As the UK Government eases the lockown before it& #39;s safe to do so the Labour Welsh Government now finds itself in the position of Seithenyn from the Welsh myth Cantre Gwaelod - trying to hold back a wave of misinformation after doing nothing for over 20 years to close the gate. 1/
The lockdown is essentially unenforceable if people decide to ignore it. So WG& #39;s devolved powers won& #39;t stop people flouting the lockdown if WG are unable to effectively communicate to people that the law is different in Wales. 2/ https://twitter.com/MPSHackney/status/1259128381452533761?s=20">https://twitter.com/MPSHackne...
I write on Wednesday that the Welsh Gov have left themselves in a position where they would be completely steamrolled on this and now we& #39;re watching it happen in real-time. 4/ https://www.google.com/search?q=welsh+labour+steamrolled&oq=welsh+labour+steamrolled&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i59l2j69i65j69i61l3j69i60.3625j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8">https://www.google.com/search...
As a result, the First Minister is left using whatever media access he has in the UK media and tweeting to try and get his message across. With 40% of Wales& #39; population not knowing who the FM is this is unlikely to work. 5/ https://twitter.com/fmwales/status/1259404466304008193?s=20">https://twitter.com/fmwales/s...
20 years of not getting to grips with the fact that if Wales has a polity it also needs a functioning public sphere has led us to a point where the FM is like Apu in the Simspons essentially saying: & #39;I have asked you nicely. You leave me no choice but to ask you nicely again.& #39; 6.
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