“This article is totally misleading. Did the SWEP verify the statement "Swansea residents look set to vote against more power for Welsh Assembly" with any poll? I have been campaigning in Carmarthenshire and the Swansea area for a Yes Vote, and the vast majority of people I have spoken to have stated that they intend on voting Yes. Over 75% from the hundreds I have spoken to. Will the SWEP therefore publish another article with the headline "Swansea residents look set to vote FOR more power for Welsh Assembly" just because I say so? I am very disappointed with this biased article. The title is misleading, no attempt has been made to verify the claim, and no one from the Yes campaign was asked for their views. There is no official NO campaign, but the very few people that are campaigning on behalf of True Wales are mostly right wing Tories, anti-Welsh people, or people with an axe to grind with Labour as they were not selected as official candidates somewhere along the line. You can see by comments of the No supporters here that they think that the Welsh people are too stupid and lack any skills! Their comments also show that they have no idea whatsoever what this referendum is about. They continually fail to make the distinction between the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) and the National Assembly of Wales. It's the same as calling for the scrapping of the UK parliament just because you're not happy with the Con/Dem Government. It's a stupid argument. I am not happy with many WAG policies, but will have an opportunity to vote on who forms the next Government on May 5th, during the Welsh Assembly Elections. On March 3rd I will be voting on whether we should give whoever forms the next Welsh Government the tools to do the job? I will be voting YES!”

“What seemed to be the problem?
Just have a referendum to get rid of this pathetic National So Called Welsh Assembly. they have done nothing for Wales, it has all gone to cardiff.
It should be called The National Assembly of cardiff”

“Lyndon Cardiff
Why lie you have not been in Swansea, campaigning for a yes vote, the last time you were in Swansea and Neath was when you were pushing for a yes vote on the transfere of council housing to an Almo and you were seconded by the assembly.”

“Lyndon, Cardiff

Lyndon, Cardiff has benefited from WAG investment many times over, not least because the WAG is mainly based in Cardiff! The income of WAG Employees is probably spent within the Cardiff Post Code area, thus aiding the Economy of the Capital! Is this just reward for the Cardiff people collectively voting against Devolution, while the Swansea people collectively voted for Devolution!?”

“Oh dear , this thread seems to have turned into a slanging match . If i follow the postings of the nationalists properly then the most arrogant and insulting remarks will win the referendum . Sorry lads it simply doesn't work like that .
Let me say here that the majority will not be dictated to by the minority any longer . The NO canvassers will not be fooled by the propaganda spread by plaid and co. any more . We intend to rally our forces and defeat these cymru am byth foot soldiers on the day. The yes men will not be allowed to sneak this through as they did the W.A.G. vote all those years ago . When we win this referendum let us meet and discuss ways of dissolving this costly bureacracy by legal means .
Our battle plan will not include the use of explosives to blow up water mains or the Hall Of Peace nor to paint and deface road signs nor will we burn down houses because we don't like the people that live there !

Rally to me my lovelies and shout NO NO NO from the roof tops. :-)”

“I will definitely be voting NO. What a waste of money paying a bunch of idiots to run wales, we need the english to support us. Lets hope everyone goes out and vote no.”

“Slumdog, your question "what has WAG ever done for Swansea?" seems to demand a Life of Brian inspired response.

You mean apart from £5 million for a new bus station, £19 million to rebuild Cefn Coed hospital, £25 million investment in the City Centre, £12 million in Felindre Business Park, tens of millions at SA1 and Swansea University, the National Waterfront Museum, the reconstruction of Morriston Hospital, etc etc.

Apart from a £5 million to repave St Mary Street and build a park and ride on the A48, and £16 million to refurbish the maternity department at UHW I'm struggling to think of any major WAG investment in Cardiff over the last few years. That's not going to budge the chip on your shoulder though, is it?”

“Sorry Lyndon, Cardiff, you appear to be riding along on the tide of nationalism which is attempting to railroad through a Yes vote. Bullying poeple and calling them cowards does nothing to alleviate the concern of Welsh people who see outside Cardiff the results of 10 years of Assembly rule and sees it as a dire failure in all areas which matter to the people of Wales, such as education and employment. People are not stupid whichever way they choose to vote. The whole point is that they do have a choice and all Welsh people must honour that vote, including the Welsh Assembly, who lets be honest, have distanced themselves from the Welsh people in the last ten years and held themselves up as the 'ruling elite'. Now it appears , even though they have spent a fortune on buildings and civil servants and elected members, they do not have the 'tools for the job'. So what are all those people in Cardiff Bay and other WAG outposts doing and what have they been doing for the last ten years? By the way most of the people I have come into contact with, since this debate started, intend to vote NO. I could not tell you the outcome but I can tell you that people will vote NO never mind what horrid names and bullying the nationalists and the labour party perform. It is a secret ballot. so we are led to believe, so people can vote what they wish without fear.”

“Unbelievable! Has the Evening Post given up all pretence of being a newspaper and come out as a True Wales propaganda sheet? You expect us to believe that 95% of Swansea people are going to vote No in March? Arab dictators don't get that sort of vote.

I have talked to a vague and unspecified number of Swansea residents myself, and I have yet to find a single No voter. I expect the SWEP to run a story tomorrow predicting a 100% Yes vote in the city.

Don't let your YTS trainees write the politics stories in future.”

“The referendum question on 3 March will be: ¿Do you want the assembly now to be able to make laws on matters in the 20 subject areas it has powers for?¿

The National Assembly for Wales has had the power since 2006 to make laws, called ¿measures¿, on some matters within already devolved areas ¿ including agriculture, education, the environment, health, housing and local government ¿ but not others.

However, it first has to ask the UK parliament for its agreement via legislative competence orders under part 3 of the Government of Wales Act 2006, which can take months or even years.

The assembly stresses the referendum is about the transfer of powers on all matters in the 20 areas rather than the format of any future legislation.

If there is a ¿yes¿ vote, part 4 and schedule 7 of the act will come into force, allowing the assembly to pass primary legislation, although it will remain the case that the assembly cannot make laws in non-devolved areas such as defence, tax, criminal justice or welfare benefits.

The ¿yes¿ campaign argues it is not about bigger government but about better government, with politicians no longer able to hide behind the way laws are made as an excuse for not delivering for the people of Wales.”