tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133809191630290599.post1955343842258937404..comments2023-08-19T16:44:23.150+01:00Comments on National Left: What the bloody hell do we do now?glynbeddauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933352430631144936noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133809191630290599.post-50869861823355549482016-06-24T20:52:39.122+01:002016-06-24T20:52:39.122+01:00Bitterly disappointing to see the electorate in wa...Bitterly disappointing to see the electorate in wales broadly voting along similar lines as the electorate in england (or england outside london rather). A result made even more depressing - not to say embarrassing - by the fact that voters in both scotland and northern ireland strongly voted to stay in. It means we can no longer speak of england 'dragging wales out of the eu against its will'. But recent elections in 2014 and 2015 should have warned us that politically speaking wales is no longer as different from england as it once was. <br /><br />Where this leaves wales - and its political and economic future - is anyone's guess. But you dont have to be mystic meg to predict that the immediate prospects for wales are not good. And it's a crazy irony that those communities in wales that will suffer most as a consequence of this result will be those parts of wales (like RCT,Caerphilly and Torfaen)which most enthusiastically swallowed the lies of 'bojo' and farage and co. <br /><br />And i have to say i dont think peter hain's line about such votes in wales being explained by people wanting to give david cameron a kicking will do - from my own experiences campaigning in swansea many of those voting leave were motivated by the same hostility towards immigrants and the same barely disguised racism as voters in places like barnsley and sunderland evidently were. <br /><br />What does this vote say about wales as a nation? And what does it say about the direction wales going in as a nation? I think it strongly suggests Wales isnt gong in the direction people like you and i would like glyn.Indeed when surveying yesterday's results in wales you could be forgiven for thinking that wales is just another part of england, and that we only actually exist as a 'nation' on the rugby and football fields. Certainly the aim of a self governing Wales in the EU looks a million miles away.Leigh Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10598475954140926742noreply@blogger.com