I was born and raised in Cardiff but I've lived most of my adult life in England. My family still live in Wales. I often hear the view that Brexit has been a disaster for Wales because Wales no longer gets money from the EU. I keep pointing out that since the UK was a net contributor that any money received from the EU was our money in the first place but they will not accept it. It suddenly occurred to me that Wales is a little like a family which lives on benefit and will not work. Whining that they are not given enough money. Instead of promoting Wales as a place where businesses can flourish they waste money on projects like tree planting in Uganda. Do you think I've got that right?
Yup. Used to quite like some places there. But then Mark '20 mph' Drakeford rolled up. Last time I was there just before Covid, Swansea had got even more rundown than it was on my previous visit in the late noughties. An impossible feat, I had thought.
I was born and raised in Cardiff but I've lived most of my adult life in England. My family still live in Wales. I often hear the view that Brexit has been a disaster for Wales because Wales no longer gets money from the EU. I keep pointing out that since the UK was a net contributor that any money received from the EU was our money in the first place but they will not accept it. It suddenly occurred to me that Wales is a little like a family which lives on benefit and will not work. Whining that they are not given enough money. Instead of promoting Wales as a place where businesses can flourish they waste money on projects like tree planting in Uganda. Do you think I've got that right?
Yup. Used to quite like some places there. But then Mark '20 mph' Drakeford rolled up. Last time I was there just before Covid, Swansea had got even more rundown than it was on my previous visit in the late noughties. An impossible feat, I had thought.