Was ballerina "Fatima" Ad not only "Crass" but also deliberately racists?

 The government has pulled a heavily criticised advert that suggested a ballet dancer could “reboot” her career and retrain as an IT worker amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Prime minister Boris Johnson’s official spokesperson admitted the advert, which was launched amid anger at the relative lack of government financial support for the creative industries, was “inappropriate”.

"Crass yes", but was it also deliberately racists?

Well that's one word you could use another is deliberately racist.

The spokesperson said:

 “This is part of a campaign encouraging people from all walks of life to consider a career in cyber-security. This particular piece of content was not appropriate and has been removed from the campaign.

“The government recognises the challenge to the cultural industry and today the culture secretary has announced £257m of funding to help support 1,385 theatres, art venues, museums and cultural organisations across England.”

The advert is part of the government’s Cyber First campaign and featured a young dancer tying up her ballet shoes, with the caption: “Fatima’s next job could be in cyber. (She just doesn’t know it yet)”


It adds the slogan: “Rethink. Reskill. Reboot.”


Earlier on Monday, culture secretary Oliver Dowden distanced himself from the advert, calling it “crass” and insisting the poster had not been produced by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).


He tweeted shortly after the hashtag “Fatima” began trending on Twitter: “To those tweeting re #Fatima. This is not something from DCMS and I agree it was crass. This was a partner campaign encouraging people from all walks of life to think about a career in cyber security.

 I have spent my entire life immersed in music and I am married to someone who has spent her entire life and no small amount of money training for roles in theatre and the arts...this is revolting #Fatima" tweeted one outraged creative.

With another saying: "This ad is a disgrace! The total lack of respect for the arts by this dreadful government has to stop!! Talk about also crushing young performers dreams! Rethink Reskill Reboot??!! How dare they!"

"And just like that, Fatima's dreams are crushed. Shocking from HMG," said another.

"How hideous is this. Fatima's dreams: dismissed, degraded, denounced," added a fourth.

But was it racist deliberately or not , many people have long displaced the idea that Ballerinas are are the daughters of the white middle class , but you can't have the  feeling the use of "Fatima" might be asking  the question " What is an Asian girl doing  learning to be a Ballerina?"

Apparently the goverment used a Stock Photo for this appalling Ad and one wonders why use this one?

The advert may have crashes badly, but i suspect the message from the goverment will continue as they place the crisis that the Arts  are facing due to theatre closures during the Covid 19 pandemic on the Artists themselves  following impossible dreams. It's not as if Artists take other jobs when "resting".

Before landing a role in Peter Kay's Car Share in 2015, thw Welsh actress Sian Gibson had not auditioned for any acting roles for over a year and was working in a call centre in Chester. Kay had received the script from Paul Coleman and Tim Reid, who sought Kay's opinion. Although Kay loved the script he initially had no intention of even appearing in the series. He later asked Gibson if she wanted to work with him and they set to work rewriting the script to fit themselves, since John and Kayleigh as originally scripted were meant to be slightly younger. The success of the series brought Gibson to wider prominence and opened the door for other roles. She returned for the second series of Car Share in April 2017.

Eve Myles of "Keeping Faith and "Torchwood "was once do disillusioned that she was thinking of retraining as a midwife.

Just seven years ago, when pregnant with Siena, she was so disillusioned with her career that she was intent on jacking it in and had signed up for a midwifery course, having become fascinated by the work of the sonographers she met during routine scans. ‘I had a wobble. I wasn’t doing the parts I wanted and I was bored,’ Eve says. ‘Brad’s very patient; he knows when I’m a bit lost, so he was completely behind me. But then as soon as I signed up for the course, I was offered Faith and he said, “OK, here’s the challenge you need!”’

What a loss it would have been if we had lost both the above , and what a loss it will be if due to the governments failure to help the arts through the crisis, more and more talented people give up their dreams.

Boris employs "Mushroom Management" when dealing with the devolved legislatures.

