If Labour get into power, we can bet teaching unions will be resurgent, filling the void where education policies should be with demands that our schools do what they want, rather than what children and parents need.
Coming face to face with the consequences of their actions isn’t something that Mark Drakeford and his ministers have to do often. The last couple of weeks must have been a genuine shock to the system.
Drakeford’s record gives British voters a preview of life under a Starmer government. But while it is our duty to call out Labour’s failures, criticism alone is not enough.
Also: the Welsh Government’s ‘Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales’ has reported and you’ll never guess, but they think Cardiff Bay needs even more powers.
A remarkable amount has been achieved. Often against the odds and in the face of adversity. And certainly in circumstances far less benign than those faced by New Labour.
Rishi Sunak is likely to come under pressure to save Port Talbot jobs. But, in reality, governments are confronted by some tough choices.
The government in Cardiff is the living proof of what Labour in power looks like. Don’t just take my word for it – it was Starmer who said that.
There’s thus far little evidence that the upcoming leadership contest will feature any sort of reckoning with the party’s woeful performance in government at Cardiff Bay.
If the new procurement policy means anything at all then it means ideological requirements could trump value for money.
Day to day, it is much more congenial to be a “steady hand on the tiller”, even if this is a terrible quality in the captain of a ship going in the wrong direction.
Devolution was supposed to mean that different parts of the UK could experiment, with best practice eventually being taken up elsewhere to the benefit of all. Instead, devocrats have often done everything they can to thwart cross-border comparisons altogether.
Also: Both Drakeford and Yousaf accused of misleading their legislatures over their WhatsApps as the Covid Inquiry seeks records from the devolved governments.
Let’s be frank. What we’re seeing here is little more than a brazen attempt at censorship, a desire to virtue signal, and a clear demonstration of the disdain some of our politicians have towards large swathes of the population.
A rotten culture extends so deeply into many institutions that they are now beyond salvation.