Report in Western Mail on UKIP in Wales

eublues · 12-02-2007, 10:08 AM

http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100n...story_continue

Ukip's election pledge - to replace the Assembly with a council of Welsh MPs Feb 12 2007

Martin Shipton, Western Mail

THE UK Independence Party says it plans to target the large number of people it claims want the National Assembly to be abolished.

Planning to spend more money in Wales than it ever has before, Ukip will field candidates on all five regional lists in the proportional representation part of May's Assembly election. It will also put forward several "first past the post" constituency candidates.

The party's new chairman in Wales is John Pratt, who owns a farm near Brecon and who moved from his native Yorkshire 50 years ago.

He said, "There is an attempt to destroy the UK from both ends, through Europe and devolution. Nearly everyone I talk to thinks the Assembly is a waste of time. They want the money wasted on it spent on hospitals and schools instead."

Mr Pratt, who was a leading member of the campaign to reduce fuel tax in 2000, said that after the Assembly was abolished, it should be replaced by a Welsh Council comprising the 40 Welsh MPs at Westminster.

"I left the Conservative Party when its leading members went back on their opposition to the Assembly," he said. "There are many people who share my disillusionment with the Conservatives and other parties."

Welsh Conservative Assembly leader Nick Bourne said, "Ukip said much the same at the last Assembly election and came nowhere near getting elected. They are a wholly negative party, and stand for nothing positive.

"Their Euro-MPs have achieved nothing, but they are very happy to take their salaries and allowances."

Ukip's election campaign will be launched in Cardiff later this month by its leader, Euro-MP Nigel Farage.

Britannist · 12-02-2007, 10:47 AM

Here's something I posted the other day about a member of the Conservative Party in Wales being suspended for calling for the abolition of the Welsh Assembly (even though the Conservatives rightly opposed setting it up):

:arrow:
http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=17752

12-02-2007, 10:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
eublues Uber Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,194	Report in Western Mail on UKIP in Wales http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100n...story_continue Ukip's election pledge - to replace the Assembly with a council of Welsh MPs Feb 12 2007 Martin Shipton, Western Mail THE UK Independence Party says it plans to target the large number of people it claims want the National Assembly to be abolished. Planning to spend more money in Wales than it ever has before, Ukip will field candidates on all five regional lists in the proportional representation part of May's Assembly election. It will also put forward several "first past the post" constituency candidates. The party's new chairman in Wales is John Pratt, who owns a farm near Brecon and who moved from his native Yorkshire 50 years ago. He said, "There is an attempt to destroy the UK from both ends, through Europe and devolution. Nearly everyone I talk to thinks the Assembly is a waste of time. They want the money wasted on it spent on hospitals and schools instead." Mr Pratt, who was a leading member of the campaign to reduce fuel tax in 2000, said that after the Assembly was abolished, it should be replaced by a Welsh Council comprising the 40 Welsh MPs at Westminster. "I left the Conservative Party when its leading members went back on their opposition to the Assembly," he said. "There are many people who share my disillusionment with the Conservatives and other parties." Welsh Conservative Assembly leader Nick Bourne said, "Ukip said much the same at the last Assembly election and came nowhere near getting elected. They are a wholly negative party, and stand for nothing positive. "Their Euro-MPs have achieved nothing, but they are very happy to take their salaries and allowances." Ukip's election campaign will be launched in Cardiff later this month by its leader, Euro-MP Nigel Farage.

12-02-2007, 10:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 23,176	Welsh Assembly Here's something I posted the other day about a member of the Conservative Party in Wales being suspended for calling for the abolition of the Welsh Assembly (even though the Conservatives rightly opposed setting it up): :arrow: http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=17752

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