WELSH NATIONAL PARTY
Centre Left & Social Democratic
Ok folks, I am going to be deliberately provocative here because desperate times call for desperate measures. Plaid Cymru have been in existence since 1925 and won its first parliamentary seat in 1966. There is now a definite drive for Welsh Independence under Yes Cymru and AUOB. There are new old kids on the block who claim to be Welsh Nationalists but keep using the dreaded word 'Populism' and referencing right wing European leaders on their news portal. Their name Ein Gwlad. So you have Plaid Cymru and Ein Gwlad fighting or should I say bickering for Welsh Independence. They could just as well be called Ein Cymru or Plaid Gwlad or Ein Plaid or Cymru Gwlad. These four words mean very little to non Welsh Speakers and anybody who has been out on the knocker in the name of Welsh Independence will be familiar with the refrain "Sorry I don't speak Welsh". Now, as a Wenglish speaker myself I am going to propose something that will send the cultural nationalists scuttling for cover under their embroidered quilted blankets. I am going to suggest getting rid of the Welsh Language from the name of the Party that will in future contest in the name of Welsh Independence and the name of that party? The Welsh National Party. You've heard of the SNP haven't you? The Scottish National Party? Look how well they have been doing. Plaid Cymru is not going to start winning anything until there are a million Welsh Speakers to vote for it in 2050. We have thirty years until then for a Welsh National Party to secure Welsh Independence from the United Kingdom in whatever form that may take. Personally I am not in favour of the word 'sovereignty' because it smacks of Kings & Queens and the Independent Wales I have in mind would be a Republic but we can iron out all these problems under one banner. The banner of the WNP. The Welsh National Party will look after the interests of the Welsh Language and will enshrine in law at the Welsh Parliament its historical and contemporary status but until everyone in Wales can speak it, the Welsh National Party will not have a Welsh translation to its name. No longer will voters be able to rub that old chestnut. So my appeal to Plaid Cymru and to Ein Gwlad in light of recent events is to disband and to reform under one banner. One banner that will take votes from Welsh Labour and that will hopefully render the Tory party moribund in our nation. The Leader of the Welsh National Party will be Neil McEvoy.
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