tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post3063989402403976375..comments2023-12-24T13:03:35.696+00:00Comments on Miserable Old Fart: Plaid and SocialismAlwyn ap Huwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06194724336424525283noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-66914882064431035512007-04-13T01:53:00.000+01:002007-04-13T01:53:00.000+01:00Good article. I have long thought that Plaid is re...Good article. I have long thought that Plaid is really two cobbled together parties - a socialist one and a patriotic one. If they had to govern those tensions would crack under the pressure of trying to make decisions,<BR/><BR/>Matt WrightAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-65795726635958569282007-04-10T22:29:00.000+01:002007-04-10T22:29:00.000+01:00Good post MOF! I read Glyn's original post with in...Good post MOF! I read Glyn's original post with interest. I agree it is wrong to characterise most Tories as being "anti devolution" there were a number of Welsh Tories who did support devolved government in one way or another. It was the Thatcherites were fervent "unionists".<BR/><BR/>If my faulty memory serves me right Saunders Lewis was a conservative, Catholic and a fervent monarchist. I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-65386455761671313462007-04-10T12:36:00.000+01:002007-04-10T12:36:00.000+01:00Um what’s so wrong with a leftist view -depends on...Um what’s so wrong with a leftist view -depends on which socialist view you take <BR/>After all Maggie Thatcher and David Cameroooonman are very different Tories<BR/>And not all nationalists are Plaid or Welsh speakingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-89525888009083360452007-04-10T10:19:00.000+01:002007-04-10T10:19:00.000+01:00That is also my sentiment. I was within the thikne...That is also my sentiment. I was within the thikness of a hair to joining Plaid Cymru the other day, but all this Socialism and "we'll go into coalition <I>with</I> the tories, but not <I>under</I> them" bosh is just being silly and alienating anyone with a slight tory streak.Tegwared ap Seionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10362763766185892402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-27243410741811017662007-04-10T10:11:00.000+01:002007-04-10T10:11:00.000+01:00Da iawn Alwyn! If there was a greater degree of PR...Da iawn Alwyn! If there was a greater degree of PR and a 80 seat Senedd there'd be room for right of centre nationalist party; a kind of Welsh Gaullist party.<BR/><BR/><BR/>SionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-28065667748379432032007-04-10T06:14:00.000+01:002007-04-10T06:14:00.000+01:00Interesting post, and I agree with most of what yo...Interesting post, and I agree with most of what you're saying, though you yourself admit that Plaid is only nominally socialist. Still, considering that we both want to see Plaid do well on May 3rd, I think you should be burned as a heretic.<BR/><BR/>:-)<BR/><BR/>PS you're on the Plaid list -like me- because you're a Welsh Nat, not because you're a party member.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com