I also got this interesting piece of information yesterday from a message about their forthcoming events from the Labour Assembly against Austerity. The Socialist Campaign Group are organising a seminar on June 20th about what British socialists can learn from the successful, socialist policies of the Welsh Labour party. The snippet says
‘SCG SEMINAR: Learning from Welsh Labour’s Radical Agenda
Monday 20 June 2022, 7pm. Register here.
Beth Winter MP // Mick Antoniw MS, Welsh Government Counsel-General // Jack Sargeant MS, Chair, Senedd Petitions Committee // Sophie Howe, Welsh Future Generations Commissioner // Darren Williams, Welsh Labour Grassroots
The next SCG online Socialist Policy Forum will look at the lessons we can learn from Welsh Labour’s new radical plan for government – which is helping to build a country that serves the many, not the few. This radical agenda includes: setting up a publicly owned energy company ■ a free National Care Service ■ free school meals for all primary school pupils ■ plans for Net Zero by 2025 – 15 years ahead of the UK-wide 2050 target ■ a national construction company to increase the numbers of social housing ■ and a Basic Income pilot scheme for care leavers.
Come along and learn about these progressive polices and how they can help the wider Labour movement win enough support to kick the Tories out of Downing Street.
This meeting is part of a series of socialist policy events organised by the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs in partnership with the Labour Assembly Against Austerity and Momentum.‘
I’m fully behind this. Welsh Labour are doing – and doing very successfully – what the Labour party in the rest of this great nation should be doing, but isn’t. Because Starmer is too in love with Blair and his legacy. And I expect as a result conditions for ordinary people will improve as they worsen in England. So you can expect the Tories to start complaining about something or other in Wales, which is terribly unfair, in order to divert attention from the failures of Tory laissez-faire capitalism. That’s if Starmer doesn’t help them by finding some way to close Welsh Labour down.
Tags: Basic Income, Beth Winter, Capitalism, Carers, Conservaatives, Conservatives, Darren Williams, Jack Sargeant, Keir Starmer, Labour Assembly Against Austerity, Labour Party, Laissez Faire economics, Mick Antoniw, Momentum, Nationalisation, Net Zero Carbon, School Meals, Social Care, Social Housing, Socialist Campaign Group, Sophie Howe, tony blair
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May 30, 2022 at 1:57 pm |
I have reservations about Welsh Labour.
I lived in Wales for 10 years with Welsh Labour in The Senedd, they were quite disappointing, yes, I know they are reliant on Westminster for the bulk of their funding, but they weren’t very vocal about anything, especially with austerity.
I haven’t researched the story yet but it appears The Assembly, with Plaid Cymru support want to add another 96 “politicians” at a cost of approximately £12 million.
There appears to be a move towards “PR lite” a start I suppose but I will reserve judgement.
96 “politicians” at first look seems excessive to me, could definitely be better spent.