Latest editorial
Event organiser, compere and local communist Catrin Ashton at the Eisteddfod event
A PACKED Morning Star meeting at the National Eisteddfod heard tributes paid to communist and Welsh language campaigner Gareth Miles on Thursday evening.
Panellists paying tribute to Mr Miles’s life and work included TUC Cymru’s Ceri Williams, former MP Cynog Dafos, professor and author Jane Aaron and peace campaigner Sian Howys.
Welsh communist Catrin Ashton told the meeting that Mr Miles’s family were in the audience and the paper had organised the event to pay tribute to his life and work, including his time on the Star’s management committee.
Wales reporter DAVID NICHOLSON looks at the political scene as budget rows take centre-stage and Welsh Labour gains a new leader
MEIC BIRTWISTLE offers an appreciation of the renaissance man GARETH MILES