tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post1678768029314628955..comments2023-12-24T13:03:35.696+00:00Comments on Miserable Old Fart: Keep Your Hat on Your Head Dafydd – It's Wasted in the RingAlwyn ap Huwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06194724336424525283noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-68000287136425059132011-05-19T12:26:38.447+01:002011-05-19T12:26:38.447+01:00Surely Leanne is too lefty to have mainstream appe...Surely Leanne is too lefty to have mainstream appeal? Maybe I'm missing the point and you think she can break though into the valleys but the left is a pretty crowded area in Welsh politics.<br /><br />Outside her and Lord Thomas the choice is limited to say the least. Elin? A very competent minister but has she got the wow factor needed? RGT? llyr?<br /><br />Its a tricky one.cernywnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-80741486892014324152011-05-17T00:05:19.037+01:002011-05-17T00:05:19.037+01:00Dafydd El has successfully been everything for eve...Dafydd El has successfully been everything for eveybody for years. In his defence trying to get deals for Wales through the back door. Rather than fighting "I'r gad" like Alex Salmond has been doing!! I'm Sure Wigley and El had this strategy when he went to the house of Lords years ago!!!Bwlchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-15049154386636775852011-05-16T22:39:54.599+01:002011-05-16T22:39:54.599+01:00How can he be both a welsh non-conformist and a We...How can he be both a welsh non-conformist and a Welsh anglican?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-7413428915624790432011-05-16T18:24:23.020+01:002011-05-16T18:24:23.020+01:00What do you mean that Leanne is from "the rig...What do you mean that Leanne is from "the right part of the country" Siônnyn, I hadn't realised that Wales was split into a right part and a wrong part.<br /><br />I don't think that Leanne would be a particularly inspired choice as party leader, her extreme left wing politics which includes supporting the Communist Party would alienate large numbers of potential Plaid voters.Alwyn ap Huwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06194724336424525283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-34074729416796339772011-05-16T17:05:25.687+01:002011-05-16T17:05:25.687+01:00Siônnyn
It goes without saying, Wigley. Biggest e...Siônnyn<br /><br />It goes without saying, Wigley. Biggest error Plaid made was to devise a list system which shut him out. Truly daft, and of epic proportions. Can you imagine the SNP doing that to Salmond?<br /><br />You could be right about Leanne Wood, although I don't lean too far in the leftward direction myself. I would hope there would be no more of the nonsense about a pact with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-38725079021170441592011-05-16T15:35:54.973+01:002011-05-16T15:35:54.973+01:00AlandDyfed - the answer is YES - Dafydd Wigley - b...AlandDyfed - the answer is YES - Dafydd Wigley - but plaid snubbed him twice - in 2001 and in 2007, and he's a bit old now, and has probably got better things to do. <br /><br />For me, if Plaid is serious about reinventing itself, and putting a bit OOOMMPH back into Welsh Politics, it has to be Leanne Wood. <br /><br />She has everything - she is a woman (important these days, and a USP), Siônnynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00021974709953206048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-23951518721568551412011-05-16T10:08:00.137+01:002011-05-16T10:08:00.137+01:00alanindyfed
In a word, No.
Anon 09:39
If he be...alanindyfed<br /><br />In a word, No.<br /><br />Anon 09:39 <br /><br />If he becomes leader, or there is another coalition/agreement/deal with Labour, I'm off. Best join the Labour party and get the real (rotten) thing direct.. ackkkkkkk!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-13491202345667987122011-05-16T09:39:57.331+01:002011-05-16T09:39:57.331+01:00Politics & and being on the front line of it i...Politics & and being on the front line of it is the only driver for DET. I dont think he could stand being in opposition for 5 years. This is DET's last throw- become leader, join Labour in another coalition. If not don't be suprised to see a by-election 1/2 way through the term, and with the problems PC have at local level in Dwyfor- Meirion (3 resignations on Council Group) who'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-78975702630949079162011-05-15T17:49:42.021+01:002011-05-15T17:49:42.021+01:00Is there a person in Wales of the calibre of Alex ...Is there a person in Wales of the calibre of Alex Salmond who could lead Plaid, unite Welsh opinion and guide the nation to independence?<br />If so, who is he/she?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16258854366964329334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-38084419556227726342011-05-15T17:18:00.812+01:002011-05-15T17:18:00.812+01:00You do seem determined to promote me to some high ...You do seem determined to promote me to some high office anon 8:50; last week it was Presiding Officer, this week it's leader of Plaid. I'm sure that I could be the best leader that Plaid has ever had but political parties have this annoying habit of insisting that the party leader is a member of the party and I'm not a member of Plaid. (I'm not sure what your fixation with cigarsAlwyn ap Huwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06194724336424525283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-45528934846084330642011-05-15T11:28:15.633+01:002011-05-15T11:28:15.633+01:00Et tu, Brutus? Natty assassination job there, MOF....Et tu, Brutus? Natty assassination job there, MOF.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-408092857278337772011-05-15T11:26:23.213+01:002011-05-15T11:26:23.213+01:00Best send him out to graze, then.
The worst poss...Best send him out to graze, then. <br /><br />The worst possible choice for the party's leadership. I hate marmite, btw.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-86683882980395517892011-05-15T08:50:10.637+01:002011-05-15T08:50:10.637+01:00Miserable Old Fart be the dark horse in the contes...Miserable Old Fart be the dark horse in the contest for leadership, the cigar aficonado's hope and who better that Dafydd for rural affairs than MOF!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-22373480755815106112011-05-15T08:32:42.334+01:002011-05-15T08:32:42.334+01:00It's clear that Dafydd Elis Thomas is the &quo...It's clear that Dafydd Elis Thomas is the "bright young hope" of Plaid Cymru. I'm sure that as Leader he will lead Plaid to a merger with the Welsh Labour Party. With Plaid as a sub-section of Labour (as the Co-operative Party is), we could soon have a Plaid member in the vacant cabinet seat. Who better than Dafydd Elis Thomas as Minister for Rural Affairs?Gwilymnoreply@blogger.com