Political stitch-ups never look good. We’ve had a fair few in Wales, not least the infamous way in which Rhodri Morgan was initially blocked from becoming First Minister.
Sometimes there are pragmatic - and even perhaps justifiable - reasons for stitching things up. But we’re currently in danger of seeing Welsh democracy undermined by a stitch-up that can’t be justified and seems to be based, at least partly, on a fundamental misunderstanding.
I’m referring to the proposal to change the method of electing Senedd Members to one where political parties have all the power and individual voters are deprived of choice. I have no problem with increasing the number of MSs from 60 to 96. We should have had more from the outset and are grossly under-represented in comparison with Scotland and Northern Ireland.
