Drakeford behind rest of Europe on masks

The shift has been made after enormous sums of money have been wasted in tying up with Huawei

Derek Griffiths

SO now Wales stands alone as the only home nation not to insist on wearing face masks inside shops and public buildings. Despite the fact that the rest of Europe have been wearing masks for weeks if not months. In fact, I understand in some European countries they are insisting on face masks being worn outside as well as inside buildings.

But no not in Wales because Mark Drakeford knows better and after all he’s following the science. What science no one knows as it’s in direct conflict with most scientific experts, but still Mark Drakeford knows better.

John Davies Colwinston

So much money is being wasted

THE latest news that the UK Government has backed down from engaging with Huawei exposes number of things. Given that it has done so under duress from the USA, and its despotically inclined President, the colonial status has shifted from the USA to the UK, and, if that were not enough, the shift has been made after enormous sums of money have been wasted in tying up with Huawei.

But then the British electorate must surely be hardened by such news. Prior to this news breaking we had experienced the former Transport Secretary’s very expensive “plans” for transforming the UK’s railway system and preparing for Brexit by awarding shipping contracts to a party that owned no ships. This news was then followed by the current Prime Minister’s slogan “build, build, build”, with no mention of the cost.

The attitude is exposed as being all the failed costs to date will be met by the British public at large, but is unlikely not to include those “in charge” of the mess. a

I rest my case. Derek Griffiths Llandaff, Cardiff

I could have taken off in a bomber!

A CURRENT TV programme called Plane Reclamation features a firm based at RAF St Athan who break up redundant airliners for parts and scrap.

This is not new to the area but perhaps few will remember the days back in the late 1940s/early 1950s when the war had ended. The Empire was going down the tubes and the RAF was equipped with a vast fleet of obsolescent aircraft, of all types, which had their day. The jet age was upon us.

We were being kicked out of countries around the globe and we dare not leave these as they might end up being used against us.

Whilst these same aircraft had been state-of-the-art once they were now useless. On a weekend I would cycle down to have a dekko at some planes awaiting this fate. I can remember a large field full of Bristol Brigands lined up heading for the scrapyard. These were virtually new but had proved to be both dangerous