Had a very encouraging meeting this morning to discuss the issue of Colwyn Bay pier; another, I hope, will follow in about three weeks. It’s too early to report what happened, save to say that I am more hopeful about the pier’s future than I have been for a very long time.
This afternoon, I went over to Delyn to campaign with Matt Wright, the hard-working local candidate. Did an awful lot of walking, which really wasn’t too much of a hardship, given the wonderful weather we are enjoying.
In Mountain View Avenue, Mynydd Isa, I stopped to chat with a gentleman who was creosoting his fence. How, I asked, did he feel about AV?
“Disastrous,” he replied.
“Do you realise that if we’d had AV at the last general election, that [expletive deleted] man Gordon Brown would still be running the country? It doesn’t bear thinking about.”
I must confess that the possibility hadn’t occurred to me, but it is probably the most compelling argument against the Alternative Vote system I have yet heard.
