:00:00. > :00:00.from Brazil. That's all from
:00:00. > :00:07.Welcome to Wales Today from Cardiff Bay.
:00:08. > :00:12.The Welsh Government Environment Minister Alun Davies has been
:00:13. > :00:15.He asked his civil servants to dig up private information to smear
:00:16. > :00:20.In ill-tempered exchanges at First Minister's Question Time, the
:00:21. > :00:28.I find the answer deeply offensive because your minister was trying to
:00:29. > :00:32.seek information to cause political damage to individuals
:00:33. > :00:40.First Minister, since your judgement on these issues has been so very
:00:41. > :00:45.flawed, surely now is the time to accept that we need independent
:00:46. > :00:53.The sacked minister Alun Davies was already in the dog house over
:00:54. > :00:57.his lobbying to build a race track in his constituency.
:00:58. > :01:01.Tonight serious questions over the First Minister Carwyn Jones'
:01:02. > :01:22.A man goes on trial in Newport accused of murdering six-week-old
:01:23. > :01:28.The family of Alec MacLachlan, kidnapped and killed by Iraqi
:01:29. > :01:32.militants, tell us in their first interview an apology from the group
:01:33. > :01:41.We can't accept his apology, our boy is dead.
:01:42. > :01:48.And we're with Welsh Police in Crete as they search new sites
:01:49. > :01:55.Sunshine and Caribbean music in north Wales can only mean one thing
:01:56. > :02:08.- the return of the Llangollen International Eisteddfod.
:02:09. > :02:14.Sacked from his job as Welsh Government Environment Minister -
:02:15. > :02:18.Alun Davies is tonight getting used to life back on the back benches.
:02:19. > :02:20.He asked his civil servants to obtain
:02:21. > :02:24.personal financial information about his political opponents which
:02:25. > :02:32.He was already on final warning after using
:02:33. > :02:40.his position to lobby for a racing circuit in his constituency,
:02:41. > :02:43.Last week, he had to apologise for that.
:02:44. > :02:45.Now, this latest behaviour got him fired.
:02:46. > :02:51.Here's our political editor, Nick Servini.
:02:52. > :02:57.And it has been called an attempt by Alun Davies to find out how much
:02:58. > :03:01.many five opposition assembly members involved in farming received
:03:02. > :03:15.in subsidies. They were Andrew RT Davies, his colleague Antoinette
:03:16. > :03:22.Sandbach, Llyr Griffiths, Kirsty Williams and her partner. The e-mail
:03:23. > :03:37.sent back said: Aled Davies had asked for this
:03:38. > :03:40.information early on Wednesday morning. The night before he had
:03:41. > :03:44.just about kept his job after breaking the ministerial code for
:03:45. > :03:51.lobbying for a motor racing circuit in his constituency. He was forced
:03:52. > :03:54.to apologise. The first Minister commissioned an
:03:55. > :03:59.enquiry to establish the relevant facts and he concluded that I did in
:04:00. > :04:03.fact reach some specific elements of the ministerial code. I have already
:04:04. > :04:09.apologised to the first Minister and would like to do so again.
:04:10. > :04:14.Asked me -- last week they stuck together but this time there was no
:04:15. > :04:18.such support. He said his Minister's behaviour was
:04:19. > :04:25.unacceptable and he sacked him. It was a bad-tempered session of first
:04:26. > :04:31.Minister 's questions. Do you now regret not slacking Aled
:04:32. > :04:33.Davies last week? And does that not speak volumes about a severe lapse
:04:34. > :04:39.in judgement on your part? You have taken eight questions on
:04:40. > :04:42.this subject today and not a word of regret has passed your lips. You
:04:43. > :04:46.haven't passed on an apology to anyone of the five members of the
:04:47. > :04:50.chamber through the information was stored by your minister. You are
:04:51. > :04:54.responsible for the actions of your minister and you often tell us this.
