It is dangerous to pigeon-hole Huw Lewis
Pierhead Welsh Politics
It is dangerous to pigeon-hole Huw Lewis, the leader of the five Labour rebels who are the strongest opponents of the current coalition with Plaid Cymru.
Sure, Irene James, of Islwyn, hails from the Nationalist-hating wing of the party; Huw's wife, Lynne Neagle, (Torfaen), seems to be keeping too close an eye on ensuring the Assembly mimics Whitehall policies; Karen Sinclair (Clwyd South), wants to keep local planning policies lined up with what's happening in Cheshire, while, both she and neighbour Ann Jones managed to stretch Assembly patience with their apparent inability to ensure their fingers delivered the voting result they had intended from their voting machines.
Hopes of a full-scale rebellion against the coalition seem doomed after the party conference's strong vote. But Mr Lewis has spent much of his life campaigning as, eventually, Welsh Labour's Assistant General Secretary, and you can be sure his campaigning won't cease. "We are the conscience of the One Wales Agreement," he told CAMBRIA. Mr Lewis's main work will be behind the scenes, ensuring that the group's pet projects don't suffer in the budget-making.
Topics such as the dualling of the Heads of the Valleys Road (work has still to be fully timetabled); the eradication of child poverty; and investment in deprived areas. Yet Mr Lewis's favoured topics do not derive entirely from the hard-Left. He has been a strident critic of Labour-run Merthyr council's failure either to fund an arts centre or resurrect the Victorian theatre at Pontmorlais. And when it comes to the forthcoming Welsh-language daily, he doesn't object to an annual one-million subsidy, fearing only that such cash may hobble criticism of Cardiff Bay!
It is dangerous to pigeon-hole Huw Lewis, the leader of the five Labour rebels who are the strongest opponents of the current coalition with Plaid Cymru.
Sure, Irene James, of Islwyn, hails from the Nationalist-hating wing of the party; Huw's wife, Lynne Neagle, (Torfaen), seems to be keeping too close an eye on ensuring the Assembly mimics Whitehall policies; Karen Sinclair (Clwyd South), wants to keep local planning policies lined up with what's happening in Cheshire, while, both she and neighbour Ann Jones managed to stretch Assembly patience with their apparent inability to ensure their fingers delivered the voting result they had intended from their voting machines.
Hopes of a full-scale rebellion against the coalition seem doomed after the party conference's strong vote. But Mr Lewis has spent much of his life campaigning as, eventually, Welsh Labour's Assistant General Secretary, and you can be sure his campaigning won't cease. "We are the conscience of the One Wales Agreement," he told CAMBRIA. Mr Lewis's main work will be behind the scenes, ensuring that the group's pet projects don't suffer in the budget-making.
Topics such as the dualling of the Heads of the Valleys Road (work has still to be fully timetabled); the eradication of child poverty; and investment in deprived areas. Yet Mr Lewis's favoured topics do not derive entirely from the hard-Left. He has been a strident critic of Labour-run Merthyr council's failure either to fund an arts centre or resurrect the Victorian theatre at Pontmorlais. And when it comes to the forthcoming Welsh-language daily, he doesn't object to an annual one-million subsidy, fearing only that such cash may hobble criticism of Cardiff Bay!
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