 

Neville Chamberlain showing the Anglo-German Declaration (the resolution) to commit to peaceful methods signed by both Hitler and himself, on his return from Munich on 30 September 1938dd caption

The picture of Neville Chamberlain , waving the piece of paper supposedly signed by Hitler and Chamberlin waving a piece of paper saying

"This morning I had another talk with the German Chancellor, Herr Hitler, and here is the paper which bears his name upon it as well as mine. Some of you, perhaps, have already heard what it contains but I would just like to read it to you,

is one of the  most iconic moments in world History.

At least Chamberlain managed to meet Hitler and get his signature, the Welsh Government has failed to receive any communique from Boris Johnson and the "English" goverment restrict people crossing the border into Wales from coronavirus hotspots and First Minister Mark Drakeford has confirmed he will write to Boris Johnson tomorrow in a final bid to convince the Prime Minister to do so.

Mr Drakeford has previously appealed to the UK Government to put travel restrictions in place to stop people coming from England into Wales, especially from areas with high infection rates into areas with low infection rates.

Speaking on BBC Wales Today on Monday evening, the First Minister said closing the Welsh border was "not the preferred option" but that the Prime Minister's guidance "simply will not do."

"North Wales Police cannot stop someone and turn them around simply because they're not following guidance," he said.

"We need rules that prevent people from high incidence areas coming into Wales, to areas with low incidences of the virus."

Mr Drakeford said he would be writing to the Prime Minister on Tuesday showing the harm being done by those coming into areas of Wales with low infection rates, to give Mr Johnson "one final opportunity to do the right thing."

"We've got that evidence, we'll share it with the Prime Minister. I will set out the powers that we have, and if he doesn't act, we'll use them.

"I want to give him one final opportunity to do the right thing. Because that would be fair to people in Wales and people across the border.

"The Prime Minister needs to act. He has the power, he has the authority, what he lacks is the willingness. He needs to find that."

Meanwhile Nation Cymru report that

Plaid Cymru have called on the Wesh Government to “stop dithering” and use their powers to stop travel from high-Covid areas of England into Wales.

It was confirmed earlier today that there would be no restrictions on people from parts of England under the most severe lockdown from travelling into and staying in parts of Wales that aren’t under local lockdown.

The Welsh Health Secretary Vaughan Gething earlier revealed that there was evidence of transmission of Covid-19 as a result of people coming in from high infection areas of England into Wales. However, the Welsh Government has so far not implemented measures to restrict travel into Wales.

Speaking in the House of Commons, Plaid Cymru Westminster Leader Liz Saville Roberts MP said the rules as they stood were “unfair”.

“People from Conwy, with 122 cases per 100,000, are not permitted by Welsh law to make non-essential journeys into Meirionnydd next door, where cases stand at 18 per 100,000,” she said.

“Yet people in Liverpool, with almost 600 cases per 100,000 can still go on holiday in Gwynedd and Ynys Môn.

“People in Wales are asking the Prime Minister: how is this fair?”

In his response, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that “guidance was clear” that people should not travel from very high-risk areas.

Speaking after the session in the House of Commons, Liz Saville Roberts MP said: “It now seems people will be asked nicely by the Prime Minister not to go on holiday from areas of high infection, but this does not go far enough and is clearly unfair to people subject to restrictions within Wales.

“People are rightly concerned that there is growing evidence that outbreaks in Wales are linked to the unrestricted movement of people from high transmission areas of England.

If we were in a "Union of Equals"  then the British/Prime Minister would be working with the First Ministers of the devolved legislatures

Instead he ignores them expects them to follow blindly follow his "lead" and obey his rules .

Even if he disagrees with the approach of  Arlene Foster (Northern Ireland0, Nicola Sturgeon(Scotland)  and our own Mark Drakeford  and considers the maxim "First among Equals)  applies here. I would be common decency to keep in contact with them.

Instead he employs a form of Mushroom Management", keeping the devolved governments  in the dark, except for the times he opens a door to throw shit at them.

 

 

 

Should we consider what happens after Wales votes YES?

