tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133809191630290599.post8109864992416951081..comments2023-08-19T16:44:23.150+01:00Comments on National Left: A Plaid-Tory coalition will change nothing.glynbeddauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933352430631144936noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133809191630290599.post-37091067039840504612017-08-19T04:48:20.376+01:002017-08-19T04:48:20.376+01:00On a wider point im growing concerned that the cym...On a wider point im growing concerned that the cymru nation comments sections appear to be being hijacked by neo fascists - some of the comments on this threat are absolutely shocking,and im amazed the editor has allowed them to be published on the site https://nation.cymru/2017/dear-welsh-politics-political-point-scoring-after-a-terrorist-attack-isnt-a-good-look/#commentsLeigh Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10598475954140926742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133809191630290599.post-41317437644597076222017-08-18T10:23:39.498+01:002017-08-18T10:23:39.498+01:00Plaid needs to continue to focus on realisable gai...Plaid needs to continue to focus on realisable gains such as the train franchise and devolution of policing so that at the end of this assembly session real gains can be seen. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133809191630290599.post-60264254156425649902017-08-18T10:19:05.852+01:002017-08-18T10:19:05.852+01:00Summer - news is slow so we have the silly season ...Summer - news is slow so we have the silly season and it has started . We have had Plaid & UKIP. Yesterday it was Plaid & Tories, next we will have Tories and UKIP. We may even have Labour and Liberals before the Summer is out. Sorry the last one has happened and the Tories & UKIP is a slow burning fusedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133809191630290599.post-61533058952017821782017-08-18T08:11:22.927+01:002017-08-18T08:11:22.927+01:00Because of pressures of time this morning i'll...Because of pressures of time this morning i'll repost the comment i left on ben's piece yesterday (suffice to say i think it is among the most ludicrous proposals ive ever come across - and which thankfully will never happen). <br /><br />“I understand that this will be difficult” er impossible more like Ben! Plaid Cymru is committed to securing independence for wales while the tories are – as theresa may so recently reminded everyone when agreeing the DUP deal – the conservative and ‘unionist party’. This is not a mere ‘difference’ it is a fundamental and irreconcilable difference. Then there’s the little matter of the tories being a right of center party which among other things wants to undermine the rights of working people and erode the welfare state and plaid cymru is a left of center party that among other things seeks to protect workers rights and defend our welfare state. Ben also omits to mentions those scars inflicted on welsh communities in the 1980s he says he wants to ‘heal’ were caused by the brutal policies of a right wing conservative uk prime minister – the very party he thinks plaid should go into coalition with.<br /><br />Sorry but taking all of this into consideration it really is hard to take benjiman’s post seriously – indeed i feel compelled to ask is this a wind up?"<br />Leigh Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10598475954140926742noreply@blogger.com