There was an interesting interview on the BBC’s Good Morning Wales programme today in which Welsh Labour Leadership contender, Huw Lewis was put on the spot about a future referendum on primary law-making powers.
Huw was intent on not giving a straight answer to fairly straightforward questions but one contribution stood out. He said that during the 1997 referendum campaign he had occupied a senior organising post in Welsh Labour HQ. A decision was taken to prioritise the push for a ‘yes’ vote and the Labour party brought in 20 full time organisers and put in £300,000 to pay for the campaign.
All-in-all Huw told listeners the cost to the Labour Party of winning the narrow majority to set up the Assembly was about £600,000. They certainly do not have that sort of money to spend now.
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