Once again, I must correct the misapprehension that Wessex Society campaigns for regional government. We do not, the Wessex Regionalists and Wessex Constitutional Convention handle that side of things. There is, naturally, an overlap in the membership of these organisations (though not as great as one might expect). Nor do we say that Wessex has different issues affecting it to more industrialised regions - I actually said on the website that we are CULTURALLY different to other regions of England. Having said that, there are certain issues that affect Wessex more than some regions, such as agricultural policy, tourism issues and defence spending (due to the role of the armed forces in Wessex's economy). Of coures these are not unique to Wessex, but the emphasis may be stronger in Salisbury than in Liverpool, for example.



I've no wish to get into the debate on an English parliament, as this is outside Wessex Society's remit. The only political campaigning we have taken part in is to join the other Wessex organisations previously mentioned in calling for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister to rethink their ridiculous regional boundaries that cut Wessex in half.