#13: “the Welsh economy has been in relative decline compared to England since 1924″

The claim Adam Price is one of the more historically aware Welsh politicians active today, as demonstrated by his elegiac pieces (here and here) on the life and times of Rhys ap Gruffydd. He also supplies today’s claim, voiced on this week’s Dragon’s Eye. He said: the Welsh economy has been in relative decline compared [...]

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#12: “under the principles of the Vienna Convention…Wales would remain a part of the European Union”

The claim Yesterday, Plaid launched its highly impressive new website WalesCan.com setting out the case for Welsh independence. In the Busting the Myths section the party takes on the accusation that “Wales would be kicked out of the European Union”. As part of the rebuttal, it is argued: under the principles of the Vienna Convention [...]

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#2: Welsh language LCO is a “milestone in the history of the nation”

The claim Today sees the launch of the much anticipated Welsh Language Legislative Competence Order (LCO), one of the key commitments of the 2007 coalition deal between Labour and Plaid Cymru. Much hinges on this document. A number of senior politicians, among them the Secretary of State for Wales Paul Murphy, have voiced their reservations [...]

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#1: Plaid had fascist leanings

The claim I’m going to start this blog off with perhaps one of the most contentious and controversial claims in modern Welsh political history: that Plaid Cymru, and specifically its founding members, once exhibited fascistic and anti-Semitic tendencies. It’s a claim that Plaid is keen to rebut, and its opponents are keen to propagate. The [...]

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