Peter Black
@peterblackwales.bsky.social
Author http://url.ie/13xlu, Welsh Lib Dem Cllr, ex-Welsh AM🔶 Llys Nini VP, cat lover. Promoted by Peter Black, 115 Cecil Street, Manselton, Swansea,SA5 8QL
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So many leaks
The Guardian reports that the Office for Budget Responsibility complained to senior Treasury officials in the run-up to the budget about a ...
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December 3, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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December 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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New blogpost: Will the Welsh government allow councils to go bust?
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Will the Welsh government allow councils to go bust?
The BBC reports on comments by Welsh auditor general, Adrian Crompton, that "One or two" of Wales' councils are close to going bust. The ...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:38 AM
New blogpost: Will the Welsh government allow councils to go bust?
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New blogpost: So, tell me again, where exactly is Clacton? peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/12/so-t...
So, tell me again, where exactly is Clacton?
The Mirror reports on research by their journalists that has found that Nigel Farage has made £140,000 from filming up to 2,000 personal Ca...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:59 AM
New blogpost: So, tell me again, where exactly is Clacton? peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/12/so-t...
New blogpost: The unelected power of the ultra-rich peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The unelected power of the ultra-rich
The Guardian reports on a report from the Equality Trust that has found that structural corruption and the rise of “conduits for unelected ...
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November 30, 2025 at 9:59 AM
New blogpost: The unelected power of the ultra-rich peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
New blogpost: A cultural gem peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-cu...
A cultural gem
Having joined over a thousand people at Swansea Grand Theatre in watching the marvellous Matthew Rhys in a sold-out Playing Burton on Monda...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:56 AM
New blogpost: A cultural gem peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-cu...
Labour's tax grab to hit poorer households
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Labour's tax grab to hit poorer households
It was a strange sort of budget, a mixed bag that offered some good stuff, but also imposing measures that are going to make many people wor...
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November 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Labour's tax grab to hit poorer households
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New blogpost: Labour press ahead with dismantling our democratic justice system
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Labour press ahead with dismantling our democratic justice system
An historic tweet by Justice Secretary, David Lammy from June 2020 sets out a very clear stance on trial by jury. He wrote: Jury trials a...
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November 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM
New blogpost: Labour press ahead with dismantling our democratic justice system
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New blogpost: Letting down carers peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/11/lett...
Letting down carers
The Guardian reports on a devastating review, which found that repeated failures by Tory ministers and top welfare officials pushed hundred...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:34 AM
New blogpost: Letting down carers peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/11/lett...
New blogpost: The past comes back to haunt Farage peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The past comes back to haunt Farage
The row over whether Nigel Farage exhibited anti-semitic and racist behaviour at school has been rumbling on for more than a week now, with ...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
New blogpost: The past comes back to haunt Farage peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
New blogpost: Is the proscription of Palestine Action undermining government anti-terrorism programmes? peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/11/is-p...
Is the proscription of Palestine Action undermining government anti-terrorism programmes?
The Guardian reports on warnings by a member of the Home Office’s homeland security group that the anti-terrorism Prevent programme risks b...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
New blogpost: Is the proscription of Palestine Action undermining government anti-terrorism programmes? peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/11/is-p...
New blogpost: The Russian connection peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The Russian connection
On the Nation Cymru website, Martin Shipton discusses the significance of former Welsh UKIP leader, Nathan Gill's imprisonment and its impl...
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November 23, 2025 at 6:52 AM
New blogpost: The Russian connection peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
New blogpost: An unlikely connection peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/11/an-u...
An unlikely connection
A new blue plaque has been unveiled at Langland Bay to honour one of the 20th century’s most influential philosophers, Ludwig Wittgenstein, ...
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November 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
New blogpost: An unlikely connection peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/11/an-u...
New blogpost: Trial by jury should remain a fundamental right
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Trial by jury should remain a fundamental right
In a democracy like the UK the right to trial by jury is a fundamental right, but under this Labour government all that is going to change. ...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
New blogpost: Trial by jury should remain a fundamental right
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New blogpost: Is digital ID in trouble? peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/11/is-d...
Is digital ID in trouble?
The Mirror reports that campaigners have told the Home Affairs Select Committee that voters are 'up in arms' about digital ID proposals and...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
New blogpost: Is digital ID in trouble? peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/11/is-d...
New blogpost: Labour are seeking “to use children as a weapon” peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/11/labo...
Labour are seeking “to use children as a weapon”
The Guardian reports on claims by veteran Labour peer, Alf Dubbs, who came to Britain as a child refugee, that the home secretary is seekin...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:28 AM
New blogpost: Labour are seeking “to use children as a weapon” peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/11/labo...
New blogpost: The futile attempt to out-Farage Farage peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The futile attempt to out-Farage Farage
A Guardian editorial hits the nail on the head over the Shabana Mahmood’s asylum overhaul, which they say burdens an overstretched system a...
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November 18, 2025 at 6:35 AM
New blogpost: The futile attempt to out-Farage Farage peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
New blogpost: Labour's lazy narrative peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/11/labo...
Labour's lazy narrative
I wrote a few days ago that Labour are poised to block amendments to their planning bill designed to protect English wildlife and its habit...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:56 AM
New blogpost: Labour's lazy narrative peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/11/labo...
New blogpost: Has Rachel Reeves budget turned into an omnishambles?
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Has Rachel Reeves budget turned into an omnishambles?
The Independent reports that Downing Street has been blamed for forcing Rachel Reeves to reverse Budget plans to raise income tax in what ...
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November 16, 2025 at 9:31 AM
New blogpost: Has Rachel Reeves budget turned into an omnishambles?
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New blogpost: A Tudor farm and a Roman fort
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A Tudor farm and a Roman fort
Having recently taken over as chair of RSPCA Llys Nini, a branch that covers most of south Wales from Carmarthenshire to Cardiff, I thought ...
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November 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
New blogpost: A Tudor farm and a Roman fort
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New blogpost: Labour to reject amendments to planning bill that protect nature peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/11/labo...
Labour to reject amendments to planning bill that protect nature
The Guardian reports that housing secretary Steve Reed has told Labour MPs to vote down an amendment to the new planning bill intended to p...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
New blogpost: Labour to reject amendments to planning bill that protect nature peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/11/labo...
New blogpost: Labour pile one crisis onto another
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Labour pile one crisis onto another
Why has the recent speculation about the future of Keir Starmer suddenly surfaced now? After all his position has been tenuous for some time...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM
New blogpost: Labour pile one crisis onto another
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New blogpost: Are Labour's u-turns too little too late? peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/11/are-...
Are Labour's u-turns too little too late?
Labour's first year in power has been an unmitigated disaster for them and it's all their fault. In scrapping the winter fuel allowance, ma...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:04 AM
New blogpost: Are Labour's u-turns too little too late? peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/11/are-...
What exactly is the BBC biased against? peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/11/what...
What exactly is the BBC biased against?
The furore over the BBC's alleged bias against Donald Trump is starting to get out of hand, not least through Trump's own actions in threate...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
What exactly is the BBC biased against? peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/11/what...
New blogpost: Ministers lose environmental plot on planning bill peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/11/mini...
Ministers lose environmental plot on planning bill
The Guardian reports on the scale of lobbying of ministers by developers on Labour’s landmark planning changes, which seek to rip up enviro...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:59 AM
New blogpost: Ministers lose environmental plot on planning bill peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/11/mini...