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Peter Black and South Wales West Liberal DemocratsRepresenting Aberavon, Bridgend, Gower, Neath, Ogmore, Port Talbot, and Swansea |
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Plaid Cymru manifesto 'unfit for government' says candidate
March 28, 2007 12:00 AM
Welsh Liberal Democrat candidate for Gower, Nick Tregoning has branded the Plaid Cymru manifesto 'unfit for government' after the Nationalists revealed a policy wish list which would force real terms cuts on the health and education in Wales.
Finance spokesperson Jenny Randerson AM criticised Plaid's "financial illiteracy" and lack of credibility.
She said: "This is a manifesto without substance. It covers 36 pages, but many of those are pictures of models. Are they too embarrassed of their candidates to show people what they look like?
"More worrying than the lack of detail is the lack of financial literacy. Plaid's spending proposals are based on spending every extra penny the Assembly receives on their wide range of gimmicks. They have forgotten that teachers and nurses will be expecting pay rises, that heating and lighting bills will go up. To fund their gimmicks, there will have to be a real terms cut in spending on health and education.
"They have forgotten about inflation. No government - even in an independent nation - can credibly assume zero inflation. Their manifesto reveals their lack of credibility. "
Gower candidate and Dunvant councillor Nick Tregoning added:
"The Plaid manifesto doesn't explain how their promises will be delivered. It also contains policies that cannot be delivered by the Assembly, such as the scrapping of council tax and its replacement by a local income tax and the creation of a National Care Fund from this to pay for free personal care. It is a manifesto unfit for government. There is also confusion - Plaid state they will cut business tax - but it is unclear if this is for all businesses or just small and medium businesses or just successful businesses?
"The manifesto does come clean on one thing - gone is the previous waffle of full national status within the EU. Now people can be sure that Plaid stand for a Wales cut off from its neighbours."
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