HAH !
In the original version of the speech given at a factory in Stoke-on-Trent before Tuesday’s Brexit vote in the Commons, the prime minister was due to say that the result of the narrowly won 1997 referendum to create a Welsh assembly was “accepted by both sides” and that the legitimacy of the vote was never questioned. But when the relevant bill was put to the Commons after the Welsh referendum, many Tory MPs, including the then newly elected May, voted against it.
More uncomfortable still for May’s arguments against a second EU referendum, the Conservatives went into the 2005 general election with a manifesto pledging a new vote for the people on Wales, to include an option to abolish the assembly.
The 2005 Conservative manifesto, under which May stood for re-election, with Michael Howard as party leader, stated: “In Wales we will work with the assembly and give the Welsh people a referendum on whether to keep the assembly in its current form, increase its powers or abolish it.”
Commentators noted that May and many other Conservatives also voted against the creation of a Scottish devolved assembly in 1997, despite the referendum on this being won by 74% to 26%.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jan/14/theresa-may-claim-that-all-parties-accepted-welsh-devolution-questioned
Rhys... stock up before it's too late! Fire-starting gel. You'll need it, should you ever return to the fair land of Cymru.
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... fire-starting gel ? They could have at least marketed it as wildfire. Associating with the dragon-loving Targaryens would go down well in Wales.
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