‘Throw taxpayers’ money at it and to hell with sustainability’

It’s not that unusual to find a Labour Party member being so blunt about the Welsh Government’s economic failures, but the Labour Uncut article is quite unusual to find someone so scathing over the lack of scrutiny and accountability that Labour allows itself as a Welsh Government to be subject to.

The article is about the purchase of Cardiff Airport and the lack of plans in place before it was purchased by Carwyn Jones and the lack of accountability there has been since the Airport was purchased, but it’s symptomatic of Labour wider approach to politics.

It states ‘But then this is Welsh Labour, so openness and evidential justification for decision making tends to be for the seagulls hovering around Cardiff bay. It’s the same old approach: throw taxpayers’ money at it and to hell with sustainability.

It should be noted here, that the administration has refused to respond to a FoI (Freedom of Information) request (par for the course it must be said, there are umpteen examples of this lot’s aversion to democratic oversight) for the publication of Cardiff task force meeting minutes. This being the case, with the best will in the world one cannot help but wonder if any brown envelopes have been passed around, who exactly benefits from this aviation farce, who are the contractors involved?

To readers of Uncut, can you imagine the firestorm that would erupt in Westminster if any one of the political parties tried to exercise such secrecy and lack of transparency?

No scrutiny? No accountability? Margaret Hodge would have a field day!

Ed, you really must start taking a closer look at Welsh Labour, they are bringing the whole

Labour movement into disrepute, on a grand scale.

NB Carwyn Jones, first minister; Mark Drakeford, health minister; Edwina Hart, minister for economy; John Griffiths, minister for culture; Huw Lewis, minister for education.

All the above have refused outright to even comment let alone be interviewed, on the serious issues I have raised both on Uncut and in my Welsh press columns.

Such is the respect for democratic accountability we have from our Welsh leaders.'

Damming for Labour, but it hardly paints the opposition in glory and that’s the real issue, the lack of alternative ideas and opinions in Welsh political debate is the main reason Labour can get away with continually justify failure and rubbishing any alternative ideas to it’s own as anti welsh, Thatcherite, unaffordable, unworkable and more.  

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