Former Presiding Officer and Plaid Cymru grandee Dafydd ElisThomas has had the whip withdrawn for his no show at the no confidence vote in Health Minister Lesley Griffiths earlier today, he was in Bangor University and was very blunt and forceful in his criticism of his Plaid colleagues calling them Tory lapdogs for going ahead with the vote.
So it’s not a surprise that swift action followed, Leanne Wood needed to reinforce her authority after being so publically rebuked by Dafydd Elis Thomas as Plaid Cymru AM’s were on a three line whip.
The cynic in me says he's a professional trouble maker shit stirring and I doubt if he really would jump ship to join Labour. So why this outburst, can he really not stand Leanne Wood as his party leader or the direction the party is going or is he’s bored being a lowly opposition spokesman and craving the limelight.
The cynic in me says he's a professional trouble maker shit stirring and I doubt if he really would jump ship to join Labour. So why this outburst, can he really not stand Leanne Wood as his party leader or the direction the party is going or is he’s bored being a lowly opposition spokesman and craving the limelight.
On Twitter Labour and Conservative AM’s, MP’s and party members are crowing loudly and loving every minute of Plaid’s discomfort as well as egging Dafydd Elis Thomas on and BBC Wales Political Editor Betsan Powys has quoted Paddy Power at giving odds of 4/1 of Dafydd Elis Thomas joining Labour in 2012 – anyone tempted for a flutter?
But as always with Welsh politics nothing is ever as black and white as it first seems and I have a feeling this story could rumble on all summer long.
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But as always with Welsh politics nothing is ever as black and white as it first seems and I have a feeling this story could rumble on all summer long.
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