The Valleys need grafters, not grifters

What Wales needs is a clear plan for the road ahead. It needs to be clear, achievable, realistic and openly scrutiny and debate.

Agree. But the WG has achieved absolutely nothing in 25 years and we have plummeted down every league table there is. Desperate people do desperate things, hence the rise of Reform. It's no more complicated than that.

Can't really disagree with it. Vital though that more people actually get out and vote next year to keep farage out.

So do I. It is vital work. Even if it's largely preaching to the choir. They are a bunch of toxic incompetents, some of whom are currently demonstrating their lack of ability (and comprehension) in Councils up and down England as I write. Anyone who thinks "give 'em a chance - they can't be worse than the last lot" has some very nasty suprises in store.

It should be hourly!

We shouldn't stop there, business owners should refuse to serve reform voters and supporters, children should be kept well away incase they try spreading their hatefilled filth to them, and basically what reform supporters are doing is so bad they should be treated as low as registered sex offenders. Nation Cymru are far too gentle. No place in Wales for reform.

Masochist.

Sometimes you can learn things from your adversaries. For example ‘Take back control’. Yes, a good line for our Independence. ‘Smash the gangs’. Yes, all those who asset strip Cymru. ‘Blanket’. Yes, we did a blanket banish of Westminster Tories. Now I turn to our old mate T.C. He would say a few quick dismissive words then quickly onto ‘What Labour would do’ so we need an article like this one but which is headed ‘What Farage would do’ to scare the absolute wotsits out of anyone who still thinks voting for him is a good idea.

The nonsense you've written is an insult to the people of Wales. Farage is a minted English nationalist grifter with no interest in Wales or it's people. Have you been hitting the bottle early?

What policies has Farage put forward to improve lives of Welsh people other than to stop people being forced to learn Welsh language?

Nigel Farage is a caricature. He goes around dressed like one of the landed gentry claiming to be a man of the people, swigging a pint and dragging on a fag. Whatever the failings of Westminster and the Bay, if Reform, and Farage get their hands on the UK all else will pale into insignificance. I hope you’ve got medical insurance ready.

farage caricatures himself. He is a grifter. That is all he ever was, that is all he ever will be. If he gets power, he will wreck what ever he has power over because he is a grifter. How do I know thi this? Its because I can spot grifters and especially when there is evidence to show what he is.

Then why do people in the Valley's continually vote for a Metropolitan Elitist like Chris Bryant

Firstly, please do not mix me up with FrankC who is also commenting. Don't believe a word 'Faridge' says. He is known for not having much time for Cymru. He makes brief appearances all over the UK with absurd promises and then disappears like a ship into a mist.

I agree with the sentiment but it’s not hard to understand why. The abject failure of complacent main stream politicians has produced this situation.

Well said Jon. This is what I find incredibly strange about this situation. If you said to any of those Reform voters, imagine Reform didn't exist and the choice was between Labour and the Conservatives, would you vote Tory. And i'm certain they'd say 'no, over my dead body'. So how can they say they'd vote for a party even more right wing (whatever lies they spout about being our 'friends') than the Tories. It makes no sense to me.

Saying PC have had a free rein in Wales for almost three decades is a bit odd Adrian. They've had influence of course. They were in coalition with Labour for a while. But they were a very junior party in that coalition. Labour have had a free rein and their reign is about to end. Thankfully.

To paraphrase, On a UK basis, Farage-multimillionaire from a public school where he was known for marching around Dulwich singing Nazi marching songs, also reckons he’s ‘for working people’ Dear God, get a life. Or better still, get a screwdriver.

Nice piece. Well Said.

Reform can't wait to get its hands on Cymru to experiment with their policies of division, anger, contempt, and for those rich enough to afford it, privatisation on a scale previously unseen. Bye bye NHS!

I would rather trust Arthur Daley.

can it be a serious debate when it blames thatcher from how many years ago for ruining the Welsh economy! She may well have forty years ago…..but surely continuous labour/plaid lead Welsh governments over all of these years should have addressed the issues and built upon what wales has to offer! Instead they have decimated it, tourism down, education the worst in uk, unemployment high, healthcare woeful ! vote the same you will get the same. This great country deserves change not the same!