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Fraudster Madoff gets 150 years

Bernard Madoff has been given the maximum sentence of 150 years for a fraud that robbed investors of $65bn (£40bn).
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Welsh Devolution and the Conservative Party

Tomorrow, David Melding launches his new book “WILL BRITAIN SURVIVE BEYOND 2020?”
According to the Western Mail today, it looks like it will, at the very least, reignite the debate within the Conservative Party over devolution in Wales, especially given Cameron’s acceptance of devolution in Scotland late last week (an announcement that was largely ignored by [...]

The Day Job

Next week, I celebrate my first year as Director of Research and Innovation at the University of Wales.
Most of my time has been spent in establishing this new area within the university, including the creation of the Global Academy and the successful implementation of the £11.4 million Prince of Wales Innovation Scholarships project. The last [...]

The Ayatollah Khomeini’s Influence

Gelyn fy ngelyn yw fy nghyfaill, meddai’r hen ddihareb. Ond sioc a siom oedd clywed Arlywydd Venezuela, ac arweinydd pwysicaf a mwyaf carismataidd y Chwith yn ystod y chwarter canrif ddiwethaf, Hugo Chavez yn amddiffyn ei “gyfaill” Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yr wythnos hon yn wyneb protestiadau torfol yn Iran a beirniadu byd-eang.
Mae’r berthynas rhyfedd yma rhwng [...]

BNP

Er gwaetha’r cynnydd yng nghefnogaeth y Blaid a’n llwyddiant yn ein cadarnleoedd, mae’r anfadwaith bod pleidiau cenedlaetholaidd Prydeining wedi gwneud bron cystal a’r Blaid Genedlaethol Gymreig yn yr Etholiadau Ewropeaidd yng Nghymru dal yn fy mhoeni. Gobiethio bod hyn yn pigo cydwybod pob gwladgarwr wnaeth aros gatre, ond mae’n gyfrifoldeb arna i ofyn beth a [...]

Etholiadau Ewrop / European Elections

Do, ni chaethon ni’r ail sedd a fe ddaethon ni’n drydydd, ond mi oedd hon, serch hynny, yn ganlyniad da i Blaid Cymru. Daeth y Blaid o fewn 20,000 - neu 2.7% y cant yn unig o’r bleidlais - i ddod yn gyntaf. Mae hyn o fewn cyd-destun yr etholiad Ewropeaidd mwyaf Prydeinllyd erioed yn [...]

Dewis Lerpwl yn gartref newydd i’r Senedd / Choose Liverpool as Parliament’s new home

Fel y bydd darllenwyr y golofn hon yn sylweddoli, ar ol wyth mlynedd o fwrw fy mhen yn erbyn colofnau carreg San Steffan dwi ychydig bach yn besimistaidd ynghylch y gallu i ddiwygio San Steffan.
Rhan fawr o’r broblem, fel oedd Aneurin Bevan yn nodi yn ei lyfr In Place Of Fear, yw’r adeilad. Y model [...]

"Demolition Day" For Brown’s Tax And Spend Policies

By Lea Pachta
The Governor of the Bank of England has called on Labour to set tougher goals to reduce the [b]“extraordinary public debt”[/b].
This stark warning from the Governor, Mervyn King, comes on the same day as new figures show that Britain is facing the biggest deficit in the…
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Weak Recovery In Sight But Damage From Crisis Likely To Be Long-Lasting

By Claire West
The slowdown in [b]OECD[/b] (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) economies is reaching the bottom following the deepest decline for more than 60 years, says the OECD’s latest [b]Economic Outlook[/b]. But recovery is likely to be weak and fragile, and the economic and social damage caused by…
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Are We Looking at The Death of Retirement?

By Claire West
As the [b]credit crunch[/b] continues to bite and employers increasingly look to cut costs by closing pension schemes, Friends Provident is urging employers to limit the impact of this sharing of risk and ensure employees are not forced to take on more responsibility for financial security in retirement….
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