 Wales Online has an excellent article today by Laura McAllister on here  two  steps Wales needs to first consider on the independence question. I have followed it with how I think the aftermath of a YES vote could play out as we should also plan of what happens when we vote YES.

 Laura writes

"So, thinking about the potential route maps to independence, I’d suggest there are two important preliminary steps before we get down to the detail.

The first must be to normalise independence. This isn’t as easy as it sounds, despite independent statehood being the most common form of political organisation. There are a host of nations in Europe that have disentangled themselves from others – from the Baltic nations leaving the Soviet Union, most of Ireland leaving the UK, Finland going its own way from Sweden and, in more recent times, Montenegro ending its union with Serbia.

Yet while independence is normal, and countries that achieve it almost never give it back, there are plenty of multinational states and a variety of federations too. The relationships between nations and statehood is not static or immutable. Normalising independence means normalising the concept that the UK itself is already multinational, but also that membership of it shouldn’t be taken for granted.

One of the difficulties is that we’ve absorbed an idea of exceptionalism in Wales, so much so that it’s become entrenched as part of our own self-image. We’re too poor to be independent, too small, too old, we have too powerful a neighbour.

But take Slovakia, a young, independent country by any standard and scarcely with a pedigree of economic might. Yet Slovakia is now the world’s largest producer of cars per capita and has a better record of handling Covid than Wales or the UK, as well as a positive relationship with the Czech state from which it peacefully divorced.

The indy movement will need to “untrain” us to cease believing our future constitutional options are so tightly constrained. I suspect people might be persuaded to take a leap of faith if they can be convinced that independence is not an end in itself but a means to a much better reality. An indy Wales has to be radically different to what we have now or why make the effort?

Of course, the independence debate has to be grounded in realities, harsh or otherwise. We can’t deny the UK’s tax deficit, some of which Wales would inherit without a radical change to taxation and spending either before independence or immediately afterwards, or our pensions liability. It’s conceivable that people might reach the point where they put economic concerns aside and say “let’s just go for it” but, as the Plaid commission soberly accepts, pre-independence deficits make it problematic to get to that point.

The second preliminary, therefore, must be to bind Welsh independence to a social and economic revolution, itself based on challenging globalisation, austerity, inequality and automation – all symbols of a flawed and failing capitalism.

Given the dreadful context of conflict and war that frames the emergence of some new nations (Eritrea, South Sudan, East Timor or Kosovo, for example), it seems rather trite to observe that existential crises create the best opportunities to fundamentally reassess political sovereignty.

Nevertheless, the Anglo-Saxon model of command and control that operates in these islands looks embarrassingly outdated, with its bloated and grasping centre jealously guarding its indivisible sovereignty. This, rightly, feels like an important moment.

Next, the indy debate needs to steer away from identity and an outdated juxtapositioning of Britishness versus Welshness. There has to be scope for both in an indy Wales. Interestingly, there’s been a recent swapping of ideological clothes. Independence campaigners were traditionally labelled the separatists, the isolationists – now it is the British Brexiteers who are the flag-wavers, chanting the language of drawbridges and barricades.

But parties of the left have been guilty of playing the identity card too, be it Stephen Kinnock or Keir Starmer. It’s obvious that gaining a majority to support an independent Wales will be contingent on winning over, not only the sizeable chunk of people who identify as both Welsh and British, but the 27% of our population who weren’t born here. Indy has to be an actively inclusive project, one where everyone feels they have a stake and a direct interest, whatever their personal identity or background. There must be a sense that this is a campaign about place and power – that we can all flourish under a different and better political structure.

To return for a moment to Plaid Cymru. Sure, independence is not about Adam Price exclusively, but Plaid has a unique and discrete role in all of this. The SNP knew that to get a referendum, there had to be a pro-indy Scottish government and the same was true in Catalonia. Quite probably – and given the specific conditions here in Wales – a pro-independence government would be forced to compromise with overtly unionist parties, maybe by including other constitutional options in a wider debate.

