TRUST THE press to do their best to unsettle a politician. Jenny Randerson is to retire from the Assembly at the next election when she will be 62, writes Clive Betts from the Assembly press gallery.
What chance does the party have of holding the seat now that a coalition deal has been signed in London between the Lib Dems and the Tories?
Especially as Mrs Randerson’s seat of Cardiff Central is one that tilts towards Labour, although once upon a time it was held by the Tories. Labour’s Jon Owen Jones was the previous Westminster incumbent before Jenny Willott became Randerson’s political companion.
Party leader Kirsty Williams wasn’t worried about the prospect, when questioned at the weekly press briefing.
She willingly praised Mrs Randerson – who had been a close contender with her for the post of Welsh party leader – for the tremendous work she had done to help make the city of Cardiff one of the party’s bright lights in Britain.
Kirsty felt she had no worries for the future politically in the constituency.
