Do you ever get the feeling that the Lib dem group at the Assembly are a little unhappy with their leader?
Peter Black AM's blog post on his leader is testimony to the fact that he wants Mike German to go, and to go sharpish. Wait until October? No way, that's far too long a wait to get Kirsty Williams AM in there, and leading the 6 strong team of Lib dems at the National Assembly!
At the end of the day, he could easily have stood against Mike German as leader after the Assembly elections, but he chose not to stand- he and others sat back and allowed Mike German to carry on. If he was that ineffectual a leader, then why not stand against him?
I presume there was no leadership contest after the National Assembly elections, as Kirsty Williams was not popular amongst party members who wanted the deal with Plaid and the Tories to work. Kirsty was seen as trying to undermine that deal. Whether this was a play at the leadership is any one's guess.
Nevertheless, Mike German (if he keeps to his words) will stand down in October. Plenty of time for some Labour party leadership hopefuls to try and shore up a possible coalition deal with a fresh, new lib dem leader ( could it possibly happen?...)
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You should read my earlier blog posts from last year Bethan. I wouuld have stood in October if the rest of the group had not decided they wished to avoid an election at that time. I was therefore left without a proposer, one reason why I will not put my name forward again. At that time Mike gave clear undertakings to the group that he has now reneged on.
a fresh, new lib dem leader
There's only 5 other Lib Dems, and I doubt very much any of them could be described as "fresh" or "new"
it seems odd that they would not propose for you to stand when there is obvious discomfort with the current leader, Peter.
As I said Bethan, the judgement of other AMs was that they did not want a leadership election at that time. They were content to accept Mike's assurance that he would stand down as soon as possible after the local elections.
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