Professor Dylan Jones-Evans is Director of Research and Innovation at the University of Wales and visiting chair of entrepreneurship at the Turku School of Economics. He is Chairman of the Welsh Conservatives' Economic Commission, and is the director and creator of the Wales Fast Growth 50. Dylan also writes weekly columns for the Daily Post and the Western Mail, and contributes to Ninnau, the North American-Welsh magazine.
Populus Gives 12-point Tory lead
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CON 38% (+2) LAB 26% (+2) LD 20% (+1) The Big Parties’ recovery continues
The main impact of tonight’s Populus poll for tomorrow’s Times is on the
minor pa...
The Daley Dozen: Monday
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Tune into 5 Live at 10.10pm when I'll be debating MPs' holidays....
1. Phil Taylor shows how Labour have increased government spending on
advertising by 5...
The Wrong Answer
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Nick Bourne, leader of the Conservative Group in the Welsh Assembly has, in my view, identified a problem within the Conservative Party but his remedy is ill...
Rhodri Morgan Appreciation Society revisited
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From time to time I keep my eye on Rhodri's fans on Facebook. You may
remember my report back in August 2008:
Back in September 2007 a Facebooker set-up th...
Milestone
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My dashboard informs me that the last was my 1,000th blog post - something
of a milestone. This blog started tentatively in August, 2006, almost
three ye...
Quote Of The Day
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The one thing the McBride affair did do, or at least ought to have done, is
get us to recognise that just going negative is ultimately self-destructive
D...
Political Holidays
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In Ireland the economic downturn is the worst for a generation, unemployment
is rising and the political class is trying to ram the rejected Lisbon
Treaty ...
Manners Maketh Man!
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Australian Actor thrown out of local hotel!
The Quay Hotel allegdly threw the Australian actor out of their hotel over
the weekend, and off he trotted to a...
Barnu Sylw
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[image: cylchgronau.jpg]Mae 'na broblemau sy'n boen tin ac eraill sy'n
bleserus. Ar ôl problemau poenus lansiad Golwg360 mae'r Cyngor Llyfrau yn
awr yn w...
Monday 20th July 2009
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10.45pm ToryDiary: New Populus poll has all three main parties gaining ground at the expense of "Others" 9.15pm Alex Deane on CentreRight: Businesses are fle...
A precarious settlement
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I reported on the latest crisis to hit David Cameron's new European grouping
a few days ago when Edward McMillan-Scott, who is the longest serving Tory
MEP...
Positive Discrimination
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Most interesting opinion I can find in my daily reads this Sunday is this
report by ConservativeHome on suggestions made by the leader of the
Conservatives...
Tory plan to sanitise banks
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The Conservatives' "plan for sound banking" (as they call their 52-page
policy document on reforming the banking system to be published tomorrow)
differs...
Did he really?
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Gossip is that Jonathan Morgan ducked out of plenary to go see the new Harry
Potter film.
Well I guess given the choice ,I think I would too.
But is that wh...
Why reform a dying legislative system ?
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IN THE dying days of the system, is there much point in discussing whether
or not it is being correctly operated? But that was what Kirsty Williams
tried o...
Two new polls show support for “Others” fading
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There are two new polls in the Sunday papers. First up YouGov for the Sunday
Times have topline figures, with changes from their last poll, of CON
42%(+2),...
The way forward for Communities First
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I’ve just read Victoria Winckler’s post on the new Bevan Foundation blog,
“This is my Truth’ about Communities First. She is writing in reaction to
the Wal...
Summertime, and the workin’ ain’t easy
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England are playing Australia at Lords. The Open golf championship is on at
Turnberry. After two disappointing years a warm English summer is expected.
And...
Adapting to Britain’s mediocre prospects
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If the government of the UK wishes to find a suitable motto, it should adopt
the advice of a great Scot. “Great Britain should,” wrote Adam Smith in The
We...
More please?
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My mother in law was a pretty cunning big sister.
She'd make herself a glass of orange squash and make one for her little
sister at the same time. Her o...
Know your enemy
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The Wales Office summer drinks reception always has a certain frisson that other Whitehall departments can never dream of matching. Last night's affairs was ...
A referendum for liars?
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On the new Aberconwy Conservatives blog, Guto Bebb makes a pertinant point
about Rhodri Morgan spinning the case for a referendum.
According to 'Golwg 360'...
WAG Has Been Paying for First Class Travel
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Politics Cymru has seen evidence that Welsh taxpayers have been paying for
First Class Travel despite the First Minister's vehement denials yesterday.
The...
Climate Change, Young People and Africa
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No, not the items on the agenda at the next G8 summit but rather a
reflection on what was a long, interesting and rather varied day in the
Assembly yesterda...
Being British
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It wasn't just David Melding's new book which led me to give some thought to
the question of 'Britishness' recently; I've also been reading Patrick
Hannan'...
Welsh Visas
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The recent deportations of Welsh Patagonians isn't the first time the
descendants of Welsh colonists from Argentina have been denied a visit to
the Old Co...
We're moving...
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It's time for a refresh. And for some reinforcements. The Bevan Foundation
blog is being re-styled and redesigned. Now it will have six regular
contributor...
Take a break....
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It's time for a blogging pause on this here little blog.
I've been letting things slip here, so something has to give for now. I
(unfortunately/fortunately...
S4C its SDN windfall and my FOI request
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A few months back I lodged a Freedom of Information (FOI) request with Welsh language Channel S4C. It followed the channel's initial decision not to answer q...