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.

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