Sat Apr 04, 2015 4:13 pm
Cwmann_Bluebird wrote:llan bluebird wrote:I thought Woods looked amatuer and i am sure the distinguished gentlemen who have been the leaders or leading politicians were not pleased with her note driven stuttering performance either.....Please don't post a paste a quote from them after the event ....They all won![]()
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It was the "diolch yn fawr" at the end of the evening that drummed it home.....Its will always be associated as a language obsessed party rather than a serious alternative to labour. The SNP do not have the stigma of the language, they can concentrate on the real issues. The sight of the translators earphones at the senedd really highlights the pettiness of our country.
Wood i believe is the first non Welsh speaking leader, as they need to spread into the valleys, but the first thing she had to do is learn the language, as there is still a sniff of elitism within the party.
I am not sure where the OP believes the break through will come from, but in the key SE seats they will poll less than ukip forget about labour
Are you seriously riled by the 'diolch yn fawr' at the end of her closing statement?Wow, that is shocking. What's wrong with speaking a language that has official status in Wales? At least it shows the ignorant little Englanders (like Farage and his UKIP chums) that there are other living indigenous languages in the UK besides English.
To describe bilingualism as 'pettiness' and the language as a 'stigma' is quite staggering and just shows your ignorance and narrow-mindedness, frankly.
By the way, she's never been forced to learn the language. She was learning before she became leader.
Sat Apr 04, 2015 4:20 pm
Steve Zodiak wrote:blueminati wrote:
Welsh is our national language. What is your problem? Have you actually been abroad? It may shock you but other countries do just fine with their own language and English as a 2nd language.
Other countries do just fine because they all speak their own language. Almost three quarters of the people of Wales have no Welsh speaking ability, and English is not a second language as far as the majority of Wales is concerned.
Sat Apr 04, 2015 4:21 pm
Steve Zodiak wrote:blueminati wrote:
Welsh is our national language. What is your problem? Have you actually been abroad? It may shock you but other countries do just fine with their own language and English as a 2nd language.
Other countries do just fine because they all speak their own language. Almost three quarters of the people of Wales have no Welsh speaking ability, and English is not a second language as far as the majority of Wales is concerned.
Sat Apr 04, 2015 4:39 pm
blueminati wrote:Steve Zodiak wrote:blueminati wrote:
Welsh is our national language. What is your problem? Have you actually been abroad? It may shock you but other countries do just fine with their own language and English as a 2nd language.
Other countries do just fine because they all speak their own language. Almost three quarters of the people of Wales have no Welsh speaking ability, and English is not a second language as far as the majority of Wales is concerned.
Other countries speak their own language because they're proud to do so rather than trying to ostracise those that want to like the disgusting little race traitors in Wales. It's embarrassing. Stand up and be proud of your country and everything it stands for rather than belittling those that do. OUR COUNTRY IS AMAZING!
GREAT SINGERS - Katherine Jenkins, Tom Jones, all the rock bands, etc.
GREAT ATHLETES - Bale, Ramsey, Jackson, rugby team
GREAT POLITICIANS - Bevan did more for the UK in terms of real changethan pretty much most other politicians
GREAT LANDSCAPE - just a drive around Wales will tell you how beautiful it is
GREAT CULTURAL HERITAGE - St Davids Day, all the castles and attractions
OUR OWN LANGUAGE - yes, our own language - a language that has historical links we SHOULD BE PROUD OF
GREAT HISTORY - too much to list in this section but Men of Harlech should be all you need to know what i mean
Anyone who says we cant be a prosperous nation without England is a pessimist and needs to leave cause its that kind of disgusting attitude that holds countries back. If all the Balkan/Baltic countries had your backward mentality they'd all still be living under communist rule. Instead they broke free and now are progressing and developing as member states of the EU.
Wales can be strong. Wales can do it. Wales deserved its OWN seat at the biggest meetings in the world. Wales deserves its OWN say on EU affairs. Wales deserves INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION rather than being regarded as that bit of England so many people think it is.
All the pessimists who think we need England are holding us back.![]()
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Sat Apr 04, 2015 4:42 pm
blueminati wrote:Steve Zodiak wrote:blueminati wrote:
Welsh is our national language. What is your problem? Have you actually been abroad? It may shock you but other countries do just fine with their own language and English as a 2nd language.
