Classic Rhodri Morgan quotes
Farewell First Minister . . . but do you remember what he said?
Some, much-loved, classics here from the great man.
"Do one-legged ducks swim in a circle?" he asked Jeremy Paxman when
the Newsnight presenter inquired if he wanted to be First Minister.
Paying tribute to Tony Blair: "It's very strange for me to be
standing here today talking about a person who shafted me on one
occasion but on the other hand, compared to what has happened with Iraq,
I think that's pretty small beer to be honest with you. Life is far too
short to be bearing grudges of that sort."
Contributing to a debate on police reform, for which he won a second
Foot in Mouth award for gobbledegook: "The only thing which isn't up for
grabs is no change and I think it's fair to say it's all to play for,
except for no change."
Castigating Tory AM Jonathan Morgan after he criticised the quality
of Assembly debates in 2003: "It's like a child shooting both its
parents and then complaining about the food in the orphanage."
On Royal protocol in July 2004: "I wasn't late, the Queen was early."
"In New Labour, MP stands for Material for Promotion, Mandelson
Poodle and Millbank Pagee."
Mr Morgan explains the Welsh for spin doctor: "A practitioner of
gyratory medicine."
Telling the BBC he would like to spend his last day in the company of
dolphins, whose staple diet of oily fish he adopted after a heart scare:
"Because their interest is mackerel and my interest is mackerel ... I
want to be able to communicate with the dolphin to say, 'well I have
changed my diet to something much more like yours now'."
Some, much-loved, classics here from the great man.
"Do one-legged ducks swim in a circle?" he asked Jeremy Paxman when
the Newsnight presenter inquired if he wanted to be First Minister.
Paying tribute to Tony Blair: "It's very strange for me to be
standing here today talking about a person who shafted me on one
occasion but on the other hand, compared to what has happened with Iraq,
I think that's pretty small beer to be honest with you. Life is far too
short to be bearing grudges of that sort."
Contributing to a debate on police reform, for which he won a second
Foot in Mouth award for gobbledegook: "The only thing which isn't up for
grabs is no change and I think it's fair to say it's all to play for,
except for no change."
Castigating Tory AM Jonathan Morgan after he criticised the quality
of Assembly debates in 2003: "It's like a child shooting both its
parents and then complaining about the food in the orphanage."
On Royal protocol in July 2004: "I wasn't late, the Queen was early."
"In New Labour, MP stands for Material for Promotion, Mandelson
Poodle and Millbank Pagee."
Mr Morgan explains the Welsh for spin doctor: "A practitioner of
gyratory medicine."
Telling the BBC he would like to spend his last day in the company of
dolphins, whose staple diet of oily fish he adopted after a heart scare:
"Because their interest is mackerel and my interest is mackerel ... I
want to be able to communicate with the dolphin to say, 'well I have
changed my diet to something much more like yours now'."
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