How deeply unfit politicians are – as a class of people – to have ...

... any role in press regulation.

Grant Shapps, Iain Duncan Smith and David Cameron line up against the very foundations of modern democracy.

Grant Shapps' appalling threat to the BBC this weekend shows what happens when barren intellects find themselves with some degree of control over a free media. He effectively threatened to take away its rights to the licence fee unless it provide more favourable coverage of the go vernment's policy programme.

Iain Duncan Smith, whose bullying tactics include demands for control over the words the BBC uses in news reports.

David Cameron, who has hitherto been commendably restrained and pensive in this debate, threatened to force the Guardian to stop publishing stories about the gross violations of privacy committed by our security services.  (politics.co.uk)

In Wales Andrew RT Davies (Conservative) said the BBC has a "near monopoly" on reporting devolution and should be scrutinised by Welsh politicians.

Plaid AM for South Wales West, has said "I think we need to have more control over our media here in Wales adding she believed in devolved broadcasting."

... so the feelings of Westminster Conservatives are reflected by Conservatism in Wales and Plaid Cymru, what about Carwyn Jones ...

... he has said "

"We must ensure that the BBC gives the people of Wales the service that they should receive in order to ensure that they know what goes on in their own country"

So whether its the press or broadcasting, our politicians are not comfortable without control of information that might be political or information that might be critical of political activities, Carwyn is as usual ambiguous, or at least fence sitting, I wonder if he has (or his familiars) ever contacted BBC Wales to hide criticism; a bit of a quiet man is Carwyn, my guess is he is uncomfortable with democracy as Grant Shapps, Iain Duncan Smith and David Cameron.

Dissent needs a platform much like the Institute of Welsh Affairs.

It was published, Plaid are ...

... in need of a constitutional change to move forward in their preferred direction, the separatist agenda, I wrote during June of the dream team, and during July of the abyss, both were very early predictions.

Now we have the musing of John Osmond, Director of the IWA, who writes at Click on Wales, that ...

... speculation within Plaid’s ranks that the Commission under Eurfyl ap Gwilym, Plaids economics advisor, established to examine the party’s future direction and strategy, may be tempted to recommend that the constitution be changed to allow someone outside the Assembly to become leader.

... and he quickly followed up with the justification ...

... the present system disenfranchises talented party members outside the Assembly. Those thinking in these terms usually point to the former Carmarthen East and Dinefwr MP Adam Price who, although presently undertaking a research fellowship at Harvard University, is widely regarded as an heir apparent for the leadership.

So my prediction for the Plaid Dream team of Price and Wood stands firm favourite ...

... and why not, Plaid are no different to the other political parties, theirs is a quest for power that Eurfyl ap Gwilym, a master pragmatist from the world of banking, will steer his party along a route that will appeal to the majority in his party,  a route preferred by the rank and file ...


... a route demanded by the next generation of the separatist agenda in Wales.  No rank and file, no party, simple.

Poor Jack, eccentric perhaps, but ...

... his voice, his opinion, his observations, well they are suppressed by ... who knows.

The latest suppression related to a link to the Walesonline website, an article related to an IWA published document that is titled "Unique paths to devolution", no big deal, a paper by largely irrelevant people on a subject that is ...... irrelevant.

Poor Jack, poor electorate, poor Wales, where "freedom of expression" is suppressed because someone just doesn't like what was written, when in fact all Jack wrote were the two words ... "very interesting" .

BBC link to Jacks censored contribution, at comment 39.

The reason for the suppression is the document in question supports the slippery path to independence theory.

As heard on Dragons Eye last night, the nationalists of Wales need to grow up, their "isolationist pacamac mentality" is past its sell by date, freedom of expression is too valuable a commodity to leave in the lost property department of devolution.

Don't take my word for it, listen to what Ed ...

... Bridges has to say (Public Affairs Manager with the WRVS in Wales).

... he writes "the Welsh Government’s latest policy on social services is dealing with the symptoms rather than providing a long term answer for our problems".

Yet another example of shallow thinking, poor judgement, but don't take my word for it, read it all here.

... and remember Ed's words ...

The trick which the Welsh Government missed in the White Paper – alongside a conspicuous lack of funding to back up its ambitions – is how social services users with the most intensive needs can be helped through early, low-level interventions. To have done so would have produced a more radical agenda as well as being more cost-efficient and harnessing the power of partner organisations that can help deliver those services effectively.

The problem for the Welsh Assembly Government it is Ed's ideas are a little too close to the "Big Society" of David Cameron. ........ poor electorate, poor Wales !

... mustn't forget, the Welsh Assembly Government wants you to give them more powers .... when they can't get the important things right, the ideas that is .....

Lies, damned lies and the IWA ....

... don't take pinocchios' word for it, read it for yourself, and then email the shyster directly and tell him the NHS in Wales is devolved, its troubles belong to the Welsh Assembly Government alone, voting No just puts the brakes on the out of control Cardiff coalition.