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Lyndon Jones's avatar

Thanks Will.

I read yesterday - and it appears to be true - that the head of OFCOM in Wales is Rhodri Williams's wife. If this is indeed true, it would seem, prima facie, to be a serious conflict of interest; and hardly an arrangement which is likely to serve Wales, or its public, well.

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Wayne Gwilym's avatar

The problem with having a Welsh Covid enquiry is the imbalance of power between Wales, Westminster and the media. The Conservatives seem to view Wales as a “beachhead” to attack Labour - see how often they say “if you want to see what a Labour Government would look like” etc. So while Johnson and Sunak can - for example - get away with “losing” their WhatsApp messages without being crucified by the media, every perceived mis-step by the Welsh government that an inquiry might reveal would be massively amplified and weaponised. There is no chance that Wales would get a fair hearing - it would be a free hit for opponents of Welsh Labour and of devolution. If we want lessons to be learned, we have to create a culture which values learning lessons. Our politics is too polarized for that.

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