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The pro-independence campaign group @YesCymru's membership has grown from 2,000 to 17,000 members in the last year

telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/01/2…

Celebrities including @charlottechurch and #ItsASin screenwriter @russelldavies63 have both recently spoken out about Welsh independence

More than 25,000 citizens have pledged to back a referendum on #Wexit

In December @michaelsheen told Guardian columnist @OwenJones84 on his YouTube channel that Wales needs a "free choice" as to whether it should stay as part of the Union

Recent polls have shown a “significant age divide” with older voters “much more hostile” towards the idea, according to @roger_scully, Professor of Political Science at @cardiffuni

There had been an increase in support for Welsh independence over the last two years, with roughly 26% voting for independence, compared to a previous 15%

Mr Jobbins says @YesCymru has seen a big difference in membership take-up amongst age groups, with “around 50%” of younger people in support of independence, while “people over 65 are not supportive"

“If you're 50 years or younger, then Westminster hasn’t given you anything. If you’re born in the 40s or 50s you may well have benefited from social housing, free education, free health, full employment, dole money if you're unemployed in the 70s, or even in the 80s" - @MarchGlas

He adds that proposals to re-introduce the Welsh language had previously divided opinion, but this is no longer the case as younger people engage with it more regularly.

“There isn’t a phobia as there was before - younger people are more relaxed with the Welsh language"

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