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    Comments On Welsh Politics
    Comments On Welsh Politics
    Comments On Welsh Politics
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    Comments On Welsh Politics

    By Les Broad

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    There are three essays in this work: a commentary on the Welsh Government's economic development strategy, another on elections to that Government and a third, unrelated, on the position of financial services providers in Britain generally.
    It is easy to be critical, but these essays offer constructive alternatives to the status quo drawn from years of practical, day-to-day experience.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLes Broad
    Release dateSep 13, 2011
    ISBN9781465744500
    Comments On Welsh Politics
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    Les Broad

    That picture isn't me. It's my much-loved Border Collie bitch, who I lost to a spinal tumour in April 2011. She deserves this memorial.I was born a very, very long time ago, very close to my mother in England. Now I live in Wales, which isn't England but is part of the UK. I've written all sorts of stuff, but mostly science fiction. It's sort of believable sci-fi - maybe it can't happen today, but might tomorrow, you know? The sci-fi novels are all on the theme of 'first contact' and the first one is being given away free. You'll have to pay for the others. Sorry.I've got other novels, short stories and things that are supposed to be funny too but whether they are is your decision, right?Some of the books are based on real incidents - I know they are, because they happened to me. There are five in total, I've released two, two are being tidied up and the last one won't be finished for a while yet. If you read one, remember it all happened to me and that I don't mind being laughed at. I'm used to it.A while back I released a free book, 'Top Of The Shop'. (If you're a writer you might want to read it. I'll say no more.) I've since released another one, 'Tea, Drums And Speed'. So now the first sci-fi novel is free, 'Top Of The Shop' is free, and there's a free volume of short stories. I must be mad, giving this stuff away. Mind you, it hasn't stopped me giving away a book of political thoughts. If you're from Wales, or British, or even interested in Welsh politics, it might be worth reading.There's also a free book about some films that appeal to me. You might find it interesting but I thought it would be a bit cheeky to want money for it. Have it on me.There's one little thing I don't understand. Of everything I've put on this site, I think the stories in 'Swift Shifts' are the funniest, yet it's the title that's looked at least often. Why is that, do you think?After a gap of several months I've now added a new three-story volume of funny stories. To balance this, there's a thoroughly miserrable one on its way!A word or two about my pricing strategy might be worthwhile. A lot of people on this site (and I apologise if I've got this wrong) quote prices that are just a bit cheaper than you'd see in a bookstore. I don't do that. Ebooks don't have production or distribution costs, so why should you, the book buyer, have to pay even a tiny share of something that doesn't exist? Isn't it better to spend, say, $3 on three little books than on just one? I want you to enjoy what I've written, and at a realistic cost to you that I can live with. Simple, isn't it?I'll add to this from time to time - there's no point saying everything at once, is there? You'd have no need to come back, would you?

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      Comments On Welsh Politics - Les Broad

      Comments On Welsh Politics

      Les Broad

      Published by Les Broad at Smashwords

      Copyright 2011 Les Broad

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      COMMENTS ON WELSH POLITICS

      WHAT IS WRONG WITH WALES?

      A Personal Opinion Of The Principality's Economic Development Strategies In Action

      Wales is not a rich country. It has riches in its countryside, its scenery and its coastline, it is home to the Welsh who are a warm and hospitable people but its economic performance leaves much to be desired. The withdrawal of The Children's Society, although not a business, from Wales typifies attitudes as it was met by wailing, gnashing of teeth and at least one high profile resignation instead of anyone recognising the move as an implication of devolution and grasping it as an opportunity - after all the Society's infrastructure in Wales still existed and that infrastructure could have been taken over by a separately registered charity with identical aims and the same staff and financial supporters (by now probably lost to Wales).

      The incident demonstrates all too clearly that Wales is simply too used to playing the victim and receiving handouts; it doesn't have the mindset to run its national affairs as a cohesive whole. The purpose of these thoughts is to offer, from a personal perspective, some circumstances which might contribute to this, and what might be done to make things a little better.

      There are restrictions imposed by geography and the existing communications infrastructure. Mountains, by and large, tend to stay where they are - movement on geological timescales is of no great value to the present population - and any grand design for the future of the country should recognise this. Wales is, partly as a result of its geography, not well served by road or rail. The A55 from the English border to Holyhead is a fine artery, when great chunks of it aren't closed, and industrial development is creeping along the North Wales corridor. That will bring its own problems as imported management puts pressure on a housing market already inflated by what might clumsily be called the non-indigenous population. The authorities in Wales, however, seem blinkered and only capable of seeing this influx of population as a problem, ignoring the opportunity that it represents. Many of these people have spare capital and ways can be found - can be quite easily found - to encourage investment of part of that spare capital in the

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