Keir Starmer 'must be living in cuckoo land' says reader
He must be living in cuckoo land.
Labour has trashed the economy, reneged on every election pledge, apart from his comment about Welsh Labour.
He said the way Labour has run Wales is a blueprint for how they will run the UK.
Well, Labour in Wales has spent 25 years running the country into the ground.
Spending billions on worthless schemes and plans, just one example buying Cardiff Airport, spending expected to be by 2030, nearly £400million.
Labour has patiently proved they cannot run the Welsh economy, so far, buying Cardiff Airport was an insane idea.
Since 2013, over £180 million of taxpayers' money spent on it, with a current loss of £61million.
If this was a private organisation, they would have gone into receivership.
Labour's Senedd leaders since 2013 should hold their heads in shame.
R Brafing,
Wales
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