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Thursday, 1 March, 2001, 13:58 GMT
Ask Alun Michael on Dragon's Eye
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Labour's big guns are in Wales this week and Dragon's Eye will be asking the big questions as the party gathers for its Welsh conference in Swansea.

The programme will report on the newly launched Bevan Foundation which describes itself as Wales's first radical social justice think tank.

You can send your questions now to dragonseye@bbc.co.uk.

And you can click here to join the online live chat with Alun Michael MP at 2030GMT on Thursday March 1.

The think-tank has had a St David's Day launch in Tredegar, home town of Aneurin Bevan, architect of the NHS and one of Labour's most revered figures.

Alum Michael MP
Alun Michael MP:Guest
Organisers say they aim to generate new ideas and policies.

They want to "think the unthinkable" and "to provoke debate in front rooms across Wales."

The foundation has 100 founder members. They include politicians - mostly Labour, but drawn from other parties too - writers, academics and trade unionists.

The president is the Archbishop of Wales, Rowan Williams, who has called on the government to show more courage and vision.

Tonight's guest on Dragon's Eye Live Chat is Alun Michael, MP for Cardiff South and Penarth since 1987.

He was the first First Secretary of the Welsh Assembly, but remained in office for only nine months before resigning in February last year.

Shortly after, he also resigned as AM for Mid and West Wales.

He gave up his ministerial job at the Home Office to replace Ron Davies as Welsh Secretary in 1998.

A father of five and Welsh speaker who is originally from Anglesey, he moved into politics after careers in journalism and youth work.

Dragon's Eye is on at 2000GMT on BBC2 Wales on Thursday.

Click here to watch the programme

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