still waiting for regional result but great night for Neath

Excuse the tiredness......

It's 10.38am and we still haven't had the South Wales West regional vote. It's looking tight, and I hope that we can clinch the 2nd regional seat.

Very tired, and annoyed that we had to leave without a clear result today.

Neath was an exceptional result, and is definitely winnable in 2011. Well done Alun Llewelyn, you made Labour very scared. Hain looked much more orange than usual, and was trying to comfort Gwenda when she thought she had lost.

Disappointing about Swansea West, but across the region we don't look too bad. Aberavon at constituency level was heartening in second place, but Gibbons has a huge majority to try and hack in to!!!

No television to find out results until early hours of the morning when the Afan Lido put on the televisions in the gym. Bizarre hour of candidates sitting watching Huw Edwards on the screens...and sleeping on cross trainers and running machines!

BNP walking around in matcho crowds all night, while I tried to avoid catching their attention. Communists got in to a bit of a cerfuffle with them. I couldn't even think of looking at Nick Griffin. Very disconcerting that the BNP have picked up votes, that's for sure.

I am getting ready to go out for today and face the world. Our count is at Port Talbot Civic Hall at 2pm. We will learn there how we have done on the regional list.

All in all, Plaid has done exceptionally well. Not the Labour meltdown that we had hoped for, but room for development for Plaid for 2011. Helen Mary winning Llanelli was an election high for me, and my friend Aileen Campbell getting in on the list for the SNP.

See more pictures on my facebook page of the evening.

I'm off to the count...enjoy the results.....

Well I can't say I've taken part in the 'live blogging' activity that's going to happen tonight, but I've posted a few blogs today that should give some sort of taster as to how the day has gone, and the election for Plaid in general terms. I don't want to get nostalgic just yet!

I'm off over to the count very soon so I won't be able to read the wealth of Welsh political blogs this evening. It is a very good idea I must say. I will probably pass any information that I might get to blamerbell, but I don't know why I should either, because I bet he didn't vote Plaid twice!

Oh well, enjoy the evening, the results, the pro-plus to stay awake, and Huw Edwards's take on the election from Cardiff Bay. I'll be over at the Afan Lido in Aberavon all evening at the Neath and Aberavon count.

Fingers crossed it'll be a good night for Plaid!

Nos da!

Election day -Early morning start....

Just arrived back fom distributing ' Good Morning, vote Plaid twice' cards in Swansea West. I didn't mind getting up early as it was a lovely morning, and I wasn't sleeping too well anyway! I have a distinct feeling that the Lib dems and Labour were out as well. ( although Labour were probably just targeting their own voters- can't have taken long then!!..)

Excellent Plaid advert on the front of the Evening Post today as well. The party centrally has really sharpened it's act. Let's hope we can continue this momentum after the election, especially if there is a snap General election, and Council elections around the corner! They've really worked hard at HQ, I have to say.

I'm going to get ready to go out and vote now, then to help out in Neath, where Ted Jones the Plaid blogger thinks that we are in the running to win. I must say we've had an excellent response on the streets in Neath, but I couldn't possibly call it one way or the other. We've worked solidly on the campaign for over a year, and it would be great if Alun Llewelyn could beat Gwenda 'out of her depth at the Assembly' Thomas.

I would also love to predict a Plaid win for Aberavon, as our candidate Linet Purcell is exceptional. She is forward-thinking, keen, is able to communicate Plaid's message effectively, and can win over new supporters in a matter of minutes with the excitement and pleasure that she shows in taking part in the campaign. There is no comparison between her and a dull Brian Gibbons. Support on the streets here have also been very very good.

I'll try and blog later on as well, and give some thoughts on the whole election and how it's gone.

I'm also keeping a keen eye on the Scottish elections, and have already made sure that I have text alerts for Clydesdale and Cumbernauld, where two of my SNP friends are standing. It should be a very eventful night in Scotland, that's for sure! Let's hope we can emulate that here in Wales!

Vote on May the 3rd

The election is looming, so I have been out canvassing in Aberavon today with our pro active and enthusiastic candidate, Linet Purcell. It was a beautiful day to be in the Afan Valley- the mountains were spectacular in the day's sunshine. We picked up a lot of local issues, and a lot of the same responses on the doorstep- 'One thing is certain, we're never voting Labour again'. If they all go out and vote differently this time, the election is set to be very exciting indeed. It's all about making the campaign vibrant and radical enough for them to actually vote, hence Plaid's launch today of a billboard with the word ' Vote' shaped in plaid's poppies. Considering that the % of people who are registered to vote is currently very low, we must make sure that people register before the 18th of April so that they can take part in this important election.....