I was glad to see that David Collins, the Labour election candidate who referred to Welsh as a "brain dead" language, has at last done the decent thing and quit his role as researcher for North Wales AM Ann Jones.
Such a view was quite alien to Ann's, a committed supporter of the language and, like myself, a learner. Mr Collins, however, needs to get his thoughts in order.
First he tries to write off the whole affair as a typing error (some typing error).
Not until he sees himself all over the front page of the Daily Post - twice - does he realise his position is untenable.
The he says he regrets "writing" his comments, with the implication that all would have been well with his career and political aspirations if he'd kept shtum about his dismissive attitude. That's food for thought for the Labour Party chiefs deciding the fate of his candidacy in Grangetown, Cardiff.
His departure makes today's front page blurb and the page nine lead. Page one is dominated by the death of a dad-of-three from Mostyn who left his family for a gay lover and has been found battered to death at a hotel near Heahtrow Airport. We'll have more on that tragedy for tomorrow's edition.
We also have a two-page spread today looking back on 10 years of devolution, including a not too convincing piece about the Assembly's marvellous achievements for North Wales penned by First Minister Rhodri Morgan. If one measure is "sustaining the success of Airbus" then I'll claim a similar stake for the Daily Post - we've bought just as many A380s as the Welsh Assembly!

The Watcher wrote...
I wondered why it was relevant to point out that this poor man had left his wife for a gay lover? There was hardly any further reference in your story beyond the inflammatory headline and believe it contravenes Point 12 of the PCC Code (although now he's dead, I'm sure you don't care).
I wonder whether you'd be splashing with the same headlines if he had left his wife for a woman, or simply left his wife full-stop?
I find the disproportionate focus on the fact he left his wife for a man distasteful and offensive.
Posted by: The Watcher | September 26, 2007 4:20 PM