Catalans in the rain
Today we saw an old State reborn. No, not Catalonia – though historians in the future will probably look back on today as the day when independence became an inevitability [...]
EU
Will Brexit work for Wales? Definitive answer here
This week is Brexit week. There have been debates at the Assembly and at Westminster. I’m not going to express an opinion on the Brexit referendum per se here, but rather [...]
An Independent Wales in the European Union
What if the industrial revolution had not happened? What would have become of Wales? The economist Brinley Thomas tackled that very question in the 1950s. Rather than the [...]
The poorest regions in the UK are the poorest in northern Europe
We can be independent if we want to
One of the most oft-quoted reasons for opposing the idea of independence for Wales is that we’re too poor. The idea has gained so much currency that even Plaid has fallen [...]
‘Independence’ for Wales within the Eurpean Union
Cllr Paul Griffiths is a Labour Councillor on the County Borough Council Rhondda Cynon Taf. He is a former Special Adviser and Head of the Strategic Policy Unit at the Welsh [...]
What is Independence?
In the Western Mail on Friday, Rhodri Glyn Thomas claimed that independence was “a concept that no-one fully understands”. I can’t say for sure whether he [...]
