tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post5367385386371158448..comments2023-12-24T13:03:35.696+00:00Comments on Miserable Old Fart: R-G v Rainbow isn't Left v RightAlwyn ap Huwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06194724336424525283noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-59317049616751218642007-06-24T22:53:00.000+01:002007-06-24T22:53:00.000+01:00"it is a much simpler choice"I agree, the choice i...<I>"it is a much simpler choice"</I><BR/><BR/>I agree, the choice is a referendum on a full parliament for Wales in the next 4 years or not!Bonheddwrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235476497044021789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-4890199959185505692007-06-24T17:20:00.000+01:002007-06-24T17:20:00.000+01:00The sad thing is that even when the National Assem...The sad thing is that even when the National Assembly gets as far as passing a law, it takes at least six months to gain approval from Westminster, so this law does not come into force for many months, and the delay could be damaging in some cases.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16258854366964329334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-4321420934845715372007-06-24T17:17:00.000+01:002007-06-24T17:17:00.000+01:00Part 5 of the GoW Act relates to finance and accou...Part 5 of the GoW Act relates to finance and accounting, and cannot by any stretch of the imagination be used to make an argument for privatising any services.<BR/><BR/>Schedule 5 of Part 6 of the Act deals with Assembly measures but has restrictions including: "A provision of an Assembly Measure cannot remove or modify, or confer power by subordinate legislation to remove or modify, any functionAlwyn ap Huwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06194724336424525283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-80426260224415828422007-06-24T11:39:00.000+01:002007-06-24T11:39:00.000+01:00Alwyn,Your ignorance of the current devolution set...Alwyn,<BR/><BR/>Your ignorance of the current devolution settlement is disappointing. The Assembly could nationalise industries, such as railways, within the devolved fields set out in Schedule 5 of the Government of Wales Act 2006. Of course, that requires approval in Westminster, but to pretend that the Assembly couldn't take radical left wing decisions, is just ignorant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-44480641197669604372007-06-24T10:15:00.000+01:002007-06-24T10:15:00.000+01:00The truth is that even Westminster hasn't got that...The truth is that even Westminster hasn't got that much room for independent action in many areas.<BR/><BR/>Europe rules the roost whether Wales is independent or not but no-one seems very interested in that pertinent fact.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com