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Where's Rhodri...?

Posted by Tom Bodden on September 5, 2007 6:50 PM | 

Rugby squad leaves for France
Plaid Cymru were accused of cutting Labour coalition leader Rhodri Morgan out of its party publicity pictures with the Wales rugby team.
A press release circulated by Plaid showed its leader Ieuan Wyn Jones, deputy first minister, unfurling the Welsh flag on the steps of the Senedd with the rugby squad before they flew off to the World Cup in France.
But First Minister Rhodri Morgan holding the other end of the flag (is that his hand, left?) is strangely cropped out of the photograph.

The Plaid release, headlined Deputy First Minister gives best wishes to Welsh team, quoted Mr Jones: “The people of Wales are behind you 100%. Good luck.”
Tory AM Jonathan Morgan, representing the Leader of the Opposition at the photo-shoot, said: “If these two can’t even be seen in a photo together, it doesn’t bode well for a cohesive and stable government.”
A Plaid spokesperson said: “Plaid Cymru had their own photographer at the event whose remit was to take photographs of Ieuan Wyn Jones.
“You wouldn’t expect a Plaid photographer to take pictures of Rhodri Morgan.”
Though others argue it's Labour trying to ignore Plaid.
It is good to hear that Mr Morgan feels '10 years younger' after his heart op in the summer.
The first minister, who already intended to stand down in 2009 when he will reach 70, insisted that he would continue until the pre-set date after adopting a new exercise and diet regime which required him to buy new trousers for his new slimmer condition.


 

Comments (2)

cleckanndra wrote...

Obviously too left wing for Ieuan (as we see it), or too right-wing as Plaid see it!

Posted by: cleckanndra  | September 6, 2007 8:12 PM

Citizen wrote...

I don' t know about cropping Rhodri. Would anyone want to be in a picture with a bunch of losers. I'll leave the readers to decide who I mean!!

Posted by: Citizen  | September 10, 2007 12:40 PM

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Welcome to ‘Gog in the Bay’, the occasional diary of a political journalist. My name is Tom Bodden, the Welsh Affairs Correspondent of The Daily Post, which is North Wales’ best selling newspaper. I am based full-time at the National Assembly for Wales in Cardiff Bay.

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