As the retrospectives roll out on Rodder’s last day in office, we find ourselves relating more with some of the assessments by Gareth Hughes on the First Minister’s achievements rather than the sycophancy appearing elsewhere.
That is not to say that he is undeserving of credit for being a glib & capable operator with a keen survival instinct and possessing an uncanny ability to have the media & electorate indulge him his many failings in the mistaken belief that he was the architect of Welsh devolution instead of just being the maintenance guy.
Whatever progress was made in the last ten years, it has been punctured by failures underpinned by personal dogma and quasi-academic insights. There have been wasted opportunities to improve physical infrastructure – outside greater Cardiff - and which seem destined to be repeated in the future. It may be simplistic but the fact that Wales still remains very much eligible for European aid is probably as telling an example of Rhodri’s legacy as you will get.
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Why all this beating about the bush?
Have to agree with you
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