tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274304154981222075.post8651458949134397600..comments2023-08-11T15:08:18.696+01:00Comments on Miss Wagstaff Presents: Inequality at the AssemblyMiss Wagstaffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989441538649127324noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274304154981222075.post-36446282170789553082007-11-20T09:37:00.000+00:002007-11-20T09:37:00.000+00:00Having taken a look at the Management Board of the...Having taken a look at the Management Board of the Welsh Assembly Government you can conclude there aren't many Welsh members. Whether this is down to a lack of Welsh talent within its senior staff is not something that I'm aware of. For all I know the Welsh talent look elsewhere in the civil service. It was 50:50 at the Assembly Commission pre Commission days.Miss Wagstaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989441538649127324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274304154981222075.post-8603291606257471722007-11-16T23:18:00.000+00:002007-11-16T23:18:00.000+00:00Far from it anonymous 13.54, there is a very signi...Far from it anonymous 13.54, there is a very significant presence of ethnic minority staff in the higher grades of the Assembly Commission and WAG - most of them are English!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274304154981222075.post-69879312206006728572007-11-08T11:32:00.000+00:002007-11-08T11:32:00.000+00:00Thank you all for your comments. Please keep them ...Thank you all for your comments. Please keep them coming. Anonymous (13:54) sums it up pretty well in a word - tokenism!<BR/><BR/>Many of my former quango friends have left the Assembly, either to move on to better paid jobs in a better environment. Many couldn't handle the civil servant way of working and felt too constrained. We will have to hope that this doesn't damage Wales in the long run.Miss Wagstaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989441538649127324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274304154981222075.post-65080226342917243402007-11-07T13:54:00.000+00:002007-11-07T13:54:00.000+00:00This is just typical of WAG - tokenism. There is a...This is just typical of WAG - tokenism. There is an abundance of Welsh speaking staff in Welsh speakig areas, however, in Cardiff they mainly congregate in the Welsh Language Unit and Translation. The Assembly Commission are no better. Have you noticed how many black security guards there are? I imagine there are very few ethnic minority staff in a higher grade.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274304154981222075.post-63122729783501635872007-11-06T22:36:00.000+00:002007-11-06T22:36:00.000+00:00I'd like to know how many fluent Welsh speakers ar...I'd like to know how many fluent Welsh speakers are employed at the Assembly - my guess that it's far less than the % of welsh speakers in the general population. I'd also like to know how many, if any, Welsh speakers are able to carry out the majority of their assembly duties through the medium of Welsh.<BR/><BR/>As for all these ethnic surveys ... well their as racist in essence as the one-drop policy of the Deep South, whose philosophy they so accurately reflect. Try reading-up about American Multi-Racial activists who reject that they should be catagorised by anything so arbitary as skin colour.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274304154981222075.post-6456673339235122442007-11-05T09:16:00.000+00:002007-11-05T09:16:00.000+00:00Thanks for the welcome. I'm new to all this but it...Thanks for the welcome. I'm new to all this but it's a good way to have a rant now and again. Can't believe that I forgot to include you on my blogroll Johnny. As I've just started in a new role at work, hopefully I'll be able to get this blog off to a good start as soon as I settle in.Miss Wagstaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989441538649127324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274304154981222075.post-67012105384605727942007-11-05T08:57:00.000+00:002007-11-05T08:57:00.000+00:00Welcome to the blogosphere.Welcome to the blogosphere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274304154981222075.post-66224784472809300312007-11-04T05:04:00.000+00:002007-11-04T05:04:00.000+00:00Hello Miss Wagstaff.Welcome to Welsh bloggery, suc...Hello Miss Wagstaff.<BR/><BR/>Welcome to Welsh bloggery, such as it is.<BR/><BR/>Your summary sums it up summarily, but, of course, this is Wales after all.<BR/><BR/>There are only so many jobs and so many AMs and ex-quango members, their friends and families to cater for that there's hardly any room for outsiders, let alone ethnic people.<BR/><BR/>Added to which, you then have the language question...oh oh....no. Better not even go there. I wouldn't wish to upset anyone on my first posting.<BR/><BR/>Your primal pal.<BR/><BR/>johnny.johnny foreignerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08700634762731441268noreply@blogger.com