The Assembly - and in particular Ieuan Wyn Jones, transport minister and deputy to Rhodri Morgan - will soon be presented with an opportunity to make a mark which will last a half-century or more.
Alternatively, the institution, its ministers and its civil servants could bust their chances through short-sightedness, inability to plan, and failure [...]
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Tags: Cardiff metro system·Great western mail line·Ieuan Wyn Jones·rail electrification·Sue Essex·Valleys electric trains
It didn’t sound like a political message when Rhodri Morgan spoke to the Campaign for Real Ale’s UK AGM in Cardiff today.
He bewailed the lack of real ale (hand-pump stuff) in the Valleys, and pointed out that if drinkers wanted something worth imbibing, instead of the “fizzy beers generally found up there, they had [...]
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Tags: beer·Rhodri Morgan·rural buses·Sue Essex