Tuesday 13 August 2013

Why the Welsh have vision over our media, but some of their politicians don't

The people have spoken.
Yet, like Cnut trying to turn the tide, some Cardiff Bay and Westminster politicians still believe the great unwashed (AKA the Welsh voters) are still wrong to want the Welsh to regulate Welsh media.
I'm surprised some of them are not claiming a statistical error in the Silk Commission survey as a reason why Welsh people apparently want a devolution of Welsh media regulation. 
By the way, these are the same politicians that bemoan the "democratic deficit" in coverage of Welsh politics and hold worthy seminars about how it might be resolved, without resolving it. 
The answer to that problem is simple -if you want a voice, do want you can to make it heard. That is what the Welsh people want. They want regulation of our media devolved to Cardiff Bay because Westminster does not understand that Wales has different needs. 
If broadcasting regulation was devolved to Cardiff Bay, there would be far more local news and Welsh voices on local radio, as opposed to vast parts of our independent radio being run from a networked computer in London. 
If broadcasting regulation was devolved, the talented people that exist in ITV Wales would have more freedom and encouragement to produce more shows about Wales for Wales (and beyond). 
If broadband strategy was devolved to Wales, we would have one body working together to give the best hi-speed Internet for all in Wales -not the hotchpotch of different bodies and agencies that currently exist in Cardiff and London that are achieving precious little to resolve the problem. 
The Silk Commission survey shows the electorate are very clear what they want out of devolution. They are not afraid of asking for what's best for them. They have vision. 
With the growth of the web and mobile, Welsh people are finding their voice. 
Any Cardiff Bay politician that ignores them does so at their peril come 2016.

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