Cheryl and Dave up North and Nick on his own in Pontardawe

If you needed a clearer picture of the tensions in the Conservative Party in Wales then yesterday was it.

Tory Leader David Cameron was campaigning in North Wales with his Shadow Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan to get more Tory MP’s in and telling people what an asset she has been (plenty of people would beg to differ) the two of them together on a visit was in sharp contrast to Tory Assembly Nick Bourne who has had a low profile in the campaign so far until he appeared on BBC Wales Leader debate last night.

The question of what a Tory Welsh Secretary’ Wales proofing’ every UK policy and empire building at the Wales Office would mean for Wales and it relationship with the Assembly hasn’t really be addressed by the Welsh press or the other parties.

Didn’t anyone think to ask about the 10% cut in MP’s and how it might affect Wales or where the jobs are going to come from after Local Authorities, the NHS, DVLA and the rest of Wales large public sector face the massive job losses that are coming our way, during David and Cheryl’s visit to North Wales yesterday, it seems not.

And It would be easier to feel sympathy for Nick, who has tried to detoxify the Conservative brand in Wales if he hadn’t rolled over and let David Cameron and Cheryl Gillan set the Campaign agenda neither of whom really understand Wales or Welsh politics. He may have retrieved some credibility by appearing in the debate last night and excluding Cheryl Gillan who has been dire and reinforced every bad Tory cliché to the Welsh electorate over the last few weeks because her exclusion made Welsh Secretary Peter Hain look even more manic, self parodying and out of touch than usual.

So while the UK leaders debate have sucked most of the oxygen out of what has been an unpredictable campaign and lots of questions haven’t been asked never mind answered, we will know soon enough what a minority Conservative Government means for Wales in the weeks and months ahead.Any source