Mark Mansfield It’s been an extraordinary year so far for campaigners for Welsh independence. The first march for independence took place in Cardiff in May and attracted over 3,000 participants, drawing media attention far beyond Wales. Eleven town and community councils have voted to back independence and in July, Gwynedd […]
Mark Rees We’ve all felt it. We’ve all seen it, even if only on Facebook. And sometimes, we feel ourselves powerless to stop it. I’m talking about the rise of the far right in Wales. As many predicted, hate crime has been on the rise since the Brexit referendum. In […]
Ifan Morgan Jones Stephen Kinnock, the MP for Aberavon, has penned an article for the Western Mail today addressing the growing calls for independence in Wales. The article doesn’t seem to be online, so here is a screenshot if you’re happy to squint your eyes at it: Nationalism is a […]
Luke James When Ian Rush returned to Liverpool in the summer of 1987 from his single season at Juventus he was famously misreported as saying: “I couldn’t settle in Italy. It was like living in a foreign country.” The quote was actually the product of a mischievous teammate, but it […]
Gruffydd Huws “England expects that every man will do his duty”. This is not a phrase one would perhaps expect to see on a statue by the shores of the Menai Strait in Anglesey. The words in question are found on a plaque at the base of Lord Nelson’s column, […]
*English version follows below* Alun Ffred Jones, Cadeirydd Plaid Cymru a chyn-AS Arfon “Roedd hi’r cyfnod gorau. Roedd hi’r cyfnod gwaethaf…Roedd hi’n wanwyn gobaith. Roedd hi’n aeaf anobaith.” Fe fyddwch chi’n cofio’r brawddegau hynny o agoriad nofel Dickens A Tale of Two Cities ac mae’n crynhoi teimladau llawer ohonom wrth […]
Joe Williams On 7th September, over a thousand people are expected to descent upon Merthyr Tydfil for the largest independence rally the Valleys have ever seen. The eyes of the Welsh national movement, at least for the day anyway, will be on this historic town… my historic town. And what […]
Siân Stephen July’s AUOB – Yes Cymru’s Independence March in Caernarfon exceeded all expectations; bringing together thousands in a colourful, upbeat and peaceful march. The sands are shifting like never before. The politically impossible of a decade ago is no longer so. The chaos of Brexit has greatly undermined trust […]
Gareth Ceidiog Hughes In Wales, we don’t have banknotes that reflect who we are as a nation. Money is fiction, but in Wales, it does not tell our story. It tells the story of another nation. To all intents and purposes, the story is that of England. A £10 note […]
Liz Saville Roberts MP, Plaid Cymru Westminster leader ‘Wales isn’t too poor to be independent’ read the headline following my debate with ex-First Minister, Carwyn Jones on Tuesday. They were quoting Mr Jones, who seems to have had the revelation since standing down from the top job. To be fair, […]
