Ron Davis
Ron Davis
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First of all it has never been the case that I have threatened people with expulsion or that I've threatened to throw people out of the Parliamentary Labour Party.
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The standing orders of the Parliamentary Party, however, apply to me, apply to every other Member of the Parliamentary Labour Party and they put into a context the way in which those rights to freedom of speech should be exercised.
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Every time we develop and improve the airport, we're bringing in additional funds to the area.
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There's a good agriculture customer base and there's an increasing commercial and residential demand. There's an obvious shift ... from a mostly agriculture market to a mixed market.
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I've made it abundantly clear and I'll repeat yet again there's no question of gagging individuals.
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Well I've already made it clear that it's a matter for individuals in exercising their own judgement, their own consciences to speak freely on matters of policy.
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Well it's not a matter for me to say what Llew Smith can or cannot do, he's an elected Member of Parliament.
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I am saying that in Wales here we have a very clear election commitment and I hope, and I will express this view, I hope that every individual member of the Labour Party, will understand that and will strive to achieve unity so that we can deliver the yes vote in the Autumn.
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I have-I have more than an interesting task in piloting Wales into our new democracy, without wanting to exercise draconian powers on behalf of anybody else - I can assure of that.
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What I've said in the past is that I want the Labour Party to approach this matter on the basis of unity.
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There is so much that can be done, you see, the assembly is about improving our democracy.
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It's been a long road getting our program back on track. It's progress.
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It took the frenzy out of the T&E reporting and reimbursement process.
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The vote they're taking in Middletown has no influence on us whatsoever, other than that we are fellow unions.