Dripford facing a backlash dont worry. Many of us have said we will not be listening
I've said to one of my local shops i will not be making people wear face mask at all from 19th July some of my colleagues feel the same
What are you talking about? Masks have been popular across East Asia for a couple of decades now (especially since SARS), but China are not the 'masters of mask wearing'. Also, while China may be run by a communist party, this country is more communist than them in many regards (they don't even have a national health service). China is a totalitarian state, not a communist one.
I agree with a lot of this.
Here's the BBC article:
Covid: Welsh ministers under pressure to set freedom date
The former chief medical officer said England's freedom day gives Welsh government a "big dilemma".www.bbc.co.uk
It's a difficult position really.
Wales has both the lowest Covid rate and the highest vaccination rate in terms of both first and second doses in the UK. 90.0% of adults have now received one dose and 71.3% both doses. An incredible achievement.
Drakeford has been very cautious throughout though and there is obviously going to be a surge in cases when things open up more with Delta around (it will happen in England and Scotland, and in Wales too).
We also don't know what's happening in England really. Grant Shapps has imitated that buses and trains may still make masks compulsory during certain times and I am sure some operators like TFL will.
My personal belief is that in England this is pure politics. Johnson wants a big bang of 'freedom day' or whatever. It's not sensible though. Things should be opened gradually and masks remain compulsory in indoor spaces with lots of people and/ or poor ventilation.
The politics angle is seen with the posters above calling Drakeford 'Dripford'. They are clearly anti-Labour/ anti-devolution.
Oh and mask wearing has literally zero to do with communism. If anything, it would be totalitarianism. Though, of course, the two can go hand in hand even though they are on opposite ends of the scale in the normal 2D system.
Mark. This is totally off topic, but it is you that needs to 'learn history'. China was not the first communist state and are not 'masters of communism'. China demands total control of Hong Kong. Total control means that people there have no right to criticise them/ China (the CCP see the party and China as one) or do anything to perceive to be against the party/ China's interests. Do you see where I wrote 'total'. That is the idea of totalitarianism. Total control. Totalitarianism is/was traditionally seen as a type of fascism, not communism. Though most 'communist' states nowadays are certainly totalitarian.
What will happen is many people close to the English border will travel over the border into England and spend their money there as happened before when restrictions were different in the two countries. A large proportion of the Welsh population live within easy travelling distance into England.
One thing Drakeford doesn't have is a Chancellor constantly reminding him that there is a cost to prolonging the restrictions. Indeed, it's probably more a case of his finance minister telling Cabinet at every meeting how much they need to spend by the end of the financial year.