| Mr Drakeford 21:39 - May 7 with 97418 views | builthjack |
👀 [Post edited 5 Aug 2022 7:22]
|  |
| Swansea Indepenent Poster Of The Year 2021. Dr P / Mart66 / Roathie / Parlay / E20/ Duffle was 2nd, but he is deluded and thinks in his little twisted brain that he won. Poor sod. We let him win this year, as he has cried for a whole year. His 14 usernames, bless his cotton socks.
|
| |  |
| Mr Drakeford on 21:58 - Jul 13 with 1283 views | Boundy |
| Mr Drakeford on 21:53 - Jul 13 by JACKMANANDBOY |
Drakeford has a regular bus service or a 20 minute cycle ride from where he lives to work at the Senedd. |
I think you'll find he doesn't need to travel nor the rest of the incompetents should they wish . I'm alright jack
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/ |  |
| "In a free society, the State is the servant of the people—not the master." |
| |
| Mr Drakeford on 22:08 - Jul 13 with 1258 views | Flashberryjack |
| Mr Drakeford on 21:58 - Jul 13 by Boundy |
I think you'll find he doesn't need to travel nor the rest of the incompetents should they wish . I'm alright jack
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/ |
That's another 36 top of the range laptop computers we'll be paying for then. |  |
| |
| Mr Drakeford on 23:14 - Jul 13 with 1217 views | Boundy |
| Mr Drakeford on 22:08 - Jul 13 by Flashberryjack |
That's another 36 top of the range laptop computers we'll be paying for then. |
But I'm sure they'll still be submitting mileage expenses and employing the wife/husband or what ever else they're call ed these days as their much needed "office " staff | |
| "In a free society, the State is the servant of the people—not the master." |
| |
| Mr Drakeford on 10:40 - Jul 14 with 1177 views | Catullus |
| Mr Drakeford on 23:14 - Jul 13 by Boundy |
But I'm sure they'll still be submitting mileage expenses and employing the wife/husband or what ever else they're call ed these days as their much needed "office " staff |
Whom does Drakers employ? | |
| |
| Mr Drakeford on 06:59 - Jul 15 with 1120 views | Whiterockin |
Time to wake up and smell the coffee Drakeford. The highest percentage of people leaving West Wales is the 40-45 year olds and their children. Clearly it is a brain drain leaving for better opportunities and a better life. Yes the price of property in West Wales is an issue, but the the people leaving in the 25-29 age group is zero and the 30-34 age group actually has a positive change. IMO these are the age groups looking to get on the property ladder, so is the property issue the major problem in West Wales and causing people to leave or lack of quality of life for the working generation. Then again it is West Wales and do you really care about people in the west.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
EDIT
You may find that the influx of 25-35 year olds is due to Hospitality Jobs. [Post edited 15 Jul 2022 7:04]
|  | | |
| Mr Drakeford on 08:19 - Jul 15 with 1074 views | JACKMANANDBOY |
| Mr Drakeford on 06:59 - Jul 15 by Whiterockin |
Time to wake up and smell the coffee Drakeford. The highest percentage of people leaving West Wales is the 40-45 year olds and their children. Clearly it is a brain drain leaving for better opportunities and a better life. Yes the price of property in West Wales is an issue, but the the people leaving in the 25-29 age group is zero and the 30-34 age group actually has a positive change. IMO these are the age groups looking to get on the property ladder, so is the property issue the major problem in West Wales and causing people to leave or lack of quality of life for the working generation. Then again it is West Wales and do you really care about people in the west.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
EDIT
You may find that the influx of 25-35 year olds is due to Hospitality Jobs. [Post edited 15 Jul 2022 7:04]
|
The bar chart in that BBC article is remarkable. West Wales is one of the most economically deprived ( lack of investment) areas in Northern Europe. |  |
| |
| Mr Drakeford on 09:16 - Jul 15 with 1048 views | builthjack |
It does make me smile.
Have you noticed what's going on in England?
Deprived areas in most cities.
