I sometimes despair at at our national press.
The biggest story today, without a doubt, is that of child poverty levels rising and yet there is absolutely nothing on this critical issue anywhere in the Welsh press.
BBC Scotland are covering the data for Scotland but I have yet to see anything on the Welsh figures. No press releases from the Assembly Government and nothing on their statistics pages.
Do they think if no-one mentions it, it will go away?
Anyone else out there had any luck?
Love bombing
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In London yesterday I learn a new verb.
The word that's being used to describe the sometimes subtle, sometimes none
too subtle wooing of the Liberal Dem...
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4 comments:
david cornock had a post on his blog, not sure if that counts.
your points are well made.
as we all know the problem is not confined to Child Poverty, this is part of the bigger picture, the political culture in Wales, where politicians are not properly scrutinised or held to account (First Ministers Questions is a joke) and who don't feel the need to talk to the press and when they do its on their own terms, much less acknowledge current problems and offer solutions or their progress on solutions already underway, so we can see what progress they are making.
I see little changing sadly and Child Poverty is the latest casualty.
Child POverty, in Wales,nah.Bethan jenkins keeps flagging it up , but thats about it.Maybe IWA and Bevan should do more on it. But then children and their often socially excluded parents dont usually vote.
The Voluntary Sector could do more too.
How is poverty measured? In relation to median incomes. That's not real poverty, it's simply having a lower household income in relation to other else.
If you really want to raise overall wealth in Wales you have to break the dependency culture. This will sound offensive I'm sure, but there are too many people working for the state, and not enough people working in the private sector. State employment is not productive or wealth
-creating. Furthermore, the number of people on benefits is crazy.
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