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    The Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney AM said: "You can talk about experience if you like – but Tony Blair and Rhodri Morgan were not weighted down by experience of government before they took over and started making huge strides forward for our party. What they had was a to-do list." Mr Lewis, who was sacked as a deputy minister when Plaid Cymru joined Labour in a coalition in 2007, said a decade spent in the “current Cabinet” was not a qualification to lead. Full Article at Wales Online
    You can talk about experience if you like – but Tony Blair and Rhodri Morgan were not weighted down by experience of government before they took over and started making huge strides forward for our party. What they had was a to-do list.
    SOURCE: Wales Online 1 month ago
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Huw Lewis not worried by lack of cabinet experience
  1. My proposal is in tune with the wider Labour movement. Seeking a new constitutional relationship is not about separatism; it’s about creating a stronger, two-way relationship of mutual benefit between Labour in Wales and Labour on a UK level.
    SOURCE: Wales Online 1 month ago
  2. As the only candidate in this contest who has had to negotiate with a Tory government during my time leading the trade union movement in Wales, I know better than anyone how important it is that we return a fourth term Labour government next year.
    SOURCE: Wales Online 1 month ago
  3. I want to represent Wales and the Labour Party in Wales at the heart of the Labour Party. One of the first steps I’d want to take is to seek an early agreement on creating a seat for the Welsh leader on the party’s main decision-making body, bringing us closer together.
    SOURCE: Wales Online 1 month ago
  4. Charges of inexperience could be levelled at every prominent political leader who has ever promoted a change of direction, because who invites a change-maker into the comfy world of government? It normally takes the electorate to do that.
    SOURCE: Wales Online 1 month ago
  5. I don’t want to just talk about change; I want to make change happen.
    SOURCE: Wales Online 1 month ago

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