tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post3893809697650794929..comments2023-11-05T09:37:36.840+01:00Comments on A View From Rural Wales: Decision TimeGlyn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10442114752573417252noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-18404747553111285742007-06-24T21:24:00.000+01:002007-06-24T21:24:00.000+01:00Checkanndra - I have not ruled out an eventual ret...Checkanndra - I have not ruled out an eventual return to the Assembly. Plaid's Gareth Jones is my inspiration - and a damn good AM as well.<BR/><BR/>I agree with the principle of what you say - but not the time table. I do think the policies of free provision in Scotland will cause serious resentment in England. In part, that was why I was so opposed to free prescriptions.Glyn Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344589217554138315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-36807145195226465682007-06-22T22:54:00.000+01:002007-06-22T22:54:00.000+01:00activist - I agree with you. But it would be inter...activist - I agree with you. But it would be interesting if Mike German realised the pickle he's in and rang Rhodri with a genuine offer to deal. Won't happen because the Lib Dems have made such a pig's eye of it all.Glyn Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344589217554138315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-64499078305300418262007-06-22T18:11:00.000+01:002007-06-22T18:11:00.000+01:00Glyn,Labour and Plaid know that any approach from ...Glyn,<BR/><BR/>Labour and Plaid know that any approach from the Lib Dems is only about trying to 'frighten' Plaid back into the 'rainbow'.<BR/><BR/>That is known by both parties and will not work. If Plaid want the deal with Labour they will get it. There will be no discussions with the Lib dems if Plaid keep their nerve and see this through.<BR/><BR/>The Welsh Labour MPs are a red herring. Gordon will have signed this off and come the crunch they will fall into line or pay the usual price for defying the PM. None of them are that brave or foolish.<BR/><BR/>Time will soon tell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-84860928481292771142007-06-22T15:44:00.000+01:002007-06-22T15:44:00.000+01:00anons - The position of the Lib Dems is fascinatin...anons - The position of the Lib Dems is fascinating. It is so odd that Labour at Westminster and probably in the Assembly want to do a deal with them - and might even givev then PR in local government - and many Lib Dems would like to do a deal with Labour. But for all sorts of reasons, the two parties cannot even discuss it. So the Lib Dems are praying for the Rainbow to save them from total irrelevence. Sometimes sitting astride a fence can inflict serious damage.Glyn Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344589217554138315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-42651171381239813422007-06-22T14:08:00.000+01:002007-06-22T14:08:00.000+01:00Anonymous said... "dont rule out mike germans lot ...Anonymous said... <BR/>"dont rule out mike germans lot who are waking up to the fact that they could finish up finished if the red green government comes about "<BR/><BR/>They would finish even if the Red/Yellow link up happened. Too close for comfort. That would add power to the elbow of New Labour and on top of having a weak government we would see more closures of hospitals/shcools because that's the way they 'budget'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-53501258945932254552007-06-22T13:57:00.000+01:002007-06-22T13:57:00.000+01:00dont rule out mike germans lot who are waking up t...dont rule out mike germans lot who are waking up to the fact that they could finish up finished if the red green government comes aboutAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-43531586615688055642007-06-22T13:49:00.000+01:002007-06-22T13:49:00.000+01:00Acitivist said... "If red green is so unworkable w...Acitivist said... <BR/>"If red green is so unworkable what on earth does anonymous think they have been talking about ..."<BR/><BR/>The talks have not been exclusively Red/Green. There appear to be fundamental differences or they would have come to agreement by now. The details may not be all that palatable for Labour so it may well have to be a Rainbow.<BR/><BR/>btw, wasn't it Labour who was cosing the hospitals?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-85566394351883776932007-06-22T13:36:00.000+01:002007-06-22T13:36:00.000+01:00Sorry avtivist but I still think the Rainbow is at...Sorry avtivist but I still think the Rainbow is at least 50/50. The Brown (Red/Green) is the solution that Labour in the Assembly want - but not Labour at Westminster. So there is a real issue about what can be delivered as opposed to promised.<BR/><BR/>If the Brown Coalition goes ahead, the Lib Dems become almost totally irrelevent in Wales.Glyn Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344589217554138315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-78884269884587806992007-06-22T09:11:00.000+01:002007-06-22T09:11:00.000+01:00If red green is so unworkable what on earth does a...If red green is so unworkable what on earth does anonymous think they have been talking about all this time? It isn't overcoming fundamental differences but working out the detail for government. The 'rainbow' mob now seem to be trying to 'wish it'into existence.<BR/><BR/>Welsh Labour and Plaid together will have the popular support, the strength and political muscle to address the big issues such as hospital reconfiguration. The 'rainbow' couldn't even hold together to get a deal on the table. What chance would it stand in the tough realities of power, with all the pressure and unpopularity it inevitably brings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-25592284989771443572007-06-21T20:38:00.000+01:002007-06-21T20:38:00.000+01:00It was Brown himself who said he wanted a governme...It was Brown himself who said he wanted a government of all the talents. If we have the Rainbow in Wales then he cannot really refuse. <BR/><BR/>I am just waiting for the news when he asks a Tory to be in his cabinet! In fact we really need to get on with the Rainbow now. All other possibilities have been explored and found unworkable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com