Apoplectic Welsh First Minister loses it with Tory leader

[@PoliticsJOE]

Has Liz Truss killed the Conservatives? | Three months on the road with the Tory party: kzbin.info/www/bejne/poSxaoqoh5uGb68

[@Gavinmartinlee]

No as useless as she is that was Boris Johnson he has spent the last few years destroying his party and the country and now he wants another go

[@mrjt1676]

Yes what a state this country is in. There's no Great in Great Britain anymore. Sack the corrupt government and get rid of this idiot Drakeford. Let's look after our workers, pensioners and young children. This is corrupt on so many levels

[@mikeoxlong4110]

Child Abusing T*at.

[@steveozone4910]

A Tory complaining about the state of the NHS, after they've just made Jeremy Hunt Chancellor?

[@facey666]

The NHS in Wales is controlled by the Welsh labour government not the Tory’s.

[@bk1147]

It would be laughable but. NOT funny Never trust a tory!

[@RessOss]

NHS devolved to Labour in Wales I believe

[@MrMartinSchou]

You SAY Chancellor, but you MEAN Prime Minister.

[@tonyjones9442]

NHS in Wales is a labour issue.

[@yetidodger6650]

when a tory berates somebody for the state of the health service.

[@diogeneslamp8004]

Same in the US. Republicans cut taxes to benefit the wealthy when they control the government then complain about deficits and higher taxes when they aren’t.

[@dean8282]

Hospitals in England have props holding up the roof on wards.

[@agt155]

@@dean8282 The English NHS is light years ahead of the Welsh Labour run NHS.

[@MrMyers758]

@@agt155 Run by Labour, budgeted by Tories. It's a classic Tory trick; reduce funding to a Labour council, that Labour council cannot afford to fix everything, Tories attack Labour council for the things they couldn't afford to fix.

[@agt155]

@@MrMyers758 Wales receives 20% more funding per patient than England and yet our health service is far worse - stop blaming funding.

[@andypandywalters]

Never seen Mark Drakeford get so animated and angry.

[@samuel_excels]

@@mel4856 where does the funding for the Welsh government come from? Oh that's right from Westminster where a Tory Chancellor is in charge and has been recklessly cutting budgets after his predecessor's wanton mismanagement and stupidity. Drakeford is doing his best with the pittance he gets from the Tory government in London.

[@nafo_good_fella3452]

@@mel4856 clearly you don't live on this planet & didn't even watch the clip

[@franzderpinand2715]

@@mel4856 utter nonsense

[@TomNook.]

@@mel4856 they are nowhere near as bad as each other

[@JohnsGamingFun]

Fucking hell. You could tell that wasn't performative anger. I must say I'm generally impressed if this is how Welsh government functions. God its nice without all the jeering

[@Alephu5]

When he flicked the page I thought "Wait is this scripted?" but I was reassured by the fact that he didn't look down.

[@richardjones3112]

No it’s not impressive-they are all clowns like the Westminster clowns.

[@bannaubrycheiniog1329]

@@richardjones3112 the Senedd functions rather well, compared to Westminster

[@user-ku1jd5gi4o]

@@bannaubrycheiniog1329 it functions well compared to Westminster because the Tories aren’t directly in charge of the Senedd

[@Lynnefromlyn]

@@richardjones3112 you are speaking of the tories, of course.

[@jamesbyrne9312]

The NHS does miracles everyday. Yes he's right, it is a miracle it's still standing

[@rollopollo6098]

Disappearing before our eyes.

[@BallisticBurns]

The floor staff do miracles with the crap they have to work with.

[@jackking5567]

I think it will be sold soon. This is a way for government to claw back money. It's pretty much all there is left to sell off.

[@andrewrobinson2565]

Which 'he' do you mean, James?

[@jamesbyrne9312]

@@andrewrobinson2565 I must admit that I posted half way through, and thought the older guy was a tory. I think though after watching the whole thing that they are both deluded. The NHS needs more funding but the angry bald bloke is a Tory, so yeah he has no leg to stand on really, given all the cuts are by the tories

[@active85858585]

Mark Drakeford is like Yoda: when his back's up, he goes from 1 to 11 without warning.

[@GreyFoxNinjaFan]

I know an 80-year old who waited on the floor with a broken pelvis waiting for an ambulance.. in England. This is not a Welsh problem, it is a UK problem where the Torys are in charge. The gall of anyone coming to any devolved power who has supported Liz Truss' appointment as Prime minister is just incredible.

[@28pantycelyn]

We are not here to discuss England we are here to discuss WALES

[@sdrawkcabUK]

that's because you suck up all our money as you're too poor to stand on your own two feet.

[@keithharris6442]

It is a UK problem, yet the Welsh government are quick to take credit when there was a UK vaccine rollout. They have to accept their part when things go wrong too.

[@tangaz5819]

@@solariss452 The DUP got a billion, not NI.

[@martinmanifold2241]

Welsh NHS is devolved to the the Senned and the labour first minister .. its quite right an elected welsh conservative in the welsh parliament can grill the first minister about the state of wales NHS on his watch and his responsibility and when wales gets more to spend per head than england does .....or did an english bogey man do it an run away ....

[@thetomcoe]

It's actually quite nice to see Drakeford shaking with rage at the end. Anyone in that position who cared should be.

