Hywel Williams (born 14 May1953, Pwllheli) is a Welsh politician and Plaid CymruMember of Parliament for Caernarfon since 2001. Previously the seat was held by Dafydd Wigley. May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Pwllheli is the main market town of the Lleyn peninsula in northwestern Wales. ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English, Welsh Capital Cardiff Largest city Cardiff First Minister Rhodri Morgan Area - Total Ranked 3rd UK 20,779 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 3rd UK 2,903,085 140/km² Ethnicity: 97. ... Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-07-12, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Caernarfon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The Right Honourable Dafydd Wigley (born April 1, 1943) is a Welsh politician. ...
HYWELWILLIAMS was John Redwood's chief of staff from 1993 to 1997, and can therefore write with authority about the Tories' decline and fall.
Even Portillo, who retains the affections of the right, does not measure up in Williams' estimation, attacking 'foreigners' who 'bought their academic qualifications' and vowing that Brussels would never command British troops (odd considering NATO headquarters is in Brussels) then having to apologise to the chiefs of staff.
Williams observes from all this that politics no longer deals with the 'great issues', and "MPs of all parties were being drawn from a narrower and more homogenous pool of apparatchiks.
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