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Labour leadership is lost (nation.cymru)

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Watching the labour leadership announcement I was struck by how lost Labour in Wales has become.

This is not a group who put the people of Wales and their future at the very top of their list day in day out. These are not politicians who remind themselves every morning that they are public servants first and foremost, constituted and elected with the core purpose of improving society as a whole so that everyone benefits.

Make no mistake, I am not so idealistic that I believe that anyone can act entirely selflessly all the time. Self interest will always exist and will always influence us as individuals but political organisations are explicitly created to militate against this tyranny.

They are there to represent, enact, implement and deliver for the whole population. The nation and its people at the very top of the priority tree.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

stop moving the goal posts

I haven't moved the goal posts. The goal is to understand what happened in your life to make you believe that politicians are supposed to act any other way than putting their own interests first. I'm not sure why you think those goal posts have changed.

actually engage meaningfully in this discussion

There hasn't been much discussion.

or is this ultimately just a waste of both of our times

The fact that when I asked what happened to make you believe politicians are supposed put the nation and the people above other interests, you responded with a government publication about devolution, tells me that (1) you don't understand the question, (2) we're not communicating and (3) it's unlikely that we will be able to communicate.