tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post114364111314084427..comments2023-11-03T15:48:35.688+00:00Comments on Paul Linford: Regional government not dead then?Paul Linfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1143792715809827422006-03-31T09:11:00.000+01:002006-03-31T09:11:00.000+01:00Skip - I don't think it's impossible that the situ...Skip - I don't think it's impossible that the situation could change in relation to the North-East and possibly the South-West, but what is clearly now not going to happen is a nationwide network of elected assemblies as originally envisaged by Prescott and Caborn back in 1997. <BR/><BR/>What this means is that whether or not any regional assemblies do ultimately emerge, they are not going to Paul Linfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1143740581873301132006-03-30T18:43:00.000+01:002006-03-30T18:43:00.000+01:00Anything said by Robert Hazell is worth considerin...Anything said by Robert Hazell is worth considering and to the riposte: 'the pathetic defeat in the northeast referendum of the regional case- the one<B>most</B> likely to vote in favour- shows this is a lost cause'- I would suggest one cites the example of the referendums in the late seventies in Scotland and Wales. These produced a draw in the case of the former and heavy reverse in the latter skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02632351344359303404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1143657797854466642006-03-29T19:43:00.000+01:002006-03-29T19:43:00.000+01:00Having had a run in with the nationalists myself I...Having had a run in with the nationalists myself I think that keeping the heid well below the parapet is a very wise decision...BondBlokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17830728502620532882noreply@blogger.com