A very long day today, which started with a breakfast panel discussion organised by the CBI at Northop Hall.
Other panellists were Greg Evans, formerly of Wylfa nuclear power station, local Labour MP David Hanson, Caernarfon’s Hywel Williams and Montgomery Lib Dem Lembit Öpik.
Lembit surprised me with his enthusiastic advocacy of nuclear power, acknowledging that he was out of step with the rest of his party. Hywel was not keen on nuclear, but acknowledged that his Assembly group leader, Ieuan Wyn Jones, was all for a new station at Wylfa, contrary to Plaid policy. David was a bit lukewarm on nuclear, but recognised that it was probably necessary. I said I couldn’t see any real alternative to nuclear as a reliable, non-carbon emitting form of baseload generation.
The last question, from a member of the audience, was: “What positive changes do you envisage for North Wales after David Cameron has become Prime Minister?”
I rather enjoyed that one.
