17th August
Voting ‘No’ is the only way to make Government think again
It is no surprise a new North East political party is considering launching in order to campaign for more powers for the proposed North East Assembly.
The Government has failed to listen to its own side and grant the proposed Assembly the kind powers they had assumed that it would have. Even the chairman of the Yorkshire ‘Yes’ campaign described Government departments as ‘Stalinist’ for their failure to devolve powers to the proposed Assembly.
All the Government has offered the North East is an expensive talking shop that will have no powers over the areas that matter to people, but will cost the North East huge amount of money.
Supporters had hoped the assembly would have control of schools, hospitals and law and order –it will not. The Assembly would be unable to employ a single extra doctor, teacher, nurse or police officer.
The ‘Yes’ campaign and The Journal have consistently argued the Assembly must have the ability to upgrade the A1-it will not. The Assembly would not have the power or the resources to upgrade one single inch of the A1.
While John Prescott has suggested the Assembly would be able to campaign for the renegotiations of the Barnett Formula, the people who really matter in Government – Tony Blair and Gordon Brown – have given no indication that any changes to the Formula are even up for consideration.
The new political party will have to compete for ‘List seats’ with the conservatives, Lib Dems, UKIP, Greens and other independents, smaller parties and independents have found themselves swamped out of the Scottish Parliament.
The only way to make the Government listen and understand that what they offered is not acceptable, is to reject their proposals-vote-no and make them think again.
John Elliott
Chairman
North East Says No
Talk of a new political party is a labour ploy to gain interest
This "new party" is a labour spin job to get more interest in the assemblies. These "secret people" who are planning all this must be pretty desperate.
Or are they just doing all this plotting because they love the North East of England? If you believe that you will believe that you will believe anything and that’s exactly what these "secret people" want to believe anything.
Henry & Eleanor Justice
Windy Nook
Gateshead
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