So Peter Hain has got his way and Carwyn Jones and the Labour Party (aside from a few AM's) have backed plans to get rid of the proportional element in Assembly election system ensuring a return to uninterrupted Labour only rule in the National Assembly (if it ever went away).
The statement came in response to the equally disingenuous UK Government plans to redraw constituency boundaries to ensure an equal number of voters in each constituency across the UK giving the Conservatives a better chance of a majority in the House of Commons. The proposals affect the Assembly elections because the number of Welsh MP’s will be reduced and the boundaries are coterminous and used for Welsh Assembly elections which are currently 40 FPTP and 20 regional list members.
But aside from the shameless self interest and politicking on show from all sides the timing is interesting, call me cynical but this has moved the welsh political agenda on nicely after a week of unwanted headlines, spin and accusations for Labour over the stalled draft budget talks that have got the First Minister and his minority Government genuinely worried.
The lack of votes for Carwyn’s draft budget isn’t gonna change because Labour big wigs trotted out the tripe they did over the weekend and could alienate the Opposition Parties, it may please Labour grassroots but the Welsh Government should be concentrating on doing its job and not playing into the Welsh Assembly’s critics who are growing in number.Any source
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