Sunday, 26 September 2010

Seeking the healthy option

An anonymous contributor to this site notes that the Freedom Central blog is stuck in a health rut. Of course, others – including ourselves – might argue that they’re presently on a roll in that policy area and must be enjoying the novel experience.

With the party’s standing in the UK opinion polls showing no sign of a post-conference bounce (still stuck at 13% at 23 September according to YouGov) the Welsh Lib Dem contingent patently see the need to step things up a gear and have started by highlighting inadequacies & evasions within the Assembly government over health expenditure and performance.

Whilst it’s a little confusing as to whether Veronica German or Kirsty Williams is leading on health matters, the pair have nonetheless produced more palpable hits in a few months than the previous incumbent managed throughout his overall stint. Or so it seems.

Where Lib Dems fall down at the moment however is in matching their rampant negativity with something more substantial on the constructive front than a stated willingness to “work with others”. Never mind, we’re sure that something will come to them.

1 Comments:

Renoir said...

No sign of Lib Dem headline grabbers Peter Black, Peter May and June Stanton this morning when ABM health board stooges appeared on the Kevin Johns phone-in. It was left to Paxton Hood-Williams to spell out the disastrous effects of closing down Fairwood hospital. At least Conservatives in Swansea West and in the Senedd are keeping up the pressure first hand.