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December 31, 2007
A blogging new year
- Posted by Tom Bodden at 12:00 PM | add or read comments (1)
THE New Year is upon us but there is time for a last glance back in the Daily Post's 'Capital Eye Review of 2007'.
And, of course, to wish everyone a very happy 2008.
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December 18, 2007
Curse of Lembit lifted?
- Posted by Tom Bodden at 3:44 PM | add or read comments (0)
Is the curse of Lembit Opik finally over after Nick Clegg was narrowly elected Lib Dem leader despite his endorsement?
Mr Opik, whose record of support for losers in previous contests became a hit with the bookies, said: “My man won, so the curse of Opik has at last become a blessing."
UPDATE: Mr Opik was rewarded by removal from his 'shadow' business and enterprise role on the Lib Dem front bench, and shifted by Mr Clegg to the less glamorous housing brief instead.
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December 18, 2007
Voting travesty
- Posted by Tom Bodden at 11:01 AM | add or read comments (0)
If voting in ITV’s X Factor had been carried out in an election in a central African republic, the UN would be sending in observers to monitor the efficiency of future polling.
How Wales’ hot favourite Rhydian Roberts failed to win the contest against lack-lustre opponents in the weekend final will doubtless remain a mystery to fans this side of Offa’s Dyke.
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December 12, 2007
Hain't misbehavin'
- Posted by Tom Bodden at 2:23 PM | add or read comments (2)
Welsh secretary Peter Hain prompted some murmering around the room as key speaker at the third ITV Wales annual political awards in Cardiff's plush City Hall.
It was difficult to judge which joke fell the flattest after last year's Welsh Politician of the Year asked the assembled glitterati to judge 'if standards had slipped' in this year's award to Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones.
The speech, probably well-suited to a Welsh Labour or TUC conference, became the topic of late-night conversation.
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