A row has broken out in Swansea about who should be claiming credit for a ferry proposal between south Wales and the south west of England. Just over a week ago Swansea Labour leader Rob Stewart said the council was planning a hydrogen-powered service across the Bristol Channel.
If feasible, he said it would be delivered in conjunction with councils in the south west of England. It's very much early days, but Mr Stewart said exploratory meetings had been held with local authorities across the channel.
Now the leader of Swansea Conservatives, Lyndon Jones, has said the ferry idea had been put forward by Conservative MP for North Devon, Selaine Saxby. Mr Jones said she had stood for election in Llanelli in 2015 and knew Swansea well. He said Ms Saxby raised the ferry idea in the House of Commons after a lot of work, and then arranged a meeting about it with Swansea West's Labour MP, Geraint Davies, in February, 2021. You can get more Swansea news and other story updates by subscribing to our newsletters here.
