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She says she thinks they're going to get two seats and possibly three.
And she seems to be saying to the voters, look, my best hope of maintaining my seat is to come in in that sixth seat.
And if that's the case, I mean, it just shows really the way that Labour has apparently slid in the polls since the last Senate election back in 2021.
And she's basically saying to people, look, you need to get out and make sure you vote for me to make sure that I'm the person, I'm the strawberry daiquiri who gets that sixth seat.
So, you know.
This could be tactical.
This could be simply a message to try to persuade the voters out.
You know, it's a well-worn political device, isn't it, during election campaigns?
You tell your troops we're in danger here and they dig in harder and they get out and they vote.
It could be that.
On the other hand, it could be that she can see which way the wind is blowing.
We've had a flurry of polls this week, Adam, all of them slightly different.
One of them putting Plaid and Reform literally neck and neck in terms of who's going to be largest party after the election.
But the broad trend for all of them is the same as it has been, which is.
Plaid Cymru and reform duking it out for top spot with Labour probably coming third.
And for most of them, not all of them, but for most of them, Labour quite a distant third.
So if that's the case, I mean, it does show what Elaine Ed Morgan is facing in terms of the uphill struggle.
And by the looks of it, she thinks even in her own seat.
I know, I'm the same with cider.
So I wasn't as sophisticated as you, Adam.