Drakeford accused of ‘bare contempt’ for farmers over ‘protest joke’
Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford was accused of ‘bare contempt’ for farmers at this time after video emerged of him apparently mocking protesters throughout a go to to Rhyl.
The Labour politician appeared to say a whole lot who turned up at a go to to a school in north Wales had ‘nothing higher to do’, in footage printed by the native newspaper.
As many as 200 individuals flocked to Coleg Llandrillo at this time, as a part of a long-running row over modifications to post-Brexit farm subsidies.
The Rhyl Journal later printed footage exhibiting Mr Drakeford, who steps down in three weeks, discussing the protest inside. After being requested if it was ”good to get previous the tractors’, he appeared to be heard replying: ‘Nothing higher to do, apparently.’
Andrew RT Davies, the chief of the Welsh Conservatives stated: ‘Mark Drakeford has repeatedly proven his bare contempt for our farmers.
‘Labour’s anti-farmer insurance policies will destroy agricultural communities in Wales, and can do the identical to England if Keir Starmer ever will get the keys to Number 10.
‘Metropolitan politicians ought to take heed to our rural communities and work with them somewhat than ignoring their considerations, as a result of no farmers means no meals.’
The Labour politician appeared to say a whole lot who turned up at a go to to a school in north Wales had ‘nothing higher to do’, in footage printed by the native newspaper.
Wales has been struck by a sequence of protests by farmers over Labour’s plans for a alternative for EU subsidy schemes, which contain them planting timber on 10 per cent of their land in alternate for handouts.
At Rhyl College, Wales, 3,000 farmers and their households gathered at this time to protest
One of the tractors within the protest carried an indication which learn ‘No Farmers, No Food, No Future’
Pictured are a bunch of farmers and their tractors gathered in Rhyle Denbighshire at this time
Protestors broke by means of the police cordon and demanded to talk to Mark Drakeford
North Wales police block the entry door to the place Mark Drakeford attended Rhyl College
Wales has been struck by a sequence of protests by farmers over Labour’s plans for a alternative for EU subsidy schemes, which contain them planting timber on 10 per cent of their land in alternate for handouts.
Mr Drakeford was unrepentant at First Minister’s Questions within the Senedd yesterday in a conflict with Mr Davies, saying: ‘I believe it is necessary that I remind the chief of the opposition why we’re within the place that we’re in: it is as a result of farmers in Wales took his recommendation and voted to go away the European Union…
‘Believe me, we’re within the place that we’re in at this time as a result of we’ve got taken again management of farming help in Wales, as we have been obliged to do. If farmers in Wales have been nonetheless in a position to have entry to the funds that have been out there by means of the European Union, they might be in a really totally different place than they’re having heard and adopted his recommendation.’
The First Minister has been approached for remark.
It got here as a brand new ballot revealed practically two-thirds of voters backed ‘do not know’ over both candidate to interchange him as the subsequent Welsh first minister.
Nearly two-thirds of voters backed ‘do not know’ over Vaughan Gething or Jeremy Miles within the contest to turn into the subsequent Welsh first minister, new polling has proven
Spanish farmers block main highways with their tractors in Madrid at this time
The farmers’ protests started on February 6 in Madrid and are ongoing at this time
Crowds collect across the tractors and farmers in Madrid as they block highways in protest
In a significant embarrassment for Vaughan Gething and Jeremy Miles, 62 per cent answered ‘do not know’ when requested who would make the higher chief.
This in comparison with simply one-fifth (20 per cent) who supported Mr Gething, and 17 per cent who backed Mr Miles.
Mr Gething, the financial system minister, and Mr Miles, the schooling minister, are the 2 contenders to be the subsequent Welsh Labour chief.
The winner of the management contest, who might be introduced on 16 March, will then change Mr Drakeford as the brand new Welsh first minister.
Mr Drakeford introduced his resignation in December after 5 years in workplace.
