So, I suppose it’s about time I blogged about the Scottish independence referendum as it’s been in the news for a week or so. Basically, this is the story so far: Alex Salmond has been dicking about for a few years saying they’re going to hold a referendum on Scottish independence but keeps putting it [...]

On Wednesday the British government finally announced the West Lothian Question commission that they promised over a year ago, yesterday they gave a practical demonstration of why it’s so desperately needed. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have negotiated a £30.2m bonus from the British government because the British government have spent money in London for [...]

There is a misguided belief in “Britain” amongst the political classes, a belief that below the surface there is a common British identity that unites us all and will stave off the forces of celtic nationalism.  Their obsession with celtic nationalism and indifference to English nationalism will come back to bite them in the arse [...]

Yesterday I explained that I don’t want a vote on Scottish independence and predicted how Alex Salmond would approach “independence” for Scotland. If I am right about my prediction of what form Scottish “independence” will take is right – ie. a confederation – then that’s not necessarily a bad thing.  The ideal way to govern [...]

So it’s a couple of weeks since the SNP romped home to a comprehensive victory in the Scottish Parliament elections and there’s still no sign of an independence referendum but there is still plenty of talk about what the “independence” will be and who should have a vote. Scotland will never be independent, even if [...]

Wales had its second devolution referendum yesterday, this time on whether the Welsh government should be able to pass laws on devolved areas without involving the British government. The Welsh have had their second referendum, the Scots are due for their third soon on increased powers recommended by the Calman Commission and I don’t even [...]

Lib Dim Welsh Assembly member, Kirsty Williams AM, has set up a Welsh Lib Dim Diversity Fund and her colleague, Peter Black AM, is soliciting £100 donations for the fund. The “Diversity Fund” has been set up to raise money to fund election campaigns for female, ethnic minority, disabled and disadvantaged Lib Dim candidates in [...]

The following story graced the front page of Wednesday night’s Shropshire Star: MP’s bid for equal rights at factories Workers at a Japanese car part factory in Shropshire are not receiving the same state aid in the current economic climate as their Welsh counterparts, an MP has claimed. Shimizu UK has operations in Hortonwood, Telford, [...]

To all my Welsh readers – Happy St David’s Day, isn’t it? To celebrate, here’s a picture of some of the finest Welsh totty … Technorati Tags: Wales, St Davids Day

HM Court Service introduced the Libra computer system in December last year 7 years late and £260m over budget but it went live without the ability to issue a summons in Welsh, which has been a legal requirement since 1967. The service says it intends to add the functionality in by September this year at a [...]

The Ministry of Justice has decided to include Wales in a new bill to introduce specific offences relating to mental and physical abuse in hospitals.  The Welsh government said they didn’t need the law but some Liebour MPs and a peer complained and the MoJ has changed its mind. I’ve spent a lot more than [...]

The Welsh Assembly has been given the power to pass primary legislation to help people with learning difficulties. AM’s currently draw up new laws but they have to be rubber stamped by the British government before they actually become law.  In Scotland they make their own laws in their own parliament. There are another nine [...]

How can these English-hating Celts justify attacking a defenceless animal? Will we see any politicians apologising for the actions of these scum? Don’t hold your breath. Anti-English attack injures horse A horse’s face was slashed and anti-English graffiti daubed on a stables owned by a Cardiff woman who had moved to a village in west [...]

Bore da. I’d like to wish my Welsh readers a happy St Davids Day. Isn’it? Lovely. As we’re so close to Wales here in Shropshire, I popped over the border to see if they were celebrating. I didn’t have much time so I only managed to get the picture on the right … Technorati Tags: [...]

A passenger sevice between Ebbw Vale and Cardiff has been restored for the first time in 46 years. The line has been used by freight trains but to make it suitable for passenger trains 18 miles of track had to be refitted at a cost of …   £35,000,000   Count the zeroes, that’s 35 [...]

It’s only 5 minutes until England’s opening Six Nations match against Wales. Not so long ago I’d have been looking forward to this game to see how much of a pasting we give the mutton munchers but just lately Wales have become a force to contend with and it’ll be a challenging game. Jonny Wilkinson is [...]

Kosovo has suffered terribly at the hands of the Serbs ever since Yugoslavia broke up. For a while now, Federal Europe has provided mediators to try and come up with a solution that would allow Kosovo to remain part of Serbia which would be acceptable to both the Serbs who don’t want to lose Kosovo and [...]

It was announced the other day that RAF Cosford has lost its bid to keep the DARA (Defence Aviation Repair Agency) training centre to RAF St Athan in South Wales. It has been mentioned that the winning consortium contains QinetiQ (formerly DERA – Defence Evaluation and Research Agency) which is 21% owned by the British government [...]

Anglophobic bigot, Peter Hain, has followed the Tartan Taxman by warning that the union is being attacked by the Tories and nationalists. He tells the Welsh that “the contribution of Wales to the industrial development of Britain was enormous, helping to create prosperity and to turn us into a world power.  In return, Wales has [...]

Lord Elis-Thomas, presiding officer of the Welsh Assembly, has called for the establishment of an English Parliament. This is the latest in a line of increasingly high profile supporters of devolution for England. Don’t get too excited though – Lord Elis-Thomas’ vision of the UK is a “United Kingdom in a United Europe”.  Which would [...]