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”
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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”
Infra Digging
Public opinion remains divided over the wisdom of bombing Syria. Much less so than the House of Commons, which this week allowed the red mist of ‘hitting evil hard’ to out-vote reasonable doubts over what military action can achieve without a lasting political solution in sight. Who benefits, besides the suppliers of Brimstone missiles atContinueContinue reading “Infra Digging”
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 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”
Review of 2014
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 2014 Review has recently been forwarded to the Commission and here is what it says:“Coming between elections – Eastleigh in 2013 and the General Election in 2015 –ContinueContinue reading “Review of 2014”
Little Things Please Little Minds
The Scots recently held a referendum on independence. They discussed what currency to use, whether to join NATO, and what to do about Trident. BBC West’s televised debate on devolution this week took a different approach. At one point, the politicians on the panel were challenged with the problem of different wheelie bins on oppositeContinueContinue reading “Little Things Please Little Minds”
A Voice in Europe?
Postal ballot papers for the Euros have started to arrive, allowing some of us to see what ‘choice’, if any, the ‘democratic’ process has thrown up this time. Although WR has contested European elections in the past, this was when the constituencies were smaller, single-member ones that did less damage to regional identity. We haveContinueContinue reading “A Voice in Europe?”
Review of 2013
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 2013 Review has recently been agreed and here is what it says:“The Eastleigh by-election in February provided an unplanned but welcome opportunity to raise the Party’s profile. ContinueContinue reading “Review of 2013”
British Balderdash Conspiracy
One reason why our publicity is largely channelled through this blog is that London hacks simply can’t be trusted to tell the unvarnished truth. Wessex is a really straightforward idea with which they really struggle. At the start of this month we gave an interview to the BBC. Their researcher – who is actually fromContinueContinue reading “British Balderdash Conspiracy”
Wessex Regionalists 