Normally, you would not expect Welsh Secretary and football fan Peter Hain to score an own goal - but he managed a spectacular one.
Peter Hain has previously insisted Wales remained a wealthy country but he went one step to far when declaring:"Compared with Rwanda and most countries in the rest of the world...Wales is indeed still a wealthy country."
The comparison with desperately poor Rwanda was seized on by his political opponents, particularly the Conservative.
Plaid also seized on Mr Hain's gaff. MP Hywel Williams pressed their argument again about the underfunding of Wales, highlighted in the independent Holtham Commission report.
Last night Mr Hain was forced to issue a humiliating statement declaring: "Frankly I could have chosen my words more carefully. Of course no-one is suggesting that Wales has ever suffered from poverty on the same scale as in Africa."
Let's hope Peter Hain's favourite team Chelsea also obliges with an own goal in the FA Cup clash with Cardiff City at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. Now that would really make it a week to forget for the Welsh Secretary.
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