From a selfish point of view, the Assembly group will be fervently hoping that the voters take their pound of flesh (if the opinion polls continue as they are) at the General Election and then are able to approach them on their own merits a year later.

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They're less selfish about it, and they're taking more pleasure in being part of a larger group.

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