May I point out to Robert Spratt of the Promise of Bristol Wessex (Our Home) Party (January 12), that the reason why Wessex and England never entered into any formal agreement to move the capital from Winchester to London, was because that happened in 1066 and Wessex had joined a united England in 927.
Because Wessex didn't exist as a country in 1066, it therefore didn't have any 1065 borders that could be restored now.
It wouldn't be sensible to restore the 927 borders either, as they wouldn't follow modern county boundaries and Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire and Greater London would be split between Wessex and Mercia.
Mr. Spratt mentions that more taxes are spent on the north and that Wessex' subsidises them unfairly.
What would happen if he was to get his Wessex Parliament and the richer parts of Wessex subsidised the poorer ones: would Wessex itself then break apart?
T BROWN, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
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