A tractive though they are, the glass walls, steel struts and curved wood ceilings of Wales's National Assembly are unlikely ever to feature on the opening credits of a televised political drama. The politicians and staffers who stride along its corridors are not worrying over great matters of state. Though it is set soon to get powers more akin to Scotland's, until now the Assembly has been permitted only to amend laws made in Westminster, and then only in certain areas. Rhodri Morgan, Wales's Labour first minister, reckons listening to the Assembly's orators is as diverting as watching paint dry.
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