The Welsh Labour Conference was held in Swansea last weekend, not that you’d have heard much about it of course. As far as many in the London based media are concerned, the Welsh people have a bit of an annoying habit of voting Labour and passionately wanting to remain part of the Union. “Move on, nothing to see here”, is the call of the press pack, “let’s find out what Alex Salmond had for breakfast”.
Never mind that much of the debate that will frame the general election is already playing out in Wales, where a Labour government is challenging the Tory mantra of a 19th-century laissez-faire redux and showing what a difference an active administration can make – even when facing swingeing budget cuts.
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