An introduction to Pembrokeshire in the Lonely Planet has suggested that Welsh place names are “impossible to pronounce”. In a guide to the 10 best travel experiences in the UK, the travel guide book publisher suggests Pembrokeshire as one of its recommended destinations. “There’s more to Wales than sheep, drizzly […]
Wales, Ireland and Scotland should form a ‘Celtic pact’ and leave England behind to sort out Brexit for itself, according to the Irish Mirror. Writing for the newspaper, Jason O’Toole suggests that a pact of the four nations – Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales – would be similar to […]
There are reports that Plaid Cymru, the Greens and the Liberal Democrats are close to a deal that would mean fielding a single Remain candidate in most constituencies across Wales. According to journalist Nick Cohen writing in the Spectator, a “non-aggression pact” will be announced in 30 constituencies, including constituencies […]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson “understands why the Welsh language is so important” according to the UK Government’s Welsh Secretary. Speaking to Golwg magazine at the Eisteddfod in Llanrwst this week, Alun Cairns said that the new Prime Minister was a friend of the language. “He has studied minority languages at […]
Peter Gillibrand The men vying to be the Chair of Plaid Cymru have disagreed on the processes behind the expulsion of AM Neil McEvoy and the suspension of the party’s Llanelli branch. Last night, Dr Dewi Evans launched his campaign to try and beat incumbent ex-Assembly Member, Alun Ffred Jones, […]
Wales’s most famous Welsh-language graffiti became the subject of a national campaign earlier this year after the ‘Cofiwch Dryweryn’ mural in Ceredigion was almost destroyed on two separate occasions. But it has been announced in a special programme on S4C this week, Huw Stephens: Cofiwch Dryweryn, that the wall displaying […]
A woman from Pwllheli in Gwynedd has said that she was told to leave a shop on the town’s High Street after saying “excuse me” in Welsh. Glenys Jones said that a member of staff in the Original Factory Shop on the High Street replied to her in a “fierce […]
The Welsh Government will need to reassess Wales’ place in the union if other nations leave as a result of a hard Brexit. The Welsh Government’s Brexit Minister will make the comments at the National Eisteddfod in Llanrwst in Conwy today. “Increasingly there has been a renewed interest in what […]
Plaid Cymru, the Greens and the Liberal Democrats are ‘committed’ to cooperating again to deny the Conservatives and Brexit Party seats if a General Election was called. Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price said that the result in the Brecon and Radnorshire byelection, where the Liberal Democrat candidate Jane Dodds narrowly […]
Peter Gillibrand Exiting the EU would mean an influx of spending on the “region” of Wales, according to the Brexit Party’s candidate in tomorrow’s Brecon and Radnorshire byelection. Ex-police officer Des Parkinson said he believes that more funding for projects in Brecon and Radnorshire would become available if the money […]
