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Jon Owen Jones and Jenny Willott fight it out over a potential supercasino by the Stadium, Millenium Stadium could be supercasino, Western Mail, 16th April. As there's no real reason to believe this might ever come to fruition all you need to know is that JOJ would be against the idea and JW is in favour...

Jon Owen Jones, who hopes to be re-elected MP for the marginal Cardiff Central seat, the constituency where the Millennium Stadium is situated, said, "I am opposed to the idea of supercasinos. I am not aware of any loophole in the Bill and it sounds to me that somebody is flying a kite or trying to cause mischief.

"Given that the Liberal leader of the council has swanned off to Los Angeles, all expenses paid, to look at casinos I'm sure he would be delighted. But as far as I'm aware there is no loophole and if I am re-elected I will make sure there isn't one."

Jenny Willott, the Liberal Democrat candidate for Cardiff Central said, "The funds a supercasino will bring into Cardiff will pay for the leisure facilities in the area, such as a new ice rink and swimming pool. Hopefully the council would be able to use the funds for local services as well.

"It is Jon Owen Jones's party pushing this Bill through at national level, so it is slightly bizarre for him to be condemning it here in the heart of Wales."

Parties seek support of Welsh voters (epolitix.com) covers the Lib dem and Tory plans for Wales, though not in much detail and icWales have more details in Lib Dems launch Welsh manifesto, 15th April.