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Narrated by James Marriott
Many people retire to Wales in search of a more gentle pace of life and good luck to them. But it may come as news to the devolved Labour administration in Cardiff that a not insignificant proportion of the Welsh population work for a living. That means having to get about. In a car.
The main benefit of the car is that it confers on the user a thing called speed. For an automobile to be worth the purchase price it is advisable that its velocity generally exceeds that of a walking human being, or an ambling Llanwenog. For Mark Drakeford, the Welsh first minister and nanny-in-chief, however, this is all far too racy.
• 20mph limits for two fifths of the population