Labour AMs whipped in to place
Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at 11:26am
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So, the Western Mail today reports that Labour AMs have been instructed not to join any group that I am hoping to get up and running to discuss the yes vote. The email from Labour’s Assembly office was leaked to the paper almost immediately after it was sent to AMs, which seems to indicate that there are people in Labour who are unhappy to be told what to do on this matter.
Lets get this straight- I’m not trying to pre-empt the work of the Convention at all. I’ve made it abundantly clear from the outset that the letter I sent was to try and gauge opinion, and to encourage a cross party discussion on the issue. If we wait until after the Convention has ended, it will be far too late for us to prepare the ground for a yes vote and to mobilise grassroots support. Its not for one particular party to lead the way, but as a member of a political party that has signed up to campaigning for a positive outcome to the referendum, I felt it only right to try and show that Plaid are ready to get the ball rolling.
As some people have noted in my previous post on this issue, other groups are already getting their act together on this issue on social networking sites and so on. Do politicians really want to be left behind?
