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Tuesday 4 November

Remembrance wrangle
posted by David | 1610 GMT |

Peace has broken out over how to commemorate Remembrance Sunday.

There is now to be what we must learn to call a National Day of Remembrance for Wales.

Negotiations that would have put Northern Ireland's Good Friday talks in the shade have reached agreement ahead of this Sunday's events at Cardiff's cenotaph in Cathays Park.

The key players were Welsh Secretary Peter Hain, council leader Russell Goodway and assembly Presiding Officer Lord Elis-Thomas.

I understand that getting the three figures to agree was no mean feat but it should at least mean Wales' politicians are no longer divided between commemorations in Llandaff and Cathays Park.

Mr Goodway was keen to preserve what his council calls the "tradition" (dating from 1996) of war veterans taking pride of place ahead of politicians.

Mr Hain will represent the UK Government and Lord Elis-Thomas "the National Assembly and the people of Wales".

Meanwhile, at the Cenotaph in London, a Scottish National Party MP will lay a wreath on behalf of Plaid Cymru at the Cenotaph in London.

I won't even try to explain that.

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Don't we have any Welshmen/Welshwomen to lay a wreath at the Cenotaph in London? I love the Scots, but this is ridiculous!! I would really like it explained to me. Yn Gywir, Sally Evans Funderburk
Sally Evans Funderburk, USA

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