The worst of the Labour Party was on display at the Welsh Grand Committee earlier via their MP’s we had sneering, pettiness, bullying, heckling, cat calling of opposition speakers, constant interruptions, MP's openly challenging the Chairman’s authority and shouting down the Chief Secretary to the Treasury as well as calling Tory MP’s liars, refusing to ask questions and generally undermining proceedings its a timely reminder to voters and other parties that Welsh Labour are in politics for themselves, nobody else.
Procedures may not have been followed to the letter (although David Cornock says Labour and Plaid knew before they admitted to) about Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander’s appearance at the Committee, but it was an opportunity for Welsh MP of all parties to grill him on the substantial impact the budget will have on Wales, instead Labour turned it into a three ring circus with Peter Hain and Wayne David as the ringmasters.
Labour will think that they have secured a big victory, but all they are doing is undermining their role as MP’s and the business of Westminster thereby strengthening the hand of those who want more powers to the National Assembly for Wales, something the likes of Wayne David and his ilk still bitterly oppose.
So if Danny Alexander is invited to address the Finance Committee in Cardiff Bay following a similar meeting at the Scottish Parliament Finance Committee, lets hope that the Labour Circus tent is left well and truly at Westminster and our Assembly Members show more tolerance, intelligence and wit than Welsh Labour MP’s did today.
More from David Cornock HERE and coverage of this mornings session from the Committee is HEREAny source
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