The actual brake down of Welsh Authorities of Welsh Votes in the European Referendum shows a Wales divided
| Local Authority | % Remain | % Leave | % Turnout |
| Cardiff | 60.0 | 40.0 | 69.6 |
| Gwynedd | 58.1 | 41.9 | 72.3 |
| Ceredigion | 54.6 | 45.4 | 74.4 |
| Vale of Glamorgan | 50.7 | 49.3 | 76.1 |
| Monmouthshire | 50.4 | 49.6 | 77.7 |
| Ynys Môn | 49.1 | 50.9 | 73.8 |
| Swansea | 48.5 | 51.5 | 69.5 |
| Carmarthenshire | 46.3 | 53.7 | 74.0 |
| Powys | 46.3 | 53.7 | 77.0 |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | 46.3 | 53.7 | 67.4 |
| Conwy | 46.0 | 54.0 | 71.7 |
| Denbighshire | 46.0 | 54.0 | 69.1 |
| Bridgend | 45.4 | 54.6 | 71.1 |
| Newport | 44.0 | 56.0 | 70.2 |
| Flintshire | 43.6 | 54.6 | 74.8 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 43.6 | 56.4 | 67.4 |
| Neath Port Talbot | 43.2 | 56.8 | 71.5 |
| Pembrokeshire | 42.9 | 57.1 | 74.4 |
| Caerphilly | 42.4 | 57.6 | 70.7 |
| Wrexham | 41.0 | 59.0 | 71.5 |
| Torfaen | 40.2 | 59.8 | 69.8 |
| Blaenau Gwent | 38.0 | 62.0 | 68.1 |
It is interesting that every every single one of the valleys Labiour Strongholds s voted for Leave – many of them in very large numbers..
Oh and I don't think we can blame the support for far right ideas on English people who live here, It's clearly the "Bloody Welsh" who are the problem ad the late Wyn Alf Williams would remind us,
Together with the huge increase for Ukip in these areas although many will deny it they have fallen for the whole anti-immigration rhetoric of the far right and their media allies.
My local Spar has been given the bloody Sun away free for months now amounting to daily propaganda for the OUT side and relentless blaming of Immigrants.
I became concerned with the prospect of a leave vote where I live when those "Friends" on my Facebook from my youth clearly were going to vote OUT and were enthusiastically towing the BREXIT line of "We must take our country back" .
It was also evident by the amount of times the Union Flag or the Butchers Apron as it is called by some appeared regularly on their posts.
Today they will be waving Y Draig Goch and backing the Welsh side in Rugby in New Zealand and Football in France,
Unfortunately it stops there and it seems their allegiance is to long gone Empire and "making Britain Great again".
For those of us who want not only an Independent but a liberal kinder Wales its going to be hard going.
Although set in a different context the words of one of my favourite bands the Swedish duo First Aid Kit.
I am in love and I am lost
But I'd rather be
Broken than empty
Oh, I'd rather be
Shattered than hollow
Oh, I'd rather be
By your side
Now I can't believe that it's been five years
Since we both stood here, looking out at this city
With minds so bold and hearts so clear
We said, we are going to get out of here
We said, we are going to get out of here
We are going to get out of here
Run from all the fears
Follow what we once held dear
When will we get out of here?
Now I am tired but resolute
That I'd rather be
Striving than settled
Oh, I'd rather be
Moving than static
Oh, I'd rather be
By your side
Now I can't believe that it will be so long
Till we both are here, looking out at this city
Knowing all we ever wanted is gone
We are going to get out of here
Run from all the fears
Follow what we once held dear
When will we get out of here?
Time, time is a fickle thing
Let's see what it can bring
I cannot leave you behind
Time, time's running out
My hands, oh give me your hands
I cannot leave you behind
We are going to get out of here
Run from all the fears
Follow what we once held dear
When will we get out of here?
We said, we are going to get out of here
We said, we are going to get out of here
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