We will have it put on the public voting record that Labour chose to side with Reform to block a progressive budget - including £120m for children with additional learning needs.
Wales rejected Labour in May. Labour’s response has been to reject the people of Wales’ priorities.
Labour have abandoned their values.
By working with Reform UK to block Plaid Cymru's progressive budget, they've turned their backs on Wales' communities.
Let's see what Labour are walking away from here:
- £145m to cut NHS waiting lists
- £120m for ALN
- £55m for childcare
- £15m for free school meals
The people of Wales may have rejected Labour in May, but that doesn't mean Labour should reject their priorities today.
"I have longed to move away
From the hissing of the spent lie
And the old terrors' continual cry...
For there are ghosts in the air,
And ghostly echoes on paper..."
Dylan Thomas
It's almost as if @WelshLabour worked hard to maintain genuine social partnership with Trade Unions.
Worth pointing out though, neither union now in dispute with Welsh Government are Labour Party affiliated. In fact, NAHT used to be led by the new Education Minister.
Hi Cai,
Great to hear from you. You said a lot of stuff there so I thought I’d breakdown my reply:
1. An elected politician owns shares (worth at least 50% of their salary) in a company where roughly 90% of the profits are from fossil fuels.
At the same time the politician is deriding and undermining efforts to tackle a climate crisis. A crisis which is driven overwhelmingly by fossil fuels. If you can’t work out why that’s a story - I can’t help you.
2. If you respond to requests for comment, your comments get published. You were asked for a comment by my team and you didn’t reply. In journalism, part of the research is approaching people and asking for their side of the story. You can’t whine about a lack of research while refusing to engage.
3. You say “the share price didn't fall” after the net zero announcement. I don’t want to preach to a seasoned investor but clearly UK net zero policy isn’t the only determinant on the share price of a Houston based oil company. The UK market is less than 10% of their revenue (did you not read your shareholders report?).
4. You say “virtually all of Will's subscribers are there for the Reform-bashing”. I am not sure what data you are drawing on here but I am impressed you can divine the motivations of over 15,000 people.
5. You talk about wanting scrutiny, but your party is the only one which relentlessly declines interviews and questions. I have literally written books about the failings of Labour, Plaid and the Tories, and they still grant interviews. By contrast your party, who say they advocated debate and free speech, relentlessly hide and dodge questions.
If you actually welcome scrutiny, why not do an interview with me?
Happy for you to even choose the topics. The NHS? Flags? Stickers in toilets? Up to you.
It's time for Plaid Cymru to listen.
When Welsh councils & teaching unions are saying the same thing - that more funding should go to our schools for ALN - you have to wonder why they're not listening.
Our public services deserve better than Plaid Cymru's political games.
@WelshLabour What isn’t good enough you haven’t adhered to your promise of getting rid of Bailiff usage on low income areas. Taking their toys away? Making them choose between heating and food. It’s pernicious. It’s vindictive. And it’s going to lead to your resignation. Joke of a politician
Harry Kane has accused ITV and other World Cup broadcasters of trying to create division in the England squad as he dismissed the notion of a rift
“When you are playing a game like that and to be asked a question five minutes after the final whistle, and he [Bellingham] didn’t really know what the manager has said, what do you want Jude to say?
“It is easy to try and create this division – it seems like an English mentality, an English thing to do at these major tournaments."
🔗: https://t.co/3PuYdEb749
Of course we can get behind Argentina. Simon Weston, the Welsh Guardsman, suffered horrific injuries during the Falklands War. But he subsequently met the pilot who fired the missile, and now they are the best of friends. So if Simon can move on, so should the keyboard warriors.
I love that whole Football twitter discourse was making Argentina villains and then came Welsh, Scotts and Irish and they let the world know real villains are British 😂😂