Food banks at 10 times the level they were 10 years ago.
I think some of you Tory boys need to wake up and look around.. | |
| Swansea Indepenent Poster Of The Year 2021. Dr P / Mart66 / Roathie / Parlay / E20/ Duffle was 2nd, but he is deluded and thinks in his little twisted brain that he won. Poor sod. We let him win this year, as he has cried for a whole year. His 14 usernames, bless his cotton socks.
|
| |
| Mr Drakeford on 09:59 - Jul 15 with 1026 views | Boundy |
| Mr Drakeford on 09:16 - Jul 15 by builthjack |
It does make me smile.
Have you noticed what's going on in England?
Deprived areas in most cities.
Food banks at 10 times the level they were 10 years ago.
I think some of you Tory boys need to wake up and look around.. |
I think you need to revisit your post , and then wipe the red mist from your eyes because from what I read its clouding your judgement
Deprived areas in most cities. II'm sure you know this but Wales is country which the whole of it has child poverty not specific areas as the image showed
Food banks at 10 times the level they were 10 years ago. No investment but plenty of money to buy up good arable land to plant trees and save a a festival which didn't need saving (Gilestone Farm is one of many )
33 million being spent to alter the speed limits Would you agree that money could have been spent paying for additional medical staff so desperately needed
or improving child care ,it takes two years for an autistic child just to be assessed and as someone who has first hand experience, those two years are just the start of a journey which often finishes the wrong side of a locked door . there is no help Why do posters such as your good self ignore the fact that the Senedd has power, known as legislative competence, to make laws over many key areas of Welsh life. These include health and social care, housing, education, transport, business, economic development, social services, language and culture, the environment, local government, and more. when do you and others think its time that Drakeford and co take ownership of whats so wrong in Wales , keep bleating about how little money we receive but you're happy to accept that fact that the money we do have is being criminally wasted on vanity projects | |
| "In a free society, the State is the servant of the people—not the master." |
| |
Login to get fewer ads
| Mr Drakeford on 09:59 - Jul 15 with 1026 views | Gwyn737 |
| Mr Drakeford on 09:16 - Jul 15 by builthjack |
It does make me smile.
Have you noticed what's going on in England?
Deprived areas in most cities.
Food banks at 10 times the level they were 10 years ago.
I think some of you Tory boys need to wake up and look around.. |
....and all the candidates for PM are running on austerity pledges.
Remember that when posting about police not responding to incidents, hospital/ambulance waiting lists and lack of support for children in schools | | | |
| Mr Drakeford on 10:01 - Jul 15 with 1026 views | Whiterockin |
| Mr Drakeford on 09:16 - Jul 15 by builthjack |
It does make me smile.
Have you noticed what's going on in England?
Deprived areas in most cities.
Food banks at 10 times the level they were 10 years ago.
I think some of you Tory boys need to wake up and look around.. |
I'm not pro Conservative or Labour, but do you think the Senedd is doing enough for the whole of Wales in particular your area and West Wales. IMO it can not be a one fix solution for the whole of Wales, each area has its own problems and needs its own solutions. | | | |
| Mr Drakeford on 10:04 - Jul 15 with 1015 views | controversial_jack |
| Mr Drakeford on 09:16 - Jul 15 by builthjack |
It does make me smile.
Have you noticed what's going on in England?
Deprived areas in most cities.
Food banks at 10 times the level they were 10 years ago.
