Minority should not drown out majority

SETTING Martin Shipton’s report in the July 14 edition alongside your editorial makes for interesting reading.

Starting with the editorial, subject to it being held up to scrutiny, of course a minority needs to be heard: but it should not drown out the majority who have been returned by Wales’ electorate. Scrutiny of this particular band of opposing minorities reveals a mixed bag of people operating under different party names and advancing different policies at different times. They all suffer from the “look at me” syndrome.

Starting with the Brexit Party, the scrutiny reveals its leader as Mark Reckless, who, as a Tory, was ousted from Westminster by the Rochester and Stroud electorate – reckless by name and nature. Subject to one exception, Reckless’ policy is to disband the Senedd and its members.

The exception is the role of First Minister and one wonders who Mr Reckless has in mind for that job! It seems this time that his recklessness has alienated members of his own party by depriving them of a well paid job.

Moving on we come to Ukip, led in Wales, from England, by Neil Hamilton. Another former Tory, at first blush it seemed that Mr Hamilton opposed disbanding the Senedd, after all it provided an income. However, as you reported on January 10 this year, it also seeems that Mr. Hamilton has been/ is in talks (aka cosying up to) with the Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party’s Gareth Bennett.

When one takes account of Henry VIII’s treatment of Wales and its language, and the treatment exposed by “Brad Y Llyfr Gleision”, it is a wonder that we are still here.

Let’s make sure that the world does not see us as a county of England named Wales.

Derek Griffiths Llandaff, Cardiff