I will be
sunning myself in Taormina in Sicily by the time most of you hear
about the decision of the local CLPs . We call know that Christina
Rees nominated Owen Smith and we all know that Stephen “Baby doc”
Kinnock probably sees himself as the Blairite Messiah. I will be
very interested to see the progress of the Corbynistas in Wales.
Neath Labour with a few exceptions seems just as conservative, just
as monolithic just as wedded to the establishment as ever it was.
When
Corbyn came to Swansea nearly 2,000 people went to see him, in
Merthyr and Cardiff he has been attracting large numbers of people.
Yet Labour in Wales has little changed. The new recruits it has
attracted in the last six months from small parties of the left will
not be able to vote and there is little indication of policy changes
bubbling through. Wales is the last remaining fortress of “Old
Welsh Labour” and all that it brings with it. It will be
interesting to see how the Council elections of 2017 throughout Wales
shows. There are implications for both the Greens and for Plaid
here. The challenge for the Corbynistas will be how not to appear as
the old “Brit Left”. There will be a by election probably this
Autumn in the NPT Council seat of Blaengwrach
this is a Plaid seat and it will be interesting to see the result.
However as
boundary changes are occurring it will mean that both Christina Rees
and Stephen Kinnock will face reselection and following “private
schoolgate” and the fact that mini Kinnock was selected by a
majority of one will be most interesting. There have been a few signs
of criticism of both from within and without of the Labour Party.
It's going to be an interesting Autumn. However until September I am
going to be away.
To my detractors and my supporters I wish you well and look forward to debates throughout the Autumn. Taormina and Sicily is calling according to the App on my phone the temperature is 31degrees. So I wish you well Benjamin Mackenzie in your role as the H P Lovecraft of Seven Sisters, to Stephen Karl Hunt, the Lone Ranger of the Neath Valley and to Robert Miller the Einstein of Port Talbot. I would like to particularly assure him I have paid all my bills and am looking forward to future debates...I'll be seeing you all soon..........oh yes and finally to Gareth Hanford that rare breed the honourable kipper.......who is worth debating with,,,,,,I cant give a higher accolade
To my detractors and my supporters I wish you well and look forward to debates throughout the Autumn. Taormina and Sicily is calling according to the App on my phone the temperature is 31degrees. So I wish you well Benjamin Mackenzie in your role as the H P Lovecraft of Seven Sisters, to Stephen Karl Hunt, the Lone Ranger of the Neath Valley and to Robert Miller the Einstein of Port Talbot. I would like to particularly assure him I have paid all my bills and am looking forward to future debates...I'll be seeing you all soon..........oh yes and finally to Gareth Hanford that rare breed the honourable kipper.......who is worth debating with,,,,,,I cant give a higher accolade
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