tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post8224407693888629443..comments2024-03-26T09:38:39.888+00:00Comments on Borthlas: Uncomfortable? Not I.John Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-86029186307998031302008-06-08T18:35:00.000+01:002008-06-08T18:35:00.000+01:00Hear! Hear!Please take note, John ;-)Hear! Hear!<BR/>Please take note, John ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-36614429439436132722008-06-07T10:37:00.000+01:002008-06-07T10:37:00.000+01:00For me the important thing is getting a parliament...For me the important thing is getting a parliament. Once that's in place then we can turn our attention to full national status.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-85476134028330940642008-06-06T18:05:00.000+01:002008-06-06T18:05:00.000+01:00Have to agree with the first two posters here. If ...Have to agree with the first two posters here. If Plaid is a pro-independence party then it should be making the case for independence. I don't really see that at the moment.<BR/><BR/> I'm new to the Blaid but one of the main reasons I joined is because I support Welsh Independence. Scotland is confidently moving in this direction and we need to be more confident ourselves in at least stating our case.Draighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01816626923689138393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-67545464449412177072008-06-06T08:35:00.000+01:002008-06-06T08:35:00.000+01:00I have to agree that we haven't done as much as we...I have to agree that we haven't done as much as we could to put the case in recent years. It was much more prominent in our campaigning when I joined the party all those years ago.<BR/><BR/>But we also need to remember that, if we can overcome the Labour roadblocks, we will be having a referendum in a couple of years' time on moving to a law-making parliament. There is a balance for us between placing that properly in the context of our longer term aspirations, and making sure that people are clear that they are voting on a very specific proposal. It sounds straightforward, but getting that balance right isn't a simple matter.John Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-62098532846775278082008-06-05T21:33:00.000+01:002008-06-05T21:33:00.000+01:00I agree with the last comment and suggest that the...I agree with the last comment and suggest that the question of independence should not be related to the background but should be given greater prominence from now on. It has always been the main plank in Plaid's bulwark and now is the time to proclaim and justify the cogent arguments for independence within the context of Europe and the wider world, as the equitable right and legitimate goal in the political and constitutional status of the nation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-85667531387328087002008-06-05T15:01:00.000+01:002008-06-05T15:01:00.000+01:00Another good post but there is an argument that no...Another good post but there is an argument that now the new Assembly is running and with more powers an inevitability to make the system work, Plaid's role should leave defence of devolution to Labour and the LibDems and make the politicial, economic, social and cultural case for independence with enthusiasm now. 12-14% of the population nevertheless support independence. Just think what the level of support would be if we were actually campaigning for it! We don't make the very strong political, economic, cultural, moral case. Instead we still come across as defensive(compare the campaigning tone of the SNP's website with the total lack of arguments for independence on Plaid's site) and because we never run the arguments, they never get properly tested and strengthened and we remain all too often trapped in a Brit-Left intellectual agenda.Efrogwrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08743089894656954100noreply@blogger.com