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”
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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”
South By Southwest
Guest contribution by Nick Xylas, WR Council member and prospective candidate for Bristol City Council, Eastville WardAs someone who has lived in both Wessex and the American South, I can’t help but be struck by certain similarities between the two. Both are primarily rural and agricultural regions. Both have low-status accents that provide a lazyContinueContinue reading “South By Southwest”
Bristol Begins
Nick Xylas reports that preparations are well underway to contest Bristol City Council’s Eastville Ward in local elections this May: “I have almost finished collecting signatures for my nomination papers. The opening date for handing in nomination papers is 22nd March and the closing date is 10th April. It doesn’t help that Bristol Central LibraryContinueContinue reading “Bristol Begins”
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”
Still Hating Thatcher?
Our stall at the Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival is becoming a well-recognised feature. Yesterday, we found a place in the marquee beneath the Portsmouth RMT banner (left, with Nick Xylas), which caused a little confusion until eventually its owners came to take it out for the traditional parade through the village.The RMT’s Wessex Region banner bearsContinueContinue reading “Still Hating Thatcher?”
Uncommon Sense
The electorate in the Witney constituency numbers 78,766, of whom 62 were far-sighted enough to cast their vote yesterday for Colin Bex. For the rest, as our society plunges from bad to worse, it will be a case of ‘we told you so’, and sooner rather than later.Colin reported a busy day’s campaigning in BurfordContinueContinue reading “Uncommon Sense”
Interesting Times
After a busy day today touring the constituency, taking in Witney, Minster Lovell and Carterton, our candidate Colin Bex was snapped (left) at Woodstock, with Nick Xylas as standard-bearer.Some 50,000 of our leaflets – headed ‘The Truth in Black & White’ – have gone off to the Royal Mail for delivery to constituents and shouldContinueContinue reading “Interesting Times”
Wessex Regionalists 