Likewise the matter of EU membership, seen by some in the movement as the primary reason for independence. Rejoining the EU after independence would cause all sorts of constitutional problems, some of which have been rehearsed in the bitter debates about creating a hard border on the island of Ireland.

The temptation to build a Europhile indy movement is huge, but does realpolitik mean that some Welsh-identifying Brexit voters might be better reached with a message that this isn’t the Trojan horse for undoing the referendum result? That’s probably why the Indy Commission concluded that EU membership isn’t an immediate prospect, but, instead, better relations can be sought with the bloc both before and after independence."

What5I would like to consider to consider is what happens the days, month, and possibly years after Wales voted for independence.

Of course we would have had a template to follow or avoid because I don't really see a referendum coming  if Scotland had not already voted YES.

Firstly a form of provisional goverment should be  formed either by elections  or a merger of the current Senedd Members and MPs the latter would be required to sit in Westminster until independence day, they may keep their Party designations but will no longer sit on the government benches or among the shadow goverment.

It would seem naïve to expect those from non-independence parties to accept the  mandate of a YES referendum but we should expect them to, and from that moment work in the interest of Wales  monitoring the English Government whilst only voting on rare occasions if at all.

So it is imperative that there is also a majority of pro Independence Senedd members and MPs in echoing the current issue in Scotland where Unionist politicians are as rare as  a coherent tweet by Donald Trump.

I am not sure about Laura's pessimism over European membership , again much may depend of what happens in Scotland , but if the negotiations with what will be the English Government in Westminster take more than two years (which is not a fanciful time), then the negotiations with the EU could ne carried out at hte same time and as the Ddraig Goch is raised at Midnight as St David's Day approaches a European Flag with its extra star representing Cymru as the new  Nation will be known should follow a few minutes behind it.

A week wee before we would have gone to the polls and a new government elected  and  the new First Minister should read the proclamation , who he or she is may not be clear . 

Of course my scenario will depend on all Welsh politicians accepting the mandate and not concluding with their former London masters , to sabotage the negotiations.

 

I'm afraid Simon Calder is a "absolute f***ing knob".

Simon Calder is the "Travel Expert" the UK media turns to he to. He regularly  contribute to various BBC programmes, including The Travel Show^] and Rip Off Britain^[ as a presenter of short films and as an expert providing advice to consumers. He regularly comments as an expert on travel issues for other radio and TV stations.



Earlier this week he appeared   ITV's This Morning on Monday to discuss  with presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield to ask "Should you risk a half-term staycation?" 

The travel expert covered concerns over cancelled trips and made sure people knew their rights during his television slot.

One of Simon's tips, however, was that people could visit areas in mid Wales.

He pointed out Machynlleth in Powys and Aberystwyth in Ceredigion as possible getaway destinations among others.

His advice comes as much of south and north Wales are under local lockdown restrictions and Ceredigion perhaps the County in the UK  which has possibly the best record in keeping the affection rate low has seen its biggest rise probably due to returning students.

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Now the  travel expert who advised people to holiday in Wales says he has received the most intense abuse of his career as a result.

Simon Calder says he was called "a maggot" and an "absolute f***ing knob" and told to "f*** off and stay in England". Calder appeared on ITV's This Morning on Monday to discuss staycations for the upcoming half term holiday with presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield.


The segment covered concerns over cancelled trips and made sure people knew their rights as well as offering alternative holiday destinations in the UK.

­­During his slot he also suggested holidaymakers could visit mid-Wales for a short getaway, as areas of south and north Wales remain under lockdown. He specifically suggested Machynlleth and Aberystwyth as possible staycation locations among others.

It has ben a concern in Wales that those in parts of Wales who are under lockdown find that, people from across the boarder in England can travel through their counties , to places like Ceredigion even if they come from Corvis 19 hotspots. 

But some viewers criticised his advice to travel to Wales, which currently has 16 areas under local lockdown, and took issue over his final comment which was that "Wales is easy" in terms of being a place to spend a UK holiday.

