tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post6281158980458777694..comments2023-12-09T07:21:51.160+00:00Comments on The Druid: Fighting for Anglesey: How this week's announcements affect Ynys MônPaul Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01021606156107333019noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-17412857560119394692010-10-23T23:37:00.525+01:002010-10-23T23:37:00.525+01:00As most of the WAGs have never had to make a busin...<i>As most of the WAGs have never had to make a business survive</i><br /><br />There is an awful awful lot of truth in that. I had my own business years ago and I know for a fact that unless you've done it yourself you have absolutely no idea.<br /><br />I employed half a dozen people (which is actually more than the overwhelming majority of most SMEs). During my time every sngle politician I met (of all main parties) didn't know what they were on about and as a rule spoke bollocks.An Eye On...https://www.blogger.com/profile/08811559231632281053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-70405826808326471552010-10-23T22:02:36.125+01:002010-10-23T22:02:36.125+01:00Now we Know why Anglesey County Council is allowed...Now we Know why Anglesey County Council is allowed to get away with so much corruption when we see the above posts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-64792682151067480772010-10-22T23:37:21.192+01:002010-10-22T23:37:21.192+01:00Certain contributors here are unable to reconcile ...Certain contributors here are unable to reconcile the truth and they pick and choose their way through life.<br /><br />Reality was that Tony and Gordon were driving the gravy train<br /><br />Fact....they ran out of fuel a long time before they declared the train was chuffed out.<br /><br />These guys were the subject of MI5 files in the 1970's because they had dangerous ideas....now you know why!They betrayed Britain and some of you are denyers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-13456486667112301102010-10-22T21:36:07.371+01:002010-10-22T21:36:07.371+01:00As most of the WAGs have never had to make a busin...As most of the WAGs have never had to make a business survive how on earth could they help a nation survive. IWJ offers a good example with his "we don't need exports policy". There is something about them which sounds like bankers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-15442275787024237462010-10-22T20:52:03.761+01:002010-10-22T20:52:03.761+01:00The Welsh Assembly have sat and watched the fundin...The Welsh Assembly have sat and watched the funding for Wales evaporate in front of their eyes, this global economic mess was created by greed, and the greed continues, we will never learn, our future has been drawn out in the Cameron Cabinet and as far as they are concerned, our resources are spoken for, nuclear and water, but our people's future has been ignored.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-23577287436264929852010-10-22T20:48:33.500+01:002010-10-22T20:48:33.500+01:00The best thing that could Have happened in this Co...The best thing that could Have happened in this Country would have been to let the banks collapse, because we are all paying for it now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-79087935724231216792010-10-21T21:50:22.979+01:002010-10-21T21:50:22.979+01:00and swipe from 'http' or the url will be i...and swipe from 'http' or the url will be incompleteAn Eye On...https://www.blogger.com/profile/08811559231632281053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-47006540696949736782010-10-21T21:47:39.289+01:002010-10-21T21:47:39.289+01:00Druid, I can understand about the Severn Barrier b...Druid, I can understand about the Severn Barrier being scrapped. I attended a seminar regarding tidal power a few years ago. The problems with the barrier were plenty, this was from the design consultant. Turbine gearing due to ebb and flow tides, sedimentation due to lack of suspension energy for sediments, upstream sedimentation turning the Severn estuary into a delta.<br /><br />No one has mentioned schemes on research to make this sort of scheme feasible and affordable. With a little thought we could make this a working solution to the future. <br /><br />I am amazed the energy island guru Albert Owen hasn't thought of it???<br /><br />With the School of Ocean Science on the island, the solution is staring us in the face. Let us invest in proper research into tidal lagooning and wave power. Let us get the true energy island potential released.Between the Linesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-77913194123627613972010-10-21T21:47:07.188+01:002010-10-21T21:47:07.188+01:00Druid my apologies - the link was incomplete
