{"id":1019719,"date":"2021-11-16T13:28:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T18:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1019719"},"modified":"2021-11-16T13:29:04","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T18:29:04","slug":"do-as-i-say-not-as-i-do-farage-slams-welsh-leader-for-strict-covid-rules-while-dancing-maskless-at-diwali-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/do-as-i-say-not-as-i-do-farage-slams-welsh-leader-for-strict-covid-rules-while-dancing-maskless-at-diwali-party\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Do as I Say, Not as I Do\u2019: Farage Slams Welsh Leader for Strict Covid Rules While Dancing Maskless at Diwali Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdo-as-i-say-not-as-i-do-farage-slams-welsh-leader-for-strict-covid-rules-while-dancing-maskless-at-diwali-party%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1019719&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/farage-2-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Brexit leader Nigel Farage has slammed the leader of Wales\u2019s devolved government for being caught on film dancing in close proximity to others while not wearing a mask, despite having imposed some of the strictest rules on citizens in the UK during the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>First Minister Mark Drakeford of Welsh Labour was caught on film dancing maskless at a crowded celebration of the Indian festival Diwali last week at Cardiff University. The footage shared on social media, and <a href=\"https:\/\/nation.cymru\/news\/welsh-gov-defends-drakeford-dancing-without-mask-at-diwali-celebration\/\">reposted<\/a> by the Nation.Cymru news website, went viral on Monday, prompting accusations of hypocrisy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.4840425531915\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 | NEW: Mark Drakeford dancing maskless in a crowded setting \u2013 despite urging people to wear masks <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FZxyzkwXUO\">pic.twitter.com\/FZxyzkwXUO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Politics For All (@PoliticsForAlI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PoliticsForAlI\/status\/1459963945456971779?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wales had imposed some of the strictest rules on its people in the United Kingdom, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/10\/23\/big-government-bans-supermarkets-selling-non-essentials-lockdown-wales\/\">banning<\/a> supermarkets from selling so-called \u2018non-essential\u2019 items during the October 2020 firebreak lockdown and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/12\/22\/welsh-govt-bans-supermarkets-selling-toys-before-christmas\/\">banning<\/a> supermarkets from selling toys days before Christmas of that year. More recently, the government voted in favour of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/10\/12\/vaccine-passport-regime-imposed-on-wales-after-law-passed-by-just-one-vote\/\">domestic vaccine passports<\/a>&nbsp;for entry to large venues like sports arenas and nightclubs, with the requirements <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-wales-politics-59077857\">extended<\/a> on Monday to cinemas and theatres.<\/p>\n<p>A number of restrictions also remain in the country <a href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/news\/wales-lockdown-will-another-winter-covid-restrictions-new-rules-explained-1274857\">including<\/a> face coverings in indoor public spaces. But a Welsh government spokesman defended Drakeford against accusations he had broken lockdown while dancing maskless cheek-by-jowl during Diwali, <a href=\"https:\/\/nation.cymru\/news\/welsh-gov-defends-drakeford-dancing-without-mask-at-diwali-celebration\/\">telling<\/a>&nbsp;the Welsh government-sponsored Nation.Cymru on Monday:&nbsp;\u201cFace coverings are not required in premises where food and drink is served.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Brexit leader Nigel Farage criticised the Welsh leader, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nigel_Farage\/status\/1460509512041910279?s=20\">saying<\/a> on Monday: \u201cOne of those who has brought down the toughest lockdowns in the United Kingdom, who made it law in Wales that face coverings must be worn in all indoor public places is, of course, Mark Drakeford.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDrakeford, the tough guy. But it turns out, Drakeford is: \u2018Do as I say, but not as I do.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Playing the video during his evening segment on GB News on Monday, Farage noted; \u201cNot much social distancing going on there, first minister! Not many face masks in evidence, either. The pathic excuse that we get back from the Welsh government is that you don\u2019t have to actually wear face masks if you\u2019re in premises where food and drink is being served. You just couldn\u2019t make this stuff up, could you?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.351032448378\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8216;He can&#8217;t surely be stupid enough to think the general public wouldn&#8217;t get to see him blatantly breaking his own stipulations.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Neil Oliver reacts to footage of Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford dancing in a crowd without a mask, going against his own Covid regulations. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zzJsDHrKLs\">pic.twitter.com\/zzJsDHrKLs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GB News (@GBNEWS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GBNEWS\/status\/1460370906316947460?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wale\u2019s Drakeford is not the first British leader to be criticised for appearing to break their own covid restrictions, with&nbsp;Scotland\u2019s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-scotland-55419564\">forced<\/a> to apologise last December for taking her mask off during a wake, despite Scottish regulations demanding those in such settings, widely described as hospitality, wear face coverings at all times except when seated.<\/p>\n<p>In July, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/07\/08\/rules-thee-not-me-johnson-caught-maskless-car\/\">caught<\/a> maskless in a government car with other passengers and a driver despite days earlier recommending Britons mask up in confined spaces, and in contravention of his own recommendations for ministers who are car-sharing. Both the driver and security detail were fully masked.<\/p>\n<p>Former health secretary Matt Hancock was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/06\/26\/matt-hancock-resigns-health-secretary-being-caught-embrace-aide\/\">forced to resign<\/a> from his post after being&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/06\/25\/hancock-apologises-breaching-social-distancing-guidance-pics-allegedly-show-him-kissing-aide\/\">caught<\/a> massively breaking social distancing rules when he was pictured kissing his married aide. While the&nbsp;influential scientific government advisor Professor Neil Ferguson was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/scientific-advisory-group-for-emergencies-sage-coronavirus-covid-19-response-membership\/list-of-participants-of-sage-and-related-sub-groups\">briefly ousted<\/a> from his position when he was likewise caught breaking lockdown rules to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/05\/05\/professor-lockdown-quits-after-breaking-own-rules-to-meet-lover\/\">carry on<\/a>&nbsp;with his affair.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign delegates for the recent United Nations COP26 were also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/08\/10\/rules-for-thee-and-not-for-me-uk-to-relax-travel-restrictions-for-un-climate-conference\/\">afforded<\/a> relaxation from many of the coronavirus travel restrictions that ordinary travellers were subjected to, including a reduced or no quarantine for some.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.245\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mask-wearing has once again become mandatory in Britain\u2019s House of Commons \u2013 for everyone except Members of Parliament. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tFlZBUUlSm\">https:\/\/t.co\/tFlZBUUlSm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1453390821366116358?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brexit leader Nigel Farage has slammed the leader of Wales\u2019s devolved government for being caught on film dancing in close proximity to others while not wearing a mask, despite having &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1019719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1019719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1019719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1019719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1019719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}