Last year Gudio revealed that the Senedd Commission has spent £12,000 on 82 flags for use on the Senedd flagpoles and in the speaker’s office, including North Korea, Belarus, and Cuba. Meanwhile South Korea didn’t get a look-in…
Two Welsh Labour leaders later and the Senedd has now finally binned its North Korean flag. A Guido campaign victory…
The Commission is still holding onto a number of separatist flags including those of Catelonia, the Basque Country, and Quebec. They join numerous EU and LGBT progress flags – held in higher numbers than the Union or Welsh flags…
Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies jokes: “People in Wales will wonder why the Senedd has such a substantial collection of separatist flags, though it’s no surprise, given Labour and Plaid Cymru nationalists’ readiness to jump into bed with each other after every Welsh election.” Kim Jong Un will be reeling from this latest diplomatic earthquake…
Cash-strapped NHS Wales Networks and Planning—which racked up a staggering £183 million deficit last year—seems to have found a pot of gold after all. They’re splashing out on an Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Champion for the Women’s Health Network, with an annual salary that ranges from a jaw-dropping £105,504 to £139,882. Meanwhile, a Senior Biomedical Scientist, responsible for conducting vital tests to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, is only pulling in a paltry £44,000 a year….
“Taxpayers in Wales are sick of seeing their hard-earned cash wasted on pointless non-jobs.”
The lucky DEI hire will be tasked with crafting “inclusive” leadership and services. The position offers a generous array of benefits, such as the option to work from home as desired and a 42% discount on a new bike for those who prefer cycling to the office. Nice work if you can get it…
The Welsh Labour government has released new procurement card spend data for 2022-2023. Apart from the total cash spent almost doubling from £800,000 to £1,500,000, the taxpayer might want to see exactly what crucial devolved government work they are financing. Here are the highlights:
Welsh officials have been keeping themselves well fed and watered on the taxpayer’s dime. Labour made a massive deal last year of government procurement card spending – they even rebranded their Twitter to attack the Tories for spending cash on cocktail parties for diplomats and so on. Funny they don’t seem too keen to mention it any more…
UPDATE: Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies says:
“The Labour Welsh Government are literally dining out on the backs of taxpayers as ministers complain of tight financial constraints and NHS waiting lists balloon for six consecutive record-breaking months. You couldn’t make this up.”
You’d be forgiven for thinking First Minister Morgan’s Listening Tour of Wales – designed to ensure “everyone’s voice is heard” – would involve taking questions from the public. It doesn’t…
Wales’ new Labour leader has carefully planned her tour to have zero events where people can turn up and ask questions or put points to her, despite its claim to give “everyone a chance to contribute”. No doubt those lucky enough to grace Morgan’s presence will be handpicked Labour supporters…
It is no wonder Morgan, who recently took over as leader after Vaughan Gething’s disastrous 78-day premiership, doesn’t want to face the Welsh public. Cymru lags behind its regional UK counterparts in almost every measure. NHS waiting times are longer. Educational attainment is lower. Not to mention Wales’ continued fury with Labour’s 20mph speed limits, which has now put the kibosh on a cycling race as cars won’t be able keep up with the bikes. Don’t take questions you don’t want to give answers to…
Co-conspirators may remember Welsh Labour’s bizarre plans to legislate for an “offence of deception” by 2026. It was hailed as a world-first by Plaid Cymru’s Adam Price, who struck a deal with Labour to get it through:
“What has just been announced by the counsel general is truly historic, in fact it is globally pioneering. We now have a commitment from the government that our democracy will be the first – the first in the world to introduce a general prohibition on deliberate deception by politicians.”
Under the proposals it will be an offence for a member, or a candidate, to make or publish a statement that is known to be false or deceptive. A policy with more holes than swiss cheese…
Shadow Paymaster General John Glen asked the Labour government in Westminster if it plans on doing the same. Constitution Minister Nick Thomas-Symonds has now said no plans exist “to bring forward legislation to create an equivalent criminal offence for elected representatives.” He says it’s for the Commons to decide if a statement is deliberately misleading. No Starmerite lying tribunals for politicians – the coppers will still be at your door if you say something ‘wrong‘ on the internet, though…
As Labour now plan to scrap a law to promote free speech across universities, Welsh Labour were already ahead of them in promoting woke nonsense. Last year, the Welsh government splashed an eye-watering £492,436 in ‘upskilling practitioners’ in diversity and anti-racist professional learning. Whatever that actually means…
While Welsh public services have been strapped for cash, the Senedd forked out £815,942 of taxpayers’ money on the scheme for educational professionals since its launch in 2022. Andrew RT Davies MS, Leader of the Welsh Conservatives didn’t hold back:
“Wales’ schools and hospitals are crying out for cash, yet the Labour Welsh Government are prioritising this woke nonsense. At a time where Labour-run Wales’ education system is suffering substantial cuts and the steepest decline in results in the whole UK, cash for diversity training is rapidly rising. Left-wing politicians have focussed on pointless pet projects for too long, this money should be used to save Labour’s lost generation here in Wales.”
There’s no end to education, particularly when it’s in this department…
