Monday, May 02, 2005

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Wales@Westminster has Lib Dems and the L word, a look at the Lib Dem policy of keeping the election clean, and how they aren't.
...candidate Roger Williams warned that accusations of lying "undermined" the body politic. He clearly hasn't been reading his party's leaflets in Cardiff Central, which claim that Labour lied over the war in Iraq.
The Independent's Spirited battle for Labour's soul in heartland of Foot and Bevin mostly covers the Blaeneu Gwent / Peter Law debacle but includes the following...
The contest for Blaenau Gwent is the most spirited in Wales, where only a handful of seats are likely to change hands. Just three Labour constituencies appear vulnerable. Cardiff Central could fall to the Liberal Democrats, partly because of the introduction of university fees. The constituency has a high number of student voters - a large percentage of whom say they will turn out.
And the Financial Times looks at the NUS's efforts in Student union pushes its members in marginal seats.

But analysts expect only a handful to fall on Thursday night. Uppermost in the Lib Dems' mind is Cardiff Central, where Labour's 659-vote lead is likely to be overturned by Jenny Willott, a young and attractive party worker. Ms Willott likes to think her fate is not totally in the hands of Cardiff Central's student population, even if she does boast that the male students appreciate her charms.

"We will win here because of more than just a one-off, antiwar vote by students," she said. "The local party has a good record of working with young people and has lots of experience working with them."

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