One viewer wrote: "Nice one This Morning, advertising that everywhere to go on holiday is on lockdown except mid Wales? Maybe you should encourage everyone to stay at home instead of visiting mid Wales? Control the virus."


Another added: "Why on earth are you suggesting mid Wales for half term staycations as we are the only ones not in lockdown!! We will be after you send everyone here."

I used to admire Mr Calder for his in depth knowledge of far of lands and what to expect when holidaying there.

However Mr Calder like so many  London based "Experts" seem to have a blindspot when it comes what is happening to their closest neighbour.

Though I don't  often hold with online abuse , that which Mr Calder received is understandable , and I see no attempt by him , to apologise for his dangerous information.

Or Good Morning who should have followed up with a correction.

We have already had those travelling  from across the boarder claiming 2Boris said it would be all right" despite Wales having different Lockdown rules  and being turned back.

Now we have the UK media failing to find out what is actually happening here .

just as important that the current uK media are educated in what's happeing outside  London and the hub in Sheffield.

How limited is the Welsh First Ministers "Talent Pool"?

 It seems elementary sensible that the Welsh Labour Government have under  First Minister Mark Drakeford have  moved to take the pressure of t hr Health Minister by given some of his health minister's responsibilities to Eluned Morgan in a Welsh Government shake-up.

The BBC report that

Vaughan Gething will retain responsibility for Wales' coronavirus response, and the delivery and performance of NHS services.

But Ms Morgan will be put in charge of a range of health issues, including mental health, dementia and autism.

Many will argue that this should be a permeant   position considering , the issues involved

Mr Drakeford said the changes mean Mr Gething can focus on coronavirus.
Ms Morgan's previous role overseeing international relations will be transferred to the first minister, but she will retain responsibility for Welsh language policy.

Both sit in the Welsh Government cabinet.

"Covid-19 has highlighted the impact of isolation on people's mental health, and we will stand by individuals who continue to suffer in these difficult times," the new minster for mental health, wellbeing and Welsh language said.


Mr Drakeford, himself a former health minister, said: "The changes I am making to my cabinet team will mean [Mr Gething] can focus all his time and effort on coronavirus and ensuring our NHS is able to treat people with the virus as well as respond to the population's wider health needs."

Paul Davies, Welsh Conservative Senedd leader, said he was delighted "that the first minister has heeded my call in getting rid of the international relations minister position".


"The Welsh Labour-led Government now needs to get on with actually delivering in areas it has responsibility for."

Ms Morgan will be responsible for mental health services, dementia, autism, substance misuse, veterans' health, patient experience and Wales' obesity strategy.

"Covid-19 has highlighted the impact of isolation on people's mental health, and we will stand by individuals who continue to suffer in these difficult times," the new minster for mental health, wellbeing and Welsh language said.

I hope that this will not see a lack of emphasis on Welsh language policy. and one wonders as Mr Drakeford also has his handful that appointing someone outside the current cabinet may have ben a wiser move.

There are 29 Labour Members of the Senedd  and 14 members of the Welsh Government   Cabinet,, two  of whom are not Labour Party members , 

Cabinet[5]
Office	Name		Term	Party	Image
Ministers
First Minister		Rt. Hon Mark Drakeford MS	2018–	Labour
Minister for Finance and Trefnydd		Rebecca Evans MS	2018–	Labour
Minister for Health and Social Services		Vaughan Gething MS	2016–	Labour
Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs		Lesley Griffiths MS	2018–	Labour
Minister for Housing and Local Government		Julie James MS	2018–	Labour
Minister for Mental Health, Well-being and the Welsh Language		Eluned Morgan MS	2018–	Labour
Minister for Economy, Transport and North Wales		Ken Skates MS	2016–	Labour
Minister for Education		Kirsty Williams MS	2016–	Liberal Democrats
Counsel General and Minister for European Transition		Jeremy Miles MS	2018–	Labour
Deputy Ministers
Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government		Hannah Blythyn MS	2018–	Labour
Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism		Rt. Hon Dafydd Elis-Thomas MS	2017–	Independent
Deputy Minister and Chief Whip		Jane Hutt MS	2018–	Labour
Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services		Julie Morgan MS	2018–	Labour
Deputy Minister for Economy and Transport		Lee Waters MS	2018–	Labour

Surely there is a case for promotion of  a the other 15 Labour MS's some of whom dont even have a junior portfolio?  Gven that we are likely to be still dealing with the Corana 19 virus or at least  its aftermath , when we go to the polls for the 2019 Senedd Elections.

