Could it be coincidence that the anonymous take on Carwyn Jones provided by an unnamed Lib Dem bears a striking similarity to earlier views expressed by Peter Black?According to the Beeb, The advice from this helpful Lib Dem opponent was that Mr Jones should use his election mandate to turn Labour in Wales into a “real Welsh party”. The suggestion, albeit from a partisan source, was that Labour, for all its claims, has never really embraced devolution properly, and Mr Jones now had an opportunity to change that if he really wanted to.
On Freedom Central, Black states: Furthermore, although Labour may have changed its head it needs to change itself if it is to make a difference. As a party it remains very much UK-focussed, with weak Welsh policy processes and Welsh governance. Whereas all the other UK parties have empowered their Welsh arm (in the case of the Welsh Liberal Democrats 50 years ago), Labour are lagging behind.
Same irrelevant Lib Dem hymn sheet or just the same old singer who is probably feeling a little left out of things? Who cares either way.
Pedantic point: the Lib Dems did not exist 50 years ago – it just feels like it.
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The Liberal Party existed 50 years ago and were the direct predecessors of the Lib Dems.
It was me. I was happy to give my comments on the record but they insisted that the piece needed to be anonymous otherwise some of the other politicians would not talk to them.
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