Cardiff Bay and Casablanca
Wet and blustery in Aberystwyth today which will come as no surprise to William Graham who claims that Aber’s climate is a cross between Chicago and Fort William. Actually the climate of Aberystwyth is precisely the same as Seattle–there’s even talk locally of Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks doing a sequel ’Sleepless in Aberystwyth’ and given the aforementioned blustery conditions today would have been a good time to get things moving.
Today’s Western Mail contains a report of Mike German saying his aim is office after next May’s elections. That strikes me as entirely sensible. There is little point in being in politics if there is nodesire to influence things no prospect of having an impact.I certainly didn’t come into politics to head up a fringe pressure group and I am sure Mike didn’t either. It is pretty clear that no single party will gain even half the seats at next May’s assembly elections so parties working together will be the order of the day.
I see that Westminster politicians have selected Casablanca as their favourite film. I discovered when on a panel of political film goers at the Cardiff film festival that I had that excellent favourite film in common with the First Minister. Alarmingly for Elinor Burnham as the Lib Dem ciulture spokesperson Lib Dems apparently prefer Austin Powers but I expect Elinor will be able spin her way out of that one.Mike German on the same panel chose The Third Man( see his earlier thoughts above on coalitions I suppose!)
Peter Black said on December 29th, 2006 at 9:08 pm:
‘Cabaret’ every time! Who is Austin Powers anyway?