I think some of you Tory boys need to wake up and look around.. |
Exactly. The problem is Westminster | | | |
| Mr Drakeford on 10:05 - Jul 15 with 1013 views | Whiterockin |
That's an easy cop out. | | | |
| Mr Drakeford on 11:04 - Jul 15 with 978 views | majorraglan |
| Mr Drakeford on 09:59 - Jul 15 by Boundy |
I think you need to revisit your post , and then wipe the red mist from your eyes because from what I read its clouding your judgement
Deprived areas in most cities. II'm sure you know this but Wales is country which the whole of it has child poverty not specific areas as the image showed
Food banks at 10 times the level they were 10 years ago. No investment but plenty of money to buy up good arable land to plant trees and save a a festival which didn't need saving (Gilestone Farm is one of many )
33 million being spent to alter the speed limits Would you agree that money could have been spent paying for additional medical staff so desperately needed
or improving child care ,it takes two years for an autistic child just to be assessed and as someone who has first hand experience, those two years are just the start of a journey which often finishes the wrong side of a locked door . there is no help Why do posters such as your good self ignore the fact that the Senedd has power, known as legislative competence, to make laws over many key areas of Welsh life. These include health and social care, housing, education, transport, business, economic development, social services, language and culture, the environment, local government, and more. when do you and others think its time that Drakeford and co take ownership of whats so wrong in Wales , keep bleating about how little money we receive but you're happy to accept that fact that the money we do have is being criminally wasted on vanity projects |
There are huge levels of poverty across the U.K. - it’s not confined to cities and it’s not confined to Wales.
I don’t know what’s happened at that farm and it’d be interesting to find out. From what I can establish it’s being leased out in the short term to the current owners who are running businesses from there and there is talk of the site hosting the Green Man festival, so we need to know more.
I’d be happy if the site is going to be used in a commercially viable manner and for the Green Man festival to go there because we need to attract investment opportunities in to rural areas to help people and in the grand scheme of things £3.5m isn’t a huge amount of money especially if it generates further wealth in Powys. What to me is an issue is the £200m that went to a Conservative peer on defective PPE which is now I believe subject of a criminal investigation, or the £5bn the treasury paid out in fraudulent Covid assistance and doesn’t seem to be doing a great deal about.
People on here think Swansea doesn’t get much from WG, I’d suggest people in Powys and Ceredigion think they get an even worse share of the pie.
Totally agree with you on the speed reduction, it’s madness and the £33m could be spent more effectively elsewhere. I’ve been a school governor and know that the pressures schools were under to manage budgets, getting children additional support is very difficult. Quite often, the additional support required / highlighted in what was termed the “statement” did not come with any additional funding from the LEA, so in effect it had to come from the existing budget. If there’s no give in the budget and no ability to recruit additional staff options are limited. It doesn’t help there are parents submitting children for assessment so they can claim a state benefit. (I’m not suggesting that’s the case with you for 1 minute).
As Gwyn has said, we’re in the midst of a Conservative Party leadership election, all we are hearing is tax cuts. Public services including health, education, law enforcement, Courts, Civil Service etc went through “austerity” in the early 2010’s and they still haven’t recovered, we’re now facing the same again and we have a pandemic to pay for.
All 10 English Ambulance trusts are in a mess so it’s not just ours. Somebody highlighted the depopulation in Ceredigion earlier on, the age profile of the population in Wales is increasing significantly and as an 85 year old is over 7 times more expensive than a 30 year old the writing is on the wall - unless the funding increases we’ll only get the bare basics.
I am no Drakers fan and he needs to be held to account, but do so the others. All
[Post edited 15 Jul 2022 11:24]
| | | |
| Mr Drakeford on 12:10 - Jul 15 with 951 views | controversial_jack |
| Mr Drakeford on 10:05 - Jul 15 by Whiterockin |
That's an easy cop out. |
So is blaming Drakeford for everything. | | | |
| Mr Drakeford on 13:13 - Jul 15 with 931 views | Whiterockin |
| Mr Drakeford on 12:10 - Jul 15 by controversial_jack |
So is blaming Drakeford for everything. |
I'm not blaming him for everything. There are things Westminster make decisions on and others the Welsh devolved government make decisions on. Blame lies with whoever makes the relevant decisions. The Senedd are doing a very poor job in the majority of Wales by area, Drakeford is to blame for this as first minister. As for Westminster decisions Parliament is to blame, let's remember both Conservative and Labour members voted for many of the policies. Let's see if things change with a new PM, I doubt it, Wales do not have that luxury. | | | |
| Mr Drakeford on 15:11 - Jul 15 with 872 views | Catullus |
| Mr Drakeford on 09:16 - Jul 15 by builthjack |
It does make me smile.
