By Jonathan Isaby
On Thursday night Ynys Môn Conservaitves selected Paul Williams to be their candidate for the Welsh Assembly election next year.
Paul has just unmasked himself as the author of The Druid blog, where he introduces himself to the voters of Ynys Môn - better known to non-Welsh speakers as the Isle of Angelsey - thus:
I was born, brought up, and educated on Ynys Môn. My family have farmed the Island for centuries and I spent my younger life on the family farm just outside Llangefni (before we converted it into the very successful Tafarn Y Rhos pub). I attended Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni and my first paid job was in the Welsh Country Foods abattoir in Gaerwen. Like many of my peers I left Anglesey to attend University and picked up two degrees including a Masters in Japanese, which I now speak fluently.
I went on to have considerable international business experience: I spent six years working in Tokyo, Japan, and a further six years in Frankfurt, Germany, where I was appointed to a very senior European marketing position for one of the World’s largest consumer electronics firms. I also however have experience of business on a smaller scale: three years ago, just before the credit crunch, I decided to set up my own small consultancy firm and therefore weathered the storm of the recession as a small businessman and learned intimately the problems and pressures facing small businesses all over the UK but particularly here in Anglesey. I currently live in Rhostrehwfa with my longterm girlfriend.
There is more about his political priorities in this blog post.
The seat is currently held by Plaid Cymru leader and Deputy First Minister of Wales, Ieuan Wyn Jones, who had a majority in 2007 of 4,392 over a (formerly Conservative) Independent candidate.
Pob lwc!