tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post230889954089163111..comments2023-11-05T09:37:36.840+01:00Comments on A View From Rural Wales: Getting our Priorities Wrong.Glyn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10442114752573417252noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-64771286514370424492010-10-30T19:19:34.058+01:002010-10-30T19:19:34.058+01:00Stephen - Perhaps they do in the Rhondda - at Chri...Stephen - Perhaps they do in the Rhondda - at Chris Bryant's surgeries!<br /><br />RW - I was referringto the most contentious issue in the House of Commons. I think we are in agreement in principle.<br /><br />xWCHL - Two competing principles here. I agree about the need for greater diversity on the Conservative benches, but I also like voters to be free to choose who they want to represent them. We do have too few female non-white candidates wanting to be selected. David Cameron has made a big effort to change this - with some success. I think there is more to do.Glyn Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344589217554138315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-1617673452491629782010-10-29T23:04:21.974+01:002010-10-29T23:04:21.974+01:00This kind of suits the national/London based Conse...This kind of suits the national/London based Conservative Party and undermines the national/British Labour Party given that Wales returns more Labour MPs than Conservative MPs. No bad thing per se (in my book) since Labour has let down Wales (I would say kept Wales down for its own reasons) so no tears for Labour. I remember local Labour politicians knocking at the front door of our Lansbury Park council house - sometimes with clipboard in hand. <br /><br />But it always seemed to me that they were more interested in maintaining the status-quo (them staying in various seats) than making any real difference in Wales despite the fact that they held monopoly political power in Wales. <br /><br />I remember one Labour man talking about how many council houses they (Labour) had built and that we lived in one of their council houses, implying that we should be grateful and vote for them. <br /><br />I remember my mum telling me that she would vote Plaid Cymru even though she did not support them. I didn't bother registering to vote because I could see no point in it. That voting was a waste of time such was my despondency for what Labour MPs were doing for Wales. <br /><br />But the Conservatives must move to the center in terms of diversity - the number of white public school educated males in the Cabinet is hardly reflective of the makeup of the nation as a whole. I smell elitism and ‘jobs for the boys’ (which of course happens in Labour), but I had hoped that the Conservative Party would try and go beyond that level of thinking.xWCHLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-18163746998962323452010-10-29T17:23:31.121+01:002010-10-29T17:23:31.121+01:00" The most contentious issue by a country mil..." The most contentious issue by a country mile has been the proposal to reduce the number of MPs from 650 to 600"<br /><br />No it isn't. At all. The most contentious issue is letting off Vodafone for £6 billion tax bill coupled with the axing of £7 billion in benefits.Radical Waleshttp://radicalwales.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-7070424270208862132010-10-28T23:55:35.466+01:002010-10-28T23:55:35.466+01:00Enjoyed your blog post
I don't think Wales or...Enjoyed your blog post<br /><br />I don't think Wales or anywhere else in UK will ever witness a protest march with a "We want more MPs - and we want them now" banner. :-)Stephen R Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15874420690492480951noreply@blogger.com