Wales’ First Minister Mark Drakeford erupted in anger within the Senedd this afternoon as he accused the Conservatives of creating a multitude of the UK’s price range and status.
Mr Drakeford raised his voice and pointed his finger in response to questions from chief of the Welsh Conservatives, Andrew RT Davies, about poor ambulance response instances.
Addressing Mr Davies, Mr Drakeford mentioned: “It is shocking, it is absolutely shocking to me that you think that you can turn up here this afternoon, with the mess that your party has made to the budgets of this country, to the reputation of this country around the world…and claim some sort of moral high ground?”
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Angrily flipping his binding notes, he added: “What sort of world do you belong in?”
Those sitting round Mr Drakeford nodded and banged their desks – forcing presiding officer Ellin Jones to intervene.
“I understand that the arguments and the feelings run high on these issues from a variety of perspectives,” she mentioned.
“I understand some of the shouting taking place but I won’t have people pointing in anger and gesticulating in anger at other people. Can we just take a moment just to calm down.”
Both males had raised their voices through the heated trade.
In his questions, Mr Davies raised examples of lengthy waits for ambulances, together with a pensioner who was caught on a flooring for 15 hours.
He mentioned Aneurin Bevan, the Labour minister who oversaw the creation of the NHS, can be handing over his grave over the state it’s at present in.
Mr Drakeford responded to say the Welsh authorities needed to take a position extra in ambulance providers and have extra workers.
But he additionally attacked the UK authorities for extra deep-seated issues, saying that NHS workers “face cuts to their pay because of the policy of your government”.
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Mr Davies has accused Mr Drakeford of exhibiting a “shameful lack of remorse” over his response.
“Rather than take responsibility for Labour’s poor running of the NHS, Mark Drakeford looked to pass the blame on to the UK government, despite the fact that health in Wales has been under Labour control for 25 years,” he mentioned.
Responding, the Welsh authorities defended Mr Drakeford.
A spokesperson mentioned: “We are deeply concerned about the position the UK government has put us in and the eye-watering scale of cuts facing public services in Wales.
“The first minister was reflecting the anger of individuals in Wales who are actually having to pay for the errors made by the UK authorities.”
Nicola Sturgeon, first minister of Scotland, also voiced support for her Welsh counterpart, tweeting: “I’m 1000% with @MarkDrakeford in his anger and frustration at Tories who take a sledgehammer to the financial system and public providers, after which attempt to fake that the results don’t have anything to do with them. They just do the identical in (Scotland).”
Source: information.sky.com”