http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/betsanpowys/2009/07/labours_voice.html en-gb 30 Thu 24 Dec 2009 08:32:47 GMT+1 A feed of user comments from the page found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/betsanpowys/2009/07/labours_voice.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/betsanpowys/2009/07/labours_voice.html?page=17#comment7 message 7...The silence is suddenly deafening missTrgirl don't you think?That message 7 is what I can a 'door slammer par excellence'. Well answered. Thu 16 Jul 2009 18:18:11 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/betsanpowys/2009/07/labours_voice.html?page=15#comment6 certainally will Dewi:1) He is an ex-nationalist, who stood here in 1992 against Labour, called them gangsters... i don't like turn coats of any colour can't be trusted2) He has a seat in Mid and West Wales which he wants to abandon for us... thats nice for his current constituents3) Labour Party in Blaenau Gwent rejected not 1 but 2 local women in favour of him absolute discrace.I've voted Labour for ever even through the bi elections, the 2005 General so its Mrs Law for me now, shes local and she understands our area Thu 16 Jul 2009 09:34:18 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/betsanpowys/2009/07/labours_voice.html?page=12#comment5 Blaenau Gwent certainly needs all the help it can get, decades of Labour local councils haven't delivered much, the new non Labour council seems to be making as good a go of it as it can, given the lack of resources and powers local councils have. Again decades of UK government mismanagement have done little for it. At least one major investment has happened via the Welsh Government, namely the reopened rail line. Trish is a hard working AM, like most AMs her work is mainly not in the chamber but acting as a local ombudsman, dealing with a huge caseload of complaints and problems. This is the bulk of most AMs work. Alun Davies is taking a huge risk, Labour is discredited and Trish seems to stand for type of politics that most people instinctively want. It could end his political ambitions if he fails to take the seat in two years time. Thu 16 Jul 2009 09:05:24 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/betsanpowys/2009/07/labours_voice.html?page=10#comment4 It puts the constituency on the map again, which is no bad thing. Wed 15 Jul 2009 23:50:34 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/betsanpowys/2009/07/labours_voice.html?page=7#comment3 Care to elaborate MissTredgirl? Wed 15 Jul 2009 13:50:37 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/betsanpowys/2009/07/labours_voice.html?page=5#comment2 May I suggest that Tredgirl could hold the key to who will be returned.There's an old saying,... 'it's all over bar the shouting',... which is then, and only then, that anyone can lay claim to the seat.Or maybe, we should refer to ' don't count your chickens....' as a forewarning of what can happen to 'foregone conclusions'. Wed 15 Jul 2009 10:44:29 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/betsanpowys/2009/07/labours_voice.html?page=2#comment1 I'm a tredegar girl born and bred, there in no way i am voting for this man. Despite sticking with Labour through thick and thin i am now going to support Mrs Law. Wed 15 Jul 2009 10:14:48 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/betsanpowys/2009/07/labours_voice.html?page=0#comment0 Alun has to prove to his current party that he can be trusted, as many will never truly trust him as a formal Plaid member. By winning back one of their foundation seats, he will gain much of that trust. That is why he has little choise but to take a risk if he wants to reach his political ambitions. Tue 14 Jul 2009 22:39:40 GMT+1