A Night To Remember
“Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive / But to be young was very heaven!” Wordsworth’s ardour for the French Revolution cooled in the light of experience. Labour…
Waking From A Nightmayor
Bristol has voted to abolish the office of elected mayor, only a decade after it was established. This follows a similar decision in Torbay in 2019. The Wessex Regionalists have…
Beyond A Boundary
The Boundary Commission is currently undertaking its 10-yearly review of parliamentary constituencies, though in fact this is the third review in a decade, as Government has dithered over the degree…
A note on 2021 local elections
Postal ballots have already been dispatched for the local elections on the 6th of May. Whilst we will be eagerly cheering on regionalist and civic nationalist parties standing in other…
Labour’s Regional Manifestos Examined
As mentioned in our previous post, Labour announced yesterday that it would be launching manifestos for each of the nine English government zones. We have now read the manifestos for…
London Parties Manifesto Review
With the election just two weeks away, I thought it would be a good idea to examine the manifestos of the main London parties running in Wessex, to see how…
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.…
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…
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…
Cameron’s Cocoon
Guest contribution by Colin Bex, Wessex Regionalist candidate for Witney It was a cynical charade of a hustings on Friday, organised by Churches Together against democracy, from which not only…