One liners

The earliest Welsh politician of whom we have detailed evidence is Old King Cole (Coel). Even he had at least three fiddles on the side.

A Welsh MP has justified the rise in the price of platform tickets on the grounds that we now get a longer wait between trains.

Motto of the hangers-on to powerful Welsh councillors: "Servility costs nothing."

Welsh Alderman: "I have always tried to administer justice without swerving to partiality on the one hand or impartiality on the other."

Welsh Labour orator: "I want you to realise that I am, if I may say so, but a fraction of the great working class." Heckler: "Yes, and a vulgar fraction at that!"

Plaid Cymru's policy for Welsh smallholdings: "Five acres and a Welsh-speaking cow."