Have Plaid made a rod for their own backs?

Whilst only mildly earth-shaking in political terms, the revelations offered up by Shipton of the Mail that Plaid refused for IWJ to appear on an ITV Wales produced show because they did not approve of the interviewer may have wider implications.

Admittedly, the choice of Ron ‘the Rottweiler’ Richards as host and inquisitioner is an odd one but he is no Paxman either. Nevertheless, the implication that the Party of Wales tends to be so picky will not enthuse major network chiefs who are continuing to resist demands for Plaid and SNP participation in the forthcoming televised leader’s debates. Perhaps that was the reason for the story.