"Wales could become world’s first country to criminalise politicians who lie"

[The Bread Guy]

According to these guys, it's in the sausage machine ...

Wales could become world’s first country to criminalise politicians who lie

Plaid Cymru’s Adam Price is leading proposals to make lying by politicians a criminal offence.

uk.news.yahoo.com

Welsh Senedd members consider criminalising lying by politicians

Ex-Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price, a leading proponent, says credibility gap in politics has become ‘gaping chasm’

www.theguardian.com

... with these guys saying it didn't make the cut on the first go (although the first link says they're trying to get to happen as part of a review of broader election laws).

Ban on politicians lying law shelved despite cross party support

Emily Price Legislation that would ban politicians from lying has been shelved following concerns from the Welsh Government that it could risk the entire future of the Senedd Reform Bill. The amendment, which would have made it a criminal offence for a politician to deliberately mislead the...

nation.cymru

Plans to ban Senedd members for deliberately lying may be 'unworkable'

Plans to ban Senedd members for deliberately lying may be unworkable, according to the Welsh Government’s chief legal adviser.

www.cwmbranlife.co.uk

Good luck with all that - one man's lie is another's "all the details I told you are true (even if I left some out)."

 

[KevinB]

Is Wales an actual country?

 

[The Bread Guy]

Is Wales an actual country?

In Canadian federal terms, it would be a province with different powers than London/Ottawa. I suspect like the Scots, they probably consider themselves a nation of sorts.

 

[Blackadder1916]

So they promised something and then "welshed" on it. Can you say "ystrydebu"? Of course you can't.

 

[medicineman]

"Wales could become world’s first country to criminalise politicians who lie"​

What are the odds they'll be untruthful in how the law is actually written and enforced...

 

[Blackadder1916]

"Wales could become world’s first country to criminalise politicians who lie"​

What are the odds they'll be untruthful in how the law is actually written and enforced...

"If it's written in Welsh, how would anyone know what it says." Dylan from Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

 

[lenaitch]

"If it's written in Welsh, how would anyone know what it says." Dylan from Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

during COVID lockdown, our daughter started learning Welsh and German online. She found Welsh easier.

 

[Brad Sallows]

If they succeed in criminalizing all of the politicians who lie, they will have successfully transistioned to anarchy.