Welsh Economy

Central to the debate on Welsh Independence is of course  the Economy, or rather the state of the economy  at the time of Independence. Now personally I think there are equally important issues which influence my desire for freedom from the British Empire. Freedom, the desire to have my identity recognised, the right to have control over my Countries affairs etc but of course the Economy of Wales is central to this debate. Trouble is the UK government stubbornly refuses to publish the figures it has available. People have a stab at the figures of course, Gerry Holtham came up with a figure of £6 Billion deficit whilst the UK deficit for the same year was £68 Billion. Given the mismanagement of the Welsh economy by the powers that be at Westminster its hardly surprising to see such a deficit.
Even so I still cannot understand why the UK government doesn't publish the figures in the absence of any cogent rationale critique in favour of the Union. All I see to back up the status quo is fear of change. Of course you can't exactly argue that Wales within the present union is an outstanding success. As Westminster control all of the levers of power, Taxation, Borrowing and Macro/Micro economic policy, they and only they are responsible for the state of the Welsh economy, so maybe that is why they wont publish. Either way the UK government should make those figures public to enable a proper debate, sooner rather than later!

Independence

To me Independence for Wales is the difference between invisibility in the UK and innovation on the world stage, simple as!!!!

Britnot: Tory Boy does it again!

Britnot: Tory Boy does it again!: Fresh from alienating the UK from the rest of the EU "Bullingdon Dave" is now doing the same within the UK. I feel sure Alex Salmond will we...

Tory Boy does it again!

Fresh from alienating the UK from the rest of the EU "Bullingdon Dave" is now doing the same within the UK. I feel sure Alex Salmond will welcome the intervention from "Dave" and the rest of his Unionist chums who all look and sound like some sort of "Brit-Clones" coming up with the same little Britisher message. Just imagine how this hopeless bunch of reactionaries would whinge and whine if the EU said the UK could not have a referendum on in or out of the EU as long as the EU could specify the question, the timing etc. There would be Little Britishers dropping like flies as their blood pressure went through the roof!

Yes I am sure the crusty old lawyers will have hours of fun pontificating over whether the Scottish Parliament or the increasingly manic Westminster mob have bragging rights in this matter. But the fact is that it is people not the interpretation of law that is important in this matter and the people of Scotland own this decision not "Bullingdon Dave" and his right wing mates. I have no doubt with every utterance from the little Britishers the numbers wanting Scottish freedom rises. It shows how difficult it is for British Imperialism to let go, just ask India or the plethora of other Countries who have had to fight so hard to be free of the British yoke!

Welfare state in retreat.

I very rarely need any extra stimulus to fan the flames of my desire to see Wales given its freedom. The UK under this ConDem and previous Tory and Labour governments has done its best to emulate the very worse excesses of a market driven economy inevitably corrupted by greed and self interest. To an extent I have become sensitised to the daily examples of the attack on the Social structures and welfare state within the UK.
However now and again even this crusty old cynic can become shocked and angered  by the sheer inhumanity that a UK society motivated solely by the "me,myself,I" philosophy of Thatcher stoops to.

So it is with the report on an ex army veteran and his wife who rather than face another freezing Winter in poverty formed a suicide pact and ended their existence. Details of the story here, with thanks to Malice in Blunderland :-

 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2059238/Army-veteran-Mark-Mullins-wife-Helen-driven-suicide-poverty.html#ixzz1dDtd4DtC

Greed is Good!

We are all in this together the massed ranks of the Unionist politicians tell us. Unfortunately some are "in it" to a greater extent than others. The public and private sector workers who have lost or are losing their jobs are certainly "in it". The people being forced to accept savage cuts to their benefits are "in it" as  are the people being forced to retire later than planned. The great British tax payers who have bailed out the greedy and corrupt that got us into this mess are "in it". But not it seems the Company directors who have just given themselves a 49% pay rise over the last 12 months.

They are in fact rolling "in it" and revelling in the fact. Nice little earner if you are taking home on average £2.7 Million per annum. We need our own version of the "Arab Spring" to rid ourselves of this assortment of leeches and rogues that corrupt our Society. The "99" movement is a start and I hope the movement will accelerate the realisation of the extent to which "Rip off Britain" pervades every aspect of our lives. The quicker Wales embraces the fact that the only way things will improve is by taking our destiny in our hands, the better! In the meantime the cancer ridden corpse of a failed imperialist experiment should be allowed to disintegrