Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan finally said out loud in answer to a question at the Welsh Affairs Committee yesterday what most people already know, that due to Wales poor economic position and reliance on the public sector for jobs and investment, we are likely to be hit hardest and most disproportionally by the spending cuts to come.
That earth shattering revelation will be music to the ears of Labour who in the space of a few months since the General Election have managed to not only absolve themselves of any blame for economic failures in Wales over the past 13 years, but have also well and truly won the argument in Wales that the cuts to come are grossly unfair and that its all the fault of the evil Conservative Party and their dastardly little helpers the Lib Dems.
But if that wasn’t enough they have also stolen Plaid Cymru’s argument about the Barnett Formula backed up by the Holtham Commission findings that it is unfair to Wales and managed to take all the credit for it, even though before the Election they saw no reason to lobby colleagues in the Treasury to change it, leaving the door open to score points more against the Tories.
And while this is totally shameless behaviour from Labour, it’s nothing new and certainly won’t be challenged by the Opposition Parties who have been neutered by the UK Coalition, or the ever compliant Welsh press and a gullible Welsh electorate between now and the Assembly Elections next year.
I had been wondering if Wales was capable of sinking any lower, the answer is most certainly YES.Any source
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