Yesterday;s Blog, on the vile behaviour of Neil Hamilton got an above average readership.
Of course in doing so i am feeding the beast, publicity is exactly what Hamilton wants. He may appeal to a small minority of people but that is all he needs,
I know that in covering Hamilton's behaviour i am doing exactly what he wants publicity it is an quandary.
His claim that "My mandate derives from the Welsh people". Is a ridiculous one.
He is a member of the Welsh Assembly because of the Additional list system in which his party scrapped a top up seat
He did try for a constituency seat but was roundly rejected, however receiving almost exactly the same percentage of votes that got him elected to the region.
Since then he has not moved from his English home in Wiltshire and reports of sightings in his Mid and West Wales constituency are rarer than that of an escaped cougar.
But this doesn't worry the likes of Hamilton, his notoriety pays off and he only needs about 12% of the vote to give him the mandate he claims.
It is however a mandate from bigots and whilst not all of those who voted Ikip in Mid and West Wales and throughout our nation are racists, most actual racists did.
Perhaps the worse thing about Hamilton is not that he is an AM , that there are people in Wales who respond favourably to a man who was labelled this by a Judge.
Hopefully we will see the last of Hamilton after the 2021 Assembly Elections, but there are plenty more bigots in Wales to replace him and sadly many of them will be our own people.
Of course in doing so i am feeding the beast, publicity is exactly what Hamilton wants. He may appeal to a small minority of people but that is all he needs,
I know that in covering Hamilton's behaviour i am doing exactly what he wants publicity it is an quandary.
His claim that "My mandate derives from the Welsh people". Is a ridiculous one.
He is a member of the Welsh Assembly because of the Additional list system in which his party scrapped a top up seat
2016 Welsh Assembly election additional members[edit]
| Party | Constituency Seats | List Votes (vote %) | D'Hondt Entitlement | Additional Members Elected | Total Members Elected | Deviation from D'Hondt Entitlement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | 3 | 56,754 (26.3%) | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Conservative | 3 | 44,461 (20.6%) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Labour | 1 | 41,975 (19.4%) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 25,042 (11.6%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 23,554 (10.9%) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Abolish the Welsh Assembly | 0 | 10,707 (5.0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Green | 0 | 8,222 (3.8%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Elections in the 2010s[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaid Cymru | Adam Price | 14,427 | 48.5 |  3.6 | |
| Labour | Steve Jeacock | 5,727 | 19.2 |  10.8 | |
| Conservative | Matthew Paul | 4,489 | 15.1 | 5.2 | |
| UKIP | Neil Hamilton | 3,474 | 11.7 | 11.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | William Powell | 837 | 2.8 | 2 | |
| Green | Freya Amsbury | 797 | 2.7 | 2.7 | |
| Majority | 8,700 | 29.3 | |||
| Turnout | 53.7 | 2.4 | |||
| Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | 7.2 | |||
Since then he has not moved from his English home in Wiltshire and reports of sightings in his Mid and West Wales constituency are rarer than that of an escaped cougar.
But this doesn't worry the likes of Hamilton, his notoriety pays off and he only needs about 12% of the vote to give him the mandate he claims.
It is however a mandate from bigots and whilst not all of those who voted Ikip in Mid and West Wales and throughout our nation are racists, most actual racists did.
Perhaps the worse thing about Hamilton is not that he is an AM , that there are people in Wales who respond favourably to a man who was labelled this by a Judge.
Hopefully we will see the last of Hamilton after the 2021 Assembly Elections, but there are plenty more bigots in Wales to replace him and sadly many of them will be our own people.
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