Geraint Davies said the party looked like a “shamefaced schoolboy” by not
rebutting Tory accusations that Labour was responsible for the economic mess.
Maybe that is because they have no answer, they know that
they were indeed responsible and maybe some admission of that would help their
cause. Instead they appear more and more
hapless by the day.
Perhaps they should look towards Labour’s outstanding record
in Wales, pointing out their successes there, using that as a shining example
to follow.
Take education for instance. Wales is setting a perfect example – on how
not to do things. Lingering way down the
international league tables with little hope of making great strides forward
any time soon. The former Education Minister
was more interested in his nonsensical banding scheme than in doing anything to
actually drive up standards.
Our pupils are greatly under-funded in comparison with
those in England. In England the Liberal
Democrats introduced a pupil premium which gave £430 to schools for every pupil
on free school meals. That has now gone
up to £1,300 for 2014 – 2015. In Wales
thanks to the Welsh Liberal Democrats budget negotiations last year we
introduced a grant of £450 per free school meals pupil. The Labour Government here has no plans to increase it.
Ok
so what about Labour’s health record in Wales – surely that must be something to
crow about. Or maybe not. More is sent on the helath service per person
in Wales than in England but that is the only positive. We certainly don’t get value for money. Abysmal ambulance response times, longer waitingtimes for treatment, A&E departments
on the point of ‘meltdown.’
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