:04:55. > :04:58.Would you use this opportunity to extend an apology to the five
:04:59. > :05:01.members of this chamber whose information was sought by this
:05:02. > :05:05.minister when he was in your government?
:05:06. > :05:10.Yes, because it is wrong that ministers should ask for
:05:11. > :05:13.confidential information. For one of them, the information was in the
:05:14. > :05:17.public domain. Matt has got personal when the first
:05:18. > :05:19.Minister tried to attack the Tory leader.
:05:20. > :05:24.Where was the last week when we were ready to meet the Prince of Wales?
:05:25. > :05:32.He did not turn up and didn't give an explanation.
:05:33. > :05:37.My apology was extended to the organisers. I was ill on Thursday. I
:05:38. > :05:40.was also dealing with a stroke that my mother-in-law had just had the
:05:41. > :05:43.night before. Emotions have been running high over
:05:44. > :05:48.this throughout the day. Many thought Aled Davies had survived the
:05:49. > :05:52.racetrack row but as they say, a week is a long time in politics.
:05:53. > :05:55.The sacked minister has a colourful and a controversial career.
:05:56. > :06:03.Once upon a time he supported Plaid Cymru before switching to Labour.
:06:04. > :06:05.Our Environment correspondent Iolo ap Dafydd on the
:06:06. > :06:09.Environment Minister never afraid to clash with farmers.
:06:10. > :06:12.Alun Davies has become known in farming and conservation circles as
:06:13. > :06:15.a bullish, straight talking minister - even controversial at times.
:06:16. > :06:18.Since being appointed as minister for Natural Resources
:06:19. > :06:22.and Food last year, he's repeated a stern message to farming
:06:23. > :06:35.There were some things we agreed with but also quite a few things we
:06:36. > :06:41.disagreed with, particularly the 15% pillar transfer at the beginning of
:06:42. > :06:44.the year from single payment to the IDP fund. There was also the issue
:06:45. > :06:47.of vaccinating badgers in Pembrokeshire when we felt the
:06:48. > :06:50.previous government were going ahead to coal.
:06:51. > :06:53.During the past year, he clashed with farmers often.
:06:54. > :06:55.During the spring of last year, after some farmers in mid
:06:56. > :06:58.and north Wales lost animals during the heavy snow, it took a while
:06:59. > :07:02.But his response and Natural Resources Wales during last
:07:03. > :07:05.Less critical too are the conservations groups in Wales,
:07:06. > :07:12.who believe he did care for the environment.
:07:13. > :07:21.The issues that he was passionate about the really fought for, such as
:07:22. > :07:25.the restoration of blogs in Wales, getting the nature fund to put ?6
:07:26. > :07:27.million back into halting the loss of biodiversity.
:07:28. > :07:31.Before becoming a politician he was a lobbyist and a public relations
:07:32. > :07:34.manager for a variety of companies including Hyder, S4C and also ran
:07:35. > :07:38.Before switching to the Labour Party he twice stood for Plaid Cymru,
:07:39. > :07:44.By the 2005 general election he stood for Labour in Ceredigion,
:07:45. > :07:53.and two years later he secured the mid and west Wales seat
:07:54. > :07:56.as an assembly member. He then stood and was elected as the assembly
:07:57. > :08:00.During that time he was appointed Deputy Minister for Agriculture.
:08:01. > :08:02.After that Alun Davies became Minister for Natural Resources
:08:03. > :08:07.and Food before the new environment service was introduced last year.
