Tag: Leanne Wood
Dual candidates running for the Welsh Assembly campaigned harder
There has been some controversy (and indecision) in Wales about whether National Assembly candidates should be allowed to stand for both a constituency and the regional list. Peter Hain argued it showed ‘utter contempt’ for voters, because someone who was rejected as an individual could nonetheless be elected. In the first two Assembly elections it […]
We need meaningful decentralisation if we are to tackle England’s North/South divide
The North of England struggles when compared to the South on any number of economic and social metrics. In a speech given at a recent Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) conference in Manchester the leader of Plaid Cymru, Leanne Wood, argues that tackling it requires leaving behind England’s centralised model of Government, and embracing […]
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