[@mel4856]

Drakeford is useless in wales. He and the senedd are just as bad as Westminster. All lining their pockets...look at the state of wales. What has Drakeford done?

[@ChrisHopkinsBass]

Love the AM who said “you’ve got some brass neck” after Andrew RT Davies finished his little speech

[@AngSco30]

Remember this. When the Tories are inevitably voted out, they'll be criticising the elected government for the state THEY left the NHS in. Mark my words.

[@jamessteel9016]

They are still trying to blame Labour after being 12 years in government! The right always play the victim and blame someone else.

[@Red-px1fr]

As night follows day.

[@juanribeiro73]

Hopefully there won't be any.

[@TheEverest72]

“I’am afraid there’s no money left” Liam Byrne May 2010

[@runlarryrun77]

Then we have to scream at them like he did.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

You'll notice all the tory person did was shout over the first minister because he didn't want to hear the answer, he didn't want his side of the bench to hear it and he doesn't want to public to hear it either.

[@eustacequinlank7418]

Performance, he couldn’t give a damn as long as it leads to the sale of the NHS at some juncture. The only cornerstone of the UK left worth fighting for. Tories are enemies to it.

[@jeremylawrence5855]

The Welsh Tory Leader should witness what’s happening in the rest of the UK because of his Tory Government!

[@starmersbarber]

This is very similar to the crap Nicola Sturgeon gets from the witless Scottish Tory 'leader'(!!!) Douglas Ross in Holyrood. I'm all for constructive opposition, but Tories spouting in this context is beyond embarrassing. I'm proud of the First Ministers of Scotland and Wales.

[@chrisoneill3999]

Doesn't care.

[@chrismlone]

@@starmersbarber Nicola Sturgeon has absolutely destroyed Scotland all on her own. Ran the country into the ground.

[@terence7752]

Tory twats!

[@juanfabulous]

The guy is a clown. Loves the grandstand but he’s failed at everything he promised.

[@piccalillipit9211]

*I DETEST THE TORIES....!!!* and so should ever decent human being

[@finkitsallover]

They aren't even Tories they are just a coopted party at this point that have had their Russian oligarch funding taken away and now they need to downscale I don't like any of the current parties it's a real shame

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

Canadians too. (Should detest our Tories, I mean.)

[@piccalillipit9211]

@@skaldlouiscyphre2453 - EVERYONE should detest a tory.

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

@@piccalillipit9211 Damn straight. They sound like the same party in both countries, pretty much the same policies.

[@lesleywright2823]

I totally agree but there are many who won’t which I find staggering!!

[@welshwookiee6447]

that rage against the lying tories is what's missing in Kier

[@rogerlephoque3661]

That's why he's Kier Charmer..

[@dragonfly6908]

Saint IKEA Starmer is about as exciting as the bottom of my slippers.

[@rogerlephoque3661]

@@dragonfly6908 I think you mean Sir IKEA Charmer and soul of your hobnail boots...The boyos in the Chamber need Lloyd George and Thomas-the-Tank-Engine...You'll win tonight's star prize if you can identify JPR. Tom Foolery rules, OK?

[@dragonfly6908]

@@rogerlephoque3661 Yes, that's him.

[@ryanscott6578]

Everyone, watch this till the end! It's so satisfying seeing him tear into them

[@roncatton7101]

Drakeford is the one who has constantly let the Welsh people and our country fall to pieces in his too long tenure at the helm. He is the one who broke his own rules during Con-vid while others suffererd trying to adhere to his corrupt rules. Now he uses the current mess of the tories to sling muck at them as an excuse to cover up his own failings, his own mess! I say that not as a tory myself. None of the main parties are any use whatsoever! Time to use your votes wisely, vote outside the same old useless, boring main party boxes. TIME FOR CHANGE!!

[@eac9349]

Agreed!!

[@matbritton6816]

Everybody remember Boris Johnson snatching a journalist's phone when he was trying to show him a picture of a boy on the floor in A&E?

[@hg82met]

And Laura K trying to invalidate a parent's complaint about how his child's treatment in hospital as "he is a Labour activist".

[@billatkin3956]

Yes!!!! It still confounds me that he managed to win the election after that appalling stunt.

[@KEITHJOHNPAUL]

Yes i remember that picture, and also i remember the way it was done deliberately by the Labour party, a set up, but no one wants to hear the truth and it wasn't shown much on the media at the time, the child was told to get of his bed and pretend he had been lying on the floor for hour's, when the camera was turned of a member of the public filmed him getting back onto his bed. But people are so gullible and only want to see what they want to, but as the member of the public said at the time, anything to get a story and make the government look bad, as for the Welsh assembly they are responsible for the NHS and public services which Westminster budget's them for, there budget was raised this year as was Scotland and Northern Ireland's, you could see Drakeford getting rattled when questioned about it, just like Sturgeon in Scotland they get upset when someone challenge's them.

[@dragonfly6908]

Don't mention Mid Staffs Hospital to Labour.

[@matbritton6816]

@@dragonfly6908 don't mention Tories to any NHS staff.

[@umbre04]

Proud to be welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@terptv710]

Always .🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿✌🏼 But dripford is an embarrassment his son is in jail for a violent sex crime against a woman who trusts a man as head of state when he can't raise a son who knows right from wrong...... Pathetic excuse for a human being IMO.......