:08:08. > :08:13.Fred-mack He is a particularly robust character. He is bright and
:08:14. > :08:17.sure of himself and he doesn't mind getting into scrapes. The plus side
:08:18. > :08:21.of that if he is a minister who knows his mind and gets his way. I
:08:22. > :08:25.think that is a good thing because he is not a creature of the civil
:08:26. > :08:27.service. The flip side of that, he sometimes flies too close to the
:08:28. > :08:29.sun. And that's been obvious
:08:30. > :08:31.in his public and personal life. Nine years ago he famously had
:08:32. > :08:34.an altercation with the actor In his ministerial role he's hit
:08:35. > :08:37.the headlines on numerous occasions including
:08:38. > :08:39.the reports of a relationship with The timing of his sacking,
:08:40. > :08:43.just before the Royal Welsh Show is similar to when Christine Gwyther
:08:44. > :08:46.was asked to go in 2000. Back then, Carwyn Jones became
:08:47. > :08:50.the new Agriculture Minister - Alun Davies though will now sit
:08:51. > :08:59.on the Assembly's back benches. We asked the First Minister
:09:00. > :09:01.Carwyn Jones for an interview. Neither was Alun Davies's successor,
:09:02. > :09:13.Edwina Hart. Aled Davies has not been speaking to
:09:14. > :09:21.the media but if he does, we will bring you the interview as soon as
:09:22. > :09:24.we get it. -- Aled Davies. We were told the first Minister was
:09:25. > :09:35.disappointed and angry and you could understand that in the context of
:09:36. > :09:38.what happened last week. The report showing that he broke the
:09:39. > :09:41.ministerial code gave the first Minister enough after sacking last
:09:42. > :09:46.week but he stuck with him and gave him a lifeline. You can imagine how
:09:47. > :09:50.he must have felt after seeing that e-mail which, incidentally, was
:09:51. > :09:55.released to us by the US government today, shoving that within an hour
:09:56. > :09:58.of being back on work -- back in work on Wednesday morning, he asked
:09:59. > :10:04.the officials for the information that subsequently led to him getting
:10:05. > :10:08.the sack. Of all the criticisms that Carwyn Jones would have faced today,
:10:09. > :10:12.I would have thought the most harmful is calling into question
:10:13. > :10:17.that judgement call which he made as first minister a week ago.
:10:18. > :10:20.People don't usually use the word dramatic about proceedings about
:10:21. > :10:25.this place but today was a dramatic day towards the end of the political
:10:26. > :10:31.tone. First Minister 's questions got very
:10:32. > :10:34.nasty, as we saw earlier. Kind of, in a way it was similar to the big
:10:35. > :10:40.debates we have seen about the state of the NHS. Carwyn Jones wasn't in a
:10:41. > :10:47.real mood to be contrite about it. At one stage he was taunting Leanne
:10:48. > :10:52.Wood and going on the attack with Andrew RT Davies, which blew up in
:10:53. > :10:55.his face when it's turned out that he was unable to make a royal visit
:10:56. > :11:02.because of genuine concerns. I think all of this is reflective of the
:11:03. > :11:05.very personal element that came in today and something we haven't seen
:11:06. > :11:08.in previous resignations and sackings.
:11:09. > :11:13.We were supposed to be talking about local currencies reorganisation
:11:14. > :11:18.today. -- local council reorganisation today.
:11:19. > :11:21.The narrative they wanted with the start of the lawmaking process that
:11:22. > :11:25.will see a huge reduction in the number of councils, the largest
:11:26. > :11:29.reforms we would have seen since the start of devolution. A day like
:11:30. > :11:34.today means that the Welsh government will need to regain the
:11:35. > :11:38.initiative on that huge issue as we go into this summer.
:11:39. > :11:41.More on the sacking of Alun Davies later - first the rest
:11:42. > :11:49.A man has gone on trial at Newport Crown Court,
:11:50. > :11:51.charged with the murder of his girlfriend's six-week-old baby.
:11:52. > :11:54.Alfie Sullock, died of head injuries and extensive bleeding to the brain.
:11:55. > :12:00.Six-week-old Alfie Sullock, a healthy happy baby,
:12:01. > :12:03.loved by his mother Donna from Fairwater in Cardiff.
:12:04. > :12:05.But in August last year Donna allowed her new boyfriend
:12:06. > :12:09.Michael Pearce to babysit at his home in Nelson so she could have her
:12:10. > :12:15.But just over an hour after she left little Alfie
:12:16. > :12:20.in Pearce's care he suffered what would prove to be fatal injuries.
