He’s right but it won’t stop it being made the main talking point 🙄
He’s right
Unless it’s English immigration
On God.
Trying to explain this to someone who thinks immigration is actually a concern is the issue.
It’s a complete non-factor in the grand scheme.
Don’t worry, the BBC will have Nigel Farage on to explain why Ap Iorwerth is wrong.
It’s not an issue for the Welsh Government. But like Rhun said:
>And clearly, the way UK governments fail to deal with migration and border control is something that needs to be addressed, of course
Given that immigration is the realm of UK government it would be stupid to believe otherwise, won’t stop deform continuing to brainwash people into thinking it is though
Like come on guys the Senedd can’t do much about it can they, can we vote on actual Welsh policies not a scapegoat?
For now. We can see what’s happening over the border and it ain’t pretty.
Not incorrect at all
The Senedd doesn’t even have the power to change immigration laws so why should it be an issue.
Plaid have the opportunity to do something incredible here.
Play all of the about immigration videos and whilst they are playing overlay facts about English immigration to Wales.
See if Nigel comes out to defend English immigration to Wales and then just use his soundbites against him.
Not a “key” issue, but it’s potentially politically unwise to completely dismiss concerns.
Like it or not issues such as barber/vape/minimart illegal work is a visible reality for many living in the more industrial/urban towns in Wales, as are hotels and former public buildings housing migrants and refugees, often in less than ideal locations. Looking locally, in the last two years we’ve had 5 new “Turkish” barbers, and 6 new vape shops (predominately Iraqi and Kurdish owned) for a tiny town on top of all existing hair salons/barbers, supermarket ands convenience stores. They are usually empty with little to no custom, with one owner having known links to a previous crime ring.
In terms of “impact” – yeh it’s really not a *priority* concern for me, but it’s hard to ignore the sense of it giving the town a generally seedy feel of decline, and certainly for other voters in the area it’s a very hot-topic (lots of Reform posters in windows going up unfortunately).
The scale is certainly nothing compared to across the border, but it is still something I think whoever gains control needs to keep well-managed as best (as possible of course) with their powers. Perhaps tackling indirectly like better regulation of shop-use and more monitoring/policing.
Again I worry dismissing an issue entirely just lends a platform to Reform. I worry perhaps with Rhun’s constituency being Anglesey which is more isolated/buffered for this impact he might indeed be a little out of touch on this.
We’ll see. Luckily you don’t get to dictate what people care about.
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He’s right but it won’t stop it being made the main talking point 🙄
He’s right
Unless it’s English immigration
On God.
Trying to explain this to someone who thinks immigration is actually a concern is the issue.
It’s a complete non-factor in the grand scheme.
Don’t worry, the BBC will have Nigel Farage on to explain why Ap Iorwerth is wrong.
It’s not an issue for the Welsh Government. But like Rhun said:
>And clearly, the way UK governments fail to deal with migration and border control is something that needs to be addressed, of course
Given that immigration is the realm of UK government it would be stupid to believe otherwise, won’t stop deform continuing to brainwash people into thinking it is though
Like come on guys the Senedd can’t do much about it can they, can we vote on actual Welsh policies not a scapegoat?
For now. We can see what’s happening over the border and it ain’t pretty.
Not incorrect at all
The Senedd doesn’t even have the power to change immigration laws so why should it be an issue.
Plaid have the opportunity to do something incredible here.
Play all of the about immigration videos and whilst they are playing overlay facts about English immigration to Wales.
See if Nigel comes out to defend English immigration to Wales and then just use his soundbites against him.
Not a “key” issue, but it’s potentially politically unwise to completely dismiss concerns.
Like it or not issues such as barber/vape/minimart illegal work is a visible reality for many living in the more industrial/urban towns in Wales, as are hotels and former public buildings housing migrants and refugees, often in less than ideal locations. Looking locally, in the last two years we’ve had 5 new “Turkish” barbers, and 6 new vape shops (predominately Iraqi and Kurdish owned) for a tiny town on top of all existing hair salons/barbers, supermarket ands convenience stores. They are usually empty with little to no custom, with one owner having known links to a previous crime ring.
In terms of “impact” – yeh it’s really not a *priority* concern for me, but it’s hard to ignore the sense of it giving the town a generally seedy feel of decline, and certainly for other voters in the area it’s a very hot-topic (lots of Reform posters in windows going up unfortunately).
The scale is certainly nothing compared to across the border, but it is still something I think whoever gains control needs to keep well-managed as best (as possible of course) with their powers. Perhaps tackling indirectly like better regulation of shop-use and more monitoring/policing.
Again I worry dismissing an issue entirely just lends a platform to Reform. I worry perhaps with Rhun’s constituency being Anglesey which is more isolated/buffered for this impact he might indeed be a little out of touch on this.
We’ll see. Luckily you don’t get to dictate what people care about.
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