Jac is presently running a fascinating piece of investigative journalism that features the Chief Executive of Carmarthenshire County Council. It involves property deals and management in Cardiff Bay and a collection of other characters that is like something out of a film – or possibly a TV programme, as it's titled “Baywatch”.

http://jacothenorth.net/blog/

And here is a link to the blog of the latter.

http://cneifiwr-emlyn.blogspot.co.uk/

I would highly recommend that those of us in Neath who are being urged to vote for Christina Rees, to stop the Tories “trampling over Wales”, read the article on Nia Griffith, because there are a number of very interesting comparisons there to our former Neath MP, Ms Rees. Read the article to see how many you can find. It's dated 31 May on the blog. Particularly – you must read the excellent summary that Y Cneifiwr has produced that exposes Welsh Labour and its MPs for the sham that they are, in numerous votes that have been taken in Westminster that affect Wales. “Standing up for Wales”? What comedian thought of that one then?

I've extracted that particular section and reproduced it below. It's so important for people to see. I hope Y Cneifiwr will forgive me. The full credit for this excellent piece of work is his.

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Extracted from "Nia's Last Stand" by Y Cneifiwr, 31 May 2017

And here is Labour's Westminster record on devolving more powers to Wales (“Standing up for Wales”):

• Tories voted against and Labour abstained from voting on separate jurisdiction for Wales.

• Labour abstained from voting to stop the UK Government intervening in the actions of the National Assembly if it impacts water in England. Plaid voted against this. 

• Labour abstained from voting to give the National Assembly for Wales powers over policing, police pay, probation, community safety, crime prevention. Plaid vote for. 

• Tories voted against and Labour abstained from devolving powers over non-wind generating stations in Wales. Plaid voted for. 

• Tories voted against devolving powers to regulate betting machines. Plaid voted for. 

• Tories voted not to devolve powers relation to alcohol and entertainment licensing. Plaid voted for. 

• Tories voted against allowing public sector bodies to operate rail services in Wales. Plaid voted for. 

• Tories voted against devolving powers relating to air passenger duty to Wales. Plaid voted for. 

• Tories voted against and Labour abstained from voting to allow the Welsh Assembly to set Income Tax thresholds. Plaid voted for. 

• Tories voted against and Labour abstained from voting to allow the people of Wales to decide whether to devolve powers over income tax to the Welsh Assembly. Plaid voted for. 

• Tories voted against and Labour abstained from voting to devolve responsibility for the Job Centre to Wales. Plaid vote for. 

• Labour and Tories voted against devolving powers relating to energy generation to Wales. Plaid voted for this. 

• Tories voted against and Labour abstained from considering basing Welsh public funding on the needs of the country. Plaid voted for. 

• Tories voted against and Labour abstained from allowing the Welsh Assembly to set the number of AMs it should have. Plaid vote for this. 

• Tories voted against and Labour abstained from allowing the Welsh Government to decide on which infrastructure projects to invest in. Plaid voted for this. 

• Tories voted against and Labour abstained from devolving powers over water to Wales. Plaid voted for this.

 And if that were not enough, here is the record of Welsh Labour MPs on other matters:

• Labour voted with the Tories (or abstained) for the harshest of austerity measures – to slash public spending by a further £30 billion, mainly by capping welfare benefits. Plaid voted against. 

• Labour and Tories voted to double the income of the Royal Family, despite austerity measures for the rest of the country. Plaid voted against. 

• Labour voted with the Tories to reduce tax credit payments for the lowest paid workers in society. Plaid voted against.

• Labour and the Tories voted to cut benefits for disabled people and those with long-term illnesses. Plaid voted against. 

• Labour didn’t bother to vote to ensure the Prime Minister had to take into account the objectives of Wales when conducting negotiations with the EU. Plaid voted for.

• Labour didn’t bother to vote to stop the Tories passing a law to allow the mass interception of people's communications, and the retention and use by the state of data, including personal banking, travel, and health data. Plaid voted to stop this.

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If Christina Rees happens to knock on your door before 8 June, promising she will “stand up” for you in Westminster, why not run this off and give her a copy? Because from what I can see above, there's only one Party been “standing up for Wales” in Westminster. And it certainly ain't hers.