Uwch olygydd digidol @NewyddionS4C • Previously: @BangorUni, & founder of @NationCymru • PhD • Wales Book of the Year winner 2020 • Author 4 kids dad 5 novels
Dec 30, 2020 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
Regarding the discussion today that amounted to 'you need to speak Welsh to be in YesCymru'. There was a time when a lot of Welsh nationalism was primarily driven by linguistic and cultural forces. But the character of nationalisms change all the time. 1/
For instance, in the 19th-century Welsh nationalism was primarily ethnoreligious in character, with nonconformism its defining feature and the battle for disestablishment from the Church of England a kind of proto-indy campaign. 2/
May 10, 2020 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
As the UK Government eases the lockown before it's safe to do so the Labour Welsh Government now finds itself in the position of Seithenyn from the Welsh myth Cantre Gwaelod - trying to hold back a wave of misinformation after doing nothing for over 20 years to close the gate. 1/
The lockdown is essentially unenforceable if people decide to ignore it. So WG's devolved powers won't stop people flouting the lockdown if WG are unable to effectively communicate to people that the law is different in Wales. 2/
The chief flaw in the idea that devolution has added a needless and 'confusing' layer of bureaucracy to Wales is that England is *chock full* of needless and very confusing layers of bureaucracy. 1/
In Wales we have 22 councils and some town / city councils. England has county councils, district councils, parish councils, boroughs, metropolitan districts, and greater authorities all piled atop each other like wobbly Jenga blocks. 2/
