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2 May 2007

Steamy Welsh soap opera

Mike Wood brings us up to date on the ins and outs of the Welsh election campaign...

By Mike Wood

For candidates, activists and journalists, it can be easy to forget that not all voters are as absorbed as we are by the accusations and counter-accusations surrounding who’s going to form a coalition with whom, assuming that Labour don’t win a majority in Wales.

The Welsh media has been full of it for weeks and at least one party has threatened to sue over claims that they are considering supporting a Welsh Conservative government. To everybody else, it’s beginning to sound like a steamy new BBC Wales soap opera.

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