There was an above-average turnout for the European Parliamentary elections from Cadoxton, which is gratifying. Back-of-the-envelope calculations at the verification at Cwrt Herbert last night suggest that wards which return Labour councillors had lower turnouts, implying that the Labour vote was well down. Well, we shall all know on Sunday night when the count finally takes place, roughly synchronously with the rest of Europe.

I was unable to attend the session earlier today, when the official turnout figures for both Aberavon & Neath were announced. I was in the Cardiff Justice Centre attending a hearing in which our council was able to extend a court order preventing the release to the public of certain papers from an earlier child custody case. Judge Sais Llewelyn’s summing-up suggested to me that some documents concerning the principle of the case (without mentioning names)  may be revealed, but I am not a lawyer and will be guided by senior colleagues who are legally advised. Any further developments will be published on the local party web-site.

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