It would take a talented spin doctor to defend global warming as "good news".
Well, today it was proved that you can "big up" climate change if:
a) you see it from a Welsh perspective;
b) your name is Rhodri Morgan.
Yes, the first minister has spotted that, between melting polar ice caps and Saharan conditions in the Med, the coastline of Wales might just benefit from weather conditions a bit like today's Southern California - a state of affairs that would be "hardly unhelpful" to us.
Cue the inevitable backlash from outraged opposition politicians (and no doubt a chorus of tut-tutting from those very gloomy people at the Independent and Guardian).
You've got to hand it to Rhodri - he loves to say what everyone else has been secretly thinking all along... if Spain's like an oven and fuel tax has wiped out low cost flying then there is a good chance that the resorts of Wales will grow in popularity as the temperature rises.
What he doesn't mention is that the coast line of Wales will have shifted inland thanks to all that ice melting into the seas (the subject of this morning's dire warning from the National Trust).
...Anyone fancy a trip to the Rhyl Sun(k) Centre?
