Was Edwina saying sorry?

I WAS told this by a Tory AM, so I can’t vouch for it myself, writes Clive Betts from the Assembly press gallery.

As we know, Edwina Hart is not the world’s leader at personal relationships.

The Western Mail carried a piece saying that Carl Sargeant had decided to give his backing to Carwyn Jones, Counsel General and AM for Bridgend, because he was the only of the three contestants who had approached Carl for his support.

I was speaking to the Tory about Edwina’s weakness over personal relationships.

Which was when I was told that Carl and Edwina had been seen in close chat in the Assembly coffee shop.

The Tory thought this had been in response to the piece in the Western Mail.

Edwina possesses some good support among the ranks of non-labourites. They see her as extremely competent, extremely frank, and extremely keen to make the right impression over decisions.

Labour possesses an extremely complicated voting procedure – with three voting stages – to chose the new leader. Which means no-one knows beforehand who will win.

But opposition parties give Edwina a very strong chance. Possibly ahead of front-runner Carwyn

We shall see. Decision day is December 1.