tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985080357558043054.post8644613235566476288..comments2024-03-27T18:54:46.951+00:00Comments on Syniadau :: The Blog: David Cameron claims that he's WelshSyniadauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13876017048168055247noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985080357558043054.post-75687582322380198572011-04-17T10:09:27.860+01:002011-04-17T10:09:27.860+01:00It must be because we have "so many" Tor...It must be because we have "so many" Tory MP's in Wales from the last election. We must really, really like David Cameron. We certainly know when to tug a forelock or two to a "strong leader".<br /><br />I concur with Siônnyn too. I like Nick Bourne, in fact I like quite a few of the Welsh Tories, I even like a fair chunk of their manifesto. <br /><br />However if any Welsh Tory strategists are reading this, MH has highlighted a reason why I'd struggle to bring myself to vote for them.Owenhttp://oggybloggyogwr.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985080357558043054.post-3756940942058811692011-04-16T17:04:49.111+01:002011-04-16T17:04:49.111+01:00I missed the Tory election broadcast, but just loo...I missed the Tory election broadcast, but just looked at it <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01081j1/Party_Election_Broadcasts_National_Assembly_for_Wales_Elections_2011_Welsh_Conservative_Party_07_04_2011/" rel="nofollow">here</a> on iPlayer, and WA is right ... not a mention of Nick Bourne, but instead a heavy emphasis on "David Cameron's leadership". <br /><br />The Scottish version, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0108tq8/Party_Election_Broadcasts_Scottish_Parliamentary_Elections_2011_Scottish_Conservative_Party_07_04_2011/" rel="nofollow">here</a> on iPlayer, was completely different in that its main focus was Annabel Goldie (Alwyn, don't watch this if your wife is in the house ;-) ... and although Cameron did come in at the end, it was to endorse her with a very personal "Vote for Annabel".<br /><br />If I were Nick Bourne, I'd feel hurt and rather angry at the difference in the way Welsh and Scottish leaders are being treated by their masters in Westminster.<br /><br />-<br /><br />As for "something of the night", Siônnyn, here's a <a href="http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z93/mh____/MHoward_DJones5Nove20042.jpg" rel="nofollow">picture</a> of two Tories that look rather at home in a north Wales graveyard. Spooky.MHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09329059309196746446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985080357558043054.post-89923232715134599202011-04-16T14:04:46.844+01:002011-04-16T14:04:46.844+01:00I actually quite like Nick Bourne - a civilised To...I actually quite like Nick Bourne - a civilised Tory, most unusual, but he does 'have something of the night about him', does he not? Perhaps that is why they are keeping him away from the cameras?Siônnynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00021974709953206048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985080357558043054.post-73253964763254802622011-04-16T11:14:20.914+01:002011-04-16T11:14:20.914+01:00I noticed that their recent party Election Broadca...I noticed that their recent party Election Broadcast they featured David Cameron but no sign of Bourne.<br /><br />What kind of message does that send out?<br /><br />'We have so little faith in our AM's that we wont even let them in our election broadcasts, please trust them to run the country for you.'Welsh Agendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06123802771650817748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985080357558043054.post-19190537454310860192011-04-16T04:12:01.674+01:002011-04-16T04:12:01.674+01:00If it wasn't for the fact that I am a happily ...If it wasn't for the fact that I am a happily married man (or so the wife tells me) I would go a wooing Annabel Goldie, she is the second most interesting person in UK politics after Alex Salmond.<br /><br />Why can't Welsh politics have such charismatic leaders as the Scots have? <br /><br />Imagine a "leader's debate" between Carwyn, Ieuan, Nick, Kristy and Annabel. Aunty Annie would wipe the floor with them all!Alwyn ap Huwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06194724336424525283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985080357558043054.post-35071505127035492512011-04-16T02:17:01.024+01:002011-04-16T02:17:01.024+01:00Isn't Cameron a quintessentially Scottish name...Isn't Cameron a quintessentially Scottish name? Is the man confused about his Celtic roots, as he is about so much else?<br /><br />I agree with you, MH , about Nick Bourne - he is trying to forge a Welsh identity for his party, (who were rewarded for it in May 2010) but is now being frustrated and humiliated. Goldie, on the other hand, who's party in Scotland has clung doggedly to their English identity, and paid a heavy electoral price for it last year, appears to have been rewarded by being given her head. Where is the sense in that? <br /><br />Perhaps to expect sense from this lot, who's every policy in London appears to be falling apart, is too much to ask.Siônnynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00021974709953206048noreply@blogger.com