Friday, October 12, 2012
Welsh Tory group embarrassed by voting mistake
There were red faces all around on Wednesday night as Conservative AMs contemplated their basic error of voting the wrong way in an Assembly debate.
As the BBC report the Tories mistakenly voted in favour of calling the UK government incompetent over its handling of the West Coast main line. I understand that the phone lines between Cardiff and Westminster were buzzing that evening.
As all the Ministers involved were Conservative this is embarrassing to say the least. The Welsh Liberal Democrat group were left as the only ones voting to support the UK Government in an effort to show solidarity.
If we had known the Tories were going to ditch their own party in this way, we could have voted for the motion as well.
As the BBC report the Tories mistakenly voted in favour of calling the UK government incompetent over its handling of the West Coast main line. I understand that the phone lines between Cardiff and Westminster were buzzing that evening.
As all the Ministers involved were Conservative this is embarrassing to say the least. The Welsh Liberal Democrat group were left as the only ones voting to support the UK Government in an effort to show solidarity.
If we had known the Tories were going to ditch their own party in this way, we could have voted for the motion as well.
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"If we had known the Tories were going to ditch their own party in this way, we could have voted for the motion as well".
So you and your colleagues voted against something you agreed with.
What ever happened to conscience?
So you and your colleagues voted against something you agreed with.
What ever happened to conscience?
I was being ironic. We voted in accordance with our belief and for what we thought was right. My point wss that the Tories clearly had a differenet point of view which we would of course listened to and considered if they had bothered to tell us.
Ok Peter you were being ironic but the UK government was clearly incompetent over its handling of the West Coast main line and there was no reason why you shouldn't say so by supporting the motion. It might even show the Welsh Liberal Democrats are free from the dominance of the UK party.
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