Yeah and we desperately need a change. Edit: for the record I’m not a Tory voter or supporter.
The congestion at the Brynglas tunnels is slowly killing the economy, the Newport southern distributor road could have done the job if it had been built with proper grade separated junctions. It wasn’t because it was a given the the M4 relief road would be built. It was even a Labour manifesto promise that was broken.
The Welsh government is a master of greenwash, they introduce 50mph motorway limits right next to a steelworks because “the cars are causing the pollution”, they introduce 50mph motorway limits around Newport just before all new cars have to be electric. They introduce 20mph urban speed limits, claim it’s for the environment, when cars have worse fuel economy at [20 than at 30mph.](https://www.researchgate.net/figure/shows-the-fuel-economy-by-speed-for-cars-The-graph-in-this-figure-indicates-that-there_fig17_332978524) Best of all they own the airport and air travel is known to be very polluting.
Drakeford probably can’t wait to get on the flight to Qatar for the [world cup](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-63437302), yet he’ll turn around and say he supports LGBTQ+ rights, womens rights, workers rights etc.
Rant over.
If ‘Welsh’ Labour is anything like ‘Scottish’ Labour it doesn’t exist except as an accounting unit of their UK Party.
Nice touch having that well-known symbol of Wales on the jacket ….the rose of England.
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Yeah and we desperately need a change. Edit: for the record I’m not a Tory voter or supporter.
The congestion at the Brynglas tunnels is slowly killing the economy, the Newport southern distributor road could have done the job if it had been built with proper grade separated junctions. It wasn’t because it was a given the the M4 relief road would be built. It was even a Labour manifesto promise that was broken.
An example of the economic decline, the former Ford factory in Bridgend (closed 2020) is as far as I know still [up for sale](https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/former-ford-factory-bridgend-now-23742334) – no one wants to buy it (probably because there are no EU grants to throw about anymore). Meanwhile the Honda factory in Swindon (closed 2021) is in the process of being redeveloped and will create employment for between 7[,000-10,000 people](https://www.wiltshirelive.co.uk/news/wiltshire-news/redevelopment-swindons-honda-factory-could-7783460).
The Welsh government is a master of greenwash, they introduce 50mph motorway limits right next to a steelworks because “the cars are causing the pollution”, they introduce 50mph motorway limits around Newport just before all new cars have to be electric. They introduce 20mph urban speed limits, claim it’s for the environment, when cars have worse fuel economy at [20 than at 30mph.](https://www.researchgate.net/figure/shows-the-fuel-economy-by-speed-for-cars-The-graph-in-this-figure-indicates-that-there_fig17_332978524) Best of all they own the airport and air travel is known to be very polluting.
Drakeford probably can’t wait to get on the flight to Qatar for the [world cup](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-63437302), yet he’ll turn around and say he supports LGBTQ+ rights, womens rights, workers rights etc.
Rant over.
If ‘Welsh’ Labour is anything like ‘Scottish’ Labour it doesn’t exist except as an accounting unit of their UK Party.
Nice touch having that well-known symbol of Wales on the jacket ….the rose of England.