When the Press failed at the election

As expected, Labour’s local election collapse over much of Wales (eg, Flintshire, Wrexham, Carmarthen, Merthyr, Blaenau Gwent, Torfaen and Newport) was a five-second wonder in a couple of English morning papers, and all-but unmentioned in the rest.

“National” for our London newspapers presumably equals “English”.

But we’ve got problems in Wales, too. So little of [...]

Just who is lousy ?

Mike German, of the “lousy Libs”, hit back at Labour’s local elections political broadcast of a day or so ago by pointing out it epitomised precisely why people think so little of politicians.

The line about “lousy Libs” was repeated throughout the broadcast as it laid into Lib Dem allegedly poor leadership and stewardship of [...]