You can’t blame BBC Wales for going big on the St David’s Day poll today ahead of the Labour farce in Islwyn, they only get one a year or for the rest of the media and us bloggers to comment on the findings, but what strikes me from the poll result is the striking lack of leadership it highlights.
Take the subject of the referendum on full law making powers 56% would vote yes and up 4% in a year; however with a Yes Campaign underway and some Political leadership does anyone believe that the figure wouldn't be significantly higher even at this stage in the campaign especially with the distortions that are coming from the No campaign.
On the subject of the economy its comical that 47% of people think that Gordon Brown and Carwyn Jones were best placed to steer Wales to a strong economic recovery as Wales has been going backwards in economic terms under their leadership even before the recession started, but more than that it also highlights the failure of Plaid Cymru, the Conservatives and Lib Dems to sell us the voting public an alternative narrative on the Welsh economy that we can buy into, it’s something I have written about previously.
We then have the issue about who would make the best Welsh First Minister and the numbers are troubling especially as all four Welsh political party leaders have been in the National Assembly for Wales in one role or another since the National Assembly was set up over 10 years ago and still over a quarter of the population don’t know enough about them to pass judgment on their ability to be First Minister of Wales.
Sadly I can’t see the situation on these matters improving anytime soon.Any source
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