Roger Pinney

Formerly BBC hack in Wales. Now retired.

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@aledscourfield @derycrees Market day Mondays

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@timhhartley @bollerrrr @CAMRA_Official @ValleysAleTrail Shocked this is happening in cities as well. Our village pub struggles to take a tenner some days

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@Gwyn_Dr @AndrewRTDavies I’m digging deep into my memory of the Welsh Office flat. I think it wasn’t just used by the Sec of State, it was for government use. If PM needed an overnight or even a Royal they could lay their heads down. There are, or were, entertainment spaces in the building or adjacent.

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@Gwyn_Dr @AndrewRTDavies Yes, I did wonder whether we now needed a minister for the south. I’m in two minds about a “residence”. - sounds a bit grand. Re-commissioning (or refurbing) the flat would make sense.

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@Gwyn_Dr @AndrewRTDavies Isn’t there a flat in the old Welsh Office Cathays Park?

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I thought the Government and Agencies were prioritising people smuggling. Why does it take BBC investigation to prompt an arrest? https://t.co/ROOWtw8foK

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After eight wonderful years of living by the sea in Southern Spain we have decided to sell the house. Do you know anyone looking for either a relocation, a second home, an investment property or even a business as a luxury b&b.
Please Rt for us.

https://t.co/vpE9Xb5oxG

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@derycrees @thebarryhorns I got to know him a bit when I was a young SW Argus reporter in the Monmouth office. We regularly joined him for a lunchtime pint in the Beaufort Arms. Really nice man.

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@balders2 @ChrisCoopsSport BBC used to have ‘shouters’ whose job it was to yell the question. It was treated as a bit of TV artifice to help scripting the story of the day.. “It was the question everyone is asking but one the Minister didn’t want you to answer…..”

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@GBNEWS Frankly given the issues on the West Coast mainline he’s lucky he made it.

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I know I am being lazy and should do it myself but…. Does anyone have the grids for the seat allocation. Fine to have the results but I’d love to see the workings out. @WalesGovernance @LloydCymru @WalesPolitics

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Whatever you think of the result. This election was historic. A big thank you to @VaughanRoderick #sundaysupplement this morning for top context and analysis. Did strike me that with 3/4 group leaders from the north will @RhunapIorwerth have to appoint a minister for south Wales?

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@DaiLlDavies @AlunDaviesMS I regret Alun losing his seat. But Welsh Labour needs to own this. After 27 years this is the kind of post dropping onto my timeline. And don’t get me started on d’Hondt.

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@LeightonAndrews I don’t buy it. I regret Alun losing but Welsh Labour needs to own this. Starmer not responsible for Betsi, poor education standards, 20mph, no M4 relief, second home tax and the to cap it all d’Hondt.

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@RhysWilliamsTV They wanted PR but the PR system they chose is the one which lends itself to two party politics and a form of FPTP.

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@Jeffrey62093861 @ceritheviking Has anyone discovered who in Labour came up with it. A senior Plaid figure said Adam had to sign up to it as the price of larger Senedd.

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@LloydCymru Voted at 2130. Told turnout was above sixty percent. The staff said they’d heard similar from other polling stations.

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@GillibrandPeter @mrrobosborne @LaurenMaeve Flavoured sugar

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@Knowlesey @DeansOfCardiff @Jaclarner Closed lists are dreadful. Completely disenfranchises those who want to vote person not party. Super constituencies also make it more difficult for independents. A senior Plaid figure told me system was the price of expanded Senedd.

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@Jeffrey62093861 @DilysDavies You are absolutely correct Jeff. The way the NHS is weaponised politically means it is impossible to even ask the question whether our current arrangements are best let alone debate alternative models for free at the point of delivery healthcare.