tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post8303416094001917050..comments2023-11-05T09:37:36.840+01:00Comments on A View From Rural Wales: Why Welsh Labour should lose.Glyn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10442114752573417252noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-67498949838210312572007-04-01T21:09:00.000+01:002007-04-01T21:09:00.000+01:00sanddef, I should have said 'political commentater...sanddef, I should have said 'political commentaters' rather than opinion polls - though we did some private polling last November and I think ITV are bringing out a poll this week.<BR/><BR/>I think the minority government route would be a disaster. Some politicians are going to have to partake of the unpalatable after May 3rd.Glyn Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344589217554138315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-86522876876126732772007-04-01T14:14:00.000+01:002007-04-01T14:14:00.000+01:00There are only two real alternatives.The first is ...<I>There are only two real alternatives.The first is for Labour to try to rule by itself as the Scottish Labour party is indicating it will do if it loses seats.</I><BR/><BR/>This practice really needs to die a death. Forming a minority government is no way to govern, and it ultimately meand that even less of the things people voted for are realised.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-45370195865447862812007-04-01T11:59:00.000+01:002007-04-01T11:59:00.000+01:00If Labour loses a number of first past the post se...If Labour loses a number of first past the post seats on May 3rd then really this places a question mark against any coalition that contains the Labour party. It could be argued that any party that does decide to go with Labour risks being accused of going against the wishes of the Welsh electorate. There are only two real alternatives.The first is for Labour to try to rule by itself as the Scottish Labour party is indicating it will do if it loses seats. The risk with this of course is that Labour could lose a vote of no confidence at any time. The other alternative is for the other parties to try to look at what they have in common in policy terms and try and form a coalition. What ever happens the real challenge for all potential assembly politicians is in the words of one senior civil servant to 'enhance the credibility of the assembly in the eyes of the Welsh public' over the next four years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-62316901215833887442007-04-01T03:43:00.000+01:002007-04-01T03:43:00.000+01:00I agree with you entirely. Coalitions mean that a ...I agree with you entirely. Coalitions mean that a wider spectrum of the people are represented by the government, and so on... but what exactly are these "opinion polls" that you speak of? As I pointed out <A HREF="http://this-is-sparta.blogspot.com/2007/03/rhodris-gay-bash-newsflash.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>, Wales suffers from a severe lack of opinion polls. Either that or the media is just keeping us in the dark!<BR/><BR/>Anyway, the very fact that Labour is unable to win an outright majority in the Assembly should be proof enough that Wales is no longer a one-paty state.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-8460112852601427692007-03-31T23:31:00.000+01:002007-03-31T23:31:00.000+01:00you make a good point but it can hardly be describ...you make a good point but it can hardly be described as non partisan!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com