The verbal skirmishing between Plaid and Labour, as reported in the Western Mail, might lead the casual uninformed reader to mistakenly think that the two parties had not been in coalition for the last four years. You almost get the impression that the pair of them are picking fights for the sake of distinctiveness.
IWJ and others objected to Peter Hain claiming that voters should use the May 5 election as “a chance to show David Cameron and Nick Clegg that the people of Wales are unhappy with their policies”. The reality of course is that “sending a message” is a standard part of gesture politics and there is no more accomplished exponent of this practice than Hain.
But whilst the custard pies go back and forth across the room, the question which Labour need to answer – even though Plaid don’t seem to be asking it – is why the hell the MP for Neath is fronting up an Assembly election campaign launch at all. Is it any wonder that as much as this is billed as a Welsh general election, the process & outcome will still remain a sideshow in the minds of many at Westminster and among the media who reside nearby?
But whilst the custard pies go back and forth across the room, the question which Labour need to answer – even though Plaid don’t seem to be asking it – is why the hell the MP for Neath is fronting up an Assembly election campaign launch at all. Is it any wonder that as much as this is billed as a Welsh general election, the process & outcome will still remain a sideshow in the minds of many at Westminster and among the media who reside nearby?
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