Cambria Politico - The Political Blog

Once upon a time, Plaid Cymru used to hold an annual conference which attracted nationalists from all corners of the country to debate ideas and to decide policy. But not now.

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We all know the Western Mail (otherwise Llais y Sais) is losing readers, and that their reporters sometimes can’t find stories (after all, it is still the “silly season“).

But today’s effort on the future leadership of the Welsh Labour Party in the wake of Rhodri Morgan is peculiarly off-centre.

So peculiarly off-centre that it’s worth examining, [...]

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Ann Jones, normally a fairly amelioratory character, is spitting blood over health issues in the North. Words such as “ridiculous” are ejected with venom against a decision by her own party’s health minister Edwina Hart.

Unfortunately, the disagreements by Mrs Jones, AM for Vale of Clwyd, combine with the weak devolution beliefs of some Labour AMs [...]

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