Other countries do just fine because they all speak their own language. Almost three quarters of the people of Wales have no Welsh speaking ability, and English is not a second language as far as the majority of Wales is concerned.
Other countries speak their own language because they're proud to do so rather than trying to ostracise those that want to like the disgusting little race traitors in Wales. It's embarrassing. Stand up and be proud of your country and everything it stands for rather than belittling those that do. OUR COUNTRY IS AMAZING!
GREAT SINGERS - Katherine Jenkins, Tom Jones, all the rock bands, etc.
GREAT ATHLETES - Bale, Ramsey, Jackson, rugby team
GREAT POLITICIANS - Bevan did more for the UK in terms of real changethan pretty much most other politicians
GREAT LANDSCAPE - just a drive around Wales will tell you how beautiful it is
GREAT CULTURAL HERITAGE - St Davids Day, all the castles and attractions
OUR OWN LANGUAGE - yes, our own language - a language that has historical links we SHOULD BE PROUD OF
GREAT HISTORY - too much to list in this section but Men of Harlech should be all you need to know what i mean
Anyone who says we cant be a prosperous nation without England is a pessimist and needs to leave cause its that kind of disgusting attitude that holds countries back. If all the Balkan/Baltic countries had your backward mentality they'd all still be living under communist rule. Instead they broke free and now are progressing and developing as member states of the EU.
Wales can be strong. Wales can do it. Wales deserved its OWN seat at the biggest meetings in the world. Wales deserves its OWN say on EU affairs. Wales deserves INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION rather than being regarded as that bit of England so many people think it is.
All the pessimists who think we need England are holding us back.![]()
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Sat Apr 04, 2015 4:44 pm
Cwmann_Bluebird wrote:Valley Lad wrote:Is this the same Leanne Wood who thinks she is leader of the party of Wherles? It's Wales Leanne![]()
The same Leanne Wood who was stood next to leader of the Lairbour party? Wrong again Leanne, it's Labour!![]()
Finally, it's votes you're after Leanne not vaughts!!
Don't think she will be getting too many, simply embarrassing!
Are you really mocking her accent?When your username is 'Valley Lad'?
Sat Apr 04, 2015 4:45 pm
Sat Apr 04, 2015 4:51 pm
Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:03 pm
charlieduke wrote:Plaid Cymru are a totally insignificant party whose policies are more left wing than Labour. Leanne Wood was embarrassing on the tv the other night. It was like watching your parents dancing at a wedding ! . Our country owes billions in national debt and Plaid Cymru's answer is to borrow even more money !
Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:16 pm
Military Junta wrote:After Woods performance during the week you would be mad to vote for her. Pmsl
Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:21 pm
popeye21 wrote:blueminati wrote:The only party that will allow us to make our own decision and stay in the EU once the UK withdraws. We benefit so much from being an EU member that leaving would be disastrous. Free movement is great for Wales.
Vote Plaid Cymru. Wales can be great no matter what all the doom and gloom merchants say.
Vote for policies for the Welsh people, not policies for London profit.
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That would be your only decision made on your own as every other one would be made by the EU, which is why your party is so hypocritical. Plaid want devolution so that the English in Westminster are not governing Wales, yet once they are out of the UK would join the EU so that they could be governed by the Germans and the French. The party just wants more jobs for career politicians with the four layers of government that comes as part of the EU package, rather than the three outside the EU or even two if a return to the old style of politics without the waste of space National Assembly. Wales has almost got all that is required in resources to be a successful independent country, enough water; arable land for crops; enough marginal land for livestock; enough energy; fabulous scenery for tourism; a barely adequate transport network ; but the only politicians who want independence are more interested in their own pockets chasing the extra jobs that the EU provides for career politicians.
Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:21 pm
charlieduke wrote:Plaid Cymru are a totally insignificant party whose policies are more left wing than Labour. Leanne Wood was embarrassing on the tv the other night. It was like watching your parents dancing at a wedding ! . Our country owes billions in national debt and Plaid Cymru's answer is to borrow even more money ! . They will win their usual 3 or 4 seats at most in the election and that is it. Small minded insular party obsessed with the Welsh language. Now don't get me started on English speaking parents who can't speak Welsh who send their children to Welsh speaking schools ! Also, the Welsh assembly spends more money on Welsh speaking schools than on English speaking schools which is totally wrong.
Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:24 pm
Valley Lad wrote:Cwmann_Bluebird wrote:Valley Lad wrote:Is this the same Leanne Wood who thinks she is leader of the party of Wherles? It's Wales Leanne![]()
The same Leanne Wood who was stood next to leader of the Lairbour party? Wrong again Leanne, it's Labour!![]()
Finally, it's votes you're after Leanne not vaughts!!
Don't think she will be getting too many, simply embarrassing!
Are you really mocking her accent?When your username is 'Valley Lad'?
It's nothing to do with accent!
It's pronunciation and as a leader of a political party, it's embarrassing. I have a Welsh accent and I'm proud of it, but when you have a person supposedly representing 'Wales' speaking in that manner, it's no wonder we get mocked it's cringeworthy.
Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:26 pm
Cwmann_Bluebird wrote:MalagaCF wrote:Plaid cymru, the party who gets English translated in to welsh which costs £250000 of taxpayers money.....
Don't care if Wales benefits from E U money. The money stays in Cardiff anyway and doesn't go to other parts of Wales.
I'm voting UKIP as a protest vote.
You've probably made those figures up, haven't you? And you do know that the Welsh government is run by Labour, not Plaid?
By the way, do you know that all parties support the language, not only Plaid?
Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:28 pm
MalagaCF wrote:Cwmann_Bluebird wrote:MalagaCF wrote:Plaid cymru, the party who gets English translated in to welsh which costs £250000 of taxpayers money.....
Don't care if Wales benefits from E U money. The money stays in Cardiff anyway and doesn't go to other parts of Wales.
I'm voting UKIP as a protest vote.
You've probably made those figures up, haven't you? And you do know that the Welsh government is run by Labour, not Plaid?
By the way, do you know that all parties support the language, not only Plaid?
Sorry wrong maybe £400000
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-18159802
Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:35 pm
llan bluebird wrote:Cwmann_Bluebird wrote:llan bluebird wrote:I thought Woods looked amatuer and i am sure the distinguished gentlemen who have been the leaders or leading politicians were not pleased with her note driven stuttering performance either.....Please don't post a paste a quote from them after the event ....They all won![]()
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It was the "diolch yn fawr" at the end of the evening that drummed it home.....Its will always be associated as a language obsessed party rather than a serious alternative to labour. The SNP do not have the stigma of the language, they can concentrate on the real issues. The sight of the translators earphones at the senedd really highlights the pettiness of our country.
Wood i believe is the first non Welsh speaking leader, as they need to spread into the valleys, but the first thing she had to do is learn the language, as there is still a sniff of elitism within the party.
I am not sure where the OP believes the break through will come from, but in the key SE seats they will poll less than ukip forget about labour
Are you seriously riled by the 'diolch yn fawr' at the end of her closing statement?Wow, that is shocking. What's wrong with speaking a language that has official status in Wales? At least it shows the ignorant little Englanders (like Farage and his UKIP chums) that there are other living indigenous languages in the UK besides English.
To describe bilingualism as 'pettiness' and the language as a 'stigma' is quite staggering and just shows your ignorance and narrow-mindedness, frankly.
By the way, she's never been forced to learn the language. She was learning before she became leader.
Read it again, not riled !!!! But the last statement was a reminder of the language question, can you speak Welsh or not and if you can you are a little bit more Welsh. For me until they rid themselves of that "stigma" they will never be taken seriously outside west Wales and Anglesey.
The Scots don't have to put the ear piece in when one or two member want to feel more Scottish. I am sure the Somali or Polish family living around the corner appreciate not being able to understand what the hell is going on.
But of course it's my fault for not being able to speak Welsh.....
Bilingualism costs our little country a fortune,money Leanne was moaning about not having.... It's all a nice to have, but meaningless in the whole scheme of things.
The world is shrinking, but we want to be inwardly looking.....
Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:39 pm
jhippno wrote:They are a shitty party with shitty small minded ideas that only people who pick and choose the information they want to hear because it fits with their misplaced narrative. An independent Wales as it stands would be almost instantly bankrupt, and don't give me your shit about about unfunded tidal lagoons and flogging water to England. We would be better off trying to flog magic beans to the English
Sat Apr 04, 2015 5:51 pm
Sat Apr 04, 2015 6:03 pm
Sat Apr 04, 2015 6:05 pm
llan bluebird wrote:Cwmann_Bluebird wrote:llan bluebird wrote:I thought Woods looked amatuer and i am sure the distinguished gentlemen who have been the leaders or leading politicians were not pleased with her note driven stuttering performance either.....Please don't post a paste a quote from them after the event ....They all won![]()
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It was the "diolch yn fawr" at the end of the evening that drummed it home.....Its will always be associated as a language obsessed party rather than a serious alternative to labour. The SNP do not have the stigma of the language, they can concentrate on the real issues. The sight of the translators earphones at the senedd really highlights the pettiness of our country.
Wood i believe is the first non Welsh speaking leader, as they need to spread into the valleys, but the first thing she had to do is learn the language, as there is still a sniff of elitism within the party.
I am not sure where the OP believes the break through will come from, but in the key SE seats they will poll less than ukip forget about labour
Are you seriously riled by the 'diolch yn fawr' at the end of her closing statement?Wow, that is shocking. What's wrong with speaking a language that has official status in Wales? At least it shows the ignorant little Englanders (like Farage and his UKIP chums) that there are other living indigenous languages in the UK besides English.
To describe bilingualism as 'pettiness' and the language as a 'stigma' is quite staggering and just shows your ignorance and narrow-mindedness, frankly.
By the way, she's never been forced to learn the language. She was learning before she became leader.
Read it again, not riled !!!! But the last statement was a reminder of the language question, can you speak Welsh or not and if you can you are a little bit more Welsh. For me until they rid themselves of that "stigma" they will never be taken seriously outside west Wales and Anglesey.
The Scots don't have to put the ear piece in when one or two member want to feel more Scottish. I am sure the Somali or Polish family living around the corner appreciate not being able to understand what the hell is going on.
But of course it's my fault for not being able to speak Welsh.....
Bilingualism costs our little country a fortune,money Leanne was moaning about not having.... It's all a nice to have, but meaningless in the whole scheme of things.
The world is shrinking, but we want to be inwardly looking.....
Sat Apr 04, 2015 6:14 pm
Sat Apr 04, 2015 6:25 pm
Military Junta wrote:Out of them all whether people like him or not Cameron was the only one to come out with any economic plan going forward.
Sat Apr 04, 2015 6:27 pm
wez1927 wrote:Plaid are not the party of Wales ,how can they want devolution but want to stay in Europe ,thwrestling a big world out there why dint we trade with it
Sat Apr 04, 2015 6:31 pm
swapping one for another ,the eu is the worse of the both ,why should we have laws made in Brussels? either get more powers and stay in the UK or go totally devolved from them allblueminati wrote:wez1927 wrote:Plaid are not the party of Wales ,how can they want devolution but want to stay in Europe ,thwrestling a big world out there why dint we trade with it
We benefit from being a member of the EU in terms of research funding and investment. Wales would be more free if it left the UK but remained in the EU because it would remove one tier of governance over us. We'd also get more of a say on EU matters that are great for Wales like the CAP which Little Englanders like Farage want to get rid of which would be disastrous for Wales.
Sat Apr 04, 2015 6:33 pm
Sat Apr 04, 2015 6:40 pm
Cwmann_Bluebird wrote:llan bluebird wrote:Cwmann_Bluebird wrote:llan bluebird wrote:I thought Woods looked amatuer and i am sure the distinguished gentlemen who have been the leaders or leading politicians were not pleased with her note driven stuttering performance either.....Please don't post a paste a quote from them after the event ....They all won![]()
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It was the "diolch yn fawr" at the end of the evening that drummed it home.....Its will always be associated as a language obsessed party rather than a serious alternative to labour. The SNP do not have the stigma of the language, they can concentrate on the real issues. The sight of the translators earphones at the senedd really highlights the pettiness of our country.
