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20 November 2019updated 09 Jul 2021 7:43am

Labour’s record in Wales doesn’t make me angry – just disappointed

By Adam Price

Britain's opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn (C) holds up a manifesto on stage at a rally as he campaigns for the general election in Swansea, south Wales on December 7, 2019 with (L-R) Welsh Labour's deputy leader Carolyn Harris, leader Mark Drakeford, candidate for Neath Christina Rees and candidate for Swansea West Geraint Davies. - Britain will go to the polls on December 12, 2019 to vote in a pre-Christmas general election. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images)

That killer phrase deployed by parent’s day-in, day-out – I’m not angry, just disappointed. That’s how I feel about Labour’s record in Wales.

It’s not the same feeling I have towards the Conservative party, who we know have little regard for many of the things we treasure – from the NHS to devolution.

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