#That said any Welsh mutuals feel free to add on/pick me up on stuff
Explore tagged Tumblr posts
Text
Plaid are nationalists but I don't think necessarily in a bad way? What I mean is Plaid are far from the nationalism being seen across Europe right now. Yes they're the party that has historically advocated for Welsh independence from the UK, but in the 7-way National debate, them and the SNP were also the only parties I saw actually criticise Nigel Farage's views on immigration. The only ones pushing back on that national podium against the racism and villainisation of refugees and migrants, saying that the UK needs migrants, has a responsibility to take care of them after playing a direct hand in destabilising their countries and pushed back on the Conservatives' plans to just pull out of the human rights commission because it didn't suit their failed Rwanda deportation scheme. Here's Plaid's official stance on asylum, from their manifesto, nothing about this seemed particularly bad to me.
Also, like SNP, the party focus wasn't on independence this time for Plaid, it was on securing fairer funding for Welsh affairs, and devolution. Rhun ap Iorwerth is hardly a Marie Le Pen, thankfully.
THERE ARE NO TORIES LEFT IN WALES
#This is what I know at least#As for the language stuff: the earliest Plaid leaders did overlap with the language rights protestors of the 50s/60s#But to compare a historically oppressed minority language advocating for equal rights#to the sort of shit e.g. Québec in Canada is doing with French; one of the more widely spoken coloniser languages#There simply isn't a comparison.#Calls for a bilingual nation promoting Welsh and English =/=#'refugees must learn French in 6 months and we won't provide them translators for essential services anymore.#We're preserving the very french culture of racism 💙❤️ because fuck em 💕'#So yeah I'd take a Plaid over what's happening in a lot of Europe and Québec right now#That said any Welsh mutuals feel free to add on/pick me up on stuff
28K notes
·
View notes