:12:21. > :12:22.Prosecuting Counsel Michael Maher Lees told the jury here at
:12:23. > :12:25.Newport Crown Court that in all probability the defendant had beaten
:12:26. > :12:30.him with a shoe or sandal and with the bottom of a plastic bottle.
:12:31. > :12:33.He said there was distinctive match pattern with the sole
:12:34. > :12:38.of that shoe and with bruising on the baby's body.
:12:39. > :12:41.He inflicted injuries that were to end that baby?s life, he said.
:12:42. > :12:43.The baby was initially taken to hospital in Merthyr
:12:44. > :12:46.but transferred to the University Hospital in Cardiff where
:12:47. > :12:50.The court heard the preliminary cause of death was blunt trauma
:12:51. > :12:55.The court heard how Michael Pearce had been texting Donna Sullock
:12:56. > :12:58.saying the baby was fine just four minutes before he called
:12:59. > :13:05.The jury heard a tape recording of the 999 call in which Mr Pearce
:13:06. > :13:07.is attempting to give Alfie mouth to mouth resuscitation
:13:08. > :13:14.In later police interviews he could give no explanation
:13:15. > :13:21.He denies murder and an alternative charge of manslaughter
:13:22. > :13:30.Officers from North Wales Police are searching new sites on the island
:13:31. > :13:33.of Crete in an effort to find missing pensioner Arthur Jones.
:13:34. > :13:36.Detectives say their Greek counterparts are doing everything
:13:37. > :13:40.possible to locate the missing 73-year-old but
:13:41. > :13:44.the search will have to be scaled if no new leads come to light.
:13:45. > :14:00.This was Arthur Jones on Remembrance Sunday in Denbigh in 2003. He served
:14:01. > :14:06.with the first Battalion Royal Welsh Regiment. It is no surprise to the
:14:07. > :14:10.proud former servicemen visited this Memorial Cemetery. His name was in
:14:11. > :14:14.the visitor book. Some who signed the register on the same day have
:14:15. > :14:19.already contacted the police but it hasn't yet led to any new leads. We
:14:20. > :14:23.now offer Jones signed the guestbook here on the 18th of June. There was
:14:24. > :14:29.a possible sighting of him on the 25th of June here, the day after he
:14:30. > :14:33.was meant to fly home. It is one of a number of possible sighting of the
:14:34. > :14:39.police are looking into. Another of those possible sightings was on a
:14:40. > :14:43.peninsula to the West. Its areas are of interest to the team who
:14:44. > :14:47.travelled from North Wales. We had a good meeting with the Greek police
:14:48. > :14:52.and I have been talking with the family, doing missing person
:14:53. > :14:58.questionnaires, which is about profiling. This search now needs to
:14:59. > :15:03.be intelligence led so we need to know a lot about the person. I have
:15:04. > :15:07.been building a profile and spending time with the family, developing the
:15:08. > :15:13.profile so we can anticipate what he might do in different circumstances.
:15:14. > :15:15.We are developing the scenarios in terms of searching, we can
:15:16. > :15:22.anticipate what he might do given a certain circumstance. Standing on
:15:23. > :15:27.the peninsula give someone a rough idea of the mammoth task facing the
:15:28. > :15:34.search teens looking for that proverbial needle in a haystack. We
:15:35. > :15:38.met with the brilliant year -- with the brigadier in charge of the
:15:39. > :15:44.search. They are being very extensive with a very senior level
:15:45. > :15:47.he's in charge. Arthur Jones flew to Crete because he loved the outdoors.