Does the First Minister feel that this pol of talent is so limited , that there's not a MS out there he could promote?

 

The "English" First Minister keeps his contemporaries in the dark.

 

When the Daily Express refers to Leaked document showing Boris Johnson 'hid plans from devolved nations as a "Brexit Bombshell" then you know something is seriously wrong

They say. leaked documents show Boris Johnson hid Brexit plans from Scotland, Wales

The leaked Brexit planning documents published by Guido Fawkes shows Westminster attempted to hide information about Boris Johnson’s Brexit plans including details of the controversial UK Internal Market Bill. The Bill which has now become public has been branded by SNP as a "power grab" from the Scottish Parliament.


Another document on the food supply, which warned of “a tightening of supply" and "reduced supply availability, especially of certain fresh products” from Brexit also stated "Food is a devolved policy area.

It added: "We have not shared this assumption with DA [Devolved Administrations] as per handling instructions, but it will have an impact on DAs and their planning."

The leaked document came ahead of the UK Internal Market Bill which Westminster says will protect UK trade after Brexit but devolved nations fear i will force them accept new standards on food, environment and animal welfare agreed by the UK Government.

The documents, entitled "Transition period planning assumptions (central case)” were circulated to ministers in June, and contained detailed plans about subsidy controls which have now appeared in the controversial UK Internal Market Bill.
However the documents state clearly that several parts "should not be shared publicly or with the devolved administrations at this stage”.

They include paragraphs on revoking EU laws through statutory instruments, and on the UK government assuming control of state aid throughout the Internal Market Bill.

Another document explaining the 'reasonable worst case scenario' for food supply had a handling note accompanying it, which stated it should also not be shared with devolved administrations.

It read: "We are dependent on BPDG [Border and Protocol Delivery Group ]/DfT [Department for Transport] for the extent and duration of disruption. 

"Food is a devolved policy area. We have not shared this assumption with DAs [devolved administrations] as per handling instructions but it will have an impact on DAs and their planning." 

The worst case scenario document outlined 'a tightening of supply and an increase in demand for certain agri-food products, but not cause an overall food shortage. The effect of this disruption is likely to be reduced supply availability, especially of certain fresh products”.

Nation Cymru report that 

The Welsh Government have called for an “urgent meeting” after a leaked document showed that the UK Government hid their Brexit plans from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

“This further corrodes trust in the UK government which is already at a low ebb following the publication of the Internal Market Bill, a direct attack on devolution,” the Welsh Government said.

“Over the last two years, we’ve put the interests of our country first by setting aside our political differences and working constructively with the UK Government and the other devolved administrations to make sure we’re all as well prepared as we can be for the fundamental change in our relations with the EU which is coming.

“We’re now calling on the UK Government to do the same and are requesting an urgent meeting with them to press home this point.”

 Considering only two days ago te First Minister has said that Boris Johnson is "disrespecting the people of Wales" after the Prime Minister ignored a letter requesting he stop people travelling to Wales from areas of England with high coronavirus infection rates.

Speaking in Plenary at the Senedd, Mr Drakeford expressed his anger that Mr Johnson, who is also "the Minister for the Union", had still not replied to his letter after more than a week.

Responding to a question from Plaid leader Adam Price, Mr Drakeford said: "I share his sense of disappointment at the Prime Minister's apparent conclusion, and I say apparent because although he gave an interview in which he opined on this matter he is yet to reply to my letter to him of Monday last week."

The First Minister added: "I think that is deeply disrespectful, not to me but to the Senedd and to people here in Wales. I do expect to see a reply to that letter and I expect to see a rationale set out in that letter that explains why the Prime Minister appears to have come to his conclusion."