http...Druid my apologies - the link was incomplete<br /><br />http://www.localfutures.com/Assets/3949/public%20sector%20employment%20barometer.pdf<br /><br />Anon 20:34 - by virtue of that report there will be at least 323 jobs lost on Anglesey in the public sector by 2016.An Eye On...https://www.blogger.com/profile/08811559231632281053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-9736125819294137442010-10-21T20:34:59.269+01:002010-10-21T20:34:59.269+01:00Senior Officers in the IACC planning Department ar...Senior Officers in the IACC planning Department are extremely worried about the announcement...they anticipate a reduced departmental budget and almost certain job losses........!<br />Fact.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-1979121725621683472010-10-21T20:18:42.919+01:002010-10-21T20:18:42.919+01:00Red Flag - very interesting, many thanks.Red Flag - very interesting, many thanks.Paul Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01021606156107333019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-83436266206787158892010-10-21T20:14:00.367+01:002010-10-21T20:14:00.367+01:00ruid - You can see in this report that your assert...ruid - You can see in this report that your assertion that Anglesey is not as reliant on public sector jobs as most (if not all) of Wales is quite correct.<br /><br />You'll enjoy it I think. Although only six pages it's very informative - especially the graphics (which we know you like)<br /><br />http://www.localfutures.com/Assets/3949/public%20sector%20An Eye On...https://www.blogger.com/profile/08811559231632281053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-74861069015466351102010-10-21T20:12:36.949+01:002010-10-21T20:12:36.949+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.An Eye On...https://www.blogger.com/profile/08811559231632281053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-30447904775130963882010-10-21T20:03:48.528+01:002010-10-21T20:03:48.528+01:00Well there you go Druid. One part of the Governme...Well there you go Druid. One part of the Government (WAG) says one thing, another (ONS) says another.<br /><br />Why does that come as absolutely no surprise to me at all.An Eye On...https://www.blogger.com/profile/08811559231632281053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-38498376898986115742010-10-21T17:46:23.639+01:002010-10-21T17:46:23.639+01:00TGC - it's a very fair point and indicative of...TGC - it's a very fair point and indicative of Anglesey's decline over a long period. It also reinforces how important sorting out the council's problems are in addition to the completion of a strategically forward-looking planning framework. One cannot be done without the other and currently they both conspire to create a business-unfriendly environment on Anglesey, no matter the good work of the Economic Development department. <br /><br />Red Flag - the figures come from the Assembly's own latest Regional Economic and Labour Market profile for North Wales, downloadable here:<br /><br /> http://wales.gov.uk/docs/statistics/2010/100831sb722010en.pdf<br /><br />See Table 19.Paul Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01021606156107333019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-32922669859925509412010-10-21T17:24:34.240+01:002010-10-21T17:24:34.240+01:00I wonder if you could just clarify your figures fo...I wonder if you could just clarify your figures for public sector for me Druid :- <i>Only 28% of working adults on Anglesey are employed by the public sector -- which makes Anglesey's much less reliant on the public sector than either Wales as a whole (35%) or even the United Kingdom (31%).</i><br /><br />The figures off the Government for public sector employment are (expressed as a % of available workforce actually in current employment):-<br /><br />UK 21.1% broken down by region as:-<br /><br />England 20.1%<br />Scotland 25.2%<br />Wales 26.6%<br />N. Irleand 29.7%<br /><br />Which are an all together more believable set of percentages. I wonder if you could tell me where you got yours from? (Mine are ONS).<br /><br />Maybe different departments are not counting the same things the same way (wouldn't surprise me)An Eye On...https://www.blogger.com/profile/08811559231632281053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-46001250139305436912010-10-21T17:04:03.540+01:002010-10-21T17:04:03.540+01:00It's a lovely post, but I have to take issue w...It's a lovely post, but I have to take issue with the following statement:<br /><br />"Anglesey's economy will fortunately be far more resilient to any public sector redundancies than anywhere else in North Wales bar Flintshire"<br /><br />On a simple numbers-for-numbers assessment, that's probably true. But what it fails to take into account is the availability of alternative, probably private sector jobs to fill the gap.<br /><br />Lose your job on Anglesey, especially if you are in a 'professional' position in the public sector, and the chances of getting something equivalent in the private sector is effectively nil. That isn't the case if you live further east, where access to Chester and employment markets is much easier (and less costly).TGCnoreply@blogger.com