tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133809191630290599.post7064917936907091490..comments2023-08-19T16:44:23.150+01:00Comments on National Left: Can the Tories back the Welsh Langageglynbeddauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933352430631144936noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133809191630290599.post-23453443400321183622012-10-13T10:28:01.024+01:002012-10-13T10:28:01.024+01:00The information here is great. I will invite my fr...The information here is great. I will invite my friends here.<br /><br /><br /><a title="welsh" href="http://www.thehouseofoojah.com/ccp0-prodshow/teach-yourself-welsh-audio-book-cd.html" rel="nofollow">welsh</a>Mamunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339907476362419380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133809191630290599.post-12535361687310451462012-10-02T12:26:24.980+01:002012-10-02T12:26:24.980+01:00Perhaps Glyn Davies was thinking of the Republican...Perhaps Glyn Davies was thinking of the Republicans in the USA who want more power for the States and less Federal power.<br /><br />From what little I've read of American politics, a lot of that is wanting the States to be free to discriminate against minorities such as immigrants and gays.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133809191630290599.post-63634710031330443942012-10-02T09:30:50.063+01:002012-10-02T09:30:50.063+01:00""Across the world, it is parties of the...""Across the world, it is parties of the centre/right which support 'regional' government, and minority rights. Its a centre/right philosophy to accept freedom of minorities to live as they wish. Its libertarian right to respect people's right to diversity rather than forced compliance to the usual..."<br /><br />Always an interesting point, but not true. In some countries the right is centralist, in others the left is centralist. In Spain the centre-right is centralist to the extreme and the left is more decentralist, and the 'regions' have some very left-wing parties.<br /><br />Perhaps it's best to stick to Wales. There have been centralist tendencies on the "left" (British Labour) and the right, but decentralist tendencies have mainly been on the left. Those people in the Labour party who opposed centralism and supported Wales were the leftists, and usually still are. Likewise, those Tories who hint at supporting devolution are the 'wets' or moderates, people like Glyn Davies, Melding, Nick Bourne etc (though in many cases these have been conversions from opposing devolution).<br /><br />Of course if you look at the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, the centre-right (very broadly) supported independence for those states and the left (used very crudely) supported a centralised and totalitarian Soviet Union. But these are very blunt and crude terms that are probably irrelevant to Wales.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com