largest) has asked the Leader of the Council, Kevin Madge (La...

Monday, 7 October 2013

CSI Carmarthen

Update "A note to the accounts states: “Certain officers, including the chief executive, who would have been – and were – beneficiar...

Friday, 4 October 2013

Pensions and indemnities - where next?

It's been a busy week in Carmarthenshire, with more revelations about the shocking conduct of the top brass in Carmarthenshire County Co...

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