Talking about people who need to check their facts, comments by Labour AM, Val Lloyd, in today's Evening Post, seem remarkably off-message.She is undoubtedly aware of the enthusiasm of her Labour colleague, Leighton Andrews, for transferring Council housing stock to a community mutual housing association in Rhondda Cynon Taf and also of the way that Labour run Councils in Bridgend andTorfaen have led the way on this agenda. She will also be aware, because she was there, that both First Minister, Rhodri Morgan, and Social Justice Minister, Edwina Hart, have reiterated the policy of Chancellor, Gordon Brown, that there is no fourth option. And why should there be? After all, to secure such a fourth option the Government would need to find an additional £300 million of public spending in Wales alone.
Despite all of this Mrs Lloyd continues to advocate a 'fourth option' and suggests that this is also the policy of the Assembly Government. If she is not careful the great clunking fist of the Chancellor of the Exchequer or the Social Justice Minister will strike her down for being seriously off message.
