TOMORROW voters go to the polls for the most significant Welsh Assembly elections yet.

Or rather we hope they’ll go.

The signs are not good, however, and it will be sad, in our view, if we do not see at least 50 per cent of the electorate casting their votes.

Far too often we hear the well-worn phrases ‘they’re all the same’ or ‘what difference will my vote make?’.

Well, they are not all the same and the difference could be how a major part of your life is run.

The Assembly now has more powers than ever before and controls everything from health and education to social services and economic development.

As always we do not favour any political party, although we do oppose extremism.

But, as we have already written in these columns, the people of Wales need to take a broader view about their future than perhaps they have in the past.

This election should mark a significant change in the way we think.

It is not about who will provide the best public services or who will oppose the Westminster government most rigorously. It is about rebuilding Wales. It is about whose policies will attract business to Wales and how we will find private sector jobs for those unfortunate enough to lose their public sector posts.

Wales cannot go on relying on the public sector for its bread and butter.

It needs to create wealth and win manufacturing contracts. It needs sustainable economic growth and a huge increase in private sector jobs.

That, we suggest, should be a key element when it comes to casting your vote.