IanD
Established Member
Just seen this on the BBC. Welsh FM Carwyn Jones makes a sarcastic tweet to Arriva and then gets a similar response which he calls "unprofessional". Seems like a case of pots and kettles to me. Of course, if he used the station regularly, he'd have noticed this years ago.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-28282600
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-28282600
BBC News said:The first minister and Arriva Trains Wales (ATW) have clashed publicly on social media over the absence of Welsh language announcements at a Cardiff station.
Carwyn Jones used his AM Twitter account to question the rail company on Saturday about Queen Street station, quipping: "Has the border moved?"
He then criticised ATW's response as "shirty" and "unprofessional".
ATW said "we sincerely apologise" for an inappropriate response to the query.
The comments from the first minister came after he had been to open the Tafwyl festival at Cardiff Castle, an event to celebrate the use of the Welsh language in the capital city.
But he turned to Twitter after being at the nearby station, stating: "English only announcements at Cardiff Queen Street today. Has the border moved?"
ATW replied an hour later to the first minister: "There has been no border moving that I have been made aware of, but I apologise if the English announcements upset you."
However, the Bridgend AM was clearly unhappy with the response.
"This not an appropriate answer. Where are the Welsh language announcements?" he said.
"A simple "sorry, we'll investigate" would have done instead of a shirty response. Unprofessional."