Solidarity?

It’s difficult not to be just a wee bit cynical over the refusal by Plaid & Labour AMs to cross picket lines outside the Sennedd building, thus resulting in cancellation of today’s plenary session. The move is not entirely unexpected given some of the informal union links at work – plus a barnstorming performance by PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka at Plaid’s recent conference.

But such gestures are by their nature very cheap – and merely give AMs a day off. Surely a more striking symbol of solidarity would be for them to each donate a day’s salary to a hardship fund for poorly-paid striking public sector workers.