[@franzderpinand2715]

@@terptv710 you don't know the half of it butty completely irrelevant

[@Bighandsdown]

Love the Welsh. Dreadful leader though absolutely abhorrent how he treated everyone through covid.

[@umbre04]

@@Bighandsdown yep, hes an absolute tosser

[@daveyjones18]

Bechod lol. There is a public funded bus service for both North and South Wales that picks these rich losers up and takes them to and from the Welsh Assembly offices. It's an unmarked service but it's open to the public. I encourage all Welsh people to jump aboard so they can see just how pathetic and English their own puppet government is 💀

[@chrisr6794]

Apoplectic is right the right word, and the right way the First Minister should have felt. Still, no matter. The Welsh Assembly will barely have a Tory presence at all after the next GE.

[@hg82met]

Amen.

[@takhian6130]

It will certainly be an uphill struggle whoever is in charge, but once the tories are reduced to 4 seats it'll feel like at least some justice has been done after these hellish 12 years of incompetence and jingoistic nonsense

[@starmersbarber]

I really hope so...and that this is also the case here in Scotland. As much of the UK as possible should be rid of this Tory menace.

[@stephenbranley91]

Hopefully the House of Commons will barely have a Tory presence for the foreseeable future.

[@alan-sk7ky]

Lucky Wales....

[@aymnz1471]

The audacity the Tories have to act like they didn't create the mess we are in makes my blood boil.

[@Prod-23]

Then lets obliterate them for rest of time at the next GE ...

[@XXSkunkWorksXX]

FUCK the tories!

[@stevenmoran4060]

Back in the 1980’s the Tories set bout destroying the NHS. I know I was a nurse who, every day had to count the number of bandages and all other vital medical equipment to make sure we only had what the Tories said we actually needed. Meanwhile patients weren’t getting the nursing care they were supposed to because saving money was the most important thing on a daily basis. I left in 1988 and it’s only got worse since then!

[@JamesSmith-cx4pw]

The NHS in Wales is a devolved issue. The Labour Party is fully responsible for its running and has been for over 2 decades. It is Labour that has run it into the ground, no one else.

[@garethjones5179]

Have you to agree. Drakeford is just deflecting the fact that, like transport and education he is responsible for the mess in Welsh healthcare. He is the on who should be ashamed

[@sthp2484]

Love Mark drayford so patient dealing with that hot headed tory buffoon. So moving when he finally explodes in rage and indignation. I cried. Great to see a man with true Courage, belief and understanding. The great Nye Bevan was smiling down on him from heaven. Mark is someone who knows how to fight to defend Nyes legacy of free health care from the tory spivs. I was born in England but today I am Welsh.

[@flucazade]

I love how Tories in develved parliaments complain about funding issues when they are solely caused by the Tory government and their constant austerity programs. The Tory leaders when talking in administration or in the media should be saying nothing other than "Sorry" followed by "I resign"

[@Anon-xd3cf]

It is called *"gaslighting"* and MPs who behave in this way should be SACKED immediately.

[@eh1702]

Labour and the Tories (and the Lib Dems too) constantly play this game - and very often with issues they know are jot even devolved responsibilities. They make a big production of it, and the mainstream media uncritically pick it up. And so it filters down misinformation to the population. Hence with covid, a million clueless people blaming the devolved governments for pandemic planning - which was specifically a UK responsibility that Downing St devolved instead to private corporations. As soon as the devolved governments did get some control, things changed within weeks.

[@eh1702]

@@solariss452 Austerity was of course inflicted on the sick and unemployed in NI just the same as elsewhere. But yes, there is an enduring mystery as to where the DUP disappeared that billion to. Nobody has every explained it.

[@ricardosmythe2548]

"Solely caused?" That's really odd, see I remember Labour fattening the pig the last time they were in power with useless positions and process (middle management and admin) before the tories came in and cut the front lines leaving an expensive over staffed organisation with to few people on the front lines

[@davidlong1459]

A Tory councillor here in Vale of Glamorgan knocked on our door before the last local election. After a little discussion, I raised that Tories we’re going back on their funding promises, and can’t stand forever hearing “levelling up” claims when the opposite is true. I expected some sort of defence - but no - a resigned shrug with nothing to say. You’ve just got to confront these con artists. Sadly it’s taken til they’ve wreaked yet more misery for enough people to at last notice it. Btw - there’s not a jot of interest from Tory UK govt to democratically elected devolved parliaments.

[@ism94786]

That's some gall throwing around Bevan's name like that.

[@bk1147]

Why the feck not?

[@royfearn4345]

@@bk1147 because Aneurin Bevan was the FATHER OF the NHS. He would be absolutely SPINNING if he knew what a mess his brainchild is in under the hateful tories.

[@cabaroigcostablanca]

Em....Bevan was Labour Party,and da bhrith sin/3 dots/ therefore if first Minister is Labour...and the Tory MP reminds him...they set up NHS,and should fund it 🤷

[@bk1147]

@@cabaroigcostablanca truth

[@czgibson3086]

@@bk1147 Because Bevan helped found the Health Service and the Tories have done everything they can to destroy it.

[@donmac7780]

The cheek of the Tory using Aneurin Bevan's name in his scurrilous attack!

[@deanbuck7985]

This brought tears to my eyes. The passion mark shows is amazing. I wish that was the passion that was required to be a politician. The fcking state of these idiots to throw blame anywhere else than right at them would make anyone who cared for their nation angry.

