When a defeat feels like a defeat
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Remember back before the election, when Rhodri Morgan said he'd "leave the stage" if he thought Labour had suffered a defeat? Then, like spoons to a chocolate fudge cake in fat camp, we all leapt in with wild estimations about what that might constitute.Most people settled on 24 seats. Yeah, that would be a bad enough result all right.
But.
He didn't say anything about number of seats.
Instead, what he talked about was translating votes into a Labour government: "If they want Labour to continue, then Labour voters have got to come out and vote Labour - that's the key message."
So, could it still be a 'defeat' if the other three parties come together to form a rainbow coalition?
Could it still be a 'defeat' if he can't persuade one of the other parties to join a formal coalition?
Could it still be a 'defeat' if he can only secure 'general support' and not the 'confidence and supply' arrangement which would put the government in a more secure position?
Who knows (apart from Rhodri), 26 seats could be a 'defeat' after all...
Labels: coalition, defeat, National Assembly for Wales, Rainbow Coalition, resign, resignation, Rhodri Morgan, Welsh Assembly Election 2007
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