Well, the alternative Government of Wales would be one of him and me, I think, which would be a very alternative Government indeed, of course. It is true to say that it would undoubtedly be a rainbow coalition of parties if Plaid Cymru, the Conservatives, UKIP and the independents had combined in order to provide a change of Government for Wales. But, a change is as good as a rest, as they say, and I think that anything would be better than what we’ve got at any rate.

Wales has moved backwards in the last 18 years, from having been second from the bottom of all the regions of England and the nations of the United Kingdom, we are now at the bottom of the league table. Andrew Davies pointed out that four out of the six health boards are in either special measures or targeted intervention, and the PISA results speak for themselves. On all the major indices of achievement, the Labour Government has failed and it surely is time for some kind of change.

I must say, I was taken aback secondly by Simon Thomas saying that if we had independence in Wales, it would all suddenly become very different because we could then move into a Keynesian nirvana where money growing on trees could be picked off and spent. But, of course, how could he do that? Because unless Wales had its own currency, he wouldn’t be able simply to print the money that he wants to spend. This was the question that the SNP couldn’t answer during the Scottish referendum campaign. If they became an independent nation, how would they manage their spending plans if they were either part of the eurozone or if they were part of the sterling zone? And there is no answer to that question. The answer is, of course, that although the Government at Westminster has doubled the national debt in the last seven years—which must be the most Keynesian policy that we’ve ever had in this country—that has not achieved the impact that Plaid Cymru thinks it would have if they had the opportunity to do that in Wales.

The future of Wales lies with the industries of the future, which are in the areas of high technology—the digital future of this country. What we see going on the other side of the Severn bridge, with Dyson’s new technology campus at Hullavington—it’s only an hour from where we are here in Cardiff—these are the kinds of industries that we should be attracting into Wales. We should look forward to a low-tax, low-regulation environment that is going to make Wales a beacon to attract the investment that we need to produce those jobs for the future.