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”
Tag Archives: Colin Bex
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”
Ending Invisibility
Colin Bex continues his efforts to highlight the connection between regionalism and resistance to climate change. Read his latest report here.
Presi in Paris
“We know and we have seen that conferences are events which bring together important people who are unable to act on their own, but who together are always able to resolve that in fact nothing can be done… Why is [Europe] unable to forecast and prevent one crisis after another?… Today the European spirit andContinueContinue reading “Presi in Paris”
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”
Onwards and Upwards
Defying expectations, David Cameron, far from being locked out of Downing Street, now has the full bunch of keys (with just 37% of the vote), at least until his slim Commons majority is whittled away over the next five years. He has promised a land of hope and glory, a Britain greater still and greater,ContinueContinue reading “Onwards and Upwards”
For the Record
Guest contribution by Colin Bex, Wessex Regionalist candidate for Witney The EditorThe Oxford TimesNewspaper HouseOsney MeadOxfordOX2 0EJSir,I refer to your report ‘One of the safest seats in Britain’ (Oxford Times 30 April 2015 p.7) by Luke Sproule.Under the caption ‘THE CANDIDATES’, there is no mention of four of the candidates standing for Witney including myselfContinueContinue reading “For the Record”
X for Bex for Witney
This is the five-word tweet Colin is suggesting to all those he meets who are too young to vote, to send amongst their friends in Witney, to provide them with input to influence their parents to benefit the Wessex cause – and which has produced an enthusiastic response. Meanwhile, Colin’s leaflet has been finalised forContinueContinue reading “X for Bex for Witney”
Raising the Standard
Concerning the reputed ‘hustings’ held at Witney by Churches Together recently, Colin Bex states that:”Of the twelve candidates nominated for Witney – all duly paid up to stand for Parliament – only five were chosen and just 1% of constituents were allowed to witness this 2015 travesty of democracy in a third millennium British generalContinueContinue reading “Raising the Standard”
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