It is not often that two keynote speeches by high-ranking politicians are delivered in the same place on the same day and both end up being considered so abysmal in content. Notwithstanding that both Carwyn Jones and David Cameron seem to lack a decent speechwriter between them, the substance of what they had to say in the Senedd yesterday was .. well .. insubstantial.
The complete lack of economic measures in Labour’s legislative programme not only exposed early weaknesses in their intention to evolve a Welsh Government mechanism that ‘delivers’ it also debunked previous suggestions that Iuean had been the unwelcome bottleneck in creating a recovery programme.
David Cameron’s address on how Wales's devolved administration should “follow the UK government's attempt to end a state monopoly over public services” amounted to little more than re-packaged dogma. It appeared at times that even he didn’t believe much of what he was saying and when he added that he would not interfere in decisions over devolved matters the implication was that he didn’t give much of a toss for Wales anyway.
But who can blame him? Legislative bills on organ donation, allotments and ear-piercings is hardly the stuff of secession. Maybe it is pragmatic soft-peddling by Labour but just because Wales is governed by a minority administration does that necessarily mean that those in charge have to think small?
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I think this whole issue of no economic strategy is being overplayed. How are you supposed to legislate for economic recovery anyhow?
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