[1] The book is a collection of essays focusing on neoliberalism and devolution in Wales, particularly criticising the Welsh Labour government that has run the Senedd since its inception in 1999.
In an article written in Voice.Wales, the editors claimed that "despite Welsh Labour’s relentless self-mythologising over the past twenty years, Wales is, in practice, a deeply neoliberal country.
Devolution has so far achieved little except to shore up Labour’s dominance in this struggling, disenfranchised, poverty-ridden enclave of the British Isles.
"[7] Jon Gower of Nation.Cymru said that "the essays in this urgently timely collection are indictments, charges made against those who currently run the country" and that the "evidence amassed is of the forensic kind.
"[8] Former Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood said that the book makes "the case that the government in Wales – led by Labour for more than 20 years since the Senedd’s inception in 1999 – has pursued a neoliberal agenda designed to preserve the status quo" and that the Welsh government's rhetoric of clear red water was "yet another spun line.