Sir: As a fellow Welshman I normally have nothing but
admiration for the journalism of Sion Simon. His restaurant review of Le Monde in Cardiff was excellent and spot on (Restaurants as theatre, 18 April).
However, I am afraid I must take issue with him in relation to his article, (`The night we couldn't believe it' ). I am sur- prised that he has become 'emotional' a year later. I thought 'cynical' would have been the more appropriate word to describe his feelings.
His description of the intake of the Labour party appears to be way off the mark. To suggest that the House of Com- mons 'would no longer be the poncy pre- serve of the privileged' is obviously a carica- ture and hardly objective.
What are his views, for example, on the Scottish Labour party? It is a shame his article didn't take into account the death of Gordon McMaster, the alleged misde- meanours of Mohammed Sawar and the furore surrounding Lord Simon and those famous shares. What of Geoffrey Robinson and the offshore trust? It is all very well to gloat over the demise of 'ugly, greedy, Tory London' but perhaps people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
I could, of course, go on about the deba- cle surrounding Robin Cook, the infighting between Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Peter Mandelson — and what of the Labour backbenchers? Where are they? Remember the famous Beast of Bolsover? Is Dennis Skinner still in the House of Commons?
Perhaps the next time Mr Simon address- es an anniversary of Labour's coming to power, he will provide a more analytical approach where his heart doesn't rule his head.
A.C. Collingboume
2 Ffos y Fran Close, Bassaleg, Newport, South Wales
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