The bigots who represent Wales

It's official, out of the 40 MPs that Wales has, 25% of them are bigots that do not believe that two people of the same sex should enjoy the same equality as two people of the opposite sex have. Nobody will be shocked that all eight dinosaurs in the blue corner voted no to the equal marriage bill. But what of the others?

Tweet this - Labour bigot Dai Harvard, MP for Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney

Tweet this - Labour bigot Paul Murphy, MP for Torfaen

On this day in Wales - February

February 1st

On this day in 1995 Richie Edwards (@manicspostcards) vanishes youtube.com/watch?v=TVeeyN…en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richey_Ed…
— Welsh not British (@welshnotbritish) February 1, 2013

Renewable UKs Taff Department.

The question itself was fairly simple, how many turbines will be built in Wales? But the interviewee squirmed and dodged the question despite being asked over and over again. It made for uncomfortable listening, which was a pleasant surprise considering this was Radio Wales doing the interview.

"A wind farm of mass destruction", pic - VisitWalesNow

Seigniorage

At first glance it may sound like a really mad Spaniard. But seigniorage is the difference between the cost of making money and the value of the money. And it's something that came to mind when I heard Plaid Cymru proposing the introduction of a Welsh Bank.

Mock up from Welsh Icons April 1st 2012 post

Twitter DM Scam

This post concerns twitter, but even if you don't use it, the exact same method is used for banking scams, so have a read and keep yourself safe online.

Most people who have used Twitter will have experienced the direct message phishing scam. It's not new, it's been around for years and yet almost every day I have people send me these on as a result of falling foul to the scam.

Firstly, don't worry if you've been affected. All you have to do is change your password. It's not a nasty virus it's just a way of taking control of your account so the scam can self replicate. In fact I went through the scam for the purpose of obtaining screen shots, that's how harmless it is providing you don't give it your details.

Here's how it works. You'll receive a direct message like the following