Don't make me laugh.

Two reports on BBC Wales, which can be taken with a pinch of salt.

The first is that..

...One of Theresa May's closest colleagues has denied claims that the Welsh Government was ignored in the drafting of her Brexit deal.
Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington was visiting Cardiff on Friday to discuss the proposals with Welsh politicians and business leaders.
He said ministers "always listen" to the devolved governments.
The Welsh and Scottish first ministers have claimed there had been no "meaningful engagement" with them.
Mr Lidington admitted there were "acknowledged political differences" between the governments over the preferred outcome of negotiations with the EU.
But he said the draft withdrawal deal included measures on matters such as the environment and workers' rights he thought Welsh politicians from all parties "would be able to support".
Mr Lidington was visiting Edinburgh and Cardiff as leading Brexiteers in the cabinet rallied behind Theresa May following the resignation on Thursday of two of their colleagues.
He said the clear message coming from Welsh businesses was that they wanted "clarity and certainty" from a deal to leave the EU.
MPs from all parties threatening to vote against the deal "need to be thinking very calmly about the national interest", he added.The minister said the deal was "true" to the referendum result while promoting a "good trading relationship" with the EU for the future.

Well it may well listen but I have always have the impression that it is the same manner in which a schools headmaster listens to the pupils on a school council .

Williams from year  10 may be on that council but she may argue for all her might she's not going to change the head's view if he has no intention on changing anything.


The second is that  Welsh Third Rate Minister Carwyn Jones has said Wales' Whitehall department has little influence on the UK government,

BBC Wales reports that,

It comes after Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns, who leads the Wales Office, said the EU withdrawal deal was a matter for UK ministers not Mr Jones.
Mr Jones told AMs the effect to international trade and treaties was "huge in devolved areas".
"But I don't think the Wales Office has much influence at all in the way that the UK government operates," he added.
A UK Government source said the Welsh Secretary is a "integral part of government".
Mr Cairns made his comments, on Wednesday, after the Welsh Labour leader said he should have been briefed earlier on the Brexit agreement
Mr Cairns said: "This is a reserved area of policy. There are two governments in Wales.

"I don't tell the Welsh Government what to do on health policy and this is a matter that is a European policy as well as a UK government policy."
Mr Jones responded on Friday at an assembly committee that scrutinises his actions as first minister.

When AMs raised concerns about the Conservative minister's statement, Mr Jones explained that Welsh ministers' relationship with the UK government was "not channelled through the Wales Office".

"I deal directly with the prime minister - I don't deal via the secretary of state for Wales and then go through him to the prime minister," he said.On the Welsh secretary's comments, Mr Jones said: 

"He's not right to say, of course, that it's a reserved matter in practice.
"Yes, of course, international trade and international treaties are a reserved matter but their effect is huge in devolved areas.
"It's never been wise to simply say 'this has nothing to do with you' because it clearly does."
"But I don't think the Wales Office has much influence at all on the way that the UK government operates."And certainly the UK government, I think, finds it easier to deal with us."

A UK Government source said: 

"The First Minister is very much aware that the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales is an integral part of Government and works closely with Whitehall departments, local authorities and his officials to ensure that the UK Government delivers for Wales.

"The scrapping of the Severn tolls, the work to deliver city and growth deals for every part of Wales, and the securing of £550 million from the budget for Wales are a testament to the department which works tirelessly to secure a better future for Wales."

But I doubt this is entirely true after all "whoever pays the piper calls the the tune only last June The Prime Minister urged the Welsh Government to commit to investing in the NHS an extra £1.2bn it is due to receive as a result of NHS spending she's announced for England.Theresa May announced a five year budget that will lead to an increased £20bn a year for the health service in England.The extra cash follows the prime minister's announcement that, in the NHS's 70th year, an extra £20 billion a year by 2023/24 will be invested in health services across the UK.It will see the Welsh Government receive additional Barnett funding worth £1.2 billion over the same period.

Mrs May said

"While it is up to the devolved administrations to spend the money as they see fit, I believe everyone in the UK should benefit from this extra funding for the NHS.
So I urge the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales to use this money to improve the NHS – and to develop their own long-term plans for NHS Scotland and NHS Wales.
This way the vision I have set out today can benefit the whole United Kingdom".

Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns, echoed the Prime Minister.

He called on the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services, Vaughan Gething, to secure agreement from the First Minister of Wales to ensure the windfall is directed to improving the NHS in Wales.

"As a result of the Prime Minister's significant new investment in the NHS, it means a £1.2 billion funding boost from the UK Government.ln the NHS's 70th year, I strongly urge the Welsh Government to spend this extra money strategically to deliver better health outcomes in Wales.This money can be used to address concerns raised on performance, as on a number of measures Wales is falling behind".

Seems like the Westminster Government are trying to tell Wales how to spend their pocket money.

Indeed you would be forgiven in thinking  that there is a certain amount of menace in that Westminster is saying

"If you don't spend it wisely i.e how we suggest you wil get less next time".

The Truth is Welsh Government's influence on Westminster is Zero but you can't argue  that the revers is true.