Quote Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY View Post
Plaid Cymru are nationalist

Thats right wing isn't it ?

I like plaids social policy but some of their supporters basically hate the English

Which is unfair

I only hate English tories

Which is fair enough
No. Firstly, there is a lot of debate as to whether nationalism is an ideology or just a concept that gets added/used by parties. Regardless of that, nationalism is neither left nor right wing as it is not a class based conception of politics much like how environmentalism is neither left nor right wing as that is not based on the traditional class cleavage. As a result you got a lot of flavours of nationalism that can be utilised by left or right, for instance you get the extreme blood and soil style nationalism associated with Nazism and is more commonly found among right wing parties. Plaid Cymru's nationalism is more inclusionary and not based on ethnicity or race which is why it fits in nicely with their left wing politics, they are based around the idea of self determination rather than expansion or cultural superiority. They are a socialist party who seek self determination.

Are there people in Plaid who hate the English? Of course there are, but there are nutjobs in every party.