on the buses

I am (probably) the only Welsh political blogger who has an Assembly Government free bus pass. I don't have to thank Labour for my pass however; my pass was originally issued by Gwynedd's Plaid Cymru lead council, which made use of Conservative legislation enabling local authorities to issue free bus-passes to deaf people. So Numpti Morgan knows where he can put his remember the bribe and vote for me threats.

Today's Labour manifesto contains a promise to extend the bus pass scheme to enable pass holders to use limited services on the trains for free too - very welcome indeed. But hold on Defi John - this isn't a new policy announcement for the new assembly. This is a policy already passed by the assembly in April of last year; the pilot for the policy will start on May 20th regardless of who wins the election.