There will be people who think that this is the wrong time to be discussing holding a referendum, Rhodri Morgan told an audience in Aberystwyth last night. But there will be others who will have “a more optimistic vision”, the First Minister said in a lecture to the Welsh Political Archive.
What could that mean?
I understand he was given the option of the All Wales Convention report being delayed until his successor was in place, but insisted on it landing on his desk.
Those with long memories wil recall that Rhodri Morgan initially greeted the publication of the Richard Commission report in 2004 as a “red letter day” for Wales, only to recoil from its main recommendations days later in the face of a backlash from Welsh MPs.
Perhaps this time, as a last hurrah, Rhodri will want to leave ”a more optimistic” legacy?
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a Change of Personnel 4:56 pm on 7 November, 2009 Permalink
Its a interesting idea as a last act of the First Minister he would stand up for Wales future, but given the split in the Labour ranks over the issue and Rhodri Morgan’s past form of putting party unity before what’s best for the Wales, he is unlikely to do anything that would split the Labour Party especially this close to a General Election.
Lee Waters 6:24 pm on 7 November, 2009 Permalink
I would tend to agree, but it was a tantalising suggestion in an otherwise uneventful speech – add it to the insistence that he recieve the report rather than his successor and….