Rhodri Glyn Thomas AM obviously couldn’t quit the habit. What that habit really is… one can only guess. However, it seems a pity to be punished for what, ostensibly, are relatively minor human failings and vanities like  not wearing your spectacles and needing a cigarette/cigar when there are other politicians whose snouts are so deep in the trough that they seem to have acquired immunity from any shit that is thrown at them.

It will be interesting to read what his political legacy, and achievements in power, if anything, has been although Alwyn ap Huw doesn’t seem to think there is much.

For the curious, the smoking incident was at the Eli Jenkins pub, which is well known to journalists, politicians and staff at the nearby Senedd building.