Adam Price's history of Wales: English One Thousand Year Reich?
I must confess I found it hard going as sufferer from Attention Deficit disorder trying to get into Adam Price's interpretation of Welsh history that he delivered to the Institute of Welsh politics last week.However I was not surprised by the negative comments that were found in the

Hugo Chavez and Idi Amin
It seems that the Welsh loony left's favorite Latin American dictator is putting his foot in his mouth again. I will be interested to see how they

Referendum on more powers and why I would vote no
I feel personally from the beginning that the constitutional set up in Wales was nothing more than a dogs dinner. Firstly I think it makes no sense that it has no tax raising powers. Even your local community council has that. The present set up was just ridiculous it should have moved from its previous powers to full lawmaking powers straight  away.Secondly as a federalist

Elected Police Commisioners
I find the idea of direct oversight for local people in policing very attractive. I find Chris Hunne's characterization of them as elected sheriffs at the OK Corral as rather troubling and patronizing. What ever happened to the liberal principle of "trust the people"We have a department where the city appoints the chief of police, where the police arrive after being called within minutes, there is followup on crime, and very little political interference. Instead what do have in Wales? Police that sometimes do not come at all. Offer no follow up with serious cases. The Chief Constables give you ultimatums and threats to stop policing.Hell, I th

The Great Charta, AKA the Magna Carta
The Text of Magna CartaIntroductory NoteAs might be expected, the text of the Magna Carta of 1215 bears manytraces of haste, and is clearly the product of much bargaining andmany hands. Most of its clauses deal with specific, and oftenlong-standing, grievances rather than with general principles oflaw. Some of the grievances are self-explanatory: others can beunderstood only in the context of the feudal society in which theyarose. Of a few clauses, the precise meaning is still a matter ofargument.In feudal soc