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I'm not convinced by the arguements for independence but I'd love to see it debated more.
Currently writing this on an early morning job in Ebbw Vale, the road leading up
Here is sadly something resembling the 19th century and post Brexit I can't see any additional funding for an already deprived area. Maybe in time Wales could do an Ireland ?
One thing I can't understand, although at moment I'm against independence ( for now ) I can't believe the amount of sneering I see on social media from
Welsh people at Nicola Sturgeon, I can't fault her for raising the debate and to see Welsh people mock her in such a way is beyond pathetic.
If the Labour Party had a leader like her we'd have a decent opposition.
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?
Paradoxically, national pride is irrelevant in this instance since it's more about ideas and having the savvy to implement them and better organise our arbitrary area. Other arbitrary areas do this regardless of size.
Shouldnt we be discussing this in Welsh?
Well I've read all your comments and I'm glad everyone seems to be on board with this so I'm going to go ahead and get the ball rolling on it.
Do we have an economy strong enough to generate wealth that drives tax receipts given we are already subsidised by £15bn per annum. Each man woman and child would need to pay an extra £5k per annum just to stand still. Given the average earnings in Wales are less than £30k per annum I can't see your proposal being too popular
There's no need for an independent Wales. Instead we can express our national pride by watching 15 blokes clad in red on the box chasing a strange shaped ball around a field every now and then. That's real patriotism.
If Wales left Britain and became part of the EU it would do more than survive. All Britain has done is take from Wales. Cardiff has surged as a result of Britain being in the EU, the rest of Wales would be so much better of in (political not geographic )Europe than Britain.