Bronterre News

Comment and analysis by journalist Patrick O'Brien in tribute to Chartist leader, radical agitator and campaigning journalist James Bronterre O'Brien (1804-1864). BELOW: Ynyslas, Ceredigion, unscathed (see under Environment for pieces on highly controversial plan to excavate this spectacular unspoilt beach and erect an uglifying cast-metal effigy of a tree). Oil painting, 2019, by Nicki Orton

THE revelation – reported in detail in the Cambrian News – that approaching a third of children in Ceredigion, Gwynedd and Powys live in poverty is highly disturbing.   The trouble is that, for anyone without direct, personal sight of children who are hungry, cold or badly clothed, this will be a scandal hidden from …

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