The Tories are set to hold 'pre- Assembly poll meetings' in Wales in March this year amid criticisms that they are too London centric- well they are a pro- Union Party, after all. They believe that Wales is merely a region! This means that the Tories will hold a Cabinet meeting in Cardiff.
I don't believe that this meeting will have any public effect at all, or makes a difference to Welsh public opinion of Tory priorities, but the Cameron public visits to Wales might turn a few heads if only he decides to cycle the length and breadth of Wales. Only then will he come close to beating Ieuan Wyn Jones's Wales Wide Walk success.
I'm not convinced that Cameron can make much of an impact in Wales. While I recognise that he has re -hashed the Tory image somewhat, Wales is far from being the land of the Tories, and rightly so! But, having said that, it is slightly amusing to see Labour in Wales brand Cameron's visit as 'a gimmick,' and pronounce that “the Tories can stage as many empty press stunts as they like but the people of Wales have not forgotten their record. They brought Wales to its knees, creating mass unemployment and decimating our public services.”
Am I missing something?Labour's track record is hardly much better, is it?
All the Parties in Wales will be seeking to attract attention in the press, and naturally so in the run up to the election. But it will be interesting to see the substance of policy proposals and campaigns coming from the Parties more so than the glitz and spin. We'll see very soon, I'm sure.
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"the Cameron public visits to Wales might turn a few heads if only he decides to cycle the length and breadth of Wales. Only then will he come close to beating Ieuan Wyn Jones's Wales Wide Walk success."
The thing with blogging is it's very difficult to tell when you're being tongue in cheek...
I'm not tongue in cheek about the Wales Wide Walk. It was immense!
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