What does Jeremy Corbyn’s visit to Wales tell us about Labour’s election strategy?

Perhaps he closed his eyes and stuck pins in the map.

"The third possibility is that Labour now expect to lose the election and for the Conservatives to win a majority. Under those circumstances, Jeremy Corbyn will be looking to secure his legacy within the Labour party and ensure it remains a party campaigning for socialism after he’s gone rather than the party returning to its centrist days under New Labour". Very likely but in the coming years political reality, coupled with electoral failure, will dictate that the uk labour party will indeed return to its centrist days under blair - and policies tailored to 'middle england' - in a bid to get into power at westminster But this will beg the question - what do progressive and left of centre people who have htherto suported labour do in wales? Do they stick with a party that wil be re-enacting a political groundhog day and undertaking the same rightward journey it took under kinnock and blair in the 80s and 90s? Or do they get behind the welsh indy movement and help us to try to create a left of centre progressive wales......and bring about the kind of society in wales they can never hope to see at a uk level.

The selection of towns and cities to visit is somewhat irregular but I respect him for meeting the people and telling what Labour will offer. The problem for Corbyn is that he is a pacifist and as such cannot land a killer blow whereas Johnson is a serial liar and coward who believes that the ordinary man is below him. A bit like General Haig in WWI in that his sense of entitlement masks the fact that he is utterly useless as a leader of the people. Within a Welsh context and from an independence point of view I fear the worst as Johnson will look to reduce the powers of the Senedd by any means possible. Labour are complicit in this especially on the back of the NHS Privatisation Bill brought forward by Plaid Cymru this week. The question of the appeal of Plaid Cymru is hampered by an unwillingness to use their best politicians (Neil McCoy) and also by its electoral broadcast. Considering they have Somali councillors in Cardiff they had no ethnic minority representation on their broadcast as such which in my eyes is a glaring error. A longer term plan is needed with some evidence based information to back up not only the costs and benefits of independence but to also countenance the hate campaign against the Senedd which will ultimately come in light of a Johnson victory.

Welsh Labour are bluer than the Tories. If that wasn’t the case they would be safe in Wales as historically people have voted Labour. These days there are real choices but I sincerely hope that the Welsh people don’t stitch themselves up and vote Tory. No self-respecting Welsh person should ever put an X in that box!

Once upon a time, pressing the flesh, kissing babies, hustings and speeches, a glimpse of the leader was the way to win elections. The battleground is now electronic media. Whistlestop tours are a token relic. Don't look for a strategy, I doubt if there was one. Battered and bewildered by a relentless barrage of spending pledges- tempting sweeties paid from the magic money tree or a gift from Santa ('Tis the season), an electorate that is being infantalised may well just vote for the best clown act

This website was hardly going to big up labour now was it? Wales having voted so overwhelming for Brexit may well have put off labour central office?

It's only odd if you trust the polls. It's highly likely there will be so much variation between nation poll projection and constituency vote reality, that labour could gain all those seats.

All points to the vanishing of the Cymry Cymraeg if they do not change all they believe about themselves, their virtues and their aims, so that sides in Labour's longterm civil war would not dare come to your territory and fight over it.

The Labour Party are definite on one thing - they are not considering 'coalition' - probably tempered by events in 1924 when Ramsey Mac. walked into disaster after doing so. So, it follows, every seat is up for attack. Personally, as a Plaid member I am angry that it decided to 'stand aside' - Stand Aside! My God, is that what Cofiwch Dreweryn is about? Today, I have taken a cycle ride through all five Labour held seats here in Leeds, all types of housing en route. Counted 18 posters in total along the 22-miles of up and down, all red apart from 1 LibDem amongst the 6 Labour on Grove Road, Headingley. Seems to be a lively place to hang-out!