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There is one misconception. The Welsh Liberal Democrats did go into the 1999 elections expecting to form a coalition and were prepared for it, however despite making representations to Labour they were rebuffed. Alun Michael as First Secretary was determined to go it alone and had the support of his group for that.
ReplyDeleteIt was only after Alun Michael was no confidenced and replaced by Rhodri Morgan that Labour accepted the inevitability of a coalition and sought to open negotiations.
Also the free prescriptions policy was not a Lib Dem one but one adopted by Labour in the 2003 Assembly elections and implemented over the next four years by a minority Labour Government.
Well both those comments came from an academic journal article I came across, so apologies if they are incorrect statements. I've edited them both out.
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