tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post3435769108588701517..comments2023-12-24T13:03:35.696+00:00Comments on Miserable Old Fart: Where is the English National Solidarity for Scotland and Wales?Alwyn ap Huwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06194724336424525283noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-17058553594624305132014-08-05T18:56:23.855+01:002014-08-05T18:56:23.855+01:00British has always been translated as English that...British has always been translated as English that's the problem,only Scotland is represented alongside England on the 'British Flag.The Commonwealth games (Another dead duck in the water), we saw the BBC Commentators blatantly talking about winners and loser with deliberate bias. E.G. If a Scot, Welsh or Irish won some medal they were 'winning for Britain, if they lost, they were mervynjames224https://www.blogger.com/profile/06689615164654187617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-43117720108178993122014-07-09T19:36:34.174+01:002014-07-09T19:36:34.174+01:00Because of a few hundred years of 'British rul...Because of a few hundred years of 'British rule' from London wales would be in the brown stuff overnight if it isn't now, they hate labour in Wales and want Wales to go down to prove some political point, I think independence is more a necessity than a pipe dream.mervynjames224https://www.blogger.com/profile/06689615164654187617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-74688775015485281152014-06-14T08:09:27.300+01:002014-06-14T08:09:27.300+01:00I was slightly hopeful of the existence of a new E...I was slightly hopeful of the existence of a new English National Party when the English Democrats were formed some 10 years back, but they quickly became obsessed with the fact that Monmouthshire and Cornwall were English, rather than the fact that England was English; indeed they spent more time and money fighting elections in Monmouthshire than they did in England proper! One of the reasons Alwyn ap Huwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06194724336424525283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-27919652298098728712014-06-11T19:23:27.036+01:002014-06-11T19:23:27.036+01:00I think if you are looking for an inclusive form o...I think if you are looking for an inclusive form of English nationalism then look no further than Billy Bragg. Sadly his form of Englishness gets very little publicity with the media more interested in highlighting right wing elements of Englishness. I do think there is an awakening of English identity but again sadly I dont think it will consciously help either Welsh or Scottish nationalism Britnotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-81188465205319096322014-06-09T11:35:15.500+01:002014-06-09T11:35:15.500+01:00UK to be Python-esque “dead parrot” after Scottish...UK to be Python-esque “dead parrot” after Scottish Independence? <br /><br /> .....It therefore follows, as a matter of trite law, that in the event of Scotland becoming independent this must involve the repeal of the Act of Union 1707. This automatically means that the then new constitutional entity that was created by the Act of Union, namely the “United Kingdom of Great Britain”, will be Robin Tilbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11974909806623883864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-77794357485233061962014-06-07T21:03:58.488+01:002014-06-07T21:03:58.488+01:00This was a comment left on the Plaid Cymru Monmout...This was a comment left on the Plaid Cymru Monmouthshire blog a few weeks ago, it gives an insight into why the English aren't flocking to the nationalist cause yet<br /><br />'I think the difference lies in that the prevailing suspicion in England is that an English parliament would be every bit as London-centric as the British one. Where an objection to London focussed rule in Wales andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-73854299568405096562014-06-07T16:35:34.386+01:002014-06-07T16:35:34.386+01:00Just look at your average English nationalists opi...Just look at your average English nationalists opinion on Cornwall and the Cornish question and you'll learn all you need to know. cornubianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13985409305363332274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-11339602876896400232014-06-07T10:14:23.334+01:002014-06-07T10:14:23.334+01:00I support the Scottish yes vote too, but, where di...I support the Scottish yes vote too, but, where did a recent survey take place in Wales, that said Wales, Ireland and England were begging Scots NOT to go for Independence ? I don't know anyone that was asked.mervynjames224https://www.blogger.com/profile/06689615164654187617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-23549958373204366112014-06-07T09:30:43.167+01:002014-06-07T09:30:43.167+01:00I can't agree with you more - I know several p...I can't agree with you more - I know several people on the left in England who are envisaging what England will be like post independence of the "celtic fringe" and they are a very small minority. The problem is that most of the English nationalists are on the far right whose ideas even right leaning nationalists in Wales would prefer not to be associated with. These nationalists Cibwrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621705905770341542noreply@blogger.com