Frying-Pans & Fires
With the dust now settled on the Euro-elections, let’s take a look at who will be speaking for Wessex in Brussels and Strasbourg. Well, not just Wessex. We have 16…
The Wyvern Flies Again, No Thanks To Labour
News reaches us of a groundbreaking initiative by WessexSociety, the cultural association devoted to promoting our region’s identity. To mark St Ealdhelm’s Day, which falls today, the Society offered Wyvern…
Getting Our Own Back
Wessex Electricity, Wessex Trains, Wessex Water. All run by managements located solely in Wessex. All democratically accountable to a Wessex Witan. Interfering London lawmakers and exploitative global finance just a…
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…
Another Fine Miss
“The slightly eccentric Wessex regionalists have been around for a while but tend to be backward-looking and potentially reactionary.” So writes Professor Paul Salveson in his online newsletter, Salvo. It’s…
Terror Incognita
Channel 4’s Jon Snow is back from Scotland with his eyes opened: see his blog on the subject, and the many comments it’s attracted. To sum up, London is loathed…
Leccy Goes Local
Until 1948, the electricity supply in Bristol, as in many towns, was run as a council department, with its own power stations at Temple Back, Avonbank and Portishead. In that…
Masters & Servants
Not a working day goes by without London interference in local decision-making. What makes the UK such a desolate place to live is that this interference is so widely accepted,…
Hold That Door
Last week, the London regime finally bowed to pressure to recognise the Cornish as a national minority under the relevant Council of Europe agreement. Or tried to, not very hard. …
Digital Devastation
As the implications of the Heartbleed bug continue to be revealed, it becomes clear that while a digital society, including a digital economy and digital government, delivers many benefits, many…