What is M rDrakeford going to do now?   Write another letter for the "English" Prime Minister to ignore?

I say "English " Prime Minister because in this case Boris Johnson is acting as that, and whereas he i in possession information which will affect people in England , his  contemporaries in Wales, Northern Ireland  and Scotland have no such information , because he choses not to share it.

I suppose Unionists could argue that that's the price  you pay for devolution, and maybe they have a point.

It shows that the devolution settlement is rotten to the core , because the Prime Minister of the UK who is also First Minister of England can favour is own nation over the other three, and it clearly  shows that the choice for us is Independence and a First Minister who works in our Interest.

Neil McEvoy chooses personal publicity over participation,

In a bid to cultivate a media buzz around themselves , an aspiring actress would attend to the openings of films, book launches, and celebrity galas. Which led to the sarcastic response "The way she carries on, she'd even go to the opening of an envelope!"

Politicians often are similarly desperate to achieve publicity and will jump om any bandwagon to do so its often called popularism and if it does not get the attention they seek , claim censorship (rightly ot wrongly) and seek the publicity  that way.

Not that they don't believe in the cause but often cannot accept that5 its not only thier view  that shoulod be heard.

Neil McEvoy often appears to be such a politician , despite being the only Senedd member for Welsh National Party  a party he formed after being expelled/Waka Jumped  from Plaid Cymru he seems to think that he should have equal treatment in speaking time as the other Party leaders.

 His latest stunt  in the has ben to  hold a protest in the Senedd over his contribution to a debate on racism.

The BBC report that

"Neil McEvoy wore tape over his mouth and held a placard following a decision by the Senedd's presiding officer to reject his amendments to the debate's motion.

Despite being allowed to speak during the debate, Mr McEvoy claimed his voice had been "taken away".

Presiding officer Elin Jones accused Mr McEvoy of "disorderly conduct".

She said by allowing him to contribute she had not taken his voice away, and questioned whether other parliaments would have allowed him to continue.

 

The presiding officer, also known as the Llywydd, added: "As members know we are in extraordinary times of a hybrid Senedd [a mixture of MS' contributing remotely and in person], and I said on many occasions that I will proactively now be looking to select or not select amendments for the proper conduct of a hybrid Senedd."

Mr McEvoy, a former Plaid Cymru Member of the Senedd (MS), said he begged to differ and accused her of denying him his "democratic right".

"If you want my personal opinion, the opinion of many people, that is racism in action," he said.

He added: "As it stands now, a brown man with a voice and an opinion is not welcome by too many people in this building.

"Is there any other parliament in the world, where a politician would have been described as a species of animal by an official, and then be forced to deal and interact with that official."

The South Wales Central MS had submitted four amendments to the Welsh Government's Senedd debate on tackling racism and race inequality.

All amendments to the debate, including Mr McEvoy's, were rejected by the Llywydd.

During the debate, Elin Jones indicated her intention to call Neil McEvoy to speak in the proceedings despite saying his protest breached "I don't know how many standing orders", telling him to "ungag" himself and put his "prop" down.

Later, she initially told him she would not allow a contribution." 

"I offered you Neil McEvoy the opportunity to speak if you were to ungag yourself and put down your offensive prop. You chose not to do that," she said.

But following objections from Mr McEvoy off microphone, Ms Jones replied: "Okay" and allowed him to contribute.

The presiding officer later said he had broken at least three of the Senedd's rules.

Mr McEvoy complained that his "serious" amendments were at "the very last moment withdrawn by the presiding officer".

Following his contribution, the presiding officer added: "I ask the question if there is any Senedd in the world that would have allowed you to have your say after your disorderly conduct throughout this debate

Now if I am honest i must admit that I don't know the wording of Mr Mcvoy's  amendment (all amendments to the debate were not accepted) or it was relevant to the motion and as a person of colour he could have made a valuable contribution to a debate on  racism.

But once again he chooses personal publicity  over participation, and frankly I am sick of such tactics.