[@terptv710]

You absolute sap! The man is a disgrace and a Vile human being. He can't raise a son who doesn't sexually assault a woman who then went to jail for rape. ✌🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@deanbuck7985]

@@terptv710 You don't even believe what you are saying. I hope you told every one of your friends that the queen's a bitch for raising a pedo and every time anyone you know does something bad you blame the parents as it's all their fault. If you stop being a snowflake and take your emotions out of what you are saying it doesn't stand up to logic.

[@roncatton7101]

Drakeford bullcrap. He is the same as the rest of these corrupt useless dictators. Broke his own rules during Con-vid too, while others were stupid enough to be rounded up..🤪🐑🐏

[@Judewilkinsonjfk]

I completely agree with this. It's hard to fathom just how angry we should be, at ten years of mismanagement, mendacity, arrogance, division as a deliberate policy.

[@LATSRN]

Problems in NHS all stem from lack of funding from Westminster - it’s time for wales to vote for self determination #indyWales well said PrifWenidog ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@TrezenEN]

Imagine being a tory in Wales. Not welcome.

[@cabaroigcostablanca]

What was that slogan "come home to a real Welsh fire" 🔥

[@donaldv13]

Imagine voting with the tories for Brexit in Wales.

[@Anon-xd3cf]

Imagine being the family of J.Small...representative of Pfizer in the ongoing inquiry. An ENGLISH woman born and raised in the UK with UK values... SHILLING FOR PFIZER.

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

@@donaldv13 Many people did, as they were promised solutions to all the problems that they had. None of those solutions came, obviously, and most Brexit-voting Welsh people (A significantly large portion of them were farmers in the South, and I will say that it is by no means their fault. Like many Brexit voters, they believed a stack of lies. They were deceived.) turned against it when the EU's money stopped coming.

[@georgejob2156]

Worse for them here in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 look the balloon who leads them ,what a prick!

[@edwardbrady5843]

A Welsh tory gammon 😆

[@evolassunglasses4673]

🤡

[@abedfo88]

He looked like a boiled gammon after ranting and raving

[@mel4856]

Welsh Tory and labour gammons...all useless

[@matthewedmonds6066]

Andre RT Davies should keep Aneurin Bevan's name out of his mouth.

[@AintThatRich]

I feel for him to be challenged in this way but honestly his fire and passion is absolutely incredible. One of the first people in a long time to stand up to the bullshit and not hold back. We're being lied to on the daily and we're letting this catastrophe happen, lets speak openly and point the finger where it should be. We're in a situation where they're just burying us in lies, so many you can't get out from underneath them, it's clear who is at fault.

[@redsidebiker]

Drakeford is the ultimate liar and betrayer of us Welsh. Instead of looking at what he's done (very little), look at Labour's promises that he has rejected. The Senedd has had the Welsh NHS budget for 23 years, our Welsh NHS is in a worse position now than in the last century. The front line staff are as committed as ever, there are too many "mangers, bean counters & diversity officers" that drag the direction of the real NHS money away from where it is required. ex NHS worker

[@mel4856]

He is just the same as the Tories. Wales is in a terrible state

[@mattc1684]

Dude isn't wrong to be fair - the Tories should all be kicked out of office now!

[@dean8282]

Tories are deluded.

[@richadam4010]

So there's absolutely no problem with the Welsh run NHS

[@andrewrobinson2565]

Which "dude" do you mean, dude? Bill & Ted 🤣

[@user-ku1jd5gi4o]

@@richadam4010 yeah the problem is wales doesn’t have enough money or staff to run it because of the Tories in Westminster taking all of the countries cash for themselves and their banker mates.

[@richadam4010]

@@user-ku1jd5gi4o It's not that simple. London basically has a devolved admin. Quicker ambulance time and Scotland for that matter. Like it or not some of it will be choices that Welsh labour have made its the easy option to blame Westminster.

[@michaelconroy5668]

Didn’t think Drakeford had it in him, fair play.

[@awilliams6861]

Didn't think he had it in him? His sons a rapist ffs. Power mad rage likely goes with the territory

[@kerrydevlin]

Tories do the same in Wales as they do in Scotland! Tories are in charge of devolved parliament's budgets! Well said Mr Drakeford,your staff are amazing and don't let these Tory bastuards tell you any different!

[@runlarryrun77]

They do it in England too. They give tory boroughs more money than Labour. Even in the tory boroughs the more affluent postcodes get all the money. Then they move immigrants into the poorer areas & blame the lack of funding on the immigrants.

[@agt155]

The Welsh government have the power to raise taxes and fund the NHS - they chose not to.

[@bobinscotland]

@@agt155 Only limited tax powers.... not the full fiscal powers necessary to run the country.

[@agt155]

@@bobinscotland Thank fuck for that.

[@agt155]

@@bobinscotland They can raise income tax as much as they please...guess what they never have.

[@leejohnson3209]

The absolute brass neck of Tories is staggering.

[@gazzz-yz7xc]

Dreakfords anger just shows to me that he wants to help the NHS as much as he can. love his passion there haven’t seen anyone get wound up like that in parliament before.

