A PONTYPRIDD town councillor has started a campaign to get those who served in the Land Army during the world wars recognised on a new war memorial.

Jonathan Bishop, town councillor for Treforest, proposed a motion to the council after speaking with his constituents in the town.

In it he appealed for other members to support his call for people who didn’t serve on the frontline, but who took on other roles in the war effort, to be recognised in the war memorial for Ynysangharad Park.

Speaking at the town council meeting, Coun Bishop said: “In my view, you shouldn’t have to have received a medal to be considered to have served the Crown.

“I ask that you (the town council) support my motion to recognise the important role the Land Army played in the war effort and ask you to put unsung gallantry on par with frontline glamour.”

The motion was defeated after no other town councillor supported the motion.

Undaunted, Mr Bishop is now asking members of the public to visit his website to sign a petition based on the motion.

Those wishing to view and sign it can access the petition at: www.jonathanbishop.org.uk/seamsmatchthesea

Lesley Ainsworth and Paul Castlo reported on a case in Belgium which has been referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union. There is a dispute of whether it is legal to allow women to have cheaper car insurance than men.

However an interesting this story is, as a Master of Laws in European Union Law, I think you missed some things out. If the legal base under question is the Charter of Fundamental Rights then under the Lisbon Treaty the UK and Poland have an opt-out which means even if they allow the CFR to be breached by insurance companies they can’t be penalised. A more appropriate legal base would be article 10 TFEU, which says, “In defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union shall aim to combat discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.”

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