Good luck with that

The unpleasant fringe nationalist English Democrats party is running several candidates in… Wales!

Is the Empire back, or is this some kind of attempt at humour?

According to their webpage, they think that Monmouthshire is suffering under the Welsh yoke, while apparently not minding that Wales itself was forcibly incorporated into England by the Act of Union.

It's time for Monmouth to throw off fascist Welsh imperialism! Who's with them?
Er… nobody. 2% in Monmouth constituency, well behind the Welsh Nationalists' 8%! They managed 1% in the region, behind the Welsh Greens and the Welsh Christian Party. Well done, chaps!

Presumably their next move is to run candidates in Calais and Le Havre, given that the perfidious French forcibly incorporated these ports into France in 1558 and 1450 respectively.

To the point

The Welsh Assembly building - astonishing.

A Welsh epeeist prepares for a fight:

Ben Hughes can't believe what's just happened.

Nor can Steve Cowen (England manager) and Matt Haynes (England coach)

Darren Campbell, Olympic medallist, pays his respects to James Davis!

Mae Hen Gwlad fy Nhadau

Paul Flynn points out very succinctly that despite London's New Labour sucking corporate organs of generation enthusiastically, it's very different in Wales, presumably because there isn't a social gulf between electorate and elected. He also relates this 'clear red water' to Welsh traditions of participatory democracy and radicalism (though there's also been a strong undercurrent of cultural and religious conservatism at times, which as a Catholic of Irish descent he presumably knows about, and some areas of Wales are as politically corrupt and lazy as a one-party state can be).

No university fees, no prescription fees, free school meals for all pupils etc. etc. etc. Truly, Wales is a socialist (he calls it 'Classic Labour') wonderland as well as being a beautiful and cultured nation. Except for Tredegar.