If I was a unionist historian the thing that would interest me is the bi-cultural or possibly even binational nature of Wales: Cymru Cymraeg with its own cultural and political institutions and establishment and national conversations - whose residents are pretty firmly set on independence and internationalist-minded; and the much larger Waleshire with its labour voting multicultural urban areas and white tory rural areas, which often resembles a region of England in terms of outlook and attitudes - albeit with its own national sports teams and a vague but growing sense of a distinct national identity - shaped as much by alienation from both Britishness and Welshness (as defined by the Cymry Cymraeg establishment) and by sport than by anything else.
I was a unionist, understanding this dynamic would be key to heading off the threat of the independence movement - in particular that identity crisis among the Anglo-Welsh which is exacerbated by the post-devolution failures of English-based media and the paucity of English-language Welsh media. The risk is of course that it's the separatists building bridges while the "unionists" come up with stuff like "isn't welsh a funny language, it's all consonants you know, they'll never vote for independence they're too poor, thank god."
I was a unionist, understanding this dynamic would be key to heading off the threat of the independence movement - in particular that identity crisis among the Anglo-Welsh which is exacerbated by the post-devolution failures of English-based media and the paucity of English-language Welsh media. The risk is of course that it's the separatists building bridges while the "unionists" come up with stuff like "isn't welsh a funny language, it's all consonants you know, they'll never vote for independence they're too poor, thank god."
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