Dangers of Welsh elitism.Byline: Brian Christley Abergele PETER Hain (House of Commons House of Commons: see Parliament. , Jan 9) suggested that he was more Welsh than his Welsh-born Tory opposite number as she didn't know the name of the manager of the Welsh rugby team. This comment is typical of the "I'm superior as I'm more Welsh than you" paranoia voiced by a small but vociferous section in Wales since devolution. Hain and his cronies seem determined to produce a Welsh elite, a sort of cast culture where, for example, those living in north east Wales East Wales is the easternmost part of Wales. The area is loosely-defined, but generally is said to include the traditional counties of Monmouthshire (including the city of Newport), Brecknockshire, Radnorshire, Montgomeryshire (i.e. much of Powys), Flintshire and Denbighshire. who don't speak Welsh, shop in Chester, support Liverpool, never watch rugby, fly on holiday from Manchester and consider Welsh Assembly Welsh Assembly n → Parlement gallois debates about as intellectually stimulating as a Vicar of Dibley parish church meeting, are considered lower cast untouchables. The views of everyone in a free country are of equal importance, there should be no underclass and no elite. CAPTION(S): Welsh secretary Peter Hain |
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