All I have to say about Peter Hain's comments today on the break up of the Union is that it is a clear sign of the Labour Party panicking in the run up to both the Scottish Parliament election and the Welsh Assembly election in May. This statement has much to do with Gordon Brown's agenda of seeking to scare their 'supporters' to vote in reaction to the growing prospect of an SNP victory in Scotland, and a subsequent referendum on Independence. This would be disastrous for the Scottish number 10 wannabe.
Frankly, Labour's strategy is all over the place. Now that they know that they can no longer patronize the people of Wales with the 'vote Plaid get Tory' scenario, they have nowhere to go. To attack Plaid on the Independence issue is hardly new or inspiring- Rhodri Morgan doesn't even consider it the top priority for the forthcoming Assembly election!
With the mess Labour has made since being in power- from the cash for honours inquiry, the Iraq War and Home Office saga, I am sure that such matters will factor more so in the minds of the voters than that of a rambling, negative Peter Hain.
2 comments:
Truth is that Hain is more interested in positioning himself as Brown's loyal British deputy once Blair and Prescott make their exit.
Hain should be worried about Plaid, if only because they're going to deprive Labour of its majority in May. Every time people in Wales hear that the Scots are going for independence and that the English want their own Parliament, then the logic of our own independence becomes clearer.
Yes that's definitely the case. There would be no political benefit for Hain other than propping up Brown from his statement today.
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