Gordon Brown takes campaign to Wales

The incumbent Prime Minister arrived in Wales for the first time yesterday, steering his campaign towards Cardiff. During an open question and answer session at the Swalec cricket stadium, he rejected criticism of not giving enough attention to that park of UK, saying he had been to Wales on numerous occasions prior to the general election. The Q&A meeting with students touched upon a variety of subject, from the hot topic of the airway crisis, to the general state of the economy, institutional reform and expenses by political represantatives in the Parliament.

Welsh jobs and unemployment were issues on the agenda in the meeting, with recent statistics indicating an added 10,000 people out of work in the country. Gordon Brown took the opportunity to highlight what he considered were very bad Conservative plans for the economy, as Tory agenda would be of no help to creating employment opportunities in Wales and elsewhere. He said his main concern was creating a job market for the future generation of workers, as well as keeping a good level of public services in the health, education and policing sectors.

Local opposition to the Labour Prime Minister used Mr Brown’s visit to Wales as an opportunity to criticise Labour policies. Myfanwy Davies, Plaid Cymru candidate in the constituency of Llanelli, told the press Mr Brown should be tackling the “shamefully low” level of the state pension, which he considers Gordon Brown is avoiding as it is an issue he would not be able to defend. Welsh Conservative Cheryl Gillan, on the other hand, complained about the late arrival of the Prime Minister in Wales, mentioning her party’s leader – David Cameron, had already travelled there twice during the current campaign.

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