Every year around this time, we have to file an annual report of our political activities to the Electoral Commission. This is our report for 2020. Alexander Thynn, founder of the modern Wessex movement, passed away from Covid-19 in April. Although he moved to the SDP in the 1980s, he continued to support our effortsContinueContinue reading “2020 Annual Report”
Category Archives: Activities
40 Years On
The idea of regional government for Wessex was variously mooted over the course of the 20th century. Our founder, Alexander Thynn – Lord Weymouth and later Marquess of Bath – developed his own thoughts through the 1950s and 1960s, first expressing them publicly in a speech to tourism industry representatives in 1969. We count ourContinueContinue reading “40 Years On”
The Road to 2020
Nick Xylas polled 62 votes in Eastville on Thursday, a sound base from which to expand at Bristol’s next election in four years’ time. In 2020 we’ll have a General Election to fight as well, so planning needs to start straightaway. For Nick’s own reactions to the result, see the Eastville blog. It was clearContinueContinue reading “The Road to 2020”
Choice At Last
Our President Colin Bex and Secretary-General David Robins were in Bristol at the weekend to help our candidate for the Eastville Ward, Nick Xylas, with his campaign there. All three are shown hereat an impromptu stall set up in Eastville Park. Nick unexpectedly had the chance to move to a new flat that same weekend,ContinueContinue reading “Choice At Last”
Review of 2015
Every year when we submit our accounts to the Electoral Commission we are also required to provide a ‘Review of Political Activities’ covering the year just gone.The 2015 Review has recently been forwarded to the Commission and here is what it says: “The major event of the year was the General Election, which saw ourContinueContinue reading “Review of 2015”
Region’s Real Radical Read
Recent months have seen an influx of new members to the Party, all keen to be active in promoting its message. One result of that surge is Wessex Citizen, a new independent e-zine edited by Keith Southwell and Rick Heyse that aims to keep Party discussions close to the radical edge. Issue 1 contains newsContinueContinue reading “Region’s Real Radical Read”
X for Xylas
The WR Council met at Wokingham earlier this month. A raft of new policies was agreed, about which readers may expect to hear over the coming weeks. WR President Colin Bex reported on the election campaign in Witney and it was noted that page views on this blog almost reached 3,000 during April, double theContinueContinue reading “X for Xylas”
Bex & the Bankers
Colin Bex was on the march against austerity held in central London on Saturday (left). His attire included ‘that T-shirt’ from the 2005 election campaign in Dorset South. (The question ‘Westminster Diktat?’ appears above an image of the Cerne Abbas giant labelled ‘Clubmen Arise’ and beneath it the answer, ‘Roger & Out!’) Colin reports onContinueContinue reading “Bex & the Bankers”
Bex in Belgium
Guest contribution by Colin Bex, WR PresidentOn Tuesday (16th June) I attended ‘The European Citizens’ Initiative and the Promise (sic) of Democracy’, a conference in Brussels sponsored jointly by the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) campaign, the Latvian Presidency, and the Secretariat of the Council of the European Union.This was a significantly high-level affair of contemporaryContinueContinue reading “Bex in Belgium”
Welcome to the Party
On this day last year we were delighted to mention Wessex Society’s success in persuading a third of the county and unitary councils in Wessex to fly the Wyvern for St Ealdhelm’s Day. (The picture below was taken at Somerset County Hall in Taunton.) This year, many councils are doing the same, with Bath &ContinueContinue reading “Welcome to the Party”
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