WEST’S SIDE STORIES

IS IT not time for Vaughan Gething to resign before he is pushed? He is already under fire because of his acceptance of £200,000 for his election campaign from David Neal, a man convicted of environmental offences. There is also the problem of the £400,000 loan to Neal Soil Suppliers by the Development Bank for Wales, an arms-length public body used by the Welsh Government to support businesses.

Humza Yousaf, Scotland’s First Minister, did the right thing after he unceremoniously parted ways with the Scottish Greens and presumably Rishi Sunak will be heading down the same path soon. The fate of the UK is up in the air, with no strong leaders in the pipeline to guide us.

Our economy is dependent on those who work spending their extra cash but the Welsh Government is not helping one little bit. The need to reverse the decisions on speed limits and spending £27m on that pointless exercise was a huge waste of money and follows in the footsteps of other strange ideas emanating from Cardiff Bay.

The 36 new MSS come to mind as that will add an initial cost of £18m which could be more successfully used on our health service – never mind the actual cost of sustaining all those fat cats in the Senedd annually. Meanwhile children at school are still hungry even though the Welsh Government is paying for all year five and six school lunches.

When Mr Yousaf waved goodbye to the Greens power sharing he sealed his fate and that of his party. His minority government may not withstand an election.

Mr Gething, I guess, will not make that mistake with Plaid Cymru, but Plaid might start demanding more power and concessions. Where will that leave the poor long-suffering voters?