TravelDream
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This comes up time and time again.
On this forum, it comes up repeatedly about Wales that the Welsh Government should invest in rail infrastructure in Wales. The problem is it is not devolved (outside of the Core Valley Lines) and is the responsibility of the UK Government. The Welsh Government gets no funding whatsoever for rail infrastructure. Some of those people then double down on their position saying that money should be taken from Welsh schools and hospitals to pay for infrastructure in Wales - though they don't think then Welsh Gov should buy aircraft carrier or similar.
It goes both ways too. I was talking to someone earlier in the year before the elections. This woman was complaining about the 'appalling' quality of local schools and how it was all Boris Johnson's fault. She said she was voting Labour because of it. What she didn't realise is that Labour have run the schools in Wales since 1997 (1997-99 as the UK Gov and 1999-present as the Welsh Gov).
It's an annoying position for an anorak like me.
On this forum, it comes up repeatedly about Wales that the Welsh Government should invest in rail infrastructure in Wales. The problem is it is not devolved (outside of the Core Valley Lines) and is the responsibility of the UK Government. The Welsh Government gets no funding whatsoever for rail infrastructure. Some of those people then double down on their position saying that money should be taken from Welsh schools and hospitals to pay for infrastructure in Wales - though they don't think then Welsh Gov should buy aircraft carrier or similar.
It goes both ways too. I was talking to someone earlier in the year before the elections. This woman was complaining about the 'appalling' quality of local schools and how it was all Boris Johnson's fault. She said she was voting Labour because of it. What she didn't realise is that Labour have run the schools in Wales since 1997 (1997-99 as the UK Gov and 1999-present as the Welsh Gov).
It's an annoying position for an anorak like me.