Blatant Disregard for the Purdah period.

Well, it seems that there is a total disregard for the 28 day Purdah Period. Rhodri Morgan is billed as Welsh Leader and not a Labour Party member. If they are using public money then they are committing a serious offence.
Where is Mr. Younger and the Electoral Commission?
Why aren't you asking the questions Mr. Younger?
Who is paying for the Minister's transport?
Who is paying for the Police protection?
Get off your backside and get something done. The Electoral Commission is an insult to the people who pay the £41m for its existence.

Welsh leader backs English assembly

A North East assembly would have 25 - 35 members Welsh First Minister Rhodri Morgan is campaigning for a Yes vote to create an assembly for North East England.
Mr Morgan was speaking to people in Gateshead, South Shields and Sunderland during his visit to the area on Friday.
He argued that devolution has brought benefits to Wales which people in the English region might also share.
Voters in the North East will decide on the issue in an all-postal ballot on 4 November.
Mr Morgan, who has led the Welsh assembly since 2000, will tell North East voters that free bus travel has benefited older people in Wales.
The North East is the first English region to be given a say on whether it wants a regional assembly.
The UK government had planned referendums for the North West and Yorkshire and Humberside too, but these have been postponed.

Rhodri Morgan supports regional devolution The outcome of the North East referendum is thought likely to prove a decisive influence on the future of the entire regional devolution experiment in England.
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Supporters of regional assemblies say they will give areas a real voice, and give them control over policies such as transport and industrial development.
But opponents claim Labour is trying to break up the county council structure, and regional assemblies will lack power and lead to higher taxes.
If the North East votes for an assembly, a final version of the draft regional assemblies bill will be laid before Parliament.
The bill will be debated in the normal way and subject to it becoming law, the first assembly elections will be held early in the next Parliament.
Wales voted narrowly to create its assembly in 1997, at the same time as Scotland backed its own parliament. The two institutions have been running since 1999.
London became the latest area to go down the devolution road when its assembly opened in 2000.