Very old Labour, very new ...
Three years ago, when Welsh Conservative leader Nick Bourne was one politician floating the idea of a rainbow coalition gaining power in the Assembly, Monmouth MP David Davies was not impressed.
It couldn't work, he said. In fact, on paper he argued, a coalition between the Conservatives and Labour was more logical.
It would never, ever work of course: "And yet they are closer together than the Conservative Party and the Welsh Nationalist Party or the Conservative Party and the Independents like John Marek and Trish Law who are basically very old-Labour socialists".
I get the feeling Mr Davies might be reconsidering that thought before very long.
Mr Marek, the former Labour MP and AM for Wrexham who was deselected and became one of the leaders of the now defunct Forward Wales party, has apparently done some reconsidering of his own.
He might be a closer ally than the MP for Monmouth ever imagined possible.
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It would be honest politics if the largest party forms a government, no-matter whether it has a majority or not, the public would probably have a more honest Assembly where law making would take a back seat to politicians using scarce resources for the benefit of all; a noisy chamber but a quiet government.
It could be "less is more".
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Sums up Welsh politics since devolution. From the Rhodri Morgan supporter who was promised in the Rhodri/Ron Davies contest the Finance post to Tory. Given his love of sandals no matter what the weather you would have thought that Marek would have joined the Liberal Democrats.
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Stonemason, as the largest party Labour was given the opportunity to form a government and it did. Are you suggesting that coalitions should not be permitted and the largest party should form a minority administration regardless of a majority in the Legislature supportive of an alternative party or coalition?
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