Quote Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish View Post
Is it ludicrous to suggest that Drakeford's life and background have an influence on his decision-making ? I could start by saying something along the lines of "..I'm sure he's a nice guy, but ..". Trouble is, every single person I've met who knows him says he's a horrible and despicable man. Wife's friends from Carmarthen who are contemporaries of his, a couple I met this week out walking whose daughter works with him, the father of one of my son's old football team-mates who used to work with him. He's never had a job outside public life, is by self-admission to the left of the Labour Party, and has lifetime of working on social issues. All good, but I doubt he knows what a business looks like, how they're run, where money comes from [unless it's Westminster], and is probably only concerned about CV19 and not it the slightest about jobs and the economy. Just the person to 'run' a Country. I said earlier that he's exempt from criticism in the Welsh parochial media. I've driven passed the City stadium a dozen times in the past week and the most cars I've seen queuing up to be tested is 2. Usually 1, occasionally 0.
I’ve never met an Assembly Member who has any charisma or I’ve been impressed with and I have met a few.

In relation to his lack of business knowledge, you’d hope there was someone advising him on those details. No AM leader is above criticism and I’m not in awe of how Wales is managing the pandemic. I’m not that parochial not to criticise.

I think Drakeford is balancing controlling the pandemic with health of people against the economy, just the same as BoJo. He’s being more cautious than BoJo perhaps due to political motives or being advised by medical people and scientists?

I don’t think he’s coming to these decisions solely due to wishing Wales to be different.