The on-going political vagaries of constitutional devolution makes it a bit confusing as to whether the decision by the new Westminster government to scrap plans for “bin-charging” in England also applies to Wales or if such measures were ever on the cards here in the first place.
Swansea’s eco-nazis will doubtlessly still be hoping to get such powers as the ability to enforce a 7p charge for carrier bags is hardly the kind of robust platform from which to wage their campaign of terror against local residents – although you might be tempted to think otherwise.
Having informed a 95 year old West Cross resident last month that she faced prosecution for placing a plastic carton in a sack reserved for cardboard, the mean & green team were reportedly spotted rummaging around in recycling bags outside a property in the Manselton area. The story is that when informed that the household they were scrutinising is occupied by a Swansea council cabinet member, the response was “So, effin what? He can get done just like everyone else”. And quite right too!
Presumably the same egalitarian thoughts will be going through his mind when shortly asked to decide where the next tranche of service cutbacks should apply.
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