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Everything you wanted to know .. .

  • Betsan Powys
  • 28 Apr 07, 10:49 AM

I'm surrounded by photos of candidates , marker pens, a terrifying document called "Everything you wanted to know about regional lists but were afraid to ask", polling details, manifesto pledges ... in other words, I'm doing my homework for next Thursday night.

Pinned on the wall next to me is a reminder of who we'll be talking to that night. I don't mean candidates, agents, analysts but who'll be at home watching and listening - people we've been trying to engage and say something to throughout the campaign.

A postcard's arrived from the Dysynni Valley. It's from Louise or as she signs off (No 60 of Wales 60). P.S. I live by the dot. She's been telling us how beautiful the place is and sends a card to prove it.

On Tuesday I was chatting to another couple of W60s - Dave Burton and Jason Lewis. Dave B has been campaigning to get something done about putting speed bumps on the road that goes past his house. No-one took much notice he said until he happened to mention he was now 'a member of the Wales 60!'. He's planning to vote tactically. Jason is still not a big fan of the Assembly and is jetting off to the Canaries on the night of May 3rd. But he'ill vote before he goes.

Mary Elen Rowlands from Anglesey said she'd had a great time since being 'elected' as one of the 60! She's talked to politicians, been braver and said more than she ever thought she would.

Ross Thomas has told Five Live listeners all about the battles his had with his 7 housemates in Swansea who put up Tory posters in their windows just to annoy him. He'd like to be a Labour AM one day.

Nearly all of the 60 have been on the radio, tv, have written online pieces or have taken part somehow in our coverage of this campaign - and there's a few days to go. Not only do they live on. They've helped us tell - and sell -a story.

Back to briefing notes and to a challenge from the Welsh Affairs Editor to play a game of "guess the party from the outfit the candidates have chosen".

Game on.

Comments   Post your comment

  • 1.
  • At 01:29 PM on 28 Apr 2007,
  • Bedd Gelert wrote:

Is there any truth in the rumour that the Election Results in Wales will be sung by that choir from Cardiff ?

And that the names of the winning AMs will be sung by :-

Labour AM - Bryn Terfel
Plaid Cymru - Kathryn Jenkins
Conservative - Charlotte Church
Lib Dem - Shirley Bassey

Arfon

The figures needed to win a list seat in each region, as worked out by Guto Thomas, are these:

Mid and West: 6.4% (11,855)
North Wales: 7.9% (13,880)
South W Central: 7.7% (13,978)
South W East: 6.7% (11,410)
South W West: 8.9% (12,400)

  • 3.
  • At 07:56 AM on 30 Apr 2007,
  • dowlais twp wrote:

All this talk of coalition govt, before a single vote has been cast.
If the parties feel that insecure, then they need to change either a) the voting system or b) the number of AM's.
Sadly neither of these are going to happen in the near future.
After the 4th will the parties suddenly start talking of electoral reform? or will they just moan we was robbed and do nothing about it?

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