{"id":40654,"date":"2020-02-18T15:44:23","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T15:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=40654"},"modified":"2020-02-18T15:44:23","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T15:44:23","slug":"22-of-voters-in-south-wales-central-would-axe-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2020\/02\/18\/22-of-voters-in-south-wales-central-would-axe-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"22% of voters in South Wales Central would axe Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Levels of support for abolishing the Welsh Government vary across regions<\/h3>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A RECENT <a href=\"https:\/\/d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net\/cumulus_uploads\/document\/83k4ahu8lh\/Results_WelshBarometer_January2020_16%2B_W.pdf\">YouGov poll<\/a> revealed that 22% of people in the South Wales Central voting region, which includes Cardiff, would support abolishing the Assembly.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Around 24% of people across the whole of Wales would back the idea, with degrees of support varying across the country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Around 27% of people in North, Mid and West Wales would also support the&nbsp;Assembly&#8217;s closure.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/senedd960x540.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/senedd960x540.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/senedd960x540-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/senedd960x540-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/senedd960x540-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/senedd960x540-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/senedd960x540.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/senedd960x540.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/senedd960x540-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/senedd960x540-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/senedd960x540-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/senedd960x540-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>The Welsh Assembly (Image: National assembly for Wales)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neil Walters, 76,\u00a0is\u00a0a\u00a0former\u00a0comprehensive\u00a0school\u00a0teacher\u00a0who lived and worked in\u00a0Carmarthen\u00a0and\u00a0has recently\u00a0retired to\u00a0Penarth.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0such a Cardiff-centric establishment,&#8221; he said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBig parts of&nbsp;Wales have&nbsp;been waiting to see the benefit of devolution for years, but things don\u2019t seem to be improving&nbsp;outside of&nbsp;Cardiff.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWales, especially in rural areas,&nbsp;has received a lot of funding from the EU and now that\u2019s&nbsp;coming to an end, the Assembly needs to start&nbsp;prioritising&nbsp;other&nbsp;parts&nbsp;of Wales&nbsp;if people are going to continue to support it.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At\u00a0the\u00a0Labour\u00a0Party\u2019s\u00a0Cardiff hustings earlier this month,\u00a0leadership hopeful Lisa Nandy said people in\u00a0North Wales\u00a0&#8220;feel very shut out from the\u00a0centre\u00a0of power &#8211; power in Westminster but also power in Cardiff.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/nandy969x540.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/nandy969x540.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/nandy969x540-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/nandy969x540-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/nandy969x540-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/nandy969x540-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/nandy969x540.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/nandy969x540.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/nandy969x540-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/nandy969x540-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/nandy969x540-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/nandy969x540-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Labour leadership contestant Lisa Nandy (Image: Labour Party)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;In my own constituency in Wigan, people feel that the city mayoral deal where&nbsp;Labour&nbsp;is in power hasn&#8217;t delivered for them, in the same way it has delivered for Manchester.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;And when I was in Rhyl people were telling me exactly the same thing about devolution for the Welsh nation.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the 2016 Welsh Assembly elections, the Abolish the Welsh Assembly party won 4.5% of the regional list vote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jack Webb, 36,\u00a0is a bar manager and\u00a0Labour\u00a0party member from Pontprennau\u00a0who is considering voting for Lisa Nandy in the leadership election.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPeople outside\u00a0Cardiff feel left out,\u00a0but\u00a0I don\u2019t think the way to fix that is by giving power back to\u00a0Westminster,&#8221; 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Around 27% of people in North, Mid and West Wales would also support the&nbsp;Assembly&#8217;s closure.&nbsp; Neil Walters, 76,\u00a0is\u00a0a\u00a0former\u00a0comprehensive\u00a0school\u00a0teacher\u00a0who lived and worked in\u00a0Carmarthen\u00a0and\u00a0has recently\u00a0retired to\u00a0Penarth. 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