The Welsh Assembly, by eNil, Wikimedia Commons.
On the morning of the 24th June 2016 the wound inflicted on Welsh progressives was doubly sore.
Despite a legacy of industrial decline, in the post-devolution era Wales had sought to forge a new path, eschewing the public sector reforms of the New Labour period and managing to curtail the worst excesses of Tory cuts. The struggle to access EU funding was the defining issue in the early days of the Welsh Assembly and the eventual funds were used to pour money into much needed social programmes and infrastructure projects.
