possibly not with the joke going on in Scotland, I wouldn’t either
When does he think the right time would be?
The Tories campaigned for a No vote in 1997 – they didn’t want devolution in the first place and there have been various Tories over the years who have said that the Senedd should be abolished all together rather than considering giving it *more* powers.
If Sunak wants to make an argument against devolution he should say so and make that argument rather than dishonestly pretending that timing is the issue.
> Rishi Sunak said that “what people want is a government delivering on the priorities that matter to them.”
So near and yet so far.
I was ambivalent about devolution in Wales until it became clear how much of a sham current devolution is: the WAG had pledged that agency workers would not be used to cross picket lines and Westminster pointed out that they can override a lot of Welsh powers whenever they feel like it.
So, it doesn’t matter that we have a Labour government in Wales since whatever government is in England can overrule them if they want to. That and they hold the purse strings.
Either we get more powers or we get independence.
It’s because the tories would be in the shit if Labour in Wales had more power.
First off we would stop the English government charging us for uk based projects that don’t benefit us like HS2.
2nd thing is if the tories dont want to give us enough money for what we need then we’ll put a tariff on any water transported from wales to England which for those who dont know is a massive amount especially during droughts.
It’s never the time for anything? It’s never the time for devolution. It’s never the time for pay negotiations. It’s never the time for anything that’s not in the interest of the sitting government.
It never will be, just like it will never be the time for another Scottish referendum, nor discussing the possibility of a united Ireland. People in power never want to discuss relinquishing any, see how people reacted to the idea we discuss continuing with the monarchy for another example. Discussing it is only the beginning anyway, it is not like we would see further devolution immediately, so it would be discussing something that might not come into effect until next year. There is still time for devolution and kicking the can down the road will not change the fact that people want it, so you might as well talk about it now.
Devolution is a Labour policy. The Conservative and *Unionist* party can hardly be expected to support it.
I don’t believe he’d ever say there was a right time.
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possibly not with the joke going on in Scotland, I wouldn’t either
When does he think the right time would be?
The Tories campaigned for a No vote in 1997 – they didn’t want devolution in the first place and there have been various Tories over the years who have said that the Senedd should be abolished all together rather than considering giving it *more* powers.
If Sunak wants to make an argument against devolution he should say so and make that argument rather than dishonestly pretending that timing is the issue.
> Rishi Sunak said that “what people want is a government delivering on the priorities that matter to them.”
So near and yet so far.
I was ambivalent about devolution in Wales until it became clear how much of a sham current devolution is: the WAG had pledged that agency workers would not be used to cross picket lines and Westminster pointed out that they can override a lot of Welsh powers whenever they feel like it.
So, it doesn’t matter that we have a Labour government in Wales since whatever government is in England can overrule them if they want to. That and they hold the purse strings.
Either we get more powers or we get independence.
It’s because the tories would be in the shit if Labour in Wales had more power.
First off we would stop the English government charging us for uk based projects that don’t benefit us like HS2.
2nd thing is if the tories dont want to give us enough money for what we need then we’ll put a tariff on any water transported from wales to England which for those who dont know is a massive amount especially during droughts.
It’s never the time for anything? It’s never the time for devolution. It’s never the time for pay negotiations. It’s never the time for anything that’s not in the interest of the sitting government.
It never will be, just like it will never be the time for another Scottish referendum, nor discussing the possibility of a united Ireland. People in power never want to discuss relinquishing any, see how people reacted to the idea we discuss continuing with the monarchy for another example. Discussing it is only the beginning anyway, it is not like we would see further devolution immediately, so it would be discussing something that might not come into effect until next year. There is still time for devolution and kicking the can down the road will not change the fact that people want it, so you might as well talk about it now.
Devolution is a Labour policy. The Conservative and *Unionist* party can hardly be expected to support it.
I don’t believe he’d ever say there was a right time.