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| Cigar blunder minister quits job | Cigar blunder minister quits job |
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| Welsh Culture Minister Rhodri Glyn Thomas has resigned after claims he walked in to a pub holding a lit cigar. | Welsh Culture Minister Rhodri Glyn Thomas has resigned after claims he walked in to a pub holding a lit cigar. |
| The Plaid Cymru minister quit saying his position was not "sustainable" following an earlier gaffe when he named the wrong winner of a book prize. | The Plaid Cymru minister quit saying his position was not "sustainable" following an earlier gaffe when he named the wrong winner of a book prize. |
| Labour First Minster Rhodri Morgan praised Mr Thomas for his "hard work". | Labour First Minster Rhodri Morgan praised Mr Thomas for his "hard work". |
| Witnesses at a pub near the Welsh assembly claim Mr Thomas was reprimanded by staff for having a lit cigar in his hand as he walked in. | |
| Mr Thomas had already pulled out of the opening of the Sir Kyffin Williams gallery on Anglesey on Friday evening, telling colleagues he did not expect to last the evening in his post. | Mr Thomas had already pulled out of the opening of the Sir Kyffin Williams gallery on Anglesey on Friday evening, telling colleagues he did not expect to last the evening in his post. |
| In his resignation letter to Mr Morgan, he wrote: "In the light of the publicity that has been following me in the last weeks I feel that my position in the government is no longer sustainable. | In his resignation letter to Mr Morgan, he wrote: "In the light of the publicity that has been following me in the last weeks I feel that my position in the government is no longer sustainable. |
| "Further comments would be bound to follow. It has been a privilege to be part of this government during this exceedingly exciting period." | "Further comments would be bound to follow. It has been a privilege to be part of this government during this exceedingly exciting period." |
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| Mr Thomas became an assembly government minister when Labour and his party formed a coalition after the assembly election a year ago. | Mr Thomas became an assembly government minister when Labour and his party formed a coalition after the assembly election a year ago. |
| He and two party colleagues, Ieuan Wyn Jones and Elin Jones, became the first Plaid ministers in the party's history when they joined Labour in the cabinet. | He and two party colleagues, Ieuan Wyn Jones and Elin Jones, became the first Plaid ministers in the party's history when they joined Labour in the cabinet. |
| The latest incident came at the Eli Jenkins pub, which is well known to journalists, politicians and staff at the nearby Welsh assembly. | The latest incident came at the Eli Jenkins pub, which is well known to journalists, politicians and staff at the nearby Welsh assembly. |