John Redwood on the Tower Colliery Story via Aberdare Blog
Amidst the frenetic flurry of stories on Tower Colliery this week, one story caught our eye as an insightful breathe of fresh air …
John Redwood commented in his blog this week on the closure of Tower Colliery. He was Conservative Secretary of State for Wales at the time of the pit closure and subsequent buy-out. Without his enthusiasm for the project, it is doubtful whether the miners would ever have become owners of their own pits.
Redwood blogs thus :
When the miners arrived in my office, I think they were surprised by my enthusiasm for their cause, and by my explanation that their task was not to persuade me, but to work with me on our joint case to the Energy department and Coal Board to give them the opportunity to run the mine. As it meant being allowed to prove the Coal...
Alun Cairns AM worries about the impact of falling newspaper sales on the scrutiny of our elected representatives.
Culture Minister Alun Pugh AM reports on a day of campaigning and testing out his Welsh.
Plaid candidate Bethan Jenkins looks at splits in the Swansea Lib Dem group and Peter Hain's intervention on a Lab-Plaid coalition (further comment on this comes from Blamerbell, Taffia Don and Guerrilla Welsh-Fare)
Labour's YouTube attack ad has caused a bit of a stir - Blamerbell, Emma Greenow (Tory candidate for Bridgend), Huw Lewis AM (Lab, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney), Sophie Howe (Lab candidate for Cardiff North), Daniel Davies, Trefor Jones (Tory candidate for Ceredigion)
Whether or not St David's Day should be a national holiday has also been much discussed - Blamerbell,... 
Apologies for the radio silence over the last few days - a lack of internet access in my otherwise lovely B&B in Llandudno was largely to blame. I will attempt to make up for my slacking over the next few days.
The photo to the left was taken on my phone as I sought temporary refuge from the unrelenting stream of weak John Redwood-based jokes in the conference hall....