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beckyc
1)Tell me why as a Cheshire Lass, I should (or should not! ;-)) support Plaid Cymru?
[grins] Well, as another Cheshire Lass, though a half-Welsh one, I should be able to answer this.
Nationalism has a bad name in England because it is imperialist -- we're better than you. In Wales and Scotland it is egalitarian -- we're as good as you and should rule ourselves. Plaid and the SNP are probably the most socialist of mainstream GB parties too, unlike the right wing nationalism many English people might expect. Wales is a separate nation, with her own language (although no longer spoken by the majority in Wales) and history and culture. What English people want and think isn't necessarily what Welsh people want and making decisions nearer the people is good because they can be more engaged with the decision making.
I am also proud of our last manifesto statement on asylum and immigration issues:
Being proud of one's own nation and wanting to rule oneselves doesn't mean hating other people.
3)Tell me a place in North Wales that I should visit?
Mmm, intersting. I've lived in mid-Wales (Aber) and South Wales (Cardiff). North Wales is somewhere I've visited and I don't know how much you've visited. I enjoyed our holiday in Cricieth but I was only 5 at the time, so perhaps I should go back myself. Sailing on Llyn Tegid (the lake near the village of Bala) is also wonderful
4)What is the one food or drink that you'd find hardest to give up (were you to need to)?
Chocolate! I keep eating it, even though the sugar is bad for me. The one meat I miss (having been veggie for 15 years) is duck, despite only having it twice!
5)Do you absolutely rule at games where you get asked questions and can't reply using the words yes or no?
I can't say that I do.
Question 2 will be answered in a locked post.
beckyc1)Tell me why as a Cheshire Lass, I should (or should not! ;-)) support Plaid Cymru?
[grins] Well, as another Cheshire Lass, though a half-Welsh one, I should be able to answer this.
Nationalism has a bad name in England because it is imperialist -- we're better than you. In Wales and Scotland it is egalitarian -- we're as good as you and should rule ourselves. Plaid and the SNP are probably the most socialist of mainstream GB parties too, unlike the right wing nationalism many English people might expect. Wales is a separate nation, with her own language (although no longer spoken by the majority in Wales) and history and culture. What English people want and think isn't necessarily what Welsh people want and making decisions nearer the people is good because they can be more engaged with the decision making.
I am also proud of our last manifesto statement on asylum and immigration issues:
As a welcoming nation, Plaid Cymru recognises the invaluable contribution that migrants have made to Wales. Our civic nationalism celebrates tolerance, mutual understanding and difference. We condemn the point-scoring used by other parties and the pandering to unfounded xenophobic prejudices in the debate on immigration. Plaid Cymru also supports the right of asylum seekers to work in the UK while they wait for status decisions to be made and we call for the speeding up of the unnecessarily complicated asylum system. We condemn the practice of housing recently-arrived asylum seekers, especially children, in "detention" or "removal" centres as punitive and cruel.
Being proud of one's own nation and wanting to rule oneselves doesn't mean hating other people.
3)Tell me a place in North Wales that I should visit?
Mmm, intersting. I've lived in mid-Wales (Aber) and South Wales (Cardiff). North Wales is somewhere I've visited and I don't know how much you've visited. I enjoyed our holiday in Cricieth but I was only 5 at the time, so perhaps I should go back myself. Sailing on Llyn Tegid (the lake near the village of Bala) is also wonderful
4)What is the one food or drink that you'd find hardest to give up (were you to need to)?
Chocolate! I keep eating it, even though the sugar is bad for me. The one meat I miss (having been veggie for 15 years) is duck, despite only having it twice!
5)Do you absolutely rule at games where you get asked questions and can't reply using the words yes or no?
I can't say that I do.
Question 2 will be answered in a locked post.
