Mark Drakeford with 2 other ministers are planning to attend Football world cup regardless of the Labour Party boycott.
According to an investigation by the Guardian over 6,500 workers have died while working on preparation for the World Cup. Thousands of low-paid workers from Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka were among the deceased. In a country that is known for its poor workers rights and continued criminalisation of homosexuality.
Lucy Powell (Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) stated “Dozens of construction workers have been killed putting this tournament on, and LGBT England and Wales fans are having to put up with the tournament being played in a country where their sexuality is criminalised. I’m excited to cheer on the England team from my sitting room and from my local pub.”
A spokesperson for the Welsh Government said: “We are proud that Wales will be competing at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. We believe that it is better to engage with countries that do not always share our values on human rights, LGBTQ+ rights, workers’ rights and political and religious freedom.
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This decision to defy the leader of the Labour party comes shortly after Mark Drakeford, was so outraged by a question from Andrew RT Davies, the Welsh Tory leader regarding the appalling waiting times on Ambulances here in Wales, that he sought to portray anyone criticising his devolved government as ‘beyond the pale’. “It is shocking, absolutely shocking to me that you [Mr Davies] think you can turn up here this afternoon, with the mess your party has made to the budgets of this country, to the reputation of this country around the world… and claim some kind of moral high ground,” he snapped. “What sort of world do you belong in?”
It appears Mark Drakeford seems to believe that question marks over Liz Truss’s future mean that neither he nor his government should be scrutinised. Even to raise the issue of the appalling state of Wales’s ambulance service (as Mr Davies had done) is in itself unacceptable.
Perhaps Mr Drakeford now feels he answers to no one?