tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368175516194303327.post5943008025918233530..comments2023-11-05T01:12:59.322-08:00Comments on Independence Cymru and Alba: Questions on the Future of Welsh PoliticsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16258854366964329334noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368175516194303327.post-91505658765411795432007-12-21T23:52:00.000-08:002007-12-21T23:52:00.000-08:00Wales cannot leave the EU, only Britain can, and w...Wales cannot leave the EU, only Britain can, and when the Union disbands Wales can opt to join, or not. However I see Cymru in a similar position to Ireland with a voice in Europe.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16258854366964329334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368175516194303327.post-79745101392926036042007-12-21T22:46:00.000-08:002007-12-21T22:46:00.000-08:00Really, Alan - the "isolation" line is the kind I'...Really, Alan - the "isolation" line is the kind I'd've expected from a supporter of the Union...<BR/><BR/>Leaving the EU is not about isolation, but rather national self-determination.<BR/><BR/>The European Union project is not a loose assocation of independent states - it's a new state in the making.<BR/><BR/>And it's not a state that respects workers rights...Charlie Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770820928636046622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368175516194303327.post-73259871536287543752007-12-21T22:34:00.000-08:002007-12-21T22:34:00.000-08:00Correction:80% Marks to Charlie MarksWe cannot iso...Correction:<BR/>80% Marks to Charlie Marks<BR/>We cannot isolate ourselves..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16258854366964329334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368175516194303327.post-81348298589731725702007-12-21T17:04:00.000-08:002007-12-21T17:04:00.000-08:00So as you've given full marks to Charlie does this...So as you've given full marks to Charlie does this mean you also want to quit the EU Alan?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368175516194303327.post-76215310400192144542007-12-19T00:06:00.000-08:002007-12-19T00:06:00.000-08:00Question: do you consider Plaid to be an independe...Question: do you consider Plaid to be an independence party, a devolutionist party, or both? Both problem with plaid is where its core is the spectrum of Far left, student rhetoric, to insular right isn’t healthy for a party wanting to be in power. There are some great thinkers and intellects in Plaid, mostly the ones you don’t hear about. A few are very good friends of mine.<BR/>Question: following independence would Plaid's raison d'etre be over or should it continue as a nationalist political party? Its in existence its about more than independence surely. It has moved from idea to action,<BR/>Question: who would make the best President/Prime Minister for Wales? None of the above at the moment. May be someone will emerge.<BR/>Question: as the other parties would cease to be unionist would they all continue their role in Welsh politics? Define politics – to me it’s about people not posturing over concepts <BR/>Question: which party do you foresee as having the majority vote? Whichever one can convince the electorate it can live up to its rhetoricAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368175516194303327.post-28968750294758511852007-12-17T21:33:00.000-08:002007-12-17T21:33:00.000-08:00Full Marks to Charlie Marks!Full Marks to Charlie Marks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16258854366964329334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368175516194303327.post-74025463955697345022007-12-17T15:48:00.000-08:002007-12-17T15:48:00.000-08:001. Both2. Hopefully, it would continue to support ...1. Both<BR/>2. Hopefully, it would continue to support national self-determination - which would mean exiting the EU - and be more oriented towards the working class, the largest section of Welsh society.<BR/>3. The lovely Adam Price.<BR/>4. They'd have to adapt to the new conditions, I guess.<BR/>5. Plaid or Labour.Charlie Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770820928636046622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368175516194303327.post-28354115158643990062007-12-17T13:55:00.000-08:002007-12-17T13:55:00.000-08:00Plaid would be OK if it got rid of its pacifists a...Plaid would be OK if it got rid of its pacifists and the extreme left wing.<BR/><BR/>Plaid could be the Welsh Fianna Fail - going along with Ordovicious here.<BR/><BR/>I used to think Cerys Matthews for President, now I prefer Duffy<BR/><BR/>There'd obviously be a Fine Gael party (Labour) and a Fianna Fail party (Plaid) - the Tories would still exist as an rump English ethnic party. Don't know about the Lib Dems - Plaid's extreme left would share the fate of all extreme leftists in free societies .... oblivion.<BR/><BR/>Hopefully no party would have a monopoly of power.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com