Have you noticed what's going on in England?
Deprived areas in most cities.
Food banks at 10 times the level they were 10 years ago.
I think some of you Tory boys need to wake up and look around.. |
We're not talking abou England, classic diversionary whataboutery that is. We are talking about what a mess is being made in Wales by a Senedd that lavishes cash on the South east corner and lets most of the rest of Wales stagnate and die.
You don't need to be a tory to see it but you do have to take the blinkers off.
West Wales relies a lot on tourism but look what the Senedd did, stopped improving roads and yes, tourist tax. | |
| |
| Mr Drakeford on 15:32 - Jul 15 with 865 views | majorraglan |
| Mr Drakeford on 15:11 - Jul 15 by Catullus |
We're not talking abou England, classic diversionary whataboutery that is. We are talking about what a mess is being made in Wales by a Senedd that lavishes cash on the South east corner and lets most of the rest of Wales stagnate and die.
You don't need to be a tory to see it but you do have to take the blinkers off.
West Wales relies a lot on tourism but look what the Senedd did, stopped improving roads and yes, tourist tax. |
What’s happening in Wales is being repeated at UK level, London and the South East which are traditionally more Conservative areas get more than the rest of the UK. It’s why the levelling up agenda was such a big issue for Boris as he wanted to invest and support the areas who’d backed him at the GE.
When resources are scarce, governments will target them in the areas they will make a difference to government support and Boris used the tactic against his MP’s to secure their continued loyalty. Wales is getting less than it needs, but why is a Conservative Government going to give us more when it can spend the cash in marginal constituencies it has a chance of winning, sending that money here in “Wales” would be seen as a “waste”
It’s also in the Conservatives interest to underfund WG so it can’t fulfil its potential - in doing so they can link it to Labour nationally and use and underperformance as a stick to beat people with.
Totally agree with your comments on road building, but tourist tax could have a benefit. | | | |
| Mr Drakeford on 15:43 - Jul 15 with 862 views | felixstowe_jack |
| Mr Drakeford on 15:11 - Jul 15 by Catullus |
We're not talking abou England, classic diversionary whataboutery that is. We are talking about what a mess is being made in Wales by a Senedd that lavishes cash on the South east corner and lets most of the rest of Wales stagnate and die.
You don't need to be a tory to see it but you do have to take the blinkers off.
West Wales relies a lot on tourism but look what the Senedd did, stopped improving roads and yes, tourist tax. |
Just travelled back home on the new section oh the heads of the Valley Road. Just over a year since it opened there are two miles of road works in the Clydach Gorge. It is reduced to single file but no sign of any workers.
The tourist tax will be a disaster for jobs in fact there are just as many properties empty for over a year as there are holiday homes. The Senedd has the power to compulsory purchase these properties if it cannot persuade the owners to rent term out or sell them . | |
| |
| Mr Drakeford on 16:12 - Jul 15 with 859 views | majorraglan |
| Mr Drakeford on 15:43 - Jul 15 by felixstowe_jack |
Just travelled back home on the new section oh the heads of the Valley Road. Just over a year since it opened there are two miles of road works in the Clydach Gorge. It is reduced to single file but no sign of any workers.
The tourist tax will be a disaster for jobs in fact there are just as many properties empty for over a year as there are holiday homes. The Senedd has the power to compulsory purchase these properties if it cannot persuade the owners to rent term out or sell them . |
Some of the road works is being done at night to minimise disruption, it’s a massive pain. I’ve been caught in it a few times. | | | |
| Mr Drakeford on 16:53 - Jul 15 with 852 views | johnlangy |
| Mr Drakeford on 08:19 - Jul 15 by JACKMANANDBOY |
The bar chart in that BBC article is remarkable. West Wales is one of the most economically deprived ( lack of investment) areas in Northern Europe. |
And as a result the EU put £375 million in each year to try to address the issues. Then in the 2019 election manifesto the Tories promised that Wales would not lose a penny, that the funding would be matched when we'd left the EU.
