Wales Off Message: From Clapham Common to Cardiff Bay - Softcover

Patrick Hannan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1854112937 ISBN 13: 9781854112934

Publisher: Seren, 2000

Synopsis

From Ron Davies's 'moment of madness' to the Lib-Lab pact the new Welsh Assembly has had fraught beginnings. Patrick Hannan scrutinises the sagas of Ron and Alun and Rhodri and Rod, placing them in the complicated context of the organisations and people who set the agenda of public life in Wales.

The humiliating failure of Labour's attempts to control Wales from London; Plaid Cymru's anti-independence stance; inter-party manoeuvring in the Assembly; trouble for the Welsh establishment at its club; increasing difficulties for the monarchy: these are the strands which make the state of Wales. This is a compelling story about both Wales and Britain, and one which, as Hannan discovers, is also richly comic.

Patrick Hannan is a writer, broadcaster and journalist. During his career he has been Industrial Editor of The Western Mail and for thirteen years he was the BBC's Welsh Political Correspondent. As a television producer he has made documentaries for BBC2, BBC Wales and HTV. For many years he has been a regular writer and presenter for Radio 4. He has been a newspaper columnist and has contributed to a wide variety of publications as well as being the editor of two books on broadcasting in Wales.

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About the Author

Patrick Hannanis a writer and broadcaster who has covered public affairs in Wales for over thirty years. He has been industrial editor of the Western Mail and political correspondent for BBC Wales. He has made several documentarios for BBC2, BBC Wales and HTV and is a regular contributor to radio 4. His book, The Welsh Illusion was published by Seren in 1999.

Edition details

• Publisher: Seren
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1854112937
• ISBN 13: 9781854112934
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 164