A survey of AMs found 90% were convinced the Assembly was ready for an increase in powers, with 82% calling for the same law-making capabilities enjoyed by politicians in Scotland.
This was the opinion of all Plaid Cymru and Liberal Democrat AMs, three-quarters of those in the Labour group and 67% of Conservatives.
That’s still a fair proportion of both Welsh Labour and the Tories that haven’t sold their souls to the Devolution Devil and it gives enough base for a fightback against the Welsh political, media and religious Establishment that seems to be automatically assuming victory on this one.
Several other pieces of interesting information:
The top subject that AMs received letters about is "health"- strangely enough, “constitutional” matters don’t even figure amongst the top seven topics.
However, 98% of AMs disagreed that “Welshness” should be defined by fluency in the Welsh language.
An opinion which will, no doubt,be welcomed by the majority of Welsh people who are not fluent in Welsh.
Similarly, only 9% believed you had to be born in Wales to belong to this category – an opinion held by members of the Lib-Dems and Labour.
OK, it’s only a small minority, but it’s still disturbing that there are elected so-called “socialists” and “liberals” thinking along these exclusionist lines.
Only 18% of Plaid participants said they were “Welsh and British”, compared to 92% of Labour and 78% of Conservative AMs.
Hurrah!
A large majority of AMs have enough self-confidence in their own national identity to recognise its fundamental British element…and never mind that “only” 18% of PC- almost a fifth of a Celtic nationalist party also regards themselves as British!!!! But disturbing that figure for the Tories though and it just confirms what I’ve been saying about them losing their Unionist roots, being traitors to the cause, fifth columnist etc...
But 22% of Tory respondents said they were “British, not Welsh”.
Ah, right, I stand corrected!
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However, 98% of AMs disagreed that “Welshness” should be defined by fluency in the Welsh language.
An opinion which will, no doubt,be welcomed by the majority of Welsh people who are not fluent in Welsh.
And by the vast majority of those who do speak Welsh too. The amount of (sober) people who think being welsh means speaking welsh is negligble.
Interesting that 60% of the MP's named a nationalist politician as "most impressive UK politician" (Salmond 29%, Adam price 21%)
My sums are crap, 29 + 21 makes 50%!
One question though. 36 AM's were interviewed. How can they find 98% answering one way? 98% of 36 is 35.28!
>>almost a fifth of a Celtic nationalist party also regards themselves as British!!!!<<
Considering that the Welsh are the remnants of the original Britons south of Hadrians wall, perhaps the question posed was confusing? Sometimes I find it perplexing that the original inhabitants of this island so readily accept the misappropriated use of the term British. Just why has Germanic Britishness replaced the original?
How can they find 98% answering one way? 98% of 36 is 35.28!
I guess they've rounded it down/up to the nearest whole. But, yes, with a smaller sample than even one of my polls, the %s look a lot more impressive, than say "one out of the six Plaid Cymru members we asked, felt he was also British"!
Interesting that 60% of the MP's named a nationalist politician as "most impressive UK politician" (Salmond 29%, Adam price 21%)
Well, at the minute he is; admitting that doesn't mean you have to like him or his targets though.
Well, at the minute he is; admitting that doesn't mean you have to like him or his targets though.
True, but you know how politicians usually are - only nominating someone from their own party or a party close to them. You wouldn't expect a Labourite/Tory to say anything that makes the SNP/Plaid look good!
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