Local Elections

Election season is upon us, and leaflets have started to appear for elections to the Welsh Assembly. Several houses already have orange posters in their windows.
The first through the door were the Liberal Democrats. Their candidate is Kirsty Williams, the present AM, and she is promising to fight Labour's plans to close local hospitals, and save local post offices. She also wants a better ambulance service and more community support police officers, rather than ID cards.
The Welsh Conservatives were next off the mark. Susy Davies wants to fight Labour's plans to close local hospitals, and save local post offices. She also wants to help local small schools, listen to the farmers and help small businesses.
Brecon and Radnor usually goes Lib Dem. When it doesn't, it goes Conservative. We're too close to the Border - and very few people speak Welsh here - to be a Plaid Cymru stronghold, and Labour never does very well either. One General Election, there was a sweet lady campaigning for the Greens, who rode around on a bicycle decorated with flowers, but not many people voted Green, either.