Comments on: Pointing the arrow of history can be personal http://waleshome.org/2009/12/a-question-of-direction/ Independent analysis from and about Wales Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: James D http://waleshome.org/2009/12/a-question-of-direction/comment-page-1/#comment-3890 James D Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:04:31 +0000 http://waleshome.org/?p=6060#comment-3890 Great post, Daran. If we can condemn Labour in any respect here, it is the inadequacy of Devolution as a model for Welsh and Scottish autonomy. It's an obfuscation that invites this sort of trivial polticking. There needs to be a new bottom-up constitutional settlement -- a real Welsh constitution based on popular sovereignty -- agreed with the Queen by treaty. Great post, Daran. If we can condemn Labour in any respect here, it is the inadequacy of Devolution as a model for Welsh and Scottish autonomy. It’s an obfuscation that invites this sort of trivial polticking. There needs to be a new bottom-up constitutional settlement — a real Welsh constitution based on popular sovereignty — agreed with the Queen by treaty.

]]> By: Daran Hill http://waleshome.org/2009/12/a-question-of-direction/comment-page-1/#comment-3876 Daran Hill Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:45:34 +0000 http://waleshome.org/?p=6060#comment-3876 "I had, in fact, already abadoned any ambition to stand for the Assembly again and made it absolutely clear from the moment of my arrival in Cardiff that I would not seek re-election." You are of course correct, David. Sorry if my memory was a little hazy on this point - it all seems such a very long time ago. Thanks for the clarification, and best wishes for Christmas too. Daran “I had, in fact, already abadoned any ambition to stand for the Assembly again and made it absolutely clear from the moment of my arrival in Cardiff that I would not seek re-election.”

You are of course correct, David. Sorry if my memory was a little hazy on this point – it all seems such a very long time ago.

Thanks for the clarification, and best wishes for Christmas too.

Daran

]]> By: David Jones http://waleshome.org/2009/12/a-question-of-direction/comment-page-1/#comment-3874 David Jones Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:17:53 +0000 http://waleshome.org/?p=6060#comment-3874 Daran - interesting article and I anticpate much two-way traffic in future. I feel, however, that I should clarify my own position. I did not stand down from the Assembly "to concentrate on winning Clwyd West". I was called to the Assembly in 2002 when Rod Richards stood down, being the next Conservative candidate on the regional list in 1999. I had, in fact, already abadoned any ambition to stand for the Assembly again and made it absolutely clear from the moment of my arrival in Cardiff that I would not seek re-election. I did not decide to seek the candidacy for Clwyd West until some considerable time after I ceased to be an Assembly member and I did not secure it until several months later. There was therefore no "gamble" whatever involved. Best wishes for Christmas, David Daran – interesting article and I anticpate much two-way traffic in future.

I feel, however, that I should clarify my own position. I did not stand down from the Assembly “to concentrate on winning Clwyd West”. I was called to the Assembly in 2002 when Rod Richards stood down, being the next Conservative candidate on the regional list in 1999. I had, in fact, already abadoned any ambition to stand for the Assembly again and made it absolutely clear from the moment of my arrival in Cardiff that I would not seek re-election.

I did not decide to seek the candidacy for Clwyd West until some considerable time after I ceased to be an Assembly member and I did not secure it until several months later.

There was therefore no “gamble” whatever involved.

Best wishes for Christmas,

David

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