Coming face to face with the consequences of their actions isn’t something that Mark Drakeford and his ministers have to do often. The last couple of weeks must have been a genuine shock to the system.
Drakeford’s record gives British voters a preview of life under a Starmer government. But while it is our duty to call out Labour’s failures, criticism alone is not enough.
Day to day, it is much more congenial to be a “steady hand on the tiller”, even if this is a terrible quality in the captain of a ship going in the wrong direction.
Also: Both Drakeford and Yousaf accused of misleading their legislatures over their WhatsApps as the Covid Inquiry seeks records from the devolved governments.
Also: Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland grapple with RAAC in schools and health buildings; ex-SNP MP receives trivial fine for embezzlement as short-term lets sector revolts against Scottish Government’s new licencing regime.
It is not a coincidence that the only bits of England he omits from his coalition of “progressive values” are those that are net contributors to the Exchequer.
In launching a campaign for a metro mayor, a local businessman (and Labour activist) has said aloud what many Welsh Conservatives seem to think privately.
A quarter-century of socialist rule has given the UK Opposition nothing to write home about, and Welsh voters much to regret.
This is the wrong levy at the wrong time. It is clear evidence of how out of touch the tired Labour establishment in Cardiff Bay has become.
Whilst we can still hope for a great tournament on the pitch, it’s perhaps worth reflecting on our relationship with the Gulf state – and the wider ramifications of the tournament.
Also: watch as those who studiously ignored Trimble over the Protocol neuter his memory to canonise him in death.
Also: devolved administrations cling tight to Covid powers; Lewis raises prospect of prosecuting terrorists; SNP retreat from pension lie.
The Unionists from Northern Ireland have more MPs, but nobody seems to be canvassing their views on Johnson’s future.
Geographical and demographic differences make it impossible to decide who ‘won’ the battle with Coronavirus.
Events in Cardiff are a pertinent reminder of what Labour do in power, no matter who leads. The prospect of them replicating that on a UK-wide level is deeply worrying.