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There was a Senedd committee that recommended going to Single transferable vote and getting rid of the list seat's. Such a system would keep constituencies but help smaller parties like Plaid and the Greens as voters would rank their preference rather than just choose one over the other like FPTP.I am not sure how keen Labour would be to reform the voting system, they profit well from First Past the Post. They got 50% of the seats on 40% (constituency) and about 36% (list) of the vote.
I hope they reform and modernise council tax though, it seems to be a shared priority for both.
With Westminster they are very much focused on essentially a 2 party system Labour v Conservatives historically but with rise of the SNP and the new constituencies UK Labour may well have to look at campaigning for more proportional representation just to get into and stay in government in the future.Well i’m surprised. It’s a reason Westminster Labour never went for voting reform, they were afraid it would cost them seats.
Voting reform in Wales would mean more seats for the tories too and give the abolish party a chance to come back.
I generally don't see that happening not while Wales is still in the UK, Lib Dems in Wales are more left centre and after the coalition of 2010 won't be touching any deals with the Conservatives. As for Wales going more right wing, it's not really, all the Tories did was pick up the former UKIP seats but didn't pick up all the ex UKIP votes they hoped, as for Plaid their vote share loss was minor and they gained an extra seat and are in a position to potentially get some of their policies into law. As for the GE recent polls suggest a big loss of seats for the Tories.It is quite possible the Conservatives could be in government one day with a Partner. Possibly the Liberal Democrats.
Wales is becoming more and more right wing, with more Conservatives in the Assembly than ever and more Welsh Conservatives in Westminster.
Parties like Plaid have stagnated recently and lost vote share in the recent Welsh Assembly election.
Using info from GERS and GERW by the looks of it. With reference to GERW (which is the welsh version) it clearly states that it's not what the finances of an independent Wales would look like. They are UK figures that include things like contributions to HS2 and Trident and the UK defence budget, it's highly unlikely an independent Wales for instance would spend 2.4% of GDP on defence. The figures would be completely different both revenue and spending would be different. Same with Scotland though i'm not as read up on theirs as i am for Wales. Also how can countries that don't run their own fiscal affairs actually have a deficit?Interesting write up on the economic status of Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
The fiscal position of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland | Institute for Government
Breaking away from the UK would leave Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland facing sizeable fiscal deficits.www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
Hopefully we'll find out soon if the WG will follow our Celtic cousins.Any idea whether the Scottish Government is thinking along the same lines as the WG?
It seems unlikely that they won't follow Scotland's lead - for the same logistical reasons that have driven Scotland's decision.Hopefully we'll find out soon if the WG will follow our Celtic cousins.
Scotland ‘reluctantly’ aligns with England on new travel rules
Edinburgh government fears measures will weaken protection but bows down to ‘logistical realities’www.independent.co.uk
Yes it does seem unlikely that they won't follow ScotlandIt seems unlikely that they won't follow Scotland's lead - for the same logistical reasons that have driven Scotland's decision.
It definitely wouldn't help with CWLs recovery but I suspect that for the FM that isn't at the top of the list of priorities and he said he's concerned about not being able to pick up new variants. But as long as there's some sort of testing regime in place the travel industry will struggle to recover especially airports like Cardiff that are more reliant on holiday and leisure travel than others.Not to follow England and Scotland would be absolutely disastrous for CWL, and certainly put airlines and passengers off using the airport.
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