Thursday 7 April 2011

According to Welsh Ramblings, ....

.... you can read it in full here, the difference between Plaid Cymru and the other political parties in Wales is ...

... The Tories don't really have any politics, similarly to the Lib Dems and Labour. They pursue a managerial agenda based on treating voters like consumers and "marketing" short-termist ideas to them ...

Apparently our separatist political party doesn't offer the political carrot to an unwary electorate, I think WR is indulging in a spot of wishful thinking, his particular testimony can be disabused with ease, from the BBC a list of the promises made by Plaid Cymru, its carrots ...

  •  A doctor and dentist when you need one.
  • Support university students by meeting the extra cost of top-up fees for Welsh domiciled students.
  • Continue to fight for a strong Common Agricultural Policy and to maintain the direct payments to Welsh farmers.
  • Create a new Welsh language innovation fund to strengthen Welsh ......
  • Invest across Wales in the retrofitting and insulation of homes ....
  • Create a multi-million pound growth fund .....
  • Continue to provide relative protection for schools, hospitals ...
  • Expand the Flying Start programme to increase the provision of free childcare.

.... and last but not least, transport, the "Big Issue" for WR ...
 Improve rail services and ensure greater investment in the Welsh railways ...
 ... so when in the political glass house it is generally considered good advice not to throw stones, Plaid is no different to any other political party, party of carrots ...

... who was it that said ...
"when politicians discover how to bribe the electorate with their own money democracy will be lost"
When Plaid lost John Dixon, who now describes himself as  ...
... a former Plaid Cymru member, activist, candidate, and national officer, including periods as Party Chair in 1992-3 and 2002-2010. An unrepentant radical who believes strongly that we can reshape economics to serve humanity rather than adapt humanity to serve economics.
... they also became just another resting place for people who would tell us how to live our lives, so Welsh Ramblings, ardent as you might be about your chosen political friends, they are no different to any other group at the Wales Assembly ......... just politicians with their hands in our pockets ........


Update ... it was Alexis de Tocqueville (Democracy in America), an eminent representative of the classical liberal political tradition


 who wrote ...

"The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money."
... politicians learn quick.

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