.......They got like the Ethnic Russian Minorities in the Ukraine and Latvia, that could really spell big trouble for any Welsh Dream of Freedom, by that I mean full self Government. Indeed the question begs to be asked where does this pretty large English unrepresented Minority stand on issue as Devolution and how would they vote in a referendum on more powers for the Assembly in Bae Caerdydd. Some organisation, maybe the IWA or News Paper could do a survey on the oppinions of the English in Wales to find out where they stand on any number of Welsh Issues. I did have a booklet that give figures for the number of those who claimed to be English living in Wales and where they lived, If I remember correctly, Fflintshire was near enough 90% English (a potential 'Succession' here?) whilst Ceredigion had an English Population which was almost 50 - 50 with the native population. The census statistics halfway gives some idea as to the ethnic English Population of Wales as far as I can work out it in 2001 it stood at 20%, if ever this minority began to organise themselves to demand grants for their 'Cultural/language' or 'Racial Rights' or whatever at some future date it could really complicate a great deal regards the politics of Wales.
Little wonder Plaid Cymru did not do well there in the last General Election in certain areas as Ceredigion and, they know it too but just do not want to voice their oppinions too loudly in case they are accused of being 'racist'. it could get worse, just look at what happened in the Ukraine where the Russian Ethnic Minority where able to put one of their own into power as President and whom is now working to take the Ukraine back into the arms of Russia. See links below:
Chaos in Ukraine Parliament Over Russia Ties - CBS News
27 Apr 2010 ... Fights broke out in the Ukrainian Parliament as lawmakers opposed to ...some economictroubles, thereby bolstering Yanukovych's popularity. ...
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/27/world/main6435708.shtml - Cached
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Russians in Ukraine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Russian language in Ukraine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Russian is the major minority language in Ukraine. It is the most common first ... ofethnic Russians intoUkraine and through the adoption of the Russian ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language_in_Ukraine - Cached - SimilarUkraine: Kyiv Imposes Controversial Ban On Russian-Language ...
Ukraine's large Russian minority -- roughly 17 percent of the country's 49 ... Areas ofUkraine with largeethnic-Russian populations will continue to ...
www.rferl.org/content/article/1052346.html - CachedWikiAnswers - Largest ethnic minority in Ukraine
Formation of National Identity among Ethnic Minorities in Ukraine
Formation of National Identity among Ethnic Minorities in Ukraine ... Willingness to fight for ethnic causes is slightly higher among Russians, according to ...
www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=events... - Cached - SimilarUNPO: Response to Chatham House Briefing Paper “The Mortgaging of ...
30 Aug 2010 ... After the January 2010 elections Ukraine is caught in a triangular ... The presence ofUkrainian, Russians and Crimean Tatars has already led to ... entirely for pro-Russian politics in the Ukraine and in order to counteract a ... as well as strengthening other ethnic minorities, such as the Crimean ...
www.unpo.org/article/11580 - CachedRussian minority in Ukraine « Current Politics in Ukraine
25 Jul 2007 ... A few months later, in December, 90 per cent of Ukrainian voters endorsed ....However, it cannot account for the absence of ethnic Russian ...
ukraineanalysis.wordpress.com/.../russian-minority-in-ukraine/ - Cached - SimilarRussian Minorities in Ukraine | www.eurasiacritic.com
Recently Russian Minorities in Ukraine became a key element of the Russian foreign .... In the current circumstances Ukrainian nationalists become more ...
www.eurasiacritic.com/articles/russian-minorities-ukraine - CachedHowever at this moment in time it's Latvia that faces a serious challenge from it's Russian Minority and is causing Latvian Nationalists to be worried about their Countries Independence. See Links below:History of Latvia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Under threat of invasion, Latvia (along with Estonia and Lithuania) .... On September 6, 1991Latvian independence was once again recognised by the Soviet Union. ... that the USSR could also seize "territory with a Russian minority. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Latvia - Cached - SimilarEthnic Russian party gains before Latvian vote - World news ...
The fault lines between ethnic Latvians and the Russian minority run deep ... Ever sinceLatvia's independence in 1991, after the fall of the Soviet Union .... Updated 17 minutes ago Sweden has raised the country's terror threat alert ...
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39453442/ns/39453084 - United StatesGet more results from the past 24 hours
News for Latvian Harmony Centre
AFP- Latvians vote in crisis elections -
43 minutes ago Frustration with budged cuts and tax increases could help the pro-Russian partyHarmony Centre to win seats in parliament for the first time since Latvia's ...BBC News - 23 related articles- Latvians vote in crisis elections -
Harmony Centre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
New Centre (Latvia) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
New Centre (abbreviated JC; Latvian: Jaunais Centrs; Russian: Но́вый центр) is a political party in Latvia. In 2005, the JC entered the Harmony Centre ...
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- Of course in Wales, there are at least two Unionist Parties, they being the Conservative Party and Labour Party who have attracted support from the English in Wales since 19th Century. The Liberals in the 19th Century were without doubt a 'Welsh Party' as much as Plaid Cymru is today, this Welsh Liberal Party and in particular it's more Welsh Nationalist Platform 'Cymru Fydd' was bitterly opposed by English Interests in Southern Wales. These 'English Interests' were strong and powerful enough to halt the 'Home Rule For Wales' Train and, get Lloyd George so disillusioned that he gave up exclusive 'Welsh Politics' and packed his bags for bigger things in London.
BBC Wales - History - Themes - Cymru Fydd - Young Wales
Ymgyrchu! - Devolution - Disestablishment, Cymru Fydd and Plaid Cymru
BBC News | The Welsh Assembly | Home rule and disestablishment
Cymru Fydd Society :: Gathering the Jewels
'Home Rule for Wales, What does it Mean?', by a member of the Cymru Fydd Literary Committee, c.1890, front cover [image 1 of 5]
www.gtj.org.uk/en/protest-and-politics/.../cymru-fydd-society/ - CachedWelsh Devolution: A Timeline
Our History : Plaid Cymru - the Party of Wales
However, in our own times 'English Minority Interests' in Wales appear to be less opposed to 'all things Welsh', perhaps because there is no threat totheir interests anyway. Generally, they can do as they please economicallyand are isolated from any 'Linquistic Threat' by nature of the fact that in rural Wales many new 'English incomers' are quite content with the native cultural way of life. Whilst other new 'English Incomers' can opt out of native cultural society if they wish or live in communities where now there are sufficient numbers of new 'English Incomers' that they are able to establish their own 'English Colonial Communities', be such 'New Age' or just a matter of business. It is interesting that in recent years we have seen 'Cymraeg' contemporary festivals on the wane whilst the more 'Anglicised' festivals are on the rise, even in rural Cymru. I am thinking here of the Green Man, Wake Stock, Pembre and Small Nations (a kind of Womad out West) Festivals. Then there is now a Tolkien Festival in Pontrhydfendigaid of all places, that there is no Mabinogion festival one may put down to 'Y Cymry' being very much in a very restricted Cultural box of folk music and contemporary 'Cymraeg' music in which such as Sain Records have a reason to see predominate as platforms for their music business interests.Ah well, lets not worry the above is more material subject matter for my Assyrian Rod Alternative History blog, than having any substantial bearing on Welsh Politics although groups such as Cymuned and former Cyfamodwyr will think differently!The ASSYRIAN ROD.
This inspires me to write a fictional futuristic alternate Welsh history story, titled 'The Assyrian Rod' which will be developed in this blog,also given ...
assyrianrod.blogspot.com/ - Cached - SimilarHwyl and Heresy!G.Gruffydd.
