OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS IN A DEVOLVED WALES: ARE WE WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE 10 YEARS ON? Rob...

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OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS IN A DEVOLVED WALES:

ARE WE WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE 10 YEARS ON?

Rob Phillips

“It takes two to Quango”

Neil Kinnock, December 2002 (possibly borrowed from Yes Minister)

“Good morning – and it is a very good morning in Wales”

Ron Davies, Sept. 19th 1997

“We should govern in the sunshine and not behind the curtains…

greater openness should be at the heart of our business”

Rhodri Morgan, April 8th 2002

“Graffiti on the wall of history”

Rhodri Morgan, 1999

“You’ve never had it so good”

Harold Macmillan (misquoted), July 20th 1957

“Devolution is a process”

Ron Davies, Feb. 15th 1999

“If you then ask people where does primary legislation come into this

and how does the Assembly get its powers, I think a great fog descends. There is a lot of

confusion out there.”

Sir Emyr Jones Parry, Nov. 13th 2009

“Do one-legged ducks swim in circles?”

Rhodri Morgan, 1998