内容摘要："That's a voice that has fallen silent and our task is to find someone who can carry that forward."

"That's a voice that has fallen silent and our task is to find someone who can carry that forward."

Glory be to the Father and to the Son andas it was in the beginning, is now, and

ever shall be, world without end. Amen.Former Wales rugby captain Ken Owens is considering standing for Labour at next year's Senedd election, BBC Wales has been told.The 38-year-old is weighing up whether to run in the new Sir Gaerfyrddin constituency.

Labour does not have a lead candidate there after theand Mid and West Wales MS Joyce Watson announced their intention to stand down ahead of the election.

Carmarthen-born Owens has been a public supporter of Labour, having appeared at a rally in Carmarthenshire with Keir Starmer and First Minister Eluned Morgan on the eve of last year's general election.

The 38-year-old won 91 caps for Wales and played five tests for the British and Irish Lions.Looked at now you don’t have to be wildly uncharitable to conclude that was comprehensive baloney.

Labour, psychologically scarred by losing far more elections than they win, tend to try to hug the Conservatives close when it comes to tax and spending plans before elections where they think they can beat them, fearing anything else will spook swing voters and cost them the contest.And, pretty much, that is what Labour did back in the summer.

No such caution now.The books were worse than we thought is Labour’s mitigating plea, garnished with a we-won’t-do-it-again insistence from the chancellor