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Tuesday, 19th March 2019
TREGANNA — Today the Steward, Wynfor Pugh, announced the largest reshuffle of his Stewardship which he called a 're-alignment of the governments priorities'. As part of the reshuffle the Steward handed control of the Department of the Treasury to the Liberal Democrats, a move which drew some criticism from members of his own party.
In his speech to the Assembly Mr Pugh said that 'this government needs to focus on getting people in to work and paying taxes. It's been 18 years since employment was below 4% and that is an embarrassment to this nation. I have faith that my colleagues in the Liberal Democrats can help us to fix the issues in our economy that desperately need addressing. I know that many in my party will disagree but I know that in the long-term this move will benefit the nation.'
The Steward also replaced the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, 68-year-old Berywn Perry, with 35-year-old Branwen Merrick. Ms Merrick is the youngest Secretary of Foreign Affairs ever but Mr Pugh said that he had faith in her due to her experience working in the Foreign Service from the age of 22. Ms Merrick said she wants her term to be about expanding Merioneth's outlook.
Mr Pugh's reshuffle has had many, including commentators, confused. 'Mr Pugh has handed control over the economy to a party known for it's sometimes radical free-market policies despite his parties long history of staunch left-wing economic policy. To some Labour may seem unrecognisable to the party that took part in a national strike which brought down the monarchy for 5 years between 1922 and 1927 or the party which caused a political crisis through it's policy of seizing control of private industry with no compensation.'
The commentators were united in one question, 'with elections just a year away and the Labour Party's polling at it's weakest in a long time will Mr Pugh's gamble pay off or will it just alienate the party's traditional voters?'
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