:15:48. > :15:54.It is that very to rain that is making it difficult to find him. The
:15:55. > :16:00.brigadier said the search will continue but they are scaling down
:16:01. > :16:02.their efforts. His family haven't given up. They are hanging on
:16:03. > :16:05.because they still have hope. Your apologies mean nothing -
:16:06. > :16:08.tell us who killed our son. That's the message tonight
:16:09. > :16:10.from the family of Alec MacLachlan Yesterday,
:16:11. > :16:13.we reported how the leader of the Shia militia who killed him
:16:14. > :16:17.and three other bodyguards said he was sorry but blamed the deaths
:16:18. > :16:20.on the British government. Tonight, in their first interview
:16:21. > :16:23.since Alec's death, his family talk Helen and Colin Maclachlan are
:16:24. > :16:33.still living through a nightmare. Their son Alec was kidnapped
:16:34. > :16:35.and murdered seven years ago while working as a bodyguard for
:16:36. > :16:39.a private security firm in Iraq. Yesterday Sheik al-Khazali -
:16:40. > :16:41.the leader of the group which killed him and 3 of
:16:42. > :16:44.his colleagues apologised - but it's no comfort to Alec's family, and
:16:45. > :16:51.today they appealed for justice. It makes us very sad to be honest
:16:52. > :16:54.that you've got four guys who died Their lives have been
:16:55. > :17:06.absolutely wasted, young boys. I want him to give us
:17:07. > :17:09.the information or give the British government the information to bring
:17:10. > :17:14.the perpetrators to justice, We've suffered for seven years, it's
:17:15. > :17:32.destroyed our family to be honest. This is the last picture taken
:17:33. > :17:35.of Alec Maclachlan with his son Now aged ten,
:17:36. > :17:38.he doesn't remember his father. It's very difficult you know, the
:17:39. > :17:46.day they brought Alec's body back to Lyenham and we had to go into the
:17:47. > :17:53.chapel of rest with Kyle, and that was the worst day of my life and I
:17:54. > :18:03.remember Hailey telling daddy that he couldn't see Daddy but Daddy
:18:04. > :18:05.could see him, heartbreaking. The Iraqi authorities are leading
:18:06. > :18:07.the murder investigation. But the political landscape
:18:08. > :18:11.has changed since 2007. Al-Khazali's group - the League of
:18:12. > :18:14.the Righteous - are now a powerful political and military force siding
:18:15. > :18:17.with the Iraqi government If the government now is reliant
:18:18. > :18:33.on Khazali and his group, are we ever going to
:18:34. > :18:40.find out or bring these people to justice? It doesn't suit them now to
:18:41. > :18:51.continue the investigation. Colin MacLachlan there,
:18:52. > :18:54.ending that report. The jury in the case
:18:55. > :18:56.of a man accused of shooting his wife in Newport has
:18:57. > :19:00.been sent home for another night. Caroline Parry was shot in
:19:01. > :19:04.the back near her home last August. Christopher Parry was found
:19:05. > :19:06.critically wounded nearby. He denies murder
:19:07. > :19:14.but has admitted manslaughter. The chair of Wales' largest health
:19:15. > :19:16.board has described a ?200,000 payoff to a former chief
:19:17. > :19:19.executive as value for money. Dr Peter Higson, who chairs the
:19:20. > :19:28.Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board in North Wales, told AMs that
:19:29. > :19:31.the departure of Mary Burrows, could have become "more protracted"
:19:32. > :19:33.had a settlement not been reached. The payment was part
:19:34. > :19:36.of up to ?470,000 paid by the Health Most schools in Newport have
:19:37. > :19:40.decided to close when the Nato The Celtic Manor is hosting
:19:41. > :19:46.the event which will bring together 60 world leaders at
:19:47. > :19:51.an estimated cost of ?50 million. Protests are expected to take place,
:19:52. > :19:54.but police say there are no plans Organisers of the Llangollen
:19:55. > :20:01.International Eisteddfod say they hope the festival's fortunes are
:20:02. > :20:04.on a firmer footing than in recent There have been concerns
