There are two new faces in the Pembrokeshire County Council Cabinet announced on Thursday.
Council Leader, Cllr John Davies, has named councillors Mark Edwards as Cabinet Member for Communities and Partnerships while Councillor Ken Rowlands is given responsibility for Environmental and Regulatory Services.
The 10-strong Cabinet also has two Deputy Leaders with Councillor Jamie Adams joining the current Deputy Leader, Councillor John Allen-Mirehouse.
The new Cabinet is:
Councillor John Davies (Leader) - Corporate Matters and Finance.
Councillor John Allen-Mirehouse (Deputy Leader) - Regeneration and Economic Development.
Councillor Jamie Adams (Deputy Leader) - Highways and Planning.
Councillor Mark Edwards - Communities and Partnerships.
Councillor Huw George - Children, Young People, Learning and Welsh Language.
Councillor Sian James - Voluntary Sector, Health and Well-Being.
Councillor Rob Lewis - Cultural Services, Sports, Leisure and Tourism.
Councillor Ken Rowlands - Environmental and Regulatory Services.
Councillor David Simpson - Housing and Sustainability.
Councillor David Wildman - Adult Services and Care.
Same old same old.
2004 - X number of "Independent" councillors dumped from their seats. X number of new "Independent" councillors recruited to IPG - no change in council corruption.
2008 - X number of "Independent" councillors dumped from their seats. X number of new "Independent" councillors recruited to IPG - no change in council corruption.
Friday 23 May 2008
Former AM Fails To Step Into Mother's Shoes
Tamsin failed to win the seat her mother had held for Labour for 34 years. Former Preseli-Pembrokeshire AM, Tamsin Dunwoody, failed to follow in her mother's footsteps last night (Thursday), as the Conservatives took the parliamentary seat for Crewe and Nantwich by a clear majority.
Mrs Dunwoody's mother, Gwyneth, had held the Labour stronghold seat since 1974. In the last general election she won the seat by a majority of 7000.
Labour put forward her daughter, Tamsin Dunwoody who held assembly seat for Preseli Pembrokeshire until last year, as their candidate in yesterday's by election.
However in a landslide majority Tory candidate Edward Timpson took the seat in a 17.6 swing towards the Conservatives.
Speaking after her defeat Ms Dunwoody said that the Labour vote "held up" and attributed her defeat to a larger rural turnout than usual.
Although I'm a lifelong Labour voter it must be said that Ms Dunwoody is an embarrassment to the Labour party.
Her recent appearance on Jeremy Paxman's program proved that she was well out of her depth and lacked any sort of communication skills.
I'm afraid that her jumping around the country, seemingly in desperation to win ANY type of political seat, smacks of a desperate attempt to get aboard the gravy train no matter which carriage you are forced to sit in.
Just get onboard, sit back and relax and start reaping the benefits.Obviously no such thing as a sympathy vote in the North of England.Edward Timpson......he DOES look and sound like your archetypal TOFF though doesn't he? He's got the sort of face you just want to smack.
Mrs Dunwoody's mother, Gwyneth, had held the Labour stronghold seat since 1974. In the last general election she won the seat by a majority of 7000.
Labour put forward her daughter, Tamsin Dunwoody who held assembly seat for Preseli Pembrokeshire until last year, as their candidate in yesterday's by election.
However in a landslide majority Tory candidate Edward Timpson took the seat in a 17.6 swing towards the Conservatives.
Speaking after her defeat Ms Dunwoody said that the Labour vote "held up" and attributed her defeat to a larger rural turnout than usual.
Although I'm a lifelong Labour voter it must be said that Ms Dunwoody is an embarrassment to the Labour party.
Her recent appearance on Jeremy Paxman's program proved that she was well out of her depth and lacked any sort of communication skills.
I'm afraid that her jumping around the country, seemingly in desperation to win ANY type of political seat, smacks of a desperate attempt to get aboard the gravy train no matter which carriage you are forced to sit in.
Just get onboard, sit back and relax and start reaping the benefits.Obviously no such thing as a sympathy vote in the North of England.Edward Timpson......he DOES look and sound like your archetypal TOFF though doesn't he? He's got the sort of face you just want to smack.
Police Appeal After Eddie's Assault
Police are appealing today for information following an alleged assault outside Eddies Snooker Bar in Haverfordwest. A man was assaulted outside the club at around 11pm last Saturday night.
With Cllr Mark Edwards (owner of Eddie's bar) appointed as Communities & Partnership cabinet member, you'd think that there would be CCTV footage of the goings on outside of the NOTORIOUS nightclub that is Eddie's.
The police voiced massively strong objections against recent applications for even longer opening hours of Eddie's, stating that the resources just weren't available to police the area around Eddie's at weekends because of the amount of violence and anti-social behaviour there.
Yet Cllr Mark Edwards application was accepted despite these serious objections.
I wonder why..........
With Cllr Mark Edwards (owner of Eddie's bar) appointed as Communities & Partnership cabinet member, you'd think that there would be CCTV footage of the goings on outside of the NOTORIOUS nightclub that is Eddie's.
The police voiced massively strong objections against recent applications for even longer opening hours of Eddie's, stating that the resources just weren't available to police the area around Eddie's at weekends because of the amount of violence and anti-social behaviour there.
Yet Cllr Mark Edwards application was accepted despite these serious objections.
I wonder why..........
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