It is top early to arrange the final funeral of the Welsh Liberal Democrats ,but surely their health gives us cause for concern?
With only 62 local government seats No Welsh MPs and only 1 AM who is shackled by being Education Minister in the (Not as Coalition) Labour Government
Ironically their only real presence is in the House of Lords where 6 Peers sit 3 pf whom are former AMs
They don't even have the comfort in claiming that the Westminster First Pass the Post system was unfair to them in June
Their problem is that when Wales once sat a similar position of having zero Welsh Parliamentary seats, they could still appoint an MP for an English Constituency as Shadow Welsh Spokesman with only 12 Liberal Democrat MP's their front bench have to share a number of Portfolios and there will be little room for Welsh Issues.
So apart for its Peers it leaves only their sole AM the former La Pasionaria pf the Assembly Kirsty Williams who however as a Government Minister can't attack the Welsh Government in the same way in which she had been a true star of the last Assembly.
But even if she was to quit the government she would not get automatically called by the Llywydd.
She does make abrave dishonest defence pf her portfolio as she prepared her defence of predictions that Welsh GCSE results are expected to be lower in Wales this year than previously, the body overseeing qualifications has said.
Ms Williams warned pupils capable of high grades could be missing out by sitting the exams early and not being re-entered.
With only 62 local government seats No Welsh MPs and only 1 AM who is shackled by being Education Minister in the (Not as Coalition) Labour Government
Ironically their only real presence is in the House of Lords where 6 Peers sit 3 pf whom are former AMs
They don't even have the comfort in claiming that the Westminster First Pass the Post system was unfair to them in June
| 1979 | 10.6 |
1 / 36
| Conservative victory |
| 1983 | 23.2 |
2 / 36
| Conservative victory |
| 1987 | 10.7 |
3 / 36
| Conservative victory |
| 1992 | 12.4 |
1 / 36
| Conservative victory |
| 1997 | 12.3 |
2 / 40
| Labour victory |
| 2001 | 13.8 |
2 / 40
| Labour victory |
| 2005 | 18.4 |
4 / 40
| Labour victory |
| 2010 | 20.1 |
3 / 40
| Conservative hung parliament Coalition with Liberal Democrats |
| 2015 | 6.5 |
1 / 40
| Conservative victory |
| 2017 | 4.5 |
0 / 40
| Conservative hung parliament |
Their problem is that when Wales once sat a similar position of having zero Welsh Parliamentary seats, they could still appoint an MP for an English Constituency as Shadow Welsh Spokesman with only 12 Liberal Democrat MP's their front bench have to share a number of Portfolios and there will be little room for Welsh Issues.
So apart for its Peers it leaves only their sole AM the former La Pasionaria pf the Assembly Kirsty Williams who however as a Government Minister can't attack the Welsh Government in the same way in which she had been a true star of the last Assembly.
But even if she was to quit the government she would not get automatically called by the Llywydd.
She does make a
The predicted decline is being blamed on schools entering more pupils for the exams a year earlier than intended.
Ms Williams warned pupils capable of high grades could be missing out by sitting the exams early and not being re-entered.
She told BBC Wales she may stop schools entering pupils for exams a year early.
Speaking on the Sunday Politics Wales programme, Ms Williams said she would consider the matter after an investigation reports back to her in the autumn.
We can only wonder what the former La Pasionaria would be saying if she was still the leader of a LIb Dem Assembly group.
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