Wessex Regionalist Party - Goals

Goals

The party's overarching goal is to secure self-government for Wessex within the United Kingdom, on a similar basis to Scotland and Wales. Its constitutional policy document, The Statute of Wessex, first published in 1982, detailed those powers which the party believed should be devolved to a Wessex parliament or "witan", with between 150 and 230 members. The list, reproduced below, is modelled largely on the powers which were exercised by the devolved administration in Northern Ireland between 1922 and 1974. Current policy is that the powers devolved should be "broadly" those of the Scottish Parliament, though the list below remains the only comprehensive statement.

The party has actively participated in the Wessex Constitutional Convention since its establishment. The party's political ambitions are roughly equivalent to those of Mebyon Kernow and the Cornish Constitutional Convention's proposals for the future of Cornwall.

During the 1990s, the party codified its fundamental aims and principles in the form of a 'Charter', which in its most recent form lists six:

• Identity - To promote the cultural and economic identity of Wessex.
• Democracy - To bring into existence devolved, direct democracy in order to give the people of Wessex maximum control over their own lives.
• Quality - To optimise the quality of life for everyone residing, working in or visiting the region.
• Environment - To minimise the adverse impact of human activity on the environment.
• The World - To contribute to the creation of a sustainable and equitable global economy in which the health, security and liberty of all is paramount, regardless of race or creed.
• Enjoyment - To make the whole process of politics relevant and enjoyable.