And what has happened ? One guess. | | | |
| Mr Drakeford on 17:10 - Jul 15 with 845 views | Boundy |
| Mr Drakeford on 15:11 - Jul 15 by Catullus |
We're not talking abou England, classic diversionary whataboutery that is. We are talking about what a mess is being made in Wales by a Senedd that lavishes cash on the South east corner and lets most of the rest of Wales stagnate and die.
You don't need to be a tory to see it but you do have to take the blinkers off.
West Wales relies a lot on tourism but look what the Senedd did, stopped improving roads and yes, tourist tax. |
Don't know why you bother ,Wales is bad but England's worse etc etc, I don't live nor really care about my opposite number in Blackburn or wherever else , the stock answers does and always will be we're underfunded them spend the money they have on things which can alter the lives of people in a positive way instead of sound bites and meaningless projects | |
| "In a free society, the State is the servant of the people—not the master." |
| |
| Mr Drakeford on 17:15 - Jul 15 with 826 views | Flashberryjack |
| Mr Drakeford on 17:10 - Jul 15 by Boundy |
Don't know why you bother ,Wales is bad but England's worse etc etc, I don't live nor really care about my opposite number in Blackburn or wherever else , the stock answers does and always will be we're underfunded them spend the money they have on things which can alter the lives of people in a positive way instead of sound bites and meaningless projects |
“Nero fiddles while Rome burns” | |
| |
| Mr Drakeford on 17:20 - Jul 15 with 819 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
| Mr Drakeford on 16:53 - Jul 15 by johnlangy |
And as a result the EU put £375 million in each year to try to address the issues. Then in the 2019 election manifesto the Tories promised that Wales would not lose a penny, that the funding would be matched when we'd left the EU.
And what has happened ? One guess. |
They got an extra £2.5 billion… |  |
| |
| Mr Drakeford on 17:43 - Jul 15 with 785 views | Catullus |
| Mr Drakeford on 15:32 - Jul 15 by majorraglan |
What’s happening in Wales is being repeated at UK level, London and the South East which are traditionally more Conservative areas get more than the rest of the UK. It’s why the levelling up agenda was such a big issue for Boris as he wanted to invest and support the areas who’d backed him at the GE.
When resources are scarce, governments will target them in the areas they will make a difference to government support and Boris used the tactic against his MP’s to secure their continued loyalty. Wales is getting less than it needs, but why is a Conservative Government going to give us more when it can spend the cash in marginal constituencies it has a chance of winning, sending that money here in “Wales” would be seen as a “waste”
It’s also in the Conservatives interest to underfund WG so it can’t fulfil its potential - in doing so they can link it to Labour nationally and use and underperformance as a stick to beat people with.
Totally agree with your comments on road building, but tourist tax could have a benefit. |
Again though, we were discussing Wales and the Senedd, what happens in England where the Senedd has no powers is irrelevant to this conversation.
There is plenty to critiise Westminster for but we can do that in a thread about Westminster, this thread is about Drakeford and the Senedd. | |
| |
| Mr Drakeford on 17:46 - Jul 15 with 783 views | Catullus |
| Mr Drakeford on 17:10 - Jul 15 by Boundy |
Don't know why you bother ,Wales is bad but England's worse etc etc, I don't live nor really care about my opposite number in Blackburn or wherever else , the stock answers does and always will be we're underfunded them spend the money they have on things which can alter the lives of people in a positive way instead of sound bites and meaningless projects |
Yeah the stock "Welsh" answer seems to be whataboutthetories....shouted very quickly after any criticism of the Senedd or Drakers.
It shouldn't need pointing out that the devolved areas are run by the Senedd so the Senedd is culpable but some will always deflect. | |
| |
| |
By continuing to use the site, you agree to our use of cookies and to abide by our Terms and Conditions.
