TaTa Ieuan?

The extremely poor showing by Plaid cannot be blamed on one election campaign. For the past decade the party has been campaigning at a national level on the basis that we have people who can govern .... but have failed to remind the Welsh electorate what form of government we wish to see. The progress of the SNP can be laid at the door of their emphasis on Independence with the sub text of the SNP being the only party free of London control able to protect Scotlands interests.

Plaids performance has illustrated what the absence of a longterm strategy based on easily understood aims can do to a party. That lack has led us to wander around reacting to circumstances which led us into Coalition by accident. It allowed us to excuse the lack of focus on Independence by claiming that it was something we hoped to achieve eventually in the long-term. What a thing to do. Put the very policy which we believe is the answer to Wales` problems on the back burner.
In addition, the strategy did not inform us how Coalition would be used tactically to take us forward to our ultimate aim. We claimed success by the fact that ministers were competent at their posts NOT by how much they had progressed Plaids cause. Remember, the referendum was not on further powers but on removing Westminster obstructionism .... soon to come back in another form with Carwyn bowing to his leader.

Plaid needs to get back to being a national movement ...a nationalist party. We must reject any moves from Labour to help them out in their difficulty. Let Kirsty do their dirty work like Clegg is doing in Westminster. Remember that Labour went into coalition not to help us. Let them finish off Kirsty this time. Dafydd El could also help by resigning. Our group of AMs would thus be free to speak out on how they could make Wales a better place.

Is there a leader who can do this for Wales?