The Way to an Independent and Prosperous Wales

[blue matt]

National pride and patriotism is fundamentally a religion and a selective identity we give ourselves to make us feel better. If you think we're a great nation it's cos you want to feel good about yourself, and so that can be used to fool ourselves that things are fine as they are.

Maybe you get this idea that there is a 'hard done by' mentality cos others might not be so patriotic?

I never really realised that the Welsh had the " hard done by " mentality till a few years after i moved away from Wales

The Welsh are patriotic, well most i have met have been, be it the football, travelling or in day to day life

[Bluebirdman Of Alcathays]

I never really realised that the Welsh had the " hard done by " mentality till a few years after i moved away from Wales

The Welsh are patriotic, well most i have met have been, be it the football, travelling or in day to day life

Did you move to an area that was better off? Or was it the same and people were more stoic?

[blue matt]

Did you move to an area that was better off? Or was it the same and people were more stoic?

Hmmmm

I guess the area is slightly better off, its just outside Bath, but i wouldnt say its a massively huge difference

[Heathblue]

I never really realised that the Welsh had the " hard done by " mentality till a few years after i moved away from Wales

The Welsh are patriotic, well most i have met have been, be it the football, travelling or in day to day life

Extremely patriotic, once they have moved away

[blue matt]

Extremely patriotic, once they have moved away

I was always patriotic, it didnt matter if i lived back home in Wales, Australia or England

Do you feel moving away from Wales makes a person less patriotic ? ? ?

[Heathblue]

I was always patriotic, it didnt matter if i lived back home in Wales, Australia or England

Do you feel moving away from Wales makes a person less patriotic ? ? ?

undoubtedly

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Extremely patriotic, once they have moved away

Yes. Of all countries in the UK, the Welsh describe themselves as more British than any of their celtic cousins.