tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133809191630290599.post7488413215722149356..comments2023-08-19T16:44:23.150+01:00Comments on National Left: A Lab - Plaid Coalition may not be a good idea for an open democracy..glynbeddauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933352430631144936noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133809191630290599.post-82243344262600171972016-10-22T12:52:21.793+01:002016-10-22T12:52:21.793+01:00That's very interesting if what you say is tru...That's very interesting if what you say is true anon. I dont know neil mcevoy but it's evident he's someone who likes to speak his mind. Nothing wrong with that of course, just so long as you can back the claims you make in public up. Today he has made some extremely serious allegations about welsh labour - he's basically insinuating they are corrupt http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/plaid-cymru-am-neil-mcevoy-12063094 <br /><br />I hope he has evidence to support the claims of 'dodgy' practices he refers to in his statement and if he does he must produce it. A politician simply cant go around making statements like that - and talk about jailing people - without being able to prove criminal wrong doing. Else you end up sounding like donald trump!<br /><br />And you dont have to be a political soothsayer to see Neil Mcevoy's incendiary statement as an attack on leanne wood and her openness to working with the welsh labour government (something i think leanne is right about incidentally). Leigh Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10598475954140926742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133809191630290599.post-37947841829708894882016-10-22T09:21:09.764+01:002016-10-22T09:21:09.764+01:00I don't expect you to publish this but, believ...I don't expect you to publish this but, believe me, this latest stance from Leanne is largely about pushing Neil McEvoy out of the party. She is sacrificing Plaid's independence to ensure that someone she sees as toxic and untrustworthy is marginalised further. Most of the AMs can't stand him; as you know, politics is about overlapping factions and McEvoy has some support from Simon Thomas and Rhun ap Iorwerth, but the consensus amongst the people who earn money (i.e. politicians and staffers) in Plaid is that, by hook or by crook, McEvoy has to go.<br />I'm personally against a coalition but if a coalition gets rid of McEvoy then it will be worth it. <br /><br />In fact, please don't publish this. I just thought I'd let you know what is going on, in my opinion anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com