An English bibliotaph of fifty years residence in Wales pontificates about politics (slightly off-message), films and trivia. Acting secretary of Aberavon and Neath Liberal Democrats. Candidate for Neath in the Westminster elections of 1997 & 2017 and the Welsh general election of 2016.
Thursday, 17 June 2010
What Labour and Plaid believe in
Judging by Peter Black's report on the Queen's Speech debate in the Senedd, Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru cannot be separated in their unwillingness to help the low paid, would allow the basic state pension to decline in real terms, would continue to defy the courts over Equitable Life policy holders who have suffered losses, would not hold a referendum on the Alternative Vote system for elections to the House of Commons, would not give voters the right to recall their MP where they are guilty of serious misconduct, would not reform the House of Lords, would press on with the national identity database and cards, continue to separate and lock up the children of asylum-seekers, and are happy with the present system of financial regulation which allowed insecure and irresponsible banking,
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment