Bender in Blaenau

Posted on November 19th, 2006 filed in Politics, Valleys, Welsh Assembly

Blaenau Gwent Labour Party have selected Keren Bender as the Labour candidate for next year’s Assembly elections. No Viagra salesman this time instead Blaenau Gwent have decided to experiment with a good old-fashioned socialist!

It is far easier to admit to being a crack-addict or sacrificing goats on Valleys mountain tops than to admit to believing in socialism in today’s Labour Party. All credit to Blaenau gwent Labour Party on electing some one who, at least, claims to be a socialist.

Fifty-year old Bender from Cwm is an official for the steel Union Community. After her selection she promised to “stand for traditional socialist values of quality jobs, rights at work and world-class public services here in the community”.

How will Ms Bender fare at the election? It’ll be a tough test… remember June 2006.

Here’s some free wisdom gleaned from Trish Law, the current incumbent, speaking at the Assembly Debate on the Draft Budget in late October 2006 ….

“All I heard throughout the last by-election—and just remember that I was there before many of you for next year—was that New Labour is more Tory than the Tories.” - Trish Law AM - click here to read the whole debate at the Assembly’s website.