tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470760043310915064.post7067427403477888722..comments2023-10-25T11:32:24.769+01:00Comments on Politics Cymru: Hat in the ring?Politics Cymruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02427797826983823716noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470760043310915064.post-9890300435521722062009-03-07T21:48:00.000+00:002009-03-07T21:48:00.000+00:00Huw Lewis is hamstrung by one fundamental flaw, na...Huw Lewis is hamstrung by one fundamental flaw, namely, he is Huw Lewis.<BR/>The whole Penarth thing has 'mortally' damaged him politically. Then came the disastrous attempt to cover his tracks on his expenses claims by going nuclear. This blew-up in his face. Then came the minutae, the interior decoration, the curtains, the cruet-set stuff. Dross indeed but telling all the same - not about Mr and Mrs Lewis' aesthetic taste but about his judgement.<BR/>The man is patently a clown, who is not serious about political leadership. The fact is, political leaders don't do this stuff.<BR/>The sad thing is, the reality of all this has struck everyone else, except Lewis himself.<BR/>He is damaged by all of this and if he can muster six nominations to get on the ballot (which is by no means guaranteed) all the minutae will come back to haunt him. He will be forced talk about this rather than the policy issues.<BR/>Instead, we are witnessing this bizarre, almost anti-intellectual, psuedo-campaign nonsense that is trying to buy him time until he is asked the killer question: "So tell us, where has been your primary place of residence for the past two years? Penarth or Merthyr Tydfil?"<BR/>At that moment, it falls apart.<BR/>Why on earth is he bothering?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com