No Inspiration for Corbyn where Labour are in power.

I wonder if UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn wishes that it wasn't the case that the only legislature that his party actually holds power is Wales.


As he tours Scotland where he seems to have only targeted SNP ignoring those held by Tories he faces the problem of attacking the governing party in Scotland over austerity whose supporters og the SNP can simply turn and point o where Labour is in power, they don’t appear to have done much to mitigate the  effects of Westminster austerity 
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Indeed so hapless is Mr Corbyn's party in Scotland that they thought they were on a winner with news like

The Scottish Government has been accused of having “blood on their hands” after weapons partially made by a Fife firm were linked to a Saudi missile strike which killed 40 Yemeni children.

"Munitions experts say that remnants of a Paveway guidance kit, part-made by Raytheon in Glenrothes, was used in the strike on a school bus in the northern province of Sadah which left 51 people dead – including 40 youngsters – and 79 people wounded earlier this month.

Now there have been calls for ministers to rethink their relationship with arms manufacturers following reports that Raytheon has received £185,625 of public cash from Scottish Enterprise over the past five years.
Former Business Minister Paul Wheelhouse has also come in for criticism after the MSP arranged a private meeting at the Glenrothes facility back in January and specifically requested “no comms (communications) activity” around the visit.
In the wake of the reports, Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard said it was “deeply disturbing” an SNP minister met with an arms manufacturer and ordered civil servants not to take any photos or publicise the visit".

So imagine Jeremy thinking that he can attack the SNP for hypocrisy. 

However as Munguin tells us. 

It turned out that the money, awarded by Scottish Enterprise (SE), was destined to help the company to diversify from weapons manufacture into other fields, thus retaining Scottish jobs, while reducing our dependency on weapons manufacture.As Craig Dalzell pointed out, it is important to ensure that the money IS indeed used for that purpose and not to subsidise anything else. We must demand that SE does this. (Having been involved in projects funded by SE, I suspect that this will be done. In my experience they are strict in inspections of outcomes compared, for example, with the DWP.)

But it gets worse it turns out Labour got involved in this argument  apparently  without realising about  the funding that the Labour government in Wales has been giving the same company.

Only last here Wales Third Rate Minister  Carwyn Jones AM officially opened Raytheon’s new Hangar 119 at Hawarden Airport on Thursday.

Raytheon UK and the Welsh Government have invested £1 million in this new hangar where 145 employees are supporting the MOD’s flagship ISR programmes.

The new facility will foster the development of new, cutting edge capabilities and ensure that the company will continue to make a significant contribution to the local economy, for many years to come, Raytheon says.

“The new facility gives us tremendous potential and will enhance our economic impact in the region, where the company has contributed since 1993,” said Richard Daniel, Raytheon UK chief executive. “We have created around 50 jobs in Broughton over the past 18 months, and anticipate the need for a further 200 over the next three years depending on export opportunities”.

 Third Raten Minister Carwyn Jones said,

“I am pleased to formally open this impressive new facility which has been supported by Welsh Government funding,”

“Raytheon’s expansion at Broughton will not only enable the company to diversify but will see new technologies and products developed in North Wales and exported worldwide. This investment is also important in supporting students and apprentices who are the engineers of the future to be ready to take advantage of the opportunities available.”

Raytheon UK is developing new Special Mission Aircraft mission systems at their Broughton Centre of Excellence and deep servicing hub. Which seems to be much like what was used to kill the  40 Yemeni children.

I would not like to see the London HQ of the Labour Party ringing up their Welsh Branch and dictating their policy even if that meant telling Carwyn and his Ministers to copy Scotland's SNP government.

But lets face it Labour have failed in the assembly and if Jeremy Corbyn wants to find an example of what Labour can do in power the last place he should look is Cardiff Bay and the Welsh Assembly,