tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post9150652276050500959..comments2024-03-26T09:38:39.888+00:00Comments on Borthlas: What to do about Labour?John Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-40401586560885333202015-06-10T10:44:32.034+01:002015-06-10T10:44:32.034+01:00Your analysis is spot on.
One difficulty in the on...Your analysis is spot on.<br />One difficulty in the only real option of Plaid killing off the largest party in Wales, is the current leadership is emotionally joined at the hip to the Labour Party and no matter what abuse they get from them, they cannot bring themselves, nor do they have the intellectual capability to do what has to be done. <br />What you see hear is a classic abusive relationship syndrome<br />Spirit of BMEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-23746606787544180692015-06-01T20:04:56.602+01:002015-06-01T20:04:56.602+01:00Your third option is the only option.Both the Tori...Your third option is the only option.Both the Tories and Labour are beyond the pale.Plaid must fight to form a government on an independence ticket. The SNP have campaigned through thick and thin for independence.They have lost a battle and won another, victory is within grasp.<br />In Wales Plaid Cymru have not fought hard for independence and are busy going nowhere. Latest public statements from Plaid are not very good. The leader mentions a confederation and leaving defence and foreign relations in the hands of London. This is ambitionless rubbish. Why would anyone vote for Plaid if has the same stance as the Greens, Lib Dems and Labour. Why would they? They dont. <br />The policy of the party is a nonsense, "We must put the economy right so we can afford independence". You need independence to put the economy right. If the economy ever became right under London rule, most unlikely,it defeats the need for independence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-19241613011485709142015-06-01T17:58:55.620+01:002015-06-01T17:58:55.620+01:00Great analysis again John. And I agree with Anon a...Great analysis again John. And I agree with Anon above. Plaid need to produce a radical manifesto and demand that Labour sign up to dramatic change as part of any coalition deal. There are huge divisions within Labour, even in the Senedd, and the "nationalist" wing of Labour must be persuaded to break ranks with their London masters.<br />It is clear that the Tory government aren't going to devolve much at all to Cardiff - we need Labour in Wales to fully commit to the spirit of devolution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-55177095983970709182015-06-01T14:28:48.145+01:002015-06-01T14:28:48.145+01:00Labour’s electoral strength in Wales comes mainly ...Labour’s electoral strength in Wales comes mainly from the over 55’s simple as that, they vote and they still believe Labour is a force for good and in the post war settlement, they’re the same people in Scotland who mostly voted NO to independence. To counteract that the SNP/Yes movement has mobilised the younger generations and it’s why Scotland will be independent sooner rather than later. It’s that younger generation strategy any Welsh party needs to follow if they ever want to make progress in removing Labour from power<br /><br />As for next May all options are bad for Plaid Cymru, a deal with Tories/UKIP/Lib Dems will cement Labour unchallenged in power for at least another generation while a Labour/Plaid Cymru deal makes them little more than a Labour light party of protest/irrelevance, but that’s where Leanne Wood’s leadership appears to heading.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com