20/01/2018
Cyfarfod yr Etholaeth Nos Lun 22 Ionawr 7pm : Institiwt Gorseinon:CROESO I BOB AELOD
Constituency Meeting Monday 22 January 7pm Gorseinon Institute : ALL MEMBERS WELCOME
"A core principle of decentralisation, for us, is that people in Wales are best placed to take decisions in the best interests of Wales. If those decisions are taken outside of Wales, then there is a risk that those decisions will not be in our best interests. Currently too many decisions affecting Wales are taken in Westminster by people who have little knowledge or interest in Wales or the needs of the people who live here.
Our spending priorities would be different too. Various Westminster governments’ priorities have not been Wales’ priorities. Every year, £36 billion or 2% of the UK’s GDP and three times the Welsh Government’s annual spending, is spent on defence. That can be reduced to prioritise keeping people warm, sheltered, fed, well-educated and in good health. When the estimated billions lost through tax evasion are added to the £7 billion planned for renovations to the Palace of Westminster and the smaller yet equally wrong £350 million of public money planned to be spent on Buckingham Palace, we cannot accept that the money isn’t there for the basics.
Taking more control over our own affairs in Wales is a crucial first step in the struggle against poverty and inequality. It is also a way to end our history of un-representative governments. At present, 610 MPs who are not from Wales and the unelected, undemocratic House of Lords decide what powers Wales shall or shall not have. That is not democratic.
To build and demonstrate support for more control over our own affairs, we want people to sign a declaration to agree that “decisions about Wales should be made in Wales”
Read 'The Change We Need' here; https://issuu.com/plaid/docs/changeweneed_eng___2_
