tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post5983838791021052237..comments2024-03-26T09:38:39.888+00:00Comments on Borthlas: Missing the pointJohn Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-70747478505377944862010-11-12T12:04:41.357+00:002010-11-12T12:04:41.357+00:00Well done John
In South Wales it used to be a stan...Well done John<br />In South Wales it used to be a standing joke that if Labour had put a donkey up for Parliament it would have been voted in. <br /> Perhaps those days have gone but I suspect not<br />The mechanisms for selecting candidates whilst probably done with the best of intent are invariably flawed in one way or another <br />I remember going to Cardiff to a hotel just off the Motorway 200 miles round trip for list interview??<br />As I sat in the foyer a group of interviewers passed me by with the comment that " we dont have to bother now as we have got our quota" need less to say the interview lasted all of a minute who are you? and we will let you know. goodbye..was all I heardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-4187866057260116462010-11-12T08:59:07.652+00:002010-11-12T08:59:07.652+00:00There's also another factor in the increasing ...There's also another factor in the increasing tendaency f chosing 'career politicians' who've worked for another AM or MP or some lobbying firm. It's this.<br /><br />When it comes to hustings the person who's worked 'on the inside' is privy to all kinds of facts figures and arguments which the 'lay' politician isn't. They're very often very much at ease in discussing issues of policy and the detail of those issues. They're by and large intelligent people as well. As long as they don't have a total personality by-pass and can speak publicly fairly coherently (many AMs and MPs aren't much good themselves at public speaking) then, they'll invariably get chosen.<br /><br />There's no 'fault' in this. It's just that the 'lay' poliician has a hard act to follow and needs to spend a lot of time briefing themselves on information which is bread and butter to the 'insider'. <br /><br />The result is that many candidates chosen are 'insiders'.<br /><br />NashiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com