[@jamclear]

Yeah Lockdown lover Dreakford is all about passion and caring 🙄🙄🙄

[@franzderpinand2715]

@@jamclear we have the oldest population in the UK mate and one of the most overrun healthcare system due to Tory cuts in budgeting. Idiotic comment 🤣

[@jamclear]

@@franzderpinand2715 Lockdown was a disgrace. He personally was 100% in favour of it and he bears responsibility for the very obvious mental/physical/domestic ramifications that it quite clearly brought. You just carry on believing it's been done in your interest.

[@marmedli9124]

You are joking he pure vile.

[@davidbuchanan5383]

He's a Marxist who is fully onboard with the WEF's depopulation agenda. Do you not know whats going on? I genuinely feel sorry for you people who have not only been lied to on a grand scale, but have no idea you're in serious danger.

[@rwsavory]

Electing a Tory to government is like hiring an arsonist to run the fire dept.

[@lordlatimer6672]

They're weakening the pound sterling so their mates can gather up more commodities.

[@tonyjones9442]

It's a labour government in Wales. Health is a devolved matter.

[@GraemeRoberts]

And putting Therese Coffey in charge of anything health-related is beyond satire.

[@spikey_104]

@@tonyjones9442 UK gov still allocates the budget, if Welsh gov needs to make budget cuts it tends to be because the National gov cut their budget.

[@tonyjones9442]

@@spikey_104 yes, but my point still stands. It doesn't matter if its £10 or £20b its still the government of South wales who eventually distribute it and forgets there's a wales North of Brecon. It does sound like you've never been to wales or at least wales above the valleys

[@johnadey9464]

It's not just Wales -It's the same in England, I can't even get to see a doctor!

[@siobhanconnor1101]

It’s not the same in England.. ENG has to pay for prescriptions and thar extra cash goes nowhere to help 🤡

[@ecaeas4439]

@@siobhanconnor1101 England also doesn't have anything other than sh*tty Westminster politicians behaving worse than children on the daily. It's great that Scotland and Wales can talk about their specific issues in their NHS services In their devolved parliaments. England desperately needs a devolved assembly to stand up to Westminster too.

[@aestheticsbyjasmine940]

Same my son has autism waiting 3 years for assessment

[@fattishboy6620]

Always good to see a Tory Barsteward being ripped a new one.

[@timfrye3586]

Good for him, he really worked up a good head of steam

[@slaterslater5944]

Didn't think Drippy had it in him. Andrew Retweet Davis is a pompous gammony prick, mind.

[@boybull]

He's a politician.. what do you expect.. they're ALL full of hot air.. self serving lieing scum the lot of em.

[@andybooth5864]

I,m not welsh but very well said Mr drakeford

[@cassandra2249]

I quite liked the anger actually....makes a change from English understatement.

[@Burneraccountwisdom]

It is actually revolting to hear Tories speak. It boggles the mind how they can be so shameless to even mention the NHS at this point.

[@weemt07biker74]

Totally agree.

[@denisheskett]

When we had a PM in Westminster saying let the bodies pile high and it’s carrying on by a failed government of Austerity by a Tory called Hunt

[@lindathefish7736]

Let’s all clap to guilt them into risking their lives and treat COVID. Pay rise? Oh no, you saved the country, but you must be crazy to think you are worth a few grand more…

[@lemsip207]

There's still a postcode lottery when it comes to the NHS in Wales but it has vastly improved since 1997 when there was a referendum on devolution. Patients were treated like ignorant children and prescribed medicines without leaflets in them warning of contraindications and side effects. You got them with over the counter medicines but only more recently with prescribed medicine.

[@micssticksnpipes]

Agreed

[@LordBillington42]

I'm not Welsh, but I'd love to see more coverage of Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. The only way out of this mess is together, so it would be nice to see what the circumstances of people from those areas really is.

[@peterah7957]

It's a pity.... But Scotland will leave the union because of the majority of the English voter who keep voting tory

[@zendog7212]

No pity. No UK. It's an outdated left over of the Empire.

[@methanedirigible]

@@peterah7957 True facts. It also doesn’t help that the SNP totally splits/absorbs the progressive vote which reduces Labour’s chances even further.

[@peterah7957]

@@methanedirigible Yes well I guess Labour hasn't been a strong enough voice there and their stance on the EU now is ludicrous but I guess they believe tactically they have to shut up about it because of the red wall.

[@davidcooney3100]

Unfortunately you won't see anything from Northern Ireland, as the DUB refuse to attend the assembly.

[@adamclarke2820]

I work for the NHS and I BLAME MARK DRIPFORD.

[@daveedwards7366]

Gotta. Love the Welsh!!!!

[@chrispenn715]

He doesnt speak for me. I'm Welsh and he is just as arrogant and useless as the tories

[@daveedwards7366]

@@chrispenn715 ok boyo!!!

[@tommym1966]

We get exactly the same kind of brass necked effrontery from the tories in Scotland as well. This clown and Douglas Ross are cut from the same shabby tory cloth.

[@keeemon4451]

tories in scotland and wales are pretty useless, especially scotland. they exist as purely opposition to SNP, nothing else. they contribute nothing

[@sbIvanov]

15 hours waiting is something that no human being should be forced to endure! Even in Bulgaria, it is normal to wait no more than a hour in the ER....

[@dominicbritt]

No point in pointing the finger at Drakeford when the same mess is happening all across the entirety of the U.K.

