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  • Betsan Powys
  • 19 May 07, 11:07 PM

Dafydd Wigley is an 'old boy' of Rydal School in Penrhos near Colwyn Bay and he's just been back to see them.

As if you needed reminding he wasn't elected to the Assembly and didn't therefore have to stay at home in case Ieuan Wyn Jones came visiting. He's been on the road this weekend, talking and listening to his AMs. That was his plan at least but it's not clear whether Bethan Jenkins pre or post her chat with the boss.

Anyway the good news for Dafydd Wigley is that he was able, therefore, to keep a promise to give a speech to Rydal's present lot of pupils, one designed to inspire them to go out there and go for it.

The gist? That there's no point expecting somebody else to get on with it on your behalf. It's up to you to seize your opportunities when they come about and make things happen.

A sharp-eared member of his audience wondered whether he was delivering a message to someone other than Rydal's finest.

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  • 1.
  • At 09:38 AM on 20 May 2007,
  • John R. Walker wrote:

Interesting - so Dafydd Wigley, one of Derby's most famous sons, went to a school which still has an all-English website and an education philosophy so very different from the 'forced Welsh' environment prevalent in Anglesey and Gwynedd Council LEA schools.

Perhaps Dafydd Wigley would care to come out now and support those of us who see the same English medium education facilities as being essential in Anglesey and Gwynedd, without the need for parents to have to pay the private sector to provide them?

English medium education should be available to all throughout the UK as of right - it shouldn't just be available to those who can afford to pay!

We've come to a sorry state when the British government feels the need to sanction payment for private education for members of H.M. forces in Gwynedd and Anglesey "who would otherwise be disadvantaged, academically and socially, by the bilingual teaching policy adopted within the Gwynedd and Isle of Anglesey Local Education Authorities"...

Fine - I don't mind paying for their good fortune - but what about everybody elses' kids????

  • 2.
  • At 09:27 PM on 20 May 2007,
  • Ian wrote:

The penny's finally dropped with Labour that they are very close to being booted out. Rhodri in fairness has been aware of the threat but what could he do with two hands tied behind his back?

The Libs will be offered the world in the next 24 hours to bring them back to Labour, but have they already set their heart on a threesome?

Dear Bethan
Off subject
Could you get 'them' to sort out your links, please ? At the moment the 'first' one takes 'one' to another link, not to the blog.

Hope you're going to keep this going indefintely..........

Sincerely

Ian G.

Are you sure Dafydd Wigley wasn't elected on May 3? I assumed from the double-page spread photograph of him in today's Western Mail that he had at least become First Minister, if not Archdruid or perhaps won the FA Cup? Will you tell them or shall I.......?

  • 5.
  • At 09:56 PM on 21 May 2007,
  • Bedd Gelert wrote:

John R. Walker - I'm not entirely sure what your point is here. I was educated at Gwendraeth Valley Grammar School.

Some of the lessons were in Welsh, but the pupils were grouped into forms as follows.
A/ English Only
B/ Welsh spoken at home, but not their 'first language'.
C/ Welsh spoken at home, [mother tongue]

Clearly those in, say, 1A wouldn't be taught in Welsh.

So I can't imagine the situation is really that different where you live.
Or are you saying that you want to deprive those whose first language is Welsh from receiving education in their mother tongue ?

What is your point here ? If you don't like the fact that Welsh is taught in Wales' schools, then I would say the same thing to you if you were objecting to France having schools which teach in French - don't live there.

  • 6.
  • At 07:44 AM on 22 May 2007,
  • Alistair Cook wrote:

So have we seen the re-emergence of Wiggers? I hope so! Just because he's not in the assembly doesn't mean he won't be a positive force in Welsh politics. There are other influential areas in which he could pop up: Plaid President for one instead of the folk singer. What happened to him? What was his name again? Being Plaid President would put him in a great position to influence policy and also postion himnself better in future elections whether they be Welsh/Euro/UK.

Wiggers for Plaid President!!

  • 7.
  • At 07:47 AM on 22 May 2007,
  • Alistair Cook wrote:

So have we seen the re-emergence of Wiggers? I hope so! Just because he's not in the assembly doesn't mean he won't be a positive force in Welsh politics. There are other influential areas in which he could pop up: Plaid President for one instead of the folk singer. What happened to him? What was his name again? Being Plaid President would put him in a great position to influence policy and also postion himself better in future elections whether they be Welsh/Euro/UK.

Wiggers for Plaid President!!

  • 8.
  • At 11:52 AM on 23 May 2007,
  • Joe Stoner wrote:

Which language was Mr Wigley's speech made in?

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