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Wales has benefited greatly from devolution but because of the medias inability to report anything positive, the Welsh public has been misled on what devolution has done for them. Why on earth isn't the media telling the Welsh people how much they benefit from devolution? Did you know Wales had around 3 new hospitals in 30 years and 4 new schools before devolution? Since devolution Wales had to build 18 new hospitals and 22 new schools because of English neglect. Did you know exports have gone up over 200% since devolution because London wasn't even trying to sell Wales abroad? This alone is solid proof that the interests of Wales is served far better by the Welsh people in the Welsh parliament. It would be madness for wales to give back powers. I honestly believe that there are 2 types of people that want to end devolution. The crazy unionist who wouldn't support it regardless of its achievements. He/she would turn Wales into an English county if they could....

Wales has benefited greatly from devolution but because of the medias inability to report anything positive, the welsh public has been misled on what devolution has done for them. Iv had a list for a few years that I decided to update today but to be honest, I got a bit board due to the sheer number of benefits iv had to add. I could have gone on all day. Why on earth isn't the media telling the welsh people how much they benefit from devolution? Did you know Wales had around 3 new hospitals in 30 years and 4 new schools before devolution? Since devolution Wales had to build 18 new hospitals and 22 new schools because of English neglect. Did you know exports have gone up over 200% since devolution because London wasn't even trying to sell Wales abroad? This  alone is solid proof that the interests of wales is served far better by the welsh people in the welsh parliament. It would be madness for wales to give back powers. I honestly believe...

Most of us would have come across anti welsh language folk in our time, especially online where people often make a comment and run away before they are proven wrong. This week there has been an unusually high volume of anti welsh posts due to what has been reported in the news and some papers.   I clicked on a few of these profiles and found nearly all wasn't even welsh. This gave me an idea… I had some spare time on my hands so I decided to do some of my own unscientific research. I used my own programming skills to make a few scripts to scan twitter and a few other websites and visited a number of Facebook pages looking for debates on the welsh language. I then visited the profiles of all of these people. If their location wasn’t clear I  done a bit of scanning to determine the locations. For other people who I couldn’t determine the locations for I had to bend some rules to get their ip addresses and some times home addresses. After I logged the numbe...

                   The over-achieving little nation. Quite often I have come across an attitude among the older generations of Wales being an irrelevant little nation that hasn't given the world anything of note.  I understand that they were brought up at a time where the welsh were constantly put down or ignored. This has engrained in them a complete lack of confidence in their welsh identity and the capability of the welsh people. Many still think welsh people are not capable of governing themselves and even mock the idea. A number of the same people also have some very strange take on welsh history, denying the fact that the welsh even existed before it was annexed by England. This is something that was pushed on tot he welsh people to discredit the idea of an independent welsh nation.  Anyway.... Here is a small list (not complete) list of welsh folk who have proven these people wrong ...

since devolution, welsh exports have risen by 210% for me, this is clear proof that Westminster wasn't trying very hard to sell welsh products abroad. It's also proof to me that welsh people know and care more for welsh interests than any privately educated toff who has probably never been to wales. The Welsh NHS is no worse or better than those in Scotland and England at the moment. The English NHS is in a crisis far beyond anything wales has experienced.  click link to read .  NHS faces 'humanitarian crisis' as demand rises, British Red Cross warns Wales is doing very well out of devolution but it worries me the number of people who have no idea what devolution has done for them. (click link to see a previous post of mine with a list of what it has given you up until 2013. I could add far more but i don't have the time at the moment. )  Devolution has been great for Wales. Don't let anyone tell you any different. (list) Many people say things like ...

Many welsh people seem to have this obsession with putting wales down at every opportunity. Why they do this i dont know but one term such people cling on to is "wales is a PRINCIPALITY" it often comes with "its not a real country anyway" . Now where is the proof of this? can they direct me to the pages on the welsh government website or uk government website or any other to prove to me that wales "isn't a country but only a principality" ? Here is what the Welsh government say. here  link 11. Is Wales a Country or a Principality? Wales is not a Principality. Although we are joined with England by land, and we are part of Great Britain,  Wales is a country in its own right . We have a long history that goes from the old welsh kingdoms and the middle ages. We have had a 'Prince of Wales' from 1301, when Edward I created the title. The title is given to the eldest son of each English monarch. The Prince of Wales is  Prince ...