19/04/2012

Labour's message of support for the Tories

During the 2011 Assembly elections Peter Hain and Carwyn Jones claimed that Wales could send a message to the Westminster administration by using the Assembly vote as a referendum on Wales' opposition to the ConDem government. It was a tactic that failed. The Conservative vote in Wales went up as did the number of Conservative representatives elected to the Assembly.

As a referendum on Tory policies the last Assembly elections actually gave the Tory's an endorsement. Wales was never ever going to vote Yes to Tory policy but as a result of Labour's campaign more people voted Yes than might have been expected otherwise and the Conservative vote was boosted.

Once bitten, twice shy, one might suppose. But no! Labour are trying the same tactic again; despite knowing that using the local government elections as a referendum on Westminster Tory policies will lead to many more Conservative councillors being elected in Wales. The question has to be asked:

WHY?

Simply because it is in Labours interest to have more Conservative councillors in Wales. The Labour party has become so lazy, so stagnant, so bereft of original ideas for the betterment of local communities or for the betterment of Wales that it's only unique selling point is we are not Tories and the more Tory Councillors there are the more negative and not Tory Labour can be!

Wales deserves better! Wales deserves councillors, of all parties and of none, who put our communities first and who couldn't give a damn about sending a message to either Westminster or Cardiff Bay!

Don't waste this election as a referendum on any unrelated point, please use the election to elect a councillor who wants to represent your local community in your local council chamber as an honourable way of serving your community, rather than voting for nothing better than sending a V sign, that will be ignored, to Mr Cameron!

5 comments:

  1. I couldn't agree more, its good to see Plaid fighting on a local manifesto.

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  2. Patel is really quite right-wing and reactionary. What does he actually stand for?

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  3. Labour hegemony

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  4. Your analysis is of coruse correct MOF. And this in many respects goes to the heart of what is wrong with Labour in Wales. They appeal for votes on the basis that they are not the Tories. Which poses the question what are Labout for and what would their election platform be were Labour to be in power in Westminster? Presumably something similar to vote for us we're not UK Labour?!

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  5. Plaid are not the Tories either - Has Hain the Vain (the 'brains' behind this) thought of that?

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