Thanks to a comment on another thread that drew my attention to a blog entry from Vaughan Roderick last Sunday (2nd August) on Labour at the Eisteddfod and possible Assembly candidates, comes some interesting news.
From my limited understand of Welsh, it seems that Labour are quietly confident that Julie Morgan the former MP for Cardiff North until the recent General Election will stand in the constituency for Labour in next year’s Welsh Assembly Election.
Her opponent would be sitting AM Conservative Jonathan Morgan, who was by consensus facing a relatively easy campaign and re-election next May, but if Julie stands things could get interesting. Labour will pour money and resources into the seat and it would become a very competitive race just like the General Election where she only lost by a handful of votes. Jonathan Morgan and the Tories will certainly need to up their game and be on their guard.
Im left wondering is this a smart move for Labour looking to well known candidates in potentially winnable seats to boost its chances of an overall majority next year or is it desperation from a Party looking to claw back ground lost to apathy and a sense of betrayal and the other parties in Wales over the past few years?
Either way it would be another constituency to add to the list of ones to watch in what’s turning out to be a very interesting selection process ahead of the Assembly Elections.Any source
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