Wednesday, 15 February 2023

Drakeford should follow Sturgeon and resign

Queues on the A494 in Deeside (Image: North Wales Live/Hadyn Iball)                                                                                                               Source: Daily Post
  
Welsh First Minister, Mark Drakeford, eagerly jumped on the Scottish gender recognition band wagon suggesting that Wales should have its own self-identification system.

Proposed plans to make it simpler for someone to legally change their gender were subsequently unveiled by the Welsh government despite much criticism of Nicola Sturgeon's stance.

More recently the Welsh government announced that major road building projects in Wales are to be scrapped in a move to 'put environment first'.

That is reminiscent of the First Minister's decision to scrap the M4 relief road around Newport in South Wales leading to "permanent tailbacks on the M4".

Described as a 'Kick in the teeth' for North Wales the latest move has again attracted some well deserved criticism that citizens have been ignored.

The best thing the First Minister of  Wales could do is to once again follow the lead of the Scottish First Minister and resign taking his crackpot obsessions with him.

Postscript [20.02.2023]

Third Menai crossing and Deeside 'Red Route' axed as major road-building plans scrapped in Wales

The M4 in south Wales: A 'joke' of a road that seems destined to remain a problem


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14 comments:

  1. Exodus15 February 2023 at 16:31

    Wales will not be so lucky in getting rid of our resident First Clown so easily.

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    1. 166215 February 2023 at 18:44

      After a quarter of a century of Welsh Assembly incompetence, Drakeford should be only the first of a host of resignations!

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    2. Ruth15 February 2023 at 18:54

      Not fit for purpose.
      24 years of Welsh Labour incompetence and all they do is blame Westminster.

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  2. Old Bill15 February 2023 at 16:57

    AB we ought not to park the entire blame on Mark Drakeford but rather the people of Wales who for twenty years and more have time and again voted in a motley mob of Labour politicians. Why should Drakeford quit? His party's electioning record probably leads him to think that he's popular. But think too of Winston S Churchill's comment "Democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms ..." So while Wales has a voter base quite forgetful of other Welsh-Socialist failures like James Callaghan, Michael Foot, Neil Kinnock, we have a Welsh-Labour Senedd and the alternative option of a Plaid Cymru devolved parliament is an even worse prospect.

    Lets not stop at wishing Mark Drakeford out. Lets aspire to rid Wales of the whole charade of a Welsh Government; yes, even with the prospect of the Rt Hon. John Redwood of national anthem singing fame being returned as Secretary of State!!!
    (God forbid)!

    Old Bill (as in Bill of Rights)!

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    1. Anonymous15 February 2023 at 19:49

      Abolish the Welsh Assembly. It costs millions each year yet nothing distinctive has been achieved because of it.
      LW

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  3. Baptist Trainfan15 February 2023 at 21:04

    Drakeford has said that he'll step down by the end of next year. At present he is getting over the sudden death of his wife so I don't think he should be hard-pressed into making a decision. Sturgeon's departure must be giving him food for thought though.

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    1. Anonymous16 February 2023 at 18:53

      I agree. Let us not kick a man when he is down. The man's wife's funeral was today. He and his party have many things to answer forn but not today. Ticker

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  4. Ad Clerum17 February 2023 at 18:20

    Can we blame Drakeford and the Senedd for the deplorable and even dire straights of Welsh rugby, the WRFU etc. while we're at it? I was tempted to blame the 'out of touch' bishops of Wales, but then what do the LGBTQ+ pinkies know about that old Eddie Waring rugby term: 'up and under'!

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  5. Zebedee20 February 2023 at 16:42

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-64674901

    "Catastrophic failure".

    Sounds all too familiar recently whether it's the Church in Wales, the SNP, Welsh Labour and the Assembly, the Church of England or various and several Police Constabularies.

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  6. Enoch2 March 2023 at 22:35

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-64825491
    One group of incompetent fools telling another group of incompetent fools what to do.
    Priceless.

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  7. Zebedee3 March 2023 at 07:24

    WhatsAppGate scandal, latest revelations.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64831240
    Pop stars locked up in box rooms, families accommodated in suites and
    Matt Hancock refers to Plod as the Plod.

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  8. Lux Et Veritas4 March 2023 at 14:54

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-64836695
    Welsh Labour says Welsh Labour Health Minister "is doing an excellent job". 😂 😂 😂

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  9. AncientBriton4 March 2023 at 15:06

    Admin Note. Anonymous commentators must use a pseudonym if the comment is for publication.

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  10. Dick Pickles11 March 2023 at 19:25

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-64926567
    How could Dripford carry on with work when he doesn't do any?

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