Monday 19 February 2018

Pamphlet—Brexit, Devolution and the Changing Union: 2018


A series of short articles by Lord David Owen, Gwynoro Jones, Lord Elystan Morgan and Glyndwr Cennydd Jones with an afterword by Martin Shipton.



The pamphlet explores the need for a UK-wide Constitutional Convention—with involvement of all political parties and elements of British society—to discuss the future of the Union, particularly in the context of Brexit…


‘The UK Government’s approach to Brexit negotiations with the EU has been characterised by a lack of engagement with political reality, overlaid by a mentality of seeking to have one’s cake and eat it…'

'Such an approach, when replicated domestically, poses a huge threat to devolution, as well, of course, to the economic well-being of the UK as a whole. It demonstrates perfectly why the kind of constitutional debate advocated in this pamphlet is so vital.’

Martin Shipton: Political Author and Chief Reporter of Media Wales.

By the authors of the booklet ‘Towards Federalism and Beyond…’ which explores  the future of the UK Union generally and Wales’s status within it specifically, including a preface written by Martin Shipton. The booklet was released in September 2017 to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the vote to establish the National Assembly of Wales.