So Let's Talk Again About Radioactive Mud Coming To Cardiff Bay and Virgin Media

Hello there. Hope you're feeling well today.

Sometimes issues return when you least expect them. But there you go. However I didn't expect to talk about the fact that mud from the Hinckley Point nuclear plant will be deposited in Cardiff Bay for a while. But there we go.

I argued that it did not matter that science said it was safe. Science can be wrong. And the consequences of it being wrong here, being dumped not just on the Welsh capital city but also depending on the tide the seaside resorts of Barry Town and Porthcawl would be devastating.

But I find yet again I'm being accused of being "anti science" or "anti progress" or wanting to live in the dark ages or I assume wishing Wales was some large Amish community. What I've learnt is that for some Science is the new religion. Question it in any way and you're a heretic, a disbeliever. As a general term this could be called the "cure for cancer" argument. In that if you don't believe in science you don't believe in the people who are trying to make lives better.

The trouble with that argument is this. Again if we are talking generally medicines are tested first. If they fail then nothing changes to the status quo. With regard to anything nuclear however then if the science is wrong then the results could be a disaster. And that's why Wales, and specifically here Cardiff Bay, should not be used as Westminster's dumping ground for this radioactive mud.

And so back to Virgin Media.

You may remember last week I chatted about the announcement by Virgin Media that it was to close next year their call centre in Swansea. Eight hundred people were going to lose their jobs.

You know when a company lays off workers or closes a factory there is normally a sense of regret by that firm. Whether it's true or just for publicity purposes depends on the case by case basis. But here you just don't get that vibe. The feeling you get is that Virgin want you to ignore this. "800 jobs? Don't worry about that just look at our flashy new superfast superfast broadband". And who might you get if you enquire about this by phone? Why possibly some of those eight hundred whose futures have been cast aside by the Virginites. Imagine how you would feel being one of these people, trying to be professional whilst Virgin have done this to you?

And so, for the reasons I explained in my earlier post but even more now. I feel Wales should just boycott Virgin Media. There wouldn't be major job losses as I explained previously and Wales can live without Virgin Media now that Virgin Media has decided to live without Wales.

I don't believe they would be missed.

Until the next time.