Sinead Cook, a senior civil servant in Wales’ top public services watchdog Ombudsman for Wales, has resigned after being suspended for being blatantly anti-Tory on social media. Cook took to Twitter in since deleted posts to bash the government for being “morally reprehensible” for the trying to push through the Rwanda bill that was “incompatible with the Human Rights Act“, gracefully signing off “F**k the tories“. So much for ‘independent and impartial’…

The Welsh Tories have blasted the taxpayer-funded organisation, accusing it of blatant bias towards Labour by turning a blind eye to complaints of their politicians while cracking down hard on any whisper against Tories. Wales Secretary David TC Davies said:

“It’s an outrage that someone whose job is to investigate complaints against councillors has been making vicious political posts online. The whole edifice of the Ombudsman’s office needs to be replaced by something truly independent to serve the people of Wales.”

It’s not the first time a civil servant has had to hit the road over their lefty views. At least the new First Minister had time to relax on holiday before coming back home to this…

It looks like Wales’ new First Minister has made his mind up about the job before he’s even started it properly. Guido hears the new Welsh Labour leader Vaughan Gething popped off to Spain for a holiday without even spending a full day in the office or holding a first meeting of his cabinet. Firmly raising the eyebrows of ministers and officials…

Gething’s official spokesman says that, like everyone is allowed to “in this country“, he was “off for a few days” and that, highly encouragingly, he is “pretty sure he was contactable“. Not everyone has just been sworn in as a head of government, though…

Flagpoles around the Senedd are adorned with the trans-inclusive LGBT flag, despite the fact that “LGBT History Month” has been over for some time now. Now the Welsh Parliament has decided that they’ve exceeded their “lifespan” and is forcing taxpayers to cough up £36,595 for a 6-week project to replace them. Some contractors are rubbing their hands with glee right now…

The flagpoles are used for political posturing – they previously played host to the EU flag until it was taken down a full four years after the Brexit vote. Flying high while Wales racks up a £900 million budget shortfall…

It doesn’t stop at classroom toothbrushing sessions. Public Health Wales has spent a whopping £102,000 of taxpayer cash instructing people on handwashing techniques. One truly bizzare TikTok advert shows a man dressed as a prisoner going to the loo and washing his hands afterwards, with accompanying condescending commentary. A masterclass in flushing funds…

The Welsh government has been forced to reveal that Public Health Wales’ winter advertising campaign cost £22,000 for “research and evaluation“, followed by £80,000 on “creative development” which includes pumping the adverts across social media. Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies tells Guido: “This is just another nanny state initiative to teach Wales to suck eggs“. A filthy waste…

Colossal taxpayer cash wastage has feathers ruffled over in Wales. Welsh Labour recently made the decision to spend £4.25 million to buy a farm so it could be run by the company that organises the eco-luvvie Green Man festival. Its justification was that the state-owned facility could bring in “£23 million for the local economy, provide at least 38 new full-time jobs and support 300 local jobs through its supply chain”. This fresh justification for a command economy obviously turned out to be for the birds…

Guido wondered why even Welsh Labour made the bizarre decision to splash so much cash on the “creative hub” eco-diva farm, then remembered education minister Jeremy Miles, another current contender for FM, was caught at a secret undeclared dinner with the Green Man festival’s owner and its lobbying firm in 2022. He then “recused himself” from any future decision on whether to buy the farm. Farcical…

Now the Welsh government has been forced to shelve plans for the site after nesting ospreys were found on the site. As they’re Schedule 1 species protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, a 750-metre cordon has to be put in place – trashing all plans for the festival. That’s what you get when you osprey and pray with taxpayer cash…

Welsh Labour has been keen recently to claim the UK is in recession for some reason. Even their official 2023-24 budget document twice featured the words prominently: “The UK economy is in recession”. A good enough excuse for the Welsh Government’s £900 million budget shortfall – if only it were true…

The Welsh Government has today been forced to admit their recession was a fantasy, admitting that GDP statistics “suggest that the UK economy did not enter recession“. They argue instead that “growth was still very low by historic standards and over the whole six month period the UK economy exhibited zero growth“. So, not a recession…

Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies tells Guido: “Labour ministers need to put their faulty crystal ball away and get on with the job of delivering for the people of Wales instead of blaming their vanity project-shaped budget hole on a recession that only they can see.” The socialist doomsayers got it wrong again…