[@eh1702]

@Nature Of The Beast Yes, my friend who went blind in her twentie should just have healed her duff kidneys. She could have chanted, HEAL, HEAL, HEAL RESPONSIBLY and it would have happened. She should have ordered different parents and another set of genes.

[@dominicbritt]

@Nature Of The Beast bollocks. My point is the Conservative Government in Westminster have destroyed the NHS across the United Kingdom. I’m not sure what tree you’re barking up…

[@Junior_Kula]

@@eh1702 I absolutely agree with you they should've been born into a family that has all the wealth, money and riches. Not into some posh family making meets end and living from one paycheck to another just to survive. What a complete tosh I can't even fathom how these people even dare to breathe the same air.

[@agt155]

Same mess? In Wales there are 70k waiting longer than 2 years for treatment in the whole of England there are 1k. Only difference between the two is 23 years of Labour control in Wales.

[@user-ku1jd5gi4o]

The difference is Tory budgets, they determine what resources Wales have access too, plus Tories have stemmed free movement and immigration so the work pool is lower hence less staff to drive abundances or provide care. Tories in Westminster, take our water take our taxes give us pittance in return then scream “YoUr NHS iS WoRSe” like a dribbling idiot. Tossers, the whole rotten lot.

[@GoodKingMort]

I don’t know anything about Welsh politics, or the First Minister of Wales; but judging by the video alone I really like him.

[@howareyou857]

He is a good first minister to be fair

[@Yelluz]

Did you like covid fear mongering bullshit and lockdowns for no reason? This insane old coot was all for both.

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

He's often referred to as "The Headteacher", so this is a bit of a shock to see him so riled up. This isn't his style at all.

[@cwm6203]

@@howareyou857 he isn't

[@howareyou857]

@@cwm6203 he is

[@dawn5227]

The problems the NHS service in Wales is having is identical to that is happening in England. My mother in-laws father had a fall and she couldnt get him up and was left for nearly 24 hours before an ambulance arrived. The Welsh tory minister really has nothing to go on compared to England which is being run into the ground by the tories.

[@MrYossarianuk]

Justified rage

[@fenaxtv]

I wonder when Wales wakes up and leaves the UK. Northern Ireland is nearly there. so is Scotland. Lets see how jolly England does on its own, they have been looking down and milking the UK over and over.

[@willkelly8108]

I know that truth in politics apparently doesn’t matter anymore, but for a TORY to disgrace the name of Aneurin Bevan is absolutely abhorrent.

[@stormboy8531]

A series of u turns is called an downward spiralling oscillation

[@Cid2065]

Wow! Getting to see inside the Welsh parliament! finally!

[@TheNarratorTube]

It's often open to the public - the gallery exists specifically for public viewing of proceedings and they often hold public arts and similar events in the building.

[@mauriceking3055]

Do you accept , That you and other Tories should be in Prison for crimes against the British people. #JailtheTories.

[@andrewmaccallum2367]

Never EVER trust any tory!

[@lissat7317]

The Tory was pointing from the start whilst doing his red faced pontification! She didn’t pull him up!! Well said Mark Drakeford - said with passion not anger. Dda iawn.

[@docmalthus]

What's causing Nye Bevan to spin in his grave is Tories from Margaret Thatcher to Liz Truss and their deplorable dismantling.

[@silvercfox7366]

Wait till welsh budget set by the Tory's London is cut again

[@kazielbonn]

Love the Welsh accent!

[@justinquinn8921]

That a Carmarthen accent 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😊

[@jgdooley2003]

I worked with welsh colleagues for many years and they were a joy to work with and great story tellers into the bargain. A lot of welsh steel workers and heavy industry personnel transferred to Ireland in the mid 1990's as Irelands tech industries began to ramp up and South Wales smoke stack industries and mining began to wane. Very colourful, diligent and engaging people.

[@stephrichards4611]

It's a very specific area of Carmarthenshire people speak like that. My geography teacher had the same accent

[@justinquinn8921]

@@stephrichards4611 welsh is the first language in Carmarthenshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@stephrichards4611]

@@justinquinn8921 I know. I've worked there and speak Welsh as a 1st language 🙃

[@derekstark9062]

Now, I’m not normally a fan of Drakeford, but not many people would go out and say this on TV to the UK government. Fair play Drakeford.

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

Andrew RT Davies is one of the most unpopular politicians in the country. Barely anyone takes him seriously as he spends much more time shouting on Twitter than actually acting like a leader of the opposition. Maybe he should use some of that internet time looking at how it's Westminster that decides what our healthcare budget is and not Caerdydd? And well done to Elin Jones (From my constituency, although she's not usually the one I vote for) for keeping the peace better than Sir Lindsey Hoyle does over in San Steffan.

[@nellyfett2681]

Time for the blue lot to go

[@craiglewis8981]

At last ..Drakeford has grown some big brass balls !! More of this please first minister

[@michaelrhys6167]

He has one big ball the trouble is his ears are stuck on it

[@Geffo555]

Convenient Tory indignation. But his party has been dismantling the NHS on the quiet. And his health minister would like us to jeer nurses rather than clap them.

[@1chish]

Please explain how the Tories have been 'dismantling the NHS on the quiet' in Wales when they have never held power in Wales? Labour have run the Welsh NHS since devolution 15 years ago.

[@motosnape]

Tory scum working O/T on this thread?