Wood i believe is the first non Welsh speaking leader, as they need to spread into the valleys, but the first thing she had to do is learn the language, as there is still a sniff of elitism within the party.
I am not sure where the OP believes the break through will come from, but in the key SE seats they will poll less than ukip forget about labour
Are you seriously riled by the 'diolch yn fawr' at the end of her closing statement?Wow, that is shocking. What's wrong with speaking a language that has official status in Wales? At least it shows the ignorant little Englanders (like Farage and his UKIP chums) that there are other living indigenous languages in the UK besides English.
To describe bilingualism as 'pettiness' and the language as a 'stigma' is quite staggering and just shows your ignorance and narrow-mindedness, frankly.
By the way, she's never been forced to learn the language. She was learning before she became leader.
Read it again, not riled !!!! But the last statement was a reminder of the language question, can you speak Welsh or not and if you can you are a little bit more Welsh. For me until they rid themselves of that "stigma" they will never be taken seriously outside west Wales and Anglesey.
The Scots don't have to put the ear piece in when one or two member want to feel more Scottish. I am sure the Somali or Polish family living around the corner appreciate not being able to understand what the hell is going on.
But of course it's my fault for not being able to speak Welsh.....
Bilingualism costs our little country a fortune,money Leanne was moaning about not having.... It's all a nice to have, but meaningless in the whole scheme of things.
The world is shrinking, but we want to be inwardly looking.....
She spoke THREE words of Welsh. If that really is an issue (which no one has commented upon, incidentally), then God help you. As I said, it's strange how some still associate only Plaid with the language, when ALL the parties in the Assembly support the language.
Do you have evidence for bilingualism costing more?
I'm sure you'd like Welsh to be extinct, which is sad, but there we are. Many are yet to rid themselves of such an archaic way of thinking. Like it or not, Cymraeg is what makes Wales unique.
Sat Apr 04, 2015 7:15 pm
Sat Apr 04, 2015 7:19 pm
Sat Apr 04, 2015 7:34 pm
popeye21 wrote:blueminati wrote:The only party that will allow us to make our own decision and stay in the EU once the UK withdraws. We benefit so much from being an EU member that leaving would be disastrous. Free movement is great for Wales.
Vote Plaid Cymru. Wales can be great no matter what all the doom and gloom merchants say.
Vote for policies for the Welsh people, not policies for London profit.
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That would be your only decision made on your own as every other one would be made by the EU, which is why your party is so hypocritical. Plaid want devolution so that the English in Westminster are not governing Wales, yet once they are out of the UK would join the EU so that they could be governed by the Germans and the French. The party just wants more jobs for career politicians with the four layers of government that comes as part of the EU package, rather than the three outside the EU or even two if a return to the old style of politics without the waste of space National Assembly. Wales has almost got all that is required in resources to be a successful independent country, enough water; arable land for crops; enough marginal land for livestock; enough energy; fabulous scenery for tourism; a barely adequate transport network ; but the only politicians who want independence are more interested in their own pockets chasing the extra jobs that the EU provides for career politicians.
Sat Apr 04, 2015 8:16 pm
popeye21 wrote:popeye21 wrote:blueminati wrote:The only party that will allow us to make our own decision and stay in the EU once the UK withdraws. We benefit so much from being an EU member that leaving would be disastrous. Free movement is great for Wales.
Vote Plaid Cymru. Wales can be great no matter what all the doom and gloom merchants say.
Vote for policies for the Welsh people, not policies for London profit.
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That would be your only decision made on your own as every other one would be made by the EU, which is why your party is so hypocritical. Plaid want devolution so that the English in Westminster are not governing Wales, yet once they are out of the UK would join the EU so that they could be governed by the Germans and the French. The party just wants more jobs for career politicians with the four layers of government that comes as part of the EU package, rather than the three outside the EU or even two if a return to the old style of politics without the waste of space National Assembly. Wales has almost got all that is required in resources to be a successful independent country, enough water; arable land for crops; enough marginal land for livestock; enough energy; fabulous scenery for tourism; a barely adequate transport network ; but the only politicians who want independence are more interested in their own pockets chasing the extra jobs that the EU provides for career politicians.
Still waiting for your reply.