Martyn Jones was recently quoted in the Evening Leader as follows:"He said: "I am deeply concerned at the results for the BNP displayed in Wrexham last week. The fact that four of the five BNP candidates were able to stroll to victory unopposed is a stain on all political parties for failing to be awake to the reality of the situation, and for failing to put forward enough candidates accordingly."We should all be concerned at this development but on the other hand if the Constituency Labour Party spent as much time preventing the BNP walking in unopposed on Coedpoeth Community Councils as they did to prevent me gaining a seat on Gwersyllt Community Council then perhaps the BNP would have endured more embarrassing defeats.There are 17 seats on Gwersyllt Community Council and Labour slated 17 candidates, 15 of whom were standing as Labour and another 2 non aligned (but Labour)...in addition to myself Emlyn Phennah stood as an independent...we were both succesful with two long standing Labour Councillors being defeated...yet another kick in the teeth, I hear you say...will they never learn.As a matter of interest three BNP Councillors on Colwyn Bay Town Council mysteriously resigned yesterday...anyone know what that's all about.
Posted by Plaid Gwersyllt at 18:01
3 comments:
Dba said...
martyn jones does appear to be a sleep after all, i do thing he has been in london to long and needs to get back to wrexham
09 May 2008 20:11
Plaid Whitegate said...
Martyn Jones may appear to be concerned about the BNP, but not concerned enough to join hundreds of trade unionists (and many of his fellow Labour members) on the recent anti-fascist march in town. Neither has he attended any of the events recently organised by the Trades Council to counter the BNP.Is his new-found concern perhaps trying to deflect attention from his own party's appalling performance in the recent elections?
09 May 2008 20:30
Plaid Gwersyllt said...
Perhaps he's concerned because all seven BNP candidates stood in wards in Martyn's own constituency of Clwyd South and two Mike Whitby and Ennys Hughes got a reasonable proportion of the vote. Perhaps its a wake up call to Martyn, its not like he's been high profile in Clwyd South last few years...remember what happened to your Labour colleagues when they take the electorate for granted.
10 May 2008 07:46
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Not a good advert for democracy
Tonight's meeting of Caia Park Community Council was not a good advert for democracy. The council, which has an annual budget of a quarter of a million pounds and its own purpose-built offices, is currently split 7-7 between Labour and independents with one vacancy.
Attempts to co-opt a Plaid Cymru member onto the council to fill that vacancy were rejected on the chair's casting vote, after Labour voted en bloc for a Labour community councillor who had just lost in the May 1 elections. Funny old world where you lose an election but still get back on the council!
There was more squabbling over grant allocations that seem to be going disproportionately to one or two favoured projects. This is something I'll be looking at more closely so that all groups that need funding, especially voluntary groups in my ward, get their share.
It was only halfway through the ill-tempered meeting that councillors realised the Evening Leader had sent along a reporter - it'll be interesting to read her take on events.
On a positive note, both myself and Councillor Carrie Harper had a warm welcome from the majority of the councillors present.
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