SIR,
I write on behalf of the True Wales Steering Committee to express a warm thank you to the almost 300,000 people who voted 'No' in the Welsh referendum on 3rd March, and to all those who campaigned to help us fight for the best for Wales.
In the space of just one week following the poll, the UK Government has announced a commission to consider income tax and borrowing powers for the Assembly, a Liberal peer has called for another 20 AMs, and presiding officer Dafydd Elis Thomas has argued for the abolition of the Wales Office and of our position at the UK Cabinet table.
A Commons Committee has also now called for a review as to the merging of the Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland Offices.
Despite 'Yes' camp claims that the vote on 3rd March was merely about a 'tidying up exercise' on law-making power, most politicians now herald it as a fundamental constitutional change.
The momentum is now for a step-by-step process over time to separation from the UK.
Nevertheless, we are determined to fight on to ensure that Wales maintains its position within the UK and to hold Assembly politicians, with their significant new power, to their pledge to make 'no more excuses' for failure.
Diane Banner
(Secretary – True Wales No Campaign)