John Osmond speculates on what might emerge from the re-entry into frontline Welsh politics of two leading personalities

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John Osmond speculates on what might emerge from the re-entry into frontline Welsh politics of two leading personalities
Grayling’s take on the run-up to the UK General Election, after a month of speculation on dates and declarations; Grayling’s observations on the Welsh Liberal Democrats after a weekend in Swansea at the party’s spring Conference; The Director of the IWA, John Osmond, discusses education in Wales; The Chair of the IWA, Geraint Talfan Davies ponders on the changes afoot in the Welsh news broadcasting world.
Mr Justice Roderick Evans
The Lord Callaghan Memorial Lecture 2010
Swansea University, 19 February 2010
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