Assembly opponents amongst Aberconwy's Conservatives are so disappointed by the candidate chosen for their party in an open primary that they are threatening to put up an alternative candidate to oppose her. Inspired by Hartlepool's election of H'Angus the Monkey, they are threatening to set up a Facerbook campaign to try and find a similar candidate for Aberconwy. Although I agree that Janet
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MiserableOldFart on 29th Aug 2010 (via miserableoldfart.blogspot.com)
The Conservatives ask new MP Alun Cairns to remain as an assembly member, denying a "flabbergasted" Tory councillor a seat in the assembly.
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BBCPolitics on 28th May 2010 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
An assembly member who crossed the floor from Plaid Cymru is selected to stand for the Conservatives in the next Welsh assembly elections.
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BBCPolitics on 28th Aug 2010 (via bbc.co.uk)
Welsh Conservatives are to announce the identity of their new leader in the Welsh assembly after an election among party members.
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BBCPolitics on 14th Jul 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
Often controversial (see here and here), London Assembly Brian Coleman has today said, according to a press release from London Assembly Conservatives, that he believes that the woman struck by a policeman during G20 protests outside the Bank of England...
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ConservativeHome on 16th Apr 2009 (via conservativehome.blogs.com)
A Labour Member of the Welsh Assembly has accused leading Conservatives of wanting to turn rural Wales into "killing fields" once again, by pledging to repeal the law which outlaws fox hunting. Wrexham's AM Lesley Griffiths made her remarks in a Statement of Opinion she has Tabled in the National Assembly for Wales, in which she condemns the Repeal Committee - a Tory-led group which seeks to ...
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LabourMatters on 27th Jan 2009 (via labourmatters.com)
The candidates to lead the Conservatives in the Welsh assembly clash over who would boost the party's standing.
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BBCPolitics on 17th Jun 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
THOUSANDS of pounds worth of property - including a van - has been stolen from Assembly Government buildings, according to figures obtained by the Conservatives.
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WalesOnline on 28th Jul 2008 (via walesonline.co.uk)
Wales Online reports: “A Tory Welsh Assembly member who referred to Italians as “greasy wops” was today reinstated as a General Election candidate. Alun Cairns stood down as shadow education minister in the Assembly after making the comment on a live radio discussion programme when talking about the Euro 2008 football tournament. The Conservatives today announced he had
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LabourMatters on 22nd Oct 2008 (via labourmatters.com)
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 in the National Assembly for Wales, Nick Bourne. He wants to introduce an element of positive discrimination into the candidate selection process for the next Welsh Assembly elections, to ensure there are more Conservative Assembly Members who ...
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AViewFromRuralWales on 19th Jul 2009 (via glyndaviesam.blogspot.com)