"In some circles - though not many of them outside Wales, it must be said - Gwynfor is revered in a way that comes to few public figures. To the faithful, he is something of a saint, spoken of as almost a Welsh Gandhi, a Welsh Martin Luther King, a Welsh Mandela, even a Welsh Mother Theresa. In such circles, Gwynfor is a man who could, literally, no wrong."

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