Assembly more like parish council

BY now even the most fanatical supporter of the Welsh Assembly must be starting to realise that the thing is an unmitigated disaster for the people of Wales.

The 18 Assembly Members who lost their seats in the recent elections received a “parachute fee” of some £825,000 among them, while many Welsh schools, hospitals and other state-run organisations are desperate for cash.

Our First Minister called for Wales to remain part of the EU while the majority of voters decided they want to leave, but unlike Mr Cameron he has decided not to resign.

Many Tories now recognise the error of their ways in supporting this political and national disaster with Henry Hill writing on the conservative Home website: “On the flip side, the leader of the Welsh Conservatives in the Assembly has written that the anti-establishment mood which drove Brexit might sweep away the Welsh Assembly too. At May’s elections a separate party, ‘Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party’, took 4.4 per cent of the regional vote.”

Abolish The Welsh Assembly Party achieved this from a standing start with next to zero press coverage.

How much longer will we have to put up with this joke that many now call the parish council In the Bay? Hopefully it will die on the vine, but please do be quick about it. Jonathon Harrington Founder, Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party, Brecon