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| Wales needs a green future, not Nigel Farage’s coalmine fantasy | Wales needs a green future, not Nigel Farage’s coalmine fantasy |
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| The Reform UK leader’s vision of reviving coalmines and blast furnaces in south Wales is absurd, writes Neil Kinnock | The Reform UK leader’s vision of reviving coalmines and blast furnaces in south Wales is absurd, writes Neil Kinnock |
| In south Wales on Monday, the leader of Reform UK offered a Farage mirage of reopened coalmines and blast furnaces (Nigel Farage’s pitch for Welsh elections: bring back coalmining, 9 June). When questioned, he did not acknowledge the practical absurdity of such restorations; he responded with the conman’s alibi – they are “ambitions” and “nothing is impossible”. | In south Wales on Monday, the leader of Reform UK offered a Farage mirage of reopened coalmines and blast furnaces (Nigel Farage’s pitch for Welsh elections: bring back coalmining, 9 June). When questioned, he did not acknowledge the practical absurdity of such restorations; he responded with the conman’s alibi – they are “ambitions” and “nothing is impossible”. |
| Welsh knowledge of the destruction of industries is tragic, profound and recent. By pretending that past can be reversed with just “a change of mindset”, Nigel Farage is showing contempt for the experience and intelligence of the people of Wales. | Welsh knowledge of the destruction of industries is tragic, profound and recent. By pretending that past can be reversed with just “a change of mindset”, Nigel Farage is showing contempt for the experience and intelligence of the people of Wales. |
| Like all communities that have endured rapid and massive economic change without proper preparation or compensation, they need the realism and security of a productive green future, not the cynical dishonesty of a Trump tribute act. | |
| Neil Kinnock | |
| Labour, House of Lords | |
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