He's never really had the presentational skills of his predecessor. If he had seen the opportunity Gordon Brown's speech yesterday would have finished with him being draped in a Union Jack with red, white and blue ticker tape descending and a rapturous crowd bellowing Land of Hope and Glory.
The UberBrit firmly cemented the New Labour & Unionist Party's place on the right of the political firmament and ensured that whenever the Westminster Election comes along it will be fought as much on the Constitution as on any other issue. He's desperate to give the SNP a kicking in his own backyard and to quell demands for enhanced devolution in Wales by raising the spectre of fragmentation and the loss of everything that is "Great" about Britain.
Plaid's response should be simple. If he wants an election fought on the Constitution, bring it on!
Coupled with the sad rantings of Eluned Morgan today - arguing for Labour in Wales to lurch to the right in order to occupy the "centre ground" - not on the basis of any principle or analysis of Welsh needs, but in order to appeal to an electorate that seems to be deserting them - this should be a fun election for Plaid. Unequivocally the only left of centre party remaining, Plaid's leadership should relish the prospect of an election where they can openly propound a full National Parliament led by a Welsh Socialist Government. And let Eluned and the others flounder in the murky grey water - that once was almost clear red - between UberBrit and Welsh Labour.
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