tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post2527933080655671415..comments2023-10-22T11:57:34.718+01:00Comments on A Pint of Unionist Lite: Wales turns True Blue!O'Neillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-23394924742891981242009-06-10T09:22:50.379+01:002009-06-10T09:22:50.379+01:00"I, along with many other reasonable people w..."I, along with many other reasonable people would like to move them out - they are mostly retired people or the unemployed who place a strain on the Welsh social and health services."<br /><br />BC <br />You're moving onto very dodgy ground there indeed. I would have thought the more "civic" nationalist solution would be to convinve those people over to your way of O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-89343327183696368322009-06-09T17:44:47.827+01:002009-06-09T17:44:47.827+01:00I, along with many other reasonable people would l...I, along with many other reasonable people would like to move them out - they are mostly retired people or the unemployed who place a strain on the Welsh social and health services. But that is an argument for another time. The Isle of Man, Channel Islands and the overseas possessions all limit migration of their fellow 'British' citizens, I would like to do the same. This is not just aBrother Cadfannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-91682162922963012312009-06-09T14:07:21.206+01:002009-06-09T14:07:21.206+01:00"It is mainly in areas in which, frankly, lar..."It is mainly in areas in which, frankly, large numbers of English people live, with the exception of some of the anglicised environs of Cardiff and Newport."<br /><br />BC<br /><br />Unless you're intending to move those folk out, they'll also be voting ina general election surely!O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-22192467199050954422009-06-09T13:32:47.962+01:002009-06-09T13:32:47.962+01:00I wouldn't read too much into the Tory success...I wouldn't read too much into the Tory success in Wales.<br /><br />This amounted to about 145000 votes in a nation of what, 3-4 million people. How directly this translates to a general election is a moot point. The Thatcher legacy is still very very poisonous in most parts of Wales. <br /><br />Also, looking at where in Wales the tories did well is telling. It is mainly in areas in Brother Cadfannoreply@blogger.com