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Talk of margins and swings in The marginal election battle from the BBC, with only a slight mention of Cardiff Central, but an interesting read nonetheless.If you think all this talk of marginals being targetted is silly go to Make My Vote Count and get involved.

Peter Law becomes bookies favourite in Blaenau Gwent from the Western Mail speculates on the apparant abandonment of Labour incumbents:

Welsh Secretary Peter Hain acknowledged Labour faced a "tough fight" for Blaenau Gwent on Thursday night despite a majority of more than 19,000 votes.

But he denied party candidates in Labour's ultra-marginals, like Cardiff Central and Monmouth, had effectively been abandoned to their fate while Labour tried to shore up support in Britain's fifth safest seat.

And further, a bit like adding insult to injury...

He said, "Labour has got people pouring into this seat and have obviously given up on some other constituencies. I don't know what Huw Edwards or Jon Owen Jones feel about it all."

Labour candidate Mr Edwards is fighting to prevent Wales' most marginal seat from falling to Tory candidate David Davies while Mr Jones faces the prospect of defeat to the Liberal Democrats.

Jack Brown's has closed the book on the two seats but both candidates remained in defiant mood yesterday.

Mr Jones said, "I still feel that the battle is not over in Cardiff Central. If we can get our vote out, we will hold the seat. Obviously, we would welcome all the support from safer seats that we can get."