
Andrew RT Davies: It’s time Cardiff took Westminster’s lead on Covid-19 – restrictions must be a last resort
I am very pleased that the Treasury has refused to finance Mark Drakeford’s anti-science socialist agenda.
Andrew RT Davies is the Leader of the Welsh Conservatives and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly for Wales
Follow @I am very pleased that the Treasury has refused to finance Mark Drakeford’s anti-science socialist agenda.
Mark Drakeford and his ministers are never slow to demand more powers, but seem much less keen on proper accountability.
I am disappointed that our Plaid Cymru presiding officer has chosen to ban such harmless national self-expression.
The third article in a five-part ConHome series this week on the future of the United Kingdom.
And a leader with a mandate from Welsh members requires more recognition.
The Welsh Conservatives have a new, 25-point policy plan to help us speak to the seven in ten voters who live in our urban centres.
The clock is ticking on the Brexit negotiations and spreading confusion in this manner will only undermine the Prime Minister’s negotiating hand.
We have a duty to the future of Conservatism in Wales, and to the electorate on the whole, to engage in the fight on Welsh terms.
On the eve of our conference, it’s clear that the Labour Party and the Welsh nationalists have yet to wake up to last June’s result.
By contrast in the Conservative Party we are all Brexiteers now.
Current policies are unfair and anachronistic discrimination against fans of one sport, and push up the price of attending games.
Our group in the Assembly is articulating a clear and optimistic vision of the change Wales needs.
My aim in next year’s election is simple – I want to be First Minister.
Labour’s been in charge here since 1999. That’s 16 years of the same old faces and the same tired mantra.
We will tackle the root causes of poverty and deprivation by ensuring no public sector worker earns less than £7.85 an hour.