Farage Promising to Re-open Mines Shows He Doesn’t Understand Wales

Responding to Nigel Farage’s speech in Port Talbot, where he promised to reopen the mines, Welsh Liberal Democrat Westminster Spokesperson David Chadwick MP said:

“Mining was our past, but it can’t be our future. I know my relatives in South Wales worked hard to ensure that their children and grandchildren wouldn’t have to do the dangerous work of going down the pits and for future generations to have better opportunities in life.

“The fact that Nigel Farage doesn’t see this shows how poorly he understands Welsh communities. The Welsh Liberal Democrats will be fighting to give former industrial communities what they really want, which is modern, well-paid jobs in new industries, investment in their public services and support for small businesses, not false hope based on harking back to the past.”

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