Yesterday Nigel Farage again pledged to scrap the default 20mph policy in Wales if Reform in power I asked Dan Thomas (Reform's new Welsh leader) about police collision figures (Jan '25) showing c.100 fewer deaths/serious injuries on 20/30mph roads in year after limit introduced

Just admitted to making a decision which they admit they know nothing about 😂😂😂😂. It is really frightening to think people will vote for these clowns

Wants to scrap it....but hasn't looked at the evidence....brilliant, Reform at its finest

Show him this. 👇

From Sept ‘23 to Sept ‘25 882 lives! 882! It is not a blanket speed limit - only applying on restricted roads.

Why are they making policy without any background research? Not very professional is it?

@mariachetcuti1 Yep, but this is exactly the same as masks, vaccines and lockdown breaking - selfish people would rather vulnerable people die than for themselves to be slightly inconvenienced.

You will save 1 minute by driving 30 mph instead of 20 mph for 1 mile. He's basically saying 1 minute of time saved is worth more to him politically than saving 100 deaths/serious injuries. The guys only been in the job a few hours & he's already showing how useless Reform are.

Well done Andy. He’s clearly prepared well for policy announcements. Expect more of this vox pop rubbish. Damn the evidence of reduced death and lower insurance premiums it’s what I feel. Risible.

What a shock, simplistic populist announcements crumbles under mild scrutiny and evidence. Would any Reform soundbite (policy?) stand up to scrutiny, I doubt it.

Well done Andy. Bloody hell just brainless. Seems to me to be more unpopular with English people who don't live here & don't realise thsy exactly the same speed limits operate similarly...all over England.

More gaslighting, road deaths and injuries have been falling in Wales for decades. Society is about striking the right balance between ‘life’ and functioning meaningfully. If reducing collisions was the sole objective, we’d reduce speed limits to 5 mph, job done - but society would cease to exist. The blanket 20 mph in Wales is oppressive nonsense intended to stifle amenity, dissent, society and business, we all know that.

Police recorded road casualties have shown a steady decline over the last decade. Before the policy was introduced.

469,000 people signed a petition against the 20mph in Wales! This £35 million could have been spent on filling in potholes. A friend of mine was seriously injured hitting a pothole and going over the handlebars of his push bike.

Wants to revert to 30 cos people are overtaking in frustration - which I bet has never happened.

Maybe it’s me @adavies4 but in policymaking step one - set an agenda, review the data, and search the evidence and the step two, formulate the policy. Cart before horse? Baffling …

It's a hugely unpopular @WelshLabour policy which attracted 500,000 petition signatures! The electorate in Wales will have their say on 7th May.

Nigel Farage has parachuted in Dan Thomas who is making policy on the hoof without any careful consideration or proper research Reform UK wish to deliberately kill, maim and injure Welsh people on our roads by removing the 20 mph Who in Wales actually voted for this guy anyway?

20mph is about control and money making not safety. I lost my dad to a speeding driver 5 years ago and my mother and I are both against it. Far better measures could be taken but won’t because no one listens to the victims they prefer to manipulate stats instead

same old story "I haven't looked at the research/evidence but.." Populist nonsense that, unfortunately, works well for them.

What people want is more important than saving lives. That's what I heard

So because some brain dead idiots break the law and overtake in 20mph zones the 20mph should be scrapped? On that measure no law would remain on the statute book that is broken.

Nigel Farage: “We will be doing a full manifesto launch within the first two weeks of March…with which we’ll fight the Senedd elections. But today is about people” Our full #c4news report from Reform UK’s rally in Newport yesterday ⬇️

Absolute rubbish these statistics. The only place people drive at 20mph is just before a speed camera, it’s still 30 everywhere else

Reform always fold when asked intelligent questions about policy. All they have is 'bloke down the pub' populism.

Wales' 20mph switch cut casualties ~25-26% on those roads (~630-900 fewer injured/killed in first 12-18 months) — looks good, but not 100% proven it's just the speed limit. TfW's July 2025 report calls it only a "preliminary indication" — too soon for solid cause, needs 3+ years of data. - Overall UK road deaths/injuries dropping for years (better cars, roads, care) - Natural bounce-back after bad periods (regression to mean) - Maybe less traffic (economy, habits) - Other stuff (weather, enforcement, tech) - Stats mix old 20/30mph roads; slight uptick on faster ones Speeds did drop ~4mph and physics says lower = safer, so strong link — but full proof waits for better studies ruling out confounders.

That trend existed before the blanket 20mph change.

Typical Farage....populist policy, saying what he thinks people will like without looking properly into it. There are flaws in the 20mph in Wales , but it isn't - as consistently touted in the media - a blanket limit, insinuating that all roads in Wales are 20mph.

Name the people whose deaths were prevented. Studies show studies are unreliable guesswork.

Farage hand picked the "Leader" and will chuck him under the bus when the inevitable fall out and pickering starts with the Reform MSs. Not one Reform member in Wales voted for this "leader". So much for democracy in Reform 😂.

The figures where coming down already, if anything it's not been asuch of a contributing factor as it should have. The people don't want it, so couldn't care less if you try to make politicians uncomfortable as long as they follow through with their pledge to scrap it 🤞🏻

Must be awkward being in Reform where only Farage determines policies on that back of a fag packet.

I guess it would be zero if they banned all cars totally. 🙄🙄🙄

Dan's new policy on the 20mph speed limits!

@DonnaWarburton1 Nigel Farage wants to kill Welsh children.

@AbolishWestmin Not a bloody clue!!If that lot win the Welsh GE I’m of to North Korea