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Divisions are opening over the future of Welsh businesses and tourism as Covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased – but has Drakeford managed to get the policy about right, asks TESS DELANEY
People rest after exercise on the beach in hot weather in Swansea, Wales, where some lockdown measures have now been lifted

THE fissure that divides Wales is getting much bigger. Within moments of Mark Drakeford announcing new lockdown-lifting measures social media had gone batty.

Wales’s response to the Covid crisis has been one of caution, basing its response on “the science” much more closely, it would seem, than their English counterparts. 

The five-mile rule which was enforced a few weeks ago has unofficially been relaxed since, with words like “ballpark” and definitions of “local” being thrown around. 

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