[@Geffo555]

@@1chish It's a national problem. And for proof you only have to look at the number of nurses and GPs we are short of. I live in Kent, and an elderly neighbour had to wait over six hours for an ambulance. In the words of our lame duck PM, "This is a disgrace."

[@1chish]

@@motosnape Quote: "Tory scum working O/T on this thread?" No Soft Lad just me asking someone to defend their incorrect statement and expressing a different point of view. Which of course to you Liberal Lefties means I must be abused and cancelled. How very illiberal! 😂😂 You people are so pathetic you cannot defend your own political position so you attack those who disagree.

[@1chish]

@@Geffo555 Well living in Suffolk I have great sympathy with your position. However the thread is about how Drakeford went into Virtue Signalling overdrive to deflect from the even MORE parlous state of the Welsh NHS for which Labour have been responsible for 15 years. In fairness to all 4 NHS areas they are still facing the fallout from COVID with reduced staff, staff not returning to work at all and large peak demands. Its not a disgrace its a fact of life.

[@THENDER1000]

Take a bow Drakeford, showing passion for Wales and it's NHS.

[@agt155]

Drakeford's ruined our NHS - it's scandalous how it's never reported.

[@THENDER1000]

@@agt155 what is it that you don't get!! Westminster hold the purse strings. You need give your head a feckin wobble.

[@agt155]

@@THENDER1000 Our NHS if much worse than England's despite getting 20% more funding per person - work out the reason why rather than shouting out your ignorance.

[@THENDER1000]

Talking garbage. I work for the NHS in England and have a family member that's a GP in Wales. Tories running it into the ground but you carry on with the blinkered rubbish.

[@mel4856]

Oh please 🙄 Drakeford what has he done for Wales and the people? It's all show with him just like the Tories...they are all the same

[@steffnic88]

Great to see real passion in politcs. Shows he really cares.

[@jasonk7072]

I understand that the Welsh speaker has to keep order, but if there was more passion and anger like that displayed by Mr Drakeford at the behaviour of the tories I think we’d all be a bit better off. Bad people hide behind ‘professionalism’ and ‘etiquette’.

[@stephanguitar9778]

Thats what we need from Starmer.

[@Grahamponting]

Were you watching a different exchange? Drakeford was wrong footed and rattled.

[@jasonk7072]

@@Grahamponting It certainly sounds like I wasn't watching the same thing as you 😂

[@franzderpinand2715]

@@Grahamponting He's under a lot of pressure due to Andrew's party. Drakeford cares highly for the people let down by the service, being an ex social worker. It's the hypocrisy and gas lighting that would fuel anger in anyone

[@franzderpinand2715]

@@Grahamponting in fact a better way to put it, it's the problem itself questioning you, telling you things aren't okay and then having the gall to say they're the solution. Andrew RT says all this and then supports the reasons these problems exist by sticking up for Boris and Truss. Andrew and his party are the problem and have proven over many many years that they would ravage Cymru.

[@fighne]

The NHS struggles on due to the dedication of its workforce. The reason it is struggling is due to the Tory government cuts and trying to privatise it. Shame on him for deflecting, and not even saying that the response the father on the floor got was not acceptable!

[@Vortiporius_]

There's also a doctor shortage which got worse after Brexit which nobody mentions. Carmarthen and Llanelli hospitals have 1 doctor per ward and a load of nurses regularly, which is what drives up the waiting times. It's not entirely a funding issue, but a lack of trained staff. Although you will find there is an increase in private hospitals popping up in Carmarthenshire, had to visit one for an MRI due to the hospital not having enough staff, which obviously pay more than the NHS so attracts more doctors onto their staff. The NHS then has to pay them a larger fee to perform the job they are incapable of.

[@daveo226]

Not a massive fan of Drakeford but I have to say I totally agree with him on this issue 👍

[@hectorwalker5986]

Great to see

[@bryanfish7303]

"I understand the anger, but can we please stop with all the pointing". Heaven forfend! Anything but pointing!

[@Vortiporius_]

The pointing from the tory MP from the beginning was infuriating. It's incredibly rude.

[@williamgow6551]

Well done sir

[@jackatsea]

Year, year Drakeford shows the anger many, many people feel. Well said.

[@NotAnIlluminatiSpy]

Kinda like your roommate who steals money from you complaining that you can't pay your rent.

[@jordanlester9276]

Please do more coverages of Wales, also throw in Scotland and Northern Ireland too. Tons of news about England, not so much about the other parts of the UK (United Kingdom). I am writing as a east coast Canadian in Newfoundland and Labrador, who loves to follow developments in the UK

[@methanedirigible]

Wow - hell yeah. 5:20 if you want to get to the point where the first minister finally snaps. How DARE they try to pass the buck. The nation’s reputation is in shreds.

[@前橋みき]

Kick out the Tories asap 🎉

[@curly_mccurls]

The tory balrog approaches The Welsh wizard, it bears it's austerical roar. The Welsh wizard stands his ground. "WHAT SORT OF WORLD DO YOU BELONG IN" The Welsh wizard shouts, he flips a page of his spell book in a primative rage and stamps his quarterstaff into the floor, the ground shakes in anger, the tory balrog hesitates and clumsily falls to it's death.

[@ex-cursion]

That is sublime. You can be my DM any day.

[@JohnSmith112358]

Bravo 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@High_Lord_Of_Terra]

"EW EN PASSIN BUTT!"

