Wednesday, September 15, 2010

A COMPLETE LACK OF....

One of my favourite reads every day is Vaughan Roderick's political blog.

Written in Welsh, the political insights of his articles, peppered with just the right amount of insider gossip, puts it streets ahead of many other similar sites across the UK.

Yesterday's article - a "what if" piece on what would have happened if Plaid Cymru had led a rainbow coalition - was yet another brilliant piece of writing. However, the best discussion was saved until last. Translated, it reads as follows:

"And that brings me to a story that I have heard from various sources. There is now way of knowing whether it is true or not but the fact that so many people from various political colours are relating it. The story is that the first meeting between David Cameron and Carwyn Jones was a total disaster. Carwyn, according to the story, was acting in a passive aggressive manner, as they say in English.  The First Minister was frowning and staring at the new Prime Minister. He also totally ignored the new Secretary of State to the extent that David Cameron had to ask Carwyn whether he understood that he, the Prime Minister, had full faith in Cheryl Gillan and that she was speaking on behalf of his Government. This was complete contrast to the meeting between Alex Salmond and David Cameron was all honey and there are indications (in the field of defence for example) that Westminster is more willing to listen to the government in Edinburgh rather than the one in Cardiff."

If true, not only does it demonstrate the political immaturity which is now at the heart of the Welsh Government but how the Labour Party prefers to put petty point-scoring before the future of this nation.