7. Debate on Petition P-05-1060 Allow supermarkets to sell 'non-essential' items during movement restrictions

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:05 pm on 11 November 2020.

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Photo of Rhun ap Iorwerth Rhun ap Iorwerth Plaid Cymru 5:05, 11 November 2020

I think the Conservatives just forgot, as they so often do, that dealing with this pandemic is actually quite a serious matter. I've been critical of Government—very critical of Government at times— during this pandemic. I've tried to do it in a pretty constructive way. Just looking at Andrew R.T. Davies's Twitter feed, talking about the 'barmy ban', the 'ludicrous, insane lockdown', 'lockdown madness', referring to 'trolley cops', that fake news about the sale of sanitary products—I'm afraid none of that aged well, did it, for the Welsh Conservatives, given the almost identical rules on supermarkets and the lockdown, twice as long, which the Conservatives themselves introduced in England just days later. Now, I know that you are inspired by the world's most-celebrated runner up, Donald Trump, and trying to replicate him in any way you can, but it's not a good look to be seen to be scaremongering for such blatant right-wing populist reasons at a time of national crisis.