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

"FYDDECH CHI DDIM YN BASIO!"

[@juliagunn5259]

Well done Mark , the Tories created the problem.

[@SB-dk7fy]

Come out from UK.Come out from England. Be Independent Country.

[@MattDorsett300]

Brilliant emotive flourish at the end by Mark Drakeford - what a fantastic speaker he is

[@maaziy_ghaziyIYI]

Damn, uncle was fuming as hell 🤣

[@edmurth]

I don’t blame the First Minister, he handled the outright hypocrisy better then I would have.

[@MrSpanks]

It was great to see! I very much doubt it'll be down on the BBC!

[@edmurth]

@@MrSpanks ah yes, the "left wing" BBC with a board full of Tories. I think the people who think it's left wing now would only be happy if it showed the speeches of Hitler.

[@Festivejelly]

Than*

[@gethboy]

As we say in Wales, he was absolutely tamping!

[@jamessteel9016]

Where did Mark Drakeford 'lose it' he was quite calm and reasonable considering the baiting from that tory muppet.

[@Vortiporius_]

You clearly missed the ending where he was shaking with rage.

[@tomwhiteley4126]

Mark Drakeford ditching his usual calm and considered personality to give the tories an authentic outburst of justified anger shows how much he really cares for the people of Wales. It’s so beautiful watching the sleeping dragon awaken in him to take down RT Davies’ hypocrisy.

[@tomsloan2778]

from a cumbrian lad a true red dragon welshman.

[@tomsloan2778]

mark drakeford should be our next prime minister.

[@lizardkid666]

David Lloyd Gorge look him

[@grumpy8413]

I am sorry but you really do not have a clue. I have dealt with the man, he is a very nasty dictators that shits on the Welsh people from a great Height. A record petition over 450,000 people have signed a petition, he has openly stated he will ignore it. He has openly lied and misled the assembly and breached the ministers code. He knows he can do whatever he wants as the Labour party and Plaid work together and stop all opposition. It is a dictatorship. Sad you just can not see it.

[@jillybe1873]

We welsh don't just lie on the floor waiting for the ambulance, we roll around.

[@welsh-cymru1588]

And why is that ? The tory tax cuts cost the UK taxpayer £50b in income that's the entire cost of the NHS workforce, we could of given every NHS worker a pay rise , we need tax money to invest in our public services like free healthcare, free education, higher NHS staff wages ect , in turn these tax cuts has effected the budget of the NHS like drakeford said , our taxes are not fully devolved the Tories have control of the budget, the Tories want to privatise healthcare like the USA which costs thousands per year, in wales we have free prescriptions under labour england doesn't under the tories , sajid javid a conservative mp said a few weeks back that UK citizens should start paying for A&E & GP visits , why should we have that in Wales when we didn't vote for the tory party ? Countries like denmark, Switzerland , Finland ect pay much higher taxes than us but they have a much better quality of life , better healthcare and other public services they all rank in the top 5 according to the index in 2023 for quality if life while the UK ranks 17th , it baffles me that tory voters are protecting their right wing politicians 6 digit bank accounts by helping them evade taxes while our public services like the NHS suffers.

[@gwyn.thomas]

Mark Drakeford is a truly measured, polite, honest gentleman - let me tell you now, he was absolutely fucking boiling - I have never seen him that mad - he looked close to punching that smirking self righteous twat into orbit.

[@chrispenn715]

Drakeford is a mediocre administrator. The tories are useless but thats no defence for Welsh Labour's incompetence

[@TheUglySlug666]

Drakeford couldn’t kill a fly 😂😂😂

[@wilmaflinstone7650]

@@chrispenn715 You are the weakest link goodbye

[@toon9359]

🤣🤣🤣you tell him mate 👍🏻

[@TheDiggidee]

Bit rich that coming from a Tory

[@davidgreenwood5602]

This is historic!

[@nikij124]

go on mark, torys out of wales, sounds good to me, so dose independence,🤔

[@davehopkin9502]

bravo Mr Drakeford..... bravo nail firmly and squarely hit on the head

[@paulpower5706]

Drake ford doesn’t give a constructive answer. His responsibility to provide decent health care for Wales, cannot always blame central government for devolved government failures.

[@Dracoriax]

The gall of being a Welsh Tory invoking the name of Bevan. He knew what fury was coming from him.

[@Dracoriax]

@Sonification It's not as if devolved budgets are entirely beholden to Westminster... Especially if you factor in the loss of EU funding into Wales (which Westminster promised to match and didn't); the public purse has been redirected from the NHS into subsidising areas that used to recieve that EU funding. Redirect your anger at the Tories and their economic incompetence.

[@bannaubrycheiniog1329]

Da iawn Mark, wnaeth RT Davies gwerthi eu enaid i'r diafol flynyddoedd yn ol, ac y peth doniol yw ma' neb yn San Steffan yn gwybod pwy yn y byd ydi o!

[@iantomac]

Clywch, clywch!!!

[@dinewiz3638]

There needs to be more of Labour calling out the Tories pathetic attempts to claim the moral high ground.

[@numberstation]

“Not my words, Carol, the words of Top Gear Magazine!”

[@1welshdevil]

I didn't know he had it in him, good to see a bit of passion. Laughable to hear the Tories try to claim any moral high ground.