Leanne Wood

#LeadersDebate: Blame it on the boogie

The Firemen on April 2, 2015, 7:52 pm

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UPDATED A depressingly accurate piece on politics in Northern Ireland from Chris Buckler has been played repeatedly on the BBC news channel during the course of today. It comes on a day when seven party leaders in Great Britain fought it out in a televised debate /gameshow tonight . Despite protestations the DUP were NOT included in the debate. Peter Robinson tweeted his outrage last month: Perhaps after viewing the BBC piece we should be grateful for small mercies. The otherwise depressing report …

Plaid’s new leader – a Rhondda woman.

Dewi on March 15, 2012, 4:56 pm

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This is a big deal. Leanne Wood is the new Plaid Cymru leader. (From the BBC). A pretty convincing victory: First preferences: Leanne 2,879 Elin Jones 1,884 Dafydd El 1,278 Leanne almost won on the first vote and after transfers won a convincing victory. A few things: 1) The first non first Welsh language leader in our history. 2) The first leader from the South Wales valleys. 3) Our first female leader. Llongyfarchiadau a phob lwc Leanne. DewiWelsh Nationalist. …