Following problems in Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen, the First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones has dismissed reports of civil unrest in Wales.
It had been reported that people in Wales have had problems accessing the internet, especially popular social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook. This had been thought to be due to a Welsh Assembly Government clamp-down on internet services that had been used by activists and protesters during recent disturbances, but Minister for the Interior Alun Fffffred Jones said in an official statement:
“It is nothing of the sort. Wales is well known for having internet ‘not-spots’ and because of a lack of inward investment, tall mountains and some people choosing to live down mines, you will find that internet coverage varies from location to location especially if you are using Sky, BT or Virgin Media, which to be honest is about all you can get in Wales”.
It also would appear that recent disbursal orders are nothing out of the ordinary too.
Chief Superintendent Danish Bacon of the South Wales Police when asked about the ‘dispersal’ of a gathering of malcontents outside Mrs Miggins Fish Bar, High Street in Merthyr Tydfil said:
“These three youths had been hanging around the town centre for a number of minutes and I feel vindicated that after the correct application of a water canon, we were successfully able to taser them”.
He added:
One the persons was [sic] found to have had an ASBO issued against them [sic] and all three young persons [sic] were wearing garments with hoods”.
After a similar incident yesterday afternoon in John Frost Square in Newport City Centre, Chief Inspector Frazzles Rasher of Gwent Police stated:
“I was proceeding in a westerly direction when I came upon what I considered to be a hostile mob of rioters. I radioed for help and was supported by up to 80 of my officer’s” who dispersed them with tear gas.
He added “Maybe I should have realised that they [the gathering] were a little bit cross as PoundLand had just increased their prices to £1.01 an item due to the recent increase in VAT”.
We tried contacting Welsh Conservative leader Nick Bourne for a comment but all we received were repeated tweets saying “protecting NHS plus inflation” and all that Plaid Cymru’s Leanne Wood’s Blackberry kept responding, when we tried to leave a message was “Sorry Caller, user down coal mine”.
