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Posts Tagged: Mark Drakeford AM

Ant Pickles: Why a coalition between the Conservatives and Plaid Cymru isn’t going to happen

In 2007, it almost looked like the a plausible anti-Labour alternative for Wales. But things are very different today.

By Ant Pickles | 30 March 2021

WATCH: First Minister of Wales – “The union is in greater peril today than it’s been at any time in my political lifetime”

Drakeford insists that “the United Kingdom has to be fundamentally reformed if it is to survive”.

28 March 2021

Simon Hart: Drakeford’s divisive politics must come to an end. In May, Welsh Conservatives offer a better future.

For this year’s Senedd elections, vote for a Welsh Government that will work with the UK Government, not against it.

By Simon Hart MP | 12 March 2021

WATCH: Drakeford attacks the Government over the laxity of the border quarantine programme

The First Minister of Wales claims that ministers have done “the least they can get away with rather than the most that is needed”.

14 February 2021 | 36 comments

Iain Dale: Let’s hear it for the private sector and hear less about a bigger state

McDonnell wanted a state-run pharmaceutical industry. So now we will never know how it would got on with producing Covid vaccines.

By Iain Dale | 4 December 2020 | 42 comments

Henry Hill: The public want UK-wide rules for Christmas, but we’re a long way from a ‘Four Nations’ approach

The different administrations are all in different places with increasing bad blood between them. Also, devosceptics look set to win seats in Wales.

By Henry Hill | 5 November 2020 | 37 comments

Henry Hill: Tories claim Drakeford has turned Wales into ‘test-bed for left-wing socialist authority’

Also: another miserable week in Government for the SNP; the deep damage of the Irish Protocol grow clearer by the day; and more.

By Henry Hill | 29 October 2020 | 8 comments

Drakeford’s ban on “non-essential items” sounded like a bad idea – and the results speak for themselves…

The Welsh government has found itself getting involved in an argument about sanitary towels, thanks to its bizarre policy.

By Charlotte Gill | 26 October 2020 | 50 comments

Drakeford’s assault on the Welsh economy – underwritten by the Treasury

The First Minister’s absurd decree banning the sale of ‘non-essential’ goods spotlights the tension between devolved lockdowns and reserved finances.

By Henry Hill | 24 October 2020 | 140 comments

Henry Hill: Conservatives explore plans to buy off SNP with… yet more powers

It worked so well the last ten times, after all. Also: Reckless defects to Abolish as controversy over Drakeford’s lockdown – and who’s paying – deepens.

By Henry Hill | 22 October 2020 | 80 comments

Matt Smith: An unenforceable travel ban. No NHS transmission data. 30,000 lost jobs. But where is the media scrutiny of Labour in Wales?

Welsh ministers get soft-soaped while UK Government ministers face the full rigors of the national media

By Matt Smith | 21 October 2020 | 14 comments

‘We need to talk about the Union’: An inside look at the new group of Conservative MPs fighting for Britain

The 70-strong Conservative Union Research Group wants to support the Government’s mission to strengthen the United Kingdom.

By Henry Hill | 16 October 2020 | 125 comments

Henry Hill: The challenges involved in reviving the ‘four-nation’ approach to Covid-19

With a second lockdown looming, Sturgeon appears keen on a harmonised approach. This is welcome, but ministers should not drop their guard.

By Henry Hill | 24 September 2020 | 46 comments

Henry Hill: Sunak squares up to the SNP over the future of furlough

Also: Welsh Government abandons separate testing app to join UK-run scheme; Gove tries to downplay the Irish Sea border.

By Henry Hill | 21 May 2020 | 82 comments

Sturgeon, Wales, the shutdown row – and why a Four Nations policy is no substitute for a One Nation policy

The unique circumstances of the pandemic temporarily forged a common response, but cracks are already appearing and will only deepen.

By Henry Hill | 11 May 2020 | 38 comments

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