I promised earlier on today to post my views of the so-called Tory leadership battle and the release of Assembly Members expenses.
My view of the latter story, shared by Charlie Montesquieu, is that it demonstrates the need for checks and balances in a constitution. If I were to write the constitution of an independent Wales tomorrow, it would place power in the hands in the people. All politicians would be paid the average skilled wage and live in the accommodation afforded by their wage.
The purchase of ipods and bathrooms by Tory AMs is just a consequence of the system, what we should be discussing is an alternative system that puts us in charge and the politicians firmly in their place.
Now, turning to the BBC's obsession with the future of Nick Bourne. Yes, there are serious internal divisions in the Tory group in the Assembly. But, is it down to Nick Bourne? Has he under-performed in elections or the chamber? While he hasn't performed spectacularly, the answer is clearly no. So, what is this all about? It's clearly about the ambition of others and the strange disloyalty of key members of staff. Tory press officers are briefing against their employer. In any other line of work a similar breach of trust and confidence would be a summarily dismissable misdemeanour. So I'm left wondering why Nick Bourne doesn't just sack the disloyal staff...
Reflections on the Lions tour.
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A very good question. The only possible answer is that the press officers enjoy the confidence of the group while Nick Bourne doesn't. If he sacks them... the group sacks him. And then the press officers get reappointed. I can't think of an alternative explanation as Bourne must know what's going on but appears scared or powerless to act.
Oh dear, two libelous postings taken down in a week.
It seems that even from behind the veil of anonymity you lack the guts the be the sort of partisan smear machine you want to be.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice!
The Tories are on the run!
There is a God after all!
p.s both of those posts have been saved, so when your identity is revealed, they will form part of the story.
I think that first post explaination is probably the most acurate. I think Bourne has real problems over the next week. If he can ride it out until Christmas week he maybe ok. Another question is why has Vaughan got it in for him?
why has Vaughan got it in for Nick, oould it be that he wants the Tories weakened further by infighting to help Plaid because Labour are looking for new Coalition Partners in the Assembly.
For example if Darren Millar took over the top job it would stop people voting for the Tory party for sure benefitting his pals in Plaid.
"Oh dear, two libelous postings taken down in a week. It seems that even from behind the veil of anonymity you lack the guts the be the sort of partisan smear machine you want to be."
Anon, The posts were not libelous, but I did take them down because I thought they went too far. I made a mistake posting them. I don't want this blog to be a place where vile gossip and tittle-tattle reigns. Sometimes it is a difficult balance to strike between legitimate political debate and unfair attacks. I got that balance wrong, for that I offer my sincerest of apologies.
It would be great to see JM in charge of the tories. If we could get more of his dismal Assembly displays shown on TV, it would be great news - especially in Cardiff North.
It can't be a complete coincidence that it's always the Conservatives that are caught with their noses in the trough.
The fact is that they couldn't care one bit for the integrity of AMs, because they don't believe in the devolved institution in which the work. So as far as they're concerned - the more muck the better.
It's all just setting the scene for David Cameron to abolish the Assembly once he gets into power.
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