Bizarre statement of the day – on electrification of the mainline from London to Swansea

Question for the One Wales sceptics – would this have happened if Ieuan Wyn Jones was not Transport Minister?

Welsh Ramblings (a Plaid Cymru staff member)

Well, judging by his comments on Radio Wales this evening the Finance Minister, Andrew Davies would quite categorically answer ‘yes’ to that question. Mr. Davies asserted that the announcement on electrification came after concerted pressure over a period of time commencing when he was responsible for Transport in a Labour Assembly Government.

Do the British Cabinet even know who Ieuan Wyn Jones is?

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