JeffA:
Its a bit contentious yes Harry, how many of these south wales types have you actually met? Or did they just give you that impression?
Well, I’ve been loading out of South Wales since the days when there were coal mines and steelworks. And these are a bit of a clue here, DVLA was set up as a sop by Mrs Thatcher in exchange for closing down industry. However, whereas it used to be the menfolk who mined coal and made steel, it is their wives who largely do the office-based work at DVLA while the menfolk stay at home watching daytime TV and taking heroin.
There’s bound to be resentment there and this, coupled with the generally bolshie Socialist attitude and innate anti-English racism of the average Welsh person is only ever destined to lead to problems for many of their “customers”.