Swansea West watchers think that Peter May, the man who failed to win the Lib Dem target seat in the general election, can expect a bumpy ride after jumping aboard the health bandwagon again. Having only been able to get a second string nomination in Gower, the Uplands councillor has decided to latch onto pre-publicity blurb for the BBC’s Week In, Week Out current affairs slot over an alleged culture of neglect affecting the elderly in Welsh hospitals.
Stating that he would not give up the "fight to improve care for the elderly", he had previously told the local paper that he regularly confers with Older People's commissioner Ruth Marks. Yet there is no record of the pair meeting in the last year.
More to the point, readers on the Beans on Toast website accuse May of “not raising a peep” when the Lib Dem controlled council closed the Earlsmoor respite home a few months back. They also say he has failed to intervene in moves to “market test” adult social services prior to backdoor privatisation by Swansea Council.
Few expect May to make any progress in Gower and it appeared that he shares their estimation when he told the local paper that, "As older people's champion, I will be reminding the relevant people once the furore of forming a new administration has passed". Clearly he expects to be still in that role after the election - rather than in the Senedd.
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