Here it is then, the exclusive copy of the deal that was too good to turn down.
1. We hate Labour, we do.
2. No school or hospital should ever close, no matter what changes happen in education or health.
3. We should spend more to fill the higher education funding gap caused by our opposition to top-up tuition fees.
4. We should demand more independence from Westminster - and more money.
5. Er, that's it.
Thursday, May 24, 2007
More elections please
Now that the Plaid/Tory/Lib Dem alliance has reached the end of the rainbow surely it is time for changes at the top of Welsh politics.
Perhaps Lord Elis-Thomas could be persuaded to leave the presiding officer's comfy armchair to resume the Plaid leadership. The leader of the opposition is paid around the same as the PO so he would be able to continue to live in the style to which he's become accustomed.
Nick Bourne has annoyed many Tories by trying to put Plaid Cymru into government but his obvious successor - Glyn Davies - is no longer an AM. The charisma shortage on the Tory benches could allow Nick to keep his job.
Mike German appears to have blown his chance of staying as Lib Dem leader. Kirsty Williams, the obvious replacement, "is not doing interviews today". So grand for one so young. Perhaps a caretaker leader is required to tide things over until Kirsty is ready to inherit.
Step forward Eleanor Burnham. As a qualified aromatherapist she would be ideal for expunging the nasty aromas surrounding Welsh politics during the last three weeks.
And the heat of a leadership election would also reveal whether that over-sized flower she wears is real or a fake she acquired the last time Billy Smart's circus was in Rossett.
Perhaps Lord Elis-Thomas could be persuaded to leave the presiding officer's comfy armchair to resume the Plaid leadership. The leader of the opposition is paid around the same as the PO so he would be able to continue to live in the style to which he's become accustomed.
Nick Bourne has annoyed many Tories by trying to put Plaid Cymru into government but his obvious successor - Glyn Davies - is no longer an AM. The charisma shortage on the Tory benches could allow Nick to keep his job.
Mike German appears to have blown his chance of staying as Lib Dem leader. Kirsty Williams, the obvious replacement, "is not doing interviews today". So grand for one so young. Perhaps a caretaker leader is required to tide things over until Kirsty is ready to inherit.
Step forward Eleanor Burnham. As a qualified aromatherapist she would be ideal for expunging the nasty aromas surrounding Welsh politics during the last three weeks.
And the heat of a leadership election would also reveal whether that over-sized flower she wears is real or a fake she acquired the last time Billy Smart's circus was in Rossett.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Ok, so who plays Bungle?
The rainbow coalition is coming to a senedd near you - probably led by someone recognised by seven per cent of the voters questioned in a BBC poll. I can feel a song coming on.
Up above the streets and houses,
rainbow climbing high,
Everyone can see it smiling over
the sky.
Paint the whole world with a
rainbow.
All along the streams and rivers,
shining in the lakes,
See the colours of the rainbow as
the morning breaks.
Paint the whole world with a
rainbow.
Red, the colour of New Labour,
White clouds floating in a sky of
blue,
Green for Plaid Cymru,
Gold for the Lib Dems,
The day is shining new.
Red, the colour of Welsh Labour,
Grey shadows creep across the
hills,
The sun is sinking, colours are
fading,
The fields are dark and still.
Take some green from a forest,
blue from the sea,
Find the misty pot of gold,
And mix them for a week.
Paint the whole world with a
rainbow.
Red, the colour of Welsh Labour,
White clouds floating in a sky of
blue,
Green for Plaid Cymru,
Gold for the Lib Dems,
The day is shining new.
Up above the streets and houses,
rainbow climbing high,
Everyone can see it smiling over
the sky.
Paint the whole world with a
rainbow.
All along the streams and rivers,
shining in the lakes,
See the colours of the rainbow as
the morning breaks.
Paint the whole world with a
rainbow.
Red, the colour of New Labour,
White clouds floating in a sky of
blue,
Green for Plaid Cymru,
Gold for the Lib Dems,
The day is shining new.
Red, the colour of Welsh Labour,
Grey shadows creep across the
hills,
The sun is sinking, colours are
fading,
The fields are dark and still.
Take some green from a forest,
blue from the sea,
Find the misty pot of gold,
And mix them for a week.
Paint the whole world with a
rainbow.
Red, the colour of Welsh Labour,
White clouds floating in a sky of
blue,
Green for Plaid Cymru,
Gold for the Lib Dems,
The day is shining new.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Mr Celeb
As we enter the post-war era isn't it refreshing to have a prime-minister-in-waiting who's eschewed all things celebrity?
Gordon Brown even suggested recently that Britain has fallen out of love with celebrity.
And he told us at his leadership "election" campaign launch: "As a politician I have never sought the public eye for its own sake. I have never believed presentation should be a substitute for policy. I do not believe politics is about celebrity."
It must have been another Gordon Brown I spotted on ITV last night, presenting an award at a ceremony to celebrate "great Britons". Mr Serious was on first name terms with presenter Kate Thornton and managed to crack a joke about changing jobs.
Viewers were invited to choose the greatest living Briton from a shortlist that included Julie Andrews, the Queen and Robbie Williams.
The Queen, despite never filling Knebworth or appearing in The Sound of Music, won the live vote.
She wasn't there in person but one of her offspring had helpfully pre-recorded a message of thanks just in case the "live vote" went her way.
Perhaps Gordon could drop off the award when he goes to the palace to kiss hands and become PM next month.
Gordon Brown even suggested recently that Britain has fallen out of love with celebrity.
And he told us at his leadership "election" campaign launch: "As a politician I have never sought the public eye for its own sake. I have never believed presentation should be a substitute for policy. I do not believe politics is about celebrity."
It must have been another Gordon Brown I spotted on ITV last night, presenting an award at a ceremony to celebrate "great Britons". Mr Serious was on first name terms with presenter Kate Thornton and managed to crack a joke about changing jobs.
Viewers were invited to choose the greatest living Briton from a shortlist that included Julie Andrews, the Queen and Robbie Williams.
The Queen, despite never filling Knebworth or appearing in The Sound of Music, won the live vote.
She wasn't there in person but one of her offspring had helpfully pre-recorded a message of thanks just in case the "live vote" went her way.
Perhaps Gordon could drop off the award when he goes to the palace to kiss hands and become PM next month.
Monday, May 21, 2007
Poster boy
I've been away from Wales for a couple of weeks and I seem to have missed something rather big. Or perhaps I shouldn't read too much into the poster-sized double page spread photograph of Dafydd Wigley in today's Western Mail.
Only on reading the small print did I discover that Wigley failed to get elected to the National Assembly.
Perhaps the Western Mail is offering its readers a pictorial tour through Welsh history. Stand by for photographs of Ron Davies, Lloyd George and other greats from the Martin Shipman contacts book.
Only on reading the small print did I discover that Wigley failed to get elected to the National Assembly.
Perhaps the Western Mail is offering its readers a pictorial tour through Welsh history. Stand by for photographs of Ron Davies, Lloyd George and other greats from the Martin Shipman contacts book.
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