Public service -- like making love to a beautiful woman

2006 has been an annus horribilis for Wales's ambulance service. Targets have been missed, and two chief executives have stepped down -- one warning the service was in crisis as he did so. Then the Assembly government contrived to approve an inquiry into its failings after a piece of cack-handedness by Health Minister, Dr Brian Gibbons.

But now, after a long and exhaustive search, there's a new sheriff in town. He's the Fast Show's Swiss Toni (above). He's abandoned his second-hand car dealership, and is now focusing on hitting minimum call-out waiting time targets.

Could this approach be exported to other struggling public service bodies? Might Basil Fawlty be able to turn around the Met? Or, if John Reid slips up, could there be a vacancy for Reginald Perrin at the Home Office? Cardiff Bay watches in anticipation....