‘The red Welsh way’: Welsh Labour attempts to distance itself from the UK party

Follow the Princess of Oz down the red brick road of 26 years of chronic mediocrity to now...'the denouement'

Welsh Labour First Minister Eluned Morgan can use all the catchy words she wants like to distance herself from dark overlord Enoch Starmer in London, be it " The red Welsh way" or perhaps " clear Welsh water" although seeing all the effluent allowed to be dumped into our rivers maybe not the best example, granted. We have also Welsh Conservatives infighting because their leader Darren Millar is apparently too "pro-devolution" for some. Yes I had to chuckle. Apparently there's a split in their party how would-be anti-devolution candidates chosen oppose being forced to accept they must not want to abolish Senedd, you know, the very institution they seek election to. And they wonder why they have never come close to becoming Welsh Government. Note to Welsh Conservatives and Reform UK candidates to the Senedd : Since 2016 you have arrogantly told those opposed to leaving the European Union that you lost the Brexit vote. There's not going to be another referendum to rejoin anytime soon. And how "Remainers" must accept the will of the 52.5% who voted leave. May I suggest you and those in your ranks still hostile even after 26 years of devolution do the same. It's do what we say, not as we do. Don't be hypocrites! So as stale Welsh Labour panic at the thought of being associated with UK Labour, and Welsh Conservative Darren "Mr also-ran" Millar's party faces electoral oblivion with members pondering whether like rats to jump ship to Reform, Wales only has one serious party actually willing to stand up and fight. Plaid Cymru. The Welsh people have a choice next May Senedd Cymru election. We can self-harm to give Keir Starmer a bloody nose by voting for Reform, a party with no Welsh leader, Wales specific policies or candidates announced. We also have leader of Reform Nigel Farage interviewed on the ITV Wales Sharp End political show admitting how he will not stand as a Senedd member because he's not Welsh? So why then is he leading Reform in a Welsh General Election? We all know why. I suggest Rhun ap Iorwerth school the fool in debates. Can't wait. With that said. We have a stark choice next year. Sure, voters can protest by giving UK Labour a bloody nose in London because of Wales HS2 slight, winter fuel allowance, benefit cuts or the Tata Steel fiasco. Anyone with an once of intelligence would differentiate between what UK Labour are responsible for and Welsh Labour. After all, voters during UK General Elections vote for parties able to become the UK Government rather than Plaid Cymru or SNP who only want to run Wales or Scotland. Yes, electing those running under the banner of Reform UK won't damage Keir Starmer or UK Labour, he & they have four more years on office and a 170 seat majority in London. See, it's us in Wales who will be damaged. With only 32 MPs in London, most being Wales Labour MPs who don't stand up for Wales, and after a cut of 8 MPs, need as many pro-Wales voices as possible in London and at home in Cardiff. You will not have that with Reform UK. They care only about England. I find most Reform candidates are former extreme right-wing Conservatives hostile to Wales, devolution and the Welsh language with the odd former disgruntled former Labour party councillor trying to ape Lee Anderson. Only a First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth and a Plaid Cymru Welsh Government will put Wales first. But they can only do this if the Welsh public have our best interests at heart. And yes you can vote tactically, but do it because you want a real change of political direction rather than cutting off your nose to spite your face by aiding the likes of Reform UK who like the Welsh Conservatives have no interest in Wales or Welsh democracy other than using us a a stepping stone to Westminster and a return to direct rule , no Welsh voice and obscurity.

I think the WG will look for any small way to differentiate themselves from Starmer just so they can claim there is a 'Welsh Way' when there isn't, and never will be, because we have no ideas and devolution has achieved nothing in 25 years. You watch, it'll be things like the Supreme Court Judgement on women-only spaces that will be ignored just so we can claim to radical and different. Wonder why the FAW has not followed the English and Scots FAs in banning biological men from women's football? Because the WG have told them not to, just so they can appear to be different...

Whatever the rhetoric, the unfortunate facts remain, that apart from encouraging people to claim disability benefits as a career, almost everything else that they are responsible for is a complete shambles. Health, education, you name it. And even when almost half a million people object to one of their vanity projects (20mph) they never admit to their mistakes, but deflect the blame elsewhere. The sooner these posturing incompetents leave the stage the better,

Where were the Welsh members of parliament when they allowed Scotland to have the crown estate money and not Wales. Sitting on their hands and say nothing not fighting for Wales