tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post6645969639981174627..comments2024-03-26T09:38:39.888+00:00Comments on Borthlas: Friends Falling OutJohn Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-74818101056840862532015-02-21T00:00:20.874+00:002015-02-21T00:00:20.874+00:00Plaid and the Greens cooperate in the European Par...Plaid and the Greens cooperate in the European Parliament and at Westminister, and if current projections are right and the Welsh Greens can pick up a few seats in Wales in 2016 then there's every likelehood they'll be cooperating with plaid in the senedd in the near future too. <br /><br />Until then talk of an 'alliance' between the two parties is probably a bit premature.....but there's every chance that between them they'll be able to push welsh politics in a more progressive direction in the near future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-55438166224564248112015-02-20T13:56:27.053+00:002015-02-20T13:56:27.053+00:00Plaid are hardly the SNP who even in 2011 had over...Plaid are hardly the SNP who even in 2011 had over 50% of the working class vote and have subsequently driven the Scottish Labour party into the ground.<br />Their impressive increase in membership includes a large number of former Labour activists and Labour supporters as well as their own supporters becoming formal members. the SNP have been fairly relaxed about throwing open the doors in a way Plaid is not yet showing.<br /> If you had initiated a referendum campaign and then made a calculated gamble to open it all up to all and sundry and trust the others to not cock it up - your mindset changes. You cannot work together with other groups and expect them to leave their agendas at the door - it has to work both ways.<br />Plaid is just not in the right position to make major gains. It hasn't done the homework and does not have the track record of good governance of the SNP administrations. More work needednAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-9491217221860273292015-02-18T16:57:33.334+00:002015-02-18T16:57:33.334+00:00The 'pact' doesn't work cause both par...The 'pact' doesn't work cause both parties are fishing in the same pond for voters which the Greens have been more successful in attracting new support and also disaffected Lib Dem and Labour voters.<br /><br />Then compare Plaid Cymru with the SNP who look likely to wipe Labour out in Scotland and it's no surprise Plaid Cymru supporters are frustrated with the current leadership team's failure to gain traction accross Wales in such favourable circumstances.<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com