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Rhodri Morgan has given himself a get-out clause. He said at the Assembly Elections that he would retire on his seventieth birthday. He has changed his tune. In case of a "force majeure", he will stay on and Huw Lewis AM has begged him to stay on beyond Autumn http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8086310.stm.
Now former Neath Port Talbot council leader Derek Vaughan has announced that he will not give up his Neath North seat until there is a general election to "save tax-payer money" on polling costs. We say that the real reason is to save an embarrassing loss of a council seat in a period when Labour is under constant attack.
All the signs are that a tired and discredited Gordon Brown will hang on to power until the law forces him to hold an election. That will be in June 2010. Do the math. The hard-working people of Neath North will have a lame-duck councillor for twelve months. How can Derek Vaughan work for his constituents in Brussels where he will be on a steep learning curve in the Euro Parliament?
We say to Derek Vaughan: do the right thing by democracy and the people of Neath North. Go now!
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And Peter Black attends every meeting of Council in Swasnea, while attending to his duties as an AM, does he?
Quite right, it will be a very steep learning curve for Cllr Vaughen.
What has he got to fear, in-fighting when he goes? The will be at it like ferrets in a sack before he sets foot on the Eurostar!
Is Derek Vaughen hanging on to a council seat or is he concerned that there will be in-fighting in the Cabinet in Neath & Port Talbot just like there is in Downing Street?
Swansea to Cardiff 41½ miles
Neath to Brussels 442 miles
Simplez!
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