I did consider a Plaid vote but EM got it because 1) Welsh as well 2) she has the languages to succeed (French, German & Spanish, IMO *very important* and linguists have a quick intelligence which should do her constituents good 3) journalist & so knows how to get people to shift 4) possible that she has more access to a power block as a Labour MEP The Plaid candidate did not come across as being as able; more a sort of good, solid, worthy **NB** backbench worker who would probably find Brussels more difficult to cope with than EM. Please note that before June 9th I didn't know either of these two from Adam and still don't ! Fran