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| 513.1 | | AYOU46::D_HUNTER | This is my Personal_name! | Fri Feb 24 1989 07:38 | 16 |
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Hey, Mr. Walters. How do you call industrial investment cynical.
It is not the Tory government who is funding this, it is you the
taxpayer. As I am a taxpayer as well and viewing your attitude
I would rather have the money spent in Scotland instead. I'm
certain that any of the Welsh unemployed who get a long term
job from such an investment will not share your cynicism. They
will still vote Labour and that will be their right.
Incidently, voting Socialist in Scotland and Wales will only
continue to return a Conservative government due to the over-
whelming Tory vote South of the Border. Voting SNP or Plaid
Cymru is a different story all together.
Don H.
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| 513.2 | Overwhelming? | VOGON::WALTERS | | Sat Feb 25 1989 08:53 | 17 |
| I didn't say industrial investment was cynical. I said that the
announcement, coming one day before the election, was a cynical
exercise. The local coal mining industry in Bedwas was closed over a
year ago with a loss of 1000 jobs. Investment would have been better
timed then.
I welcome any regional investment in any of the deprived regions,
including those in England.
The massive drop in their majority in a formerly staunch Tory
seat (19000 to 3000) announced the following day seems to indicate
to me that even the English can get a bit fed up of Tory cynicism...
;-)
Colin
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| 513.3 | Nationalist bomb campaign | VOGON::WALTERS | | Thu Mar 02 1989 09:51 | 22 |
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More nationalist activity, extracted from UK News reports:
`An army bomb disposal team made safe a bomb found in a N Wales shop.
A sign nearby identified the Welsh extremist group "Sons of Glyndwr".'
This group has become more active recently, picking up the mantle
of the "Free Wales Army" which ceased its bombing campaign in the
1970's. This is the third incident that they have been involved
in this year - the previous consisting of incendiary attacks on
property in Wales owned by absentee landlords. The attacks tend
to be under-reported in the UK press as they have never resulted
in a death. I have not seen any published manifesto and they are
not associated with any political organisations, but their aims
would seem to be political separation from the UK.
Can any other readers add any info?
C.
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| 513.4 | Pleidiol Wyf I'm Gwlad | COMICS::HWILLIAMS | | Wed Apr 19 1989 14:17 | 24 |
| Re: -1
"Meibion Glyndwr" as they are known in welsh are an extremist group.
They derive their name from Owain Glyndwr the last prince of wales,
who died around 1410 AD. Glyndwr was a prince in a conquering sense
in that he didnt inherit the title but was proclaimed prince by
the people and the english monarch (although Glyndwr was to fall
out with the monarchy later on).
The Last "true" prince of wales was LLywelyn who died in battle
at CILMERI (in south wales) in 1282 AD.
As far as I can gather the short term aims of the group are to try
and force some form of restrictions on the local housing market
so that local families can have affordable housing (thereby keeping
intact welsh communities) and prevent more affluent Non-welsh people
from pricing them out of the market.
As for its long term aims I assume its similar to all other welsh
organisations, in that it strives for true independance.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I've not yet heard of a Welsh Unionist
Party!.
Huw.
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| 513.5 | then there were three | VOGON::WALTERS | | Fri Apr 21 1989 07:44 | 3 |
| Bloody hell! There IS another Welshman in DEC.
S'ydych chi butty.
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| 513.6 | Welsh-American | RAVEN1::WATKINS | | Mon May 06 1991 21:59 | 3 |
| Althought I will be leaving in June, I am a Welsh-American.
Marshall Watkins
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