We’ve been using PayPal for a while. It’s lived up to expectations as an easy way for not-for-profit organisations to process membership fees and donations. Until now. This month we found access to our money restricted unless we provided our company registration number and uploaded a copy of the registration document. We can’t do that. ContinueContinue reading “PayPal Bull”
Category Archives: Communications
Hosts with the Most
It has taken a while to migrate the website across, but we are delighted to announce that we have switched our hosting provider to Ethical Internet. Previously, we were with A2 Hosting, a multinational company whose European arm was based in Amsterdam, and whose customer service division was based…well, who knows where? Ethical Internet isContinueContinue reading “Hosts with the Most”
New Year, New Look
At our Annual General Assembly on Saturday, the Party agreed a major new upgrade to its policies. The previous manifesto was nearly 20 years old, and starting to show its age. The new list is shorter and snappier, and can be found in the Our Policies section of this website. The site itself is dueContinueContinue reading “New Year, New Look”
The Ties that Bind
The city regions of Wessex and South Wales have recently come together to draw up plans for a Great Western Powerhouse stretching from Swindon in the east to Swansea in the west; Tewkesbury in the north to Weston-Super-Mare in the south. The cities of Bristol, Newport and Cardiff have commissioned a report from consultancy firmContinueContinue reading “The Ties that Bind”
Pikimedia
Earlier today, the Wessex Regionalists had a tweet from someone who was unconvinced that we had any existence outside of social media. To prove that we actually did contest elections, I pointed him in the direction of our Wikipedia page. However, I had not visited in a while, and what I saw there disturbed me.ContinueContinue reading “Pikimedia”
Switched On?
Predictions of the death of the Internet seem premature, though not wholly implausible. There is no doubt that it constitutes a heavy drain on energy supplies but it also undoubtedly saves energy in facilitating transactions online that reduce the need to travel. A full energy ‘balance sheet’ of the existing and potential costs and benefitsContinueContinue reading “Switched On?”
Whose Trains?
A report last month in the Western Boring Views informs us that both Cornwall and Devon County Councils may be looking to take over from Whitehall the supervision of local rail services in their areas. All worthily localist, of course. Whether that approach works elsewhere depends on how good the fit is between railway geographyContinueContinue reading “Whose Trains?”
Bright Sparks
Ten years ago yesterday there began a brief spell when our region had its own train company, Wessex Trains, which basically ran the former Western Region local services, excluding the Thames valley and south Wales. The original plans for the franchise would have seen it eventually take over the remaining ex-Southern Region diesel-hauled services onContinueContinue reading “Bright Sparks”
Ringing the Changes
A couple of weeks ago – before computer problems kept us from posting to you – Bournemouth found itself in the national news. It’s to become the first part of the UK to require landline users to phone the whole number, including the area code, for local calls, even to next door neighbours. Why? NotContinueContinue reading “Ringing the Changes”
Wessex Regionalists 