Sunday, May 15, 2005
Walking down the street with banners
According to the Wales on Sunday the reponse of Plaid Cymru's President to his party's electoral disaster on 5th May is to "walk down the streets of Wales with banners". Apparently, that is what resonates with the public.
Whether Plaid's expensive consultants will agree with this has yet to be seen. It certainly does not appear to be the direction being taken by a new lobby group within the nationalist movement. They believe that Plaid Cymru should embrace policies which would make it more credible and electable. That rules out independence then, so what is left as a reason for Plaid Cymru to exist at all?
With an increasingly bitter Simon Thomas calling for an overhaul of the leadership, with consultants being employed by the party's executive committee to look in depth at their structure, the way they are campaigning and the way that they use resources and with the Party President hunting in his attic for some tamberines, banners and balloons, Plaid looks to be in a pretty sorry state indeed.
Whether Plaid's expensive consultants will agree with this has yet to be seen. It certainly does not appear to be the direction being taken by a new lobby group within the nationalist movement. They believe that Plaid Cymru should embrace policies which would make it more credible and electable. That rules out independence then, so what is left as a reason for Plaid Cymru to exist at all?
With an increasingly bitter Simon Thomas calling for an overhaul of the leadership, with consultants being employed by the party's executive committee to look in depth at their structure, the way they are campaigning and the way that they use resources and with the Party President hunting in his attic for some tamberines, banners and balloons, Plaid looks to be in a pretty sorry state indeed.
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Acdtually, if you go back through the entries in this blog you will find that I don't tend to discriminate in the political parties I pre-occupy myself with. It just so happens that it is Plaid's turn. Today I have done Labour and ID cards, on Saturday it was Labour and Lords reform, on Friday it was Labour and Peter Law, on Wednesday it was the Tories.
I fully support enhanced democracy for Wales but through full powers for the Assembly as per Scotland. I am a Federalist and want to see a properly Federal UK. That is also the position of some Plaid Cymru members I know.
I do not support Independence as I do not believe that it is credible or affordable or necessary.
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I fully support enhanced democracy for Wales but through full powers for the Assembly as per Scotland. I am a Federalist and want to see a properly Federal UK. That is also the position of some Plaid Cymru members I know.
I do not support Independence as I do not believe that it is credible or affordable or necessary.
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