:20:05. > :20:09.about difficulties in competitors getting visas to
:20:10. > :20:11.travel to this year's festival, Matthew Richards is there
:20:12. > :20:27.for us tonight. Despite the friendly atmosphere,
:20:28. > :20:31.competition is fierce at Llangollen but this year the toughest battle
:20:32. > :20:34.was getting here in the first place. Staff here are used to dealing with
:20:35. > :20:39.these problems but said this year has been particularly bad. It has
:20:40. > :20:43.been quite infuriating. There is an Indian dance group that have been
:20:44. > :20:47.coming for years was never any problems. They come and perform and
:20:48. > :20:51.they are very popular with the audience. This year, the dancers
:20:52. > :20:57.have been given visas but they are musicians have been refused. So the
:20:58. > :21:02.dancers have come but they will have to dance to pre-recorded music. That
:21:03. > :21:08.is not allowed in the syllabus so therefore, although they will
:21:09. > :21:13.perform, they cannot compete. These young dancers from Zimbabwe had a
:21:14. > :21:17.smooth journey. It was quite easy because we had everything in place,
:21:18. > :21:22.the acceptance letters. The guys here have been very supportive and
:21:23. > :21:27.every document we needed, they have had in place. We didn't face many
:21:28. > :21:32.challenges. From closer to home, Wrexham FC players took to a field
:21:33. > :21:39.other than the racecourse to join the flag-waving. Now in its 68th
:21:40. > :21:43.year, the Eisteddfod has been doing its bit for fellow senior citizens.
:21:44. > :21:49.Numbers of the orchestra have been working with a care home to show the
:21:50. > :21:54.medical benefits of music. It is an enormous impact on their well-being.
:21:55. > :21:57.They engage more, they talk about it afterwards and it has a massive
:21:58. > :22:03.impact on their lives. What we aim to do is bring enrichment to people
:22:04. > :22:08.'s lives. At first glance, there were many splashes of international
:22:09. > :22:13.colour, as always. The parade through the town is a few flags
:22:14. > :22:17.short on previous years. When Colin's welcome remains warm.
:22:18. > :22:31.It has been an active day and we have seen reports of hail in
:22:32. > :22:34.Swansea. Which, through tonight and we can look forward to something
:22:35. > :22:39.drier and maybe some sunshine before sunset. Here is the radar showing
:22:40. > :22:44.the extent of the showers. It did start off dry but the showers perked
:22:45. > :22:48.up and some heavy ones, with the green across parts of made in South
:22:49. > :22:54.Wales, where we had thunder. Much of that has cleared south eastwards.
:22:55. > :22:58.Through tonight the showers will clear away and it will be dry with
:22:59. > :23:03.clear spells. It will feel a touch cooler in the countryside.
:23:04. > :23:07.Temperatures in the towns and cities between nine and 13 Celsius but in
:23:08. > :23:13.those rural areas getting down to perhaps six or seven Celsius. The
:23:14. > :23:17.pressure showing a weak ridge bringing settled conditions with it
:23:18. > :23:20.but notice the two weather systems coming in from the east and west,
:23:21. > :23:25.that will bring with it some unsettled conditions through
:23:26. > :23:29.Thursday and Friday. Tomorrow is probably the best day of the week.
:23:30. > :23:33.We can look forward to plenty of dry conditions and sunshine as well. We
:23:34. > :23:38.might see a little bit of cloud bubbling up through the afternoon,
:23:39. > :23:41.making the Centro hazy, but essentially it is dry and breezy
:23:42. > :23:47.along coastal areas with temperatures between 17 Celsius and
:23:48. > :23:51.21 Celsius in Cardiff. Through tomorrow night another quiet night
:23:52. > :23:55.with clear skies overnight. Remaining dry with a bit of cloud in
:23:56. > :24:05.parts of the West but for the majority of us, it is starry skies.
:24:06. > :24:07.The winds light into Thursday morning. On Thursday we will see
:24:08. > :24:12.that were different poaching parts of the East, bringing some cloud.
