tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post2005152255573899855..comments2024-03-26T09:38:39.888+00:00Comments on Borthlas: Clinging to the pastJohn Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-30804350865085698342014-09-21T09:39:16.124+01:002014-09-21T09:39:16.124+01:00You are, of course, entitled to believe anything y...You are, of course, entitled to believe anything you wish, no matter how poorly grounded in facts it may be. But if you want to be taken seriously, you'll have to do better than this.John Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-33214476890174946122014-09-20T10:52:08.513+01:002014-09-20T10:52:08.513+01:00Well, if nationalism isn't stone dead and part...Well, if nationalism isn't stone dead and particularly stone dead here in Wales I think you will find partitioning of the country (Wales) becomes an increasingly attractive option.<br /><br />Eastern Wales has found its voice. Western Wales can do as it wishes.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-88252981028984962302014-09-19T11:53:46.175+01:002014-09-19T11:53:46.175+01:00I'm not going to go through this point by poin...I'm not going to go through this point by point - <i>"nationalism in all its forms is now stone dead"</i> is enough in itself to demonstrate that you really haven't a clue. Like the rest, it's just wishful thinking on your part.John Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-16128483498542793322014-09-19T10:59:45.860+01:002014-09-19T10:59:45.860+01:00My thoughts on the events of yesterday.
Firstly, ...My thoughts on the events of yesterday.<br /><br />Firstly, the ‘silent majority’ has found its voice. And it is a voice that the UK nation as a whole was happy to hear. This will have significant implications for certain policies and policy making here in Wales where the ‘silent majority’ have, to some, remained silent for far too long.<br /><br />Secondly, the Union has been strengthened way beyond current comprehension. Never again will it be threatened by ‘the Proletariat’ seeking more for less. The Barnett formula is now an irrelevance as each part of the UK will gradually be forced to live within its own funding means (or seek external funding from neighbouring parts …….. and be seen by everyone to have sought such). Accountability for contribution to the Union, in all its forms, will become the new mantra for UK plc.<br /><br />Thirdly, nationalism in all its forms is now stone dead. The movement has lost credibility and suffered a crushing blow, the effects of which will only be fully understood over the coming years.<br /><br />Nothing knee-jerk here, nothing divisive and certainly nothing radical. Incremental change rather than maximalist, as has always been the British way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-8013825606638084142014-09-17T12:40:07.924+01:002014-09-17T12:40:07.924+01:00Fair point. I was using 'Wales' in this c...Fair point. I was using 'Wales' in this context as a sort of short-hand for the concept rather than the geographical entity; hence the quotation marks. But it would have been better, perhaps, if I'd said that 'the Welsh nation exists'John Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-40732588949669544092014-09-17T12:25:08.640+01:002014-09-17T12:25:08.640+01:00An enjoyable post; thought provoking, enlightening...An enjoyable post; thought provoking, enlightening and a good read.<br /><br />Mind, there is one issue that I must take issue with ... 'If enough people consider themselves Welsh, then ‘Wales’ exists.' <br /><br />'Wales exists' in its current form just as Yorkshire exists. Or Cornwall. Or Merseyside. Or anywhere else for that matter. It's just a name given to an ever changing piece of land. Little else.<br /><br />'Welsh', in your context, is something entirely different. It is a cultural or civic value. A state of mind, a badge of honour, a statement of direction or a proclamation of intent.<br /><br />It is interesting to see how the SNP has benefitted in Scotland by completely understanding the two constructs whereas most Plaid Cymru politicians here in Wales flounder the moment 'nationalism' is taken off the table.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com