The “Yorkshire Party”, formed in 2014 now boast hundreds of members, and gained over 20,000 votes in the general election last year in the county. They are regularly clocking up 15% and upwards of votes in local elections. Their growing influence as a party has also persuaded 17 local authorities to support the idea of a “One Yorkshire” economic region- as opposed to the city region model based around Sheffield that Westminster wanted to impose. Read More
Month: December 2018
The Rarely Talked About Truth Regarding Welsh Economics
A great many Welsh people believe that Wales cannot afford Independence. It’s not surprising because so much of the UK national media actively promote the idea. Read More
Polar opposites the only change in town for 2019
Welsh voting patterns like huge blocks of unmoveable ice “Y Canol Llonydd Distaw” is one of Welsh singer Steve Eaves’s most memorable songs. It roughly translates as the quiet, still… Read More
Are Hitachi about to pull the plug on Wylfa B?
Investors running scared because of mounting costs A JAPANESE TV station has reported this week that Hitachi, the company behind the proposed Wylfa B nuclear development on Ynys Mon, look… Read More
Why Gwlad is a safe home for disillusioned Conservatives
The only way that life is ever going to get better in Wales is for the Labour party’s hegemony to be broken for good. What Wales needs more than anything else is a serious alternative that people in every part of Wales can vote for with confidence. We can be sure that the Conservative Party is never going to be that alternative. Read More
The Sharp End of the Brain Drain
Anyone who wants to inflict a heavy dose of existential angst upon themselves, and doesn’t have a Carpenters CD handy, could do worse than to take a walk through Wrexham… Read More