Wyn – a deserved award
As soon as I arrived at City Hall and cannoned into Wyn and Enid I guessed that Wyn Roberts had deservedly won the ‘Lifetime Achievement’ political award for the ITV/Wales Yearbook Awards for 2007.
When I said congratulations to Wyn it elicited the response; “You will have to wait and see”, but I could tell from the glint in his eye that he had indeed won it.
The evening was a thoroughly enjoyable one, and many thanks to ITV and the Wales Yearbook for putting on this splendid occasion. It has grown (just as the Yearbook does) from its start two years ago in the Coal Exchange.
The culmination of the evening was Wyn’s award and the citation was read by Gareth Hughes who did an extremely job in reviewing Wyn’s very long and colourful career, and then there was an extremely gracious and entertaining speech from Wyn.
I have to say that this contrasted sharply with a contribution from another senior politician that evening which certainly astounded me, and I believe many others there. It did not capture the mood of the evening and much of it was in poor taste.
I was delighted too that Angela won the award for the ‘Best Newcomer’. She has certainly made a mark within the Group and outside as the member for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, and is handling the Finance brief extremely well.
On our table the conversation flowed. I exchanged reminiscences about Aberystwyth with Carwyn, which tends to be the order of the day whenever we are put on a table together at one of these functions, but it was certainly congenial company on our table with Wyn and Enid, Elis and Judith Owen, and Rhodri Williams.
