| Vote Labour 07:29 - Apr 22 with 6590 views | skippyjack |
Yesterday I had a job interview with two cockney blokes in attendance.. And can you vote Labour.. Forget about all my ramblings and vote Labour.. That interview has definitely changed my mind.. This one cockney bloke give me an insight how politics really worked under the Labour Govt.. His wife was fairly high up in the party.. And he insisted it was the right vote for me..
So on May 7th I hope all of you, family, friends and factory workers vote Labour.. Because they are willing to change massively.. I'm going to be campaigning for Labour.. He also give me an insight on how the Conservatives are trying to flog the UK.. |  |
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| Vote Labour on 11:37 - Apr 23 with 1059 views | Uxbridge |
| Vote Labour on 00:47 - Apr 23 by londonlisa2001 |
When Plaid were part of the leadership of the WAG, I didn't notice any positive discrimination towards any part of Wales that wasn't in a 10 mile radius of the Senedd.
I am all in favour of allocating public resource to the areas that most need it, but of course Barnett doesn't do that. The concentration of opportunity on small parts of the country is terrible (both in UK terms and Welsh terms) but I haven't heard anything from Plaid that this will be addressed (apart from the love in for the 'Valleys' of course). |
I don't disagree. However Wales is going to be largely forgotten during and after this election, so I'm all for anything which lessens that impact. |  |
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| Vote Labour on 11:56 - Apr 23 with 1042 views | skippyjack |
| Vote Labour on 11:01 - Apr 23 by Lohengrin |
What argument is there to be had? You seem somehow surprised that the senior party in a coalition bulldozes its agenda through. Plaid has no inspiring figure capable of challenging Labour in Wales. Leanne Wood with her Treforest Poly background simply hasn't got enough going on upstairs and what little there is rattling around up there has been begged, stolen or borrowed from someplace else; half from Nikolai Yezhov the rest from Captain Beany as far as I can make out.
If you want a debate then I'm your man, but let's have one on the basis of reality not dandelion wishes. |
Lohengrin is correct.. Leanne hasn't got the required skills or ability to frighten the Welsh Assembly.. Who are also a bunch of dead headed money driven power freaks.. We need that breath of fresh air in politics.. That honest, dignified bastion of a politician that can inspire a generation with some kind of integrity and care for the Country.. We're clearly lacking something in the commons.. That's it.. Common sense in the Commons.. At times I just think the Commons is just for a jolly up.. | |
| The awkward moment when a Welsh Club become the Champions of England.. shh
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| Vote Labour on 12:41 - Apr 23 with 1010 views | Lohengrin |
| Vote Labour on 11:17 - Apr 23 by trampie |
Ms Wood might be the right person at the right time, Plaid cant keep on churning out top class leaders and thinkers every time, Ms Wood might appeal in different ways, until results come in it will be hard to say, I will say that it was not a good time to be Plaid leader with all the immigration into Wales possibly going to effect their vote in their heartlands, Scotland does not have the same issues with culture and language that Wales has, the name of the game is not necessarily to get the cleverest person to do the leader roll but to get the person that is likely to get the party the most votes, Ms Wood might well be the best bet for Plaid in that respect, its hard to make a definitive comment until after the election and probably in fairness until after the Assembly elections next year.
I would be interested to know what current Plaid politicians you think if they were the leader of Plaid would help get Plaid more votes than Ms Wood ? |
Your question at the end is a good one, but difficult to answer. Candidates of high calibre are, regrettably, rather thin on the ground. Eurfyl ap Gwilym? Clearly very, very clever but he does come across as irascible and unsympathetic. He'd be likely to alienate as much as attract potential support. Adam Price? Again, very clever but I don't really think his heart is in it any more, though I stand to be proven wrong. Aside from that pair there are no other obvious candidates that spring readily to mind Trampie, I'm afraid. |  |
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| Vote Labour on 12:41 - Apr 23 with 1009 views | trampie |
Still not answering the question Lohengrin, just in case you missed it, here it is again :-
''I would be interested to know what current Plaid politicians you think if they were the leader of Plaid would help get Plaid more votes than Ms Wood ?'' |  |
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| Vote Labour on 12:55 - Apr 23 with 1001 views | Lohengrin |
| Vote Labour on 12:41 - Apr 23 by trampie |
Still not answering the question Lohengrin, just in case you missed it, here it is again :-
''I would be interested to know what current Plaid politicians you think if they were the leader of Plaid would help get Plaid more votes than Ms Wood ?'' |
There is only one: Dafydd Wigley. As a politician and man of intellect he is head and shoulders above Leanne Wood. He would have shone in the leader debates. | |
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| Vote Labour on 13:09 - Apr 23 with 986 views | trampie |
| Vote Labour on 12:55 - Apr 23 by Lohengrin |
There is only one: Dafydd Wigley. As a politician and man of intellect he is head and shoulders above Leanne Wood. He would have shone in the leader debates. |
Yes he is a man of intellect and he would have shone in the leaders debate but he would not get as many votes as Ms Wood from the general public at this point in time, the only possible one is Adam Price [''I was a socialist before I was a nationalist''], but he was on a sabbatical at the time of the leadership race. | |
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| Vote Labour on 13:24 - Apr 23 with 972 views | trampie |
| Vote Labour on 12:41 - Apr 23 by Lohengrin |
Your question at the end is a good one, but difficult to answer. Candidates of high calibre are, regrettably, rather thin on the ground. Eurfyl ap Gwilym? Clearly very, very clever but he does come across as irascible and unsympathetic. He'd be likely to alienate as much as attract potential support. Adam Price? Again, very clever but I don't really think his heart is in it any more, though I stand to be proven wrong. Aside from that pair there are no other obvious candidates that spring readily to mind Trampie, I'm afraid. |
You posted this at the same time I posted to prompt you to answer, so I never saw it before posting, I agree about Dr Eurfyl ap Gwilym, he is very clever but he is abrasive and abrupt, he would master anyone in a debate but the electorate would not like his aggressive manner.
Adam Price is a star performer, to date one of the best leaders Plaid never had to go alongside Dr DJ Davies, that may change in the future and like you say a clever man.
Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas was a great politician in his radical younger days, he is very much an establishment figure these days, he is a different politician compared to his younger days, the progressives in the party have dismissed him as somebody that has had his day, just like a great footballer that go's on too long and is no more than a shadow of what they once were. | |
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| Vote Labour on 16:52 - Apr 23 with 921 views | johnlangy |
| Vote Labour on 00:47 - Apr 23 by londonlisa2001 |
When Plaid were part of the leadership of the WAG, I didn't notice any positive discrimination towards any part of Wales that wasn't in a 10 mile radius of the Senedd.
I am all in favour of allocating public resource to the areas that most need it, but of course Barnett doesn't do that. The concentration of opportunity on small parts of the country is terrible (both in UK terms and Welsh terms) but I haven't heard anything from Plaid that this will be addressed (apart from the love in for the 'Valleys' of course). |
As I said in another post, on Sunday Politics last Sunday Leanne said Plaid would change the way investment was made moving the concentration away from the South East to the rest of Wales (in a similar way to what should happen UK wise).
She also spoke about a Northern Welsh powerhouse. Much smaller than the English version of course but still an extremely laudable aim. Also to vastly improve North/South transport links. |  | | |
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