A senior Labour MP has branded parts of the default 20mph limit law introduced by the Welsh Government as “frankly bonkers”. The policy has proven to be unpopular with a large proportion of the Welsh public and the Labour MP for the Rhondda, Chris Bryant, was asked about it on BBC’s Question Time.
In September, the Welsh Government introduced the default 20mph limit which changed many roads that had 30mph speed limits down to 20mph limits. A number of major 30mph roads were exempted.
Yeah, here in my part of Wales there are bodies piled up in the street and everybody is unemployed since they changed the speed limits. FFS, what a fuss about a minor change that makes our streets fell nicer
I think what we’re seeing here is the start of an electoral strategy for some labour MPs, despite the benefits far outweighing the downsides on 20mph, it’s undeniably disliked across a lot of the country.
I may be just being pessimistic but I could absolutely see labour MPs in more Plaid or Conservative areas trying to gain easy points by attacking 20mph.
Politicians indulging populist nonsense for short-term electoral advantage? Let’s hope not - I think we’ve seen enough of that recently…