:24:13. > :24:16.Much of the rain will stay in England with just some showers for
:24:17. > :24:24.parts of the north-east and powerless. We can enjoy the rest of
:24:25. > :24:30.the dry weather for the West. We have got brisk north-westerly winds
:24:31. > :24:33.as well. Heading into Friday, we have got outbreaks of rain at times
:24:34. > :24:37.and it will start to feel rather humid by the time we get to Friday
:24:38. > :24:41.and Saturday. Outbreaks of light rain will play on Saturday and we
:24:42. > :24:46.can look forward to some sunshine through the start of the weekend. By
:24:47. > :24:51.Saturday afternoon there is the risk of showers and remaining unsettled
:24:52. > :24:55.for the end of the weekend. Warmer for the end of the week. The best
:24:56. > :24:58.day of the week probably on Wednesday.
:24:59. > :25:03.The Environment Minister, Alun Davies, has been sacked after
:25:04. > :25:05.asking civil servants to obtain personal financial information
:25:06. > :25:13.about his political opponents that he would then use to smear them.
:25:14. > :25:21.Let?s talk to our Welsh affairs editor, Vaughan Roderick.
:25:22. > :25:28.Just how damaging is this? It is pretty damaging. Let's look at
:25:29. > :25:33.the political context. Carwyn Jones has been a Teflon politician like
:25:34. > :25:38.Rhodri Morgan before him, remaining popular in Wales more or less
:25:39. > :25:43.whatever happens. That has started to change and over the last year or
:25:44. > :25:46.so there has been a slow but steady drift downwards for Labour in the
:25:47. > :25:51.polls, especially when it comes to assembly voting intentions. That is
:25:52. > :25:54.because of the Pisa results in education, the attacks on the
:25:55. > :26:08.stewardship of the health service and particularly the attacks from
:26:09. > :26:13.the Labour MP Ann Clwyd. The Teflon Carwyn Jones is beginning to show
:26:14. > :26:18.bits of rust. Privately MPs are saying he just wants to be picking
:26:19. > :26:20.of Wales, that he is lazy. He has got counsellors who aren't happy
:26:21. > :26:26.with his plans for local government reorganisation. The Teflon is
:26:27. > :26:32.wearing out. And it doesn't do much for public
:26:33. > :26:35.confidence in politicians, does it? Know, and part of the problem is
:26:36. > :26:40.that party organisations are weakening. The head offices they had
:26:41. > :26:45.to do research work, they have laid off a lot of people so the
:26:46. > :26:52.temptation for them to use a civil servant or special adviser to elicit
:26:53. > :27:01.information about the opponents, the temptation is there. Aled Davies --
:27:02. > :27:09.Alun Davies walked over the line. He then asked twice. He didn't do it
:27:10. > :27:14.once, he did it twice. That was a few hours after being reprimanded
:27:15. > :27:18.for breaking the ministerial code. And all of this with election
:27:19. > :27:22.campaigns on the horizon. Just ten months until the next
:27:23. > :27:27.general election and 22 months until the next assembly election. The
:27:28. > :27:30.Welsh government had a planned grade of announcements for these couple of
:27:31. > :27:36.weeks before the summer. That has been thrown out of the window,
:27:37. > :27:39.really. All the narrative that they were planning to rule out over the
:27:40. > :27:44.coming weeks, you can forget it. Everything for the week or so and
:27:45. > :27:47.likely right up to the summer recess is going to be about Alun Davies.
:27:48. > :27:48.Opposition parties won't let this go.
:27:49. > :27:51.Thank you. When they built this place they said
:27:52. > :27:54.it would be different to Westminster - the walls made of glass,
:27:55. > :27:57.transparent politics where we could Tonight we've all had a good hard,
:27:58. > :28:01.long, look and as one opposition politician said it
:28:02. > :28:05.looks pretty grubby. Thank you for watching from all
:28:06. > :28:09.of us on the programme, good night.