tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post8838986581564756766..comments2023-11-05T09:37:36.840+01:00Comments on A View From Rural Wales: Double Standards?Glyn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10442114752573417252noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-17808468286372930002010-12-18T10:41:09.557+01:002010-12-18T10:41:09.557+01:00Well said Anon. Goodbye S4C, we should not be subs...Well said Anon. Goodbye S4C, we should not be subsidising any broadcaster (BBC included) with taxpayers' money in these crunch times. Live on your advertising revenue or become extinct. Law of the jungle in which we now live.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-23497463894036294622010-12-17T17:03:58.755+01:002010-12-17T17:03:58.755+01:00S4C really is a bit of a joke. Poor programmes, mo...S4C really is a bit of a joke. Poor programmes, most in English and only kept going pretty much by English advertisments. I don't think there will be many people ezcept for the hard core Welsh Nats that will mourn its demise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-14675664434776590312010-12-17T07:39:37.081+01:002010-12-17T07:39:37.081+01:00MH - I genuinely believe he has been one of the tw...MH - I genuinely believe he has been one of the two outstanding AMs since the Assembly was created, the other being Sue Essex. The different way we see things is why politics is so interesting.Glyn Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344589217554138315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-49224392173803002362010-12-17T04:39:34.070+01:002010-12-17T04:39:34.070+01:00Yes Glyn, the Plaid AMs vote for him to be Llywydd...Yes Glyn, the Plaid AMs vote for him to be Llywydd ... but you are wrong to think I don't like it. <br /><br />Had it never occurred to you that some/many/most might do it in order to keep him away from front line policy matters ;-)MHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09329059309196746446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-58643318969727057582010-12-17T01:19:56.866+01:002010-12-17T01:19:56.866+01:00Mathew - thanks for offering such a good example o...Mathew - thanks for offering such a good example of the point I was trying to make!<br /><br />Anon - Must admit I have huge respect for Lord Wigley as well. Saw him last week and he was looking in splendid form. He will bring great credit to the red benches. Plaid Cymru will be well represented by their Lords. <br /><br />MH - but the Plaid Cymru AMs all vote for him - and in my opinion will all vote for him again next May. You may not like it, but its the way it is.<br /><br />Anon 2 - me!! never let it be said.Glyn Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344589217554138315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-64965335901817865262010-12-17T01:14:49.502+01:002010-12-17T01:14:49.502+01:00trying to stir up trouble and strife in the plaid ...trying to stir up trouble and strife in the plaid camp are we glyn and comments suggest that you have managed to do itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-34239029349891023442010-12-16T23:54:03.767+01:002010-12-16T23:54:03.767+01:00Isn't that exactly the point, Glyn? You might ...Isn't that exactly the point, Glyn? You might admire and respect Dafydd Elis-Thomas, but that might equally explain why so many people in Plaid Cymru don't ... well, not in recent years at least.<br /><br />As Llywydd he has become almost like the Speaker in the Commons. He doesn't take part in the party politics of the Assembly, and that's probably for the best. The unfortunate thing for us is that it deprives Plaid (for he is in a rock solid seat) of a politician who would be able to more actively contribute to policy in the Welsh Government. <br /><br />To me he is obviously following a private—and to be frank, personal—agenda of his own with regard to S4C. As I mentioned <a href="http://syniadau--buildinganindependentwales.blogspot.com/2010/12/few-more-kicks-to-head.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>, I was struck by the viciousness of what he said in the Politics Show over the weekend, and this is just more of the same. It's embarrassing to see him behave in this way and if, as he said in the interview, he really isn't sure about wanting to remain as Llywydd for a fourth term, I think he would be well advised to let someone else stand for the constituency in the next election.MHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09329059309196746446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-54750520340177216422010-12-16T23:53:12.945+01:002010-12-16T23:53:12.945+01:00Daf Ell
"admired" and "respected&qu...Daf Ell<br />"admired" and "respected"<br />by himself I think!!.<br /><br />I think you've mixed with the wrong Dafydd there Glyn, I'm sure you should've meant Dafydd Wigley!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-91935516098604131142010-12-16T22:53:12.761+01:002010-12-16T22:53:12.761+01:00the difference glyn i guess is that dafydd ellis t...the difference glyn i guess is that dafydd ellis thomas has no control over S4C. The culture minister who has been so out of touch and who has treated S4C with so much contempt, no legal advice taken, didnt even bother to tell S4C or the WAG that this deal with the BBC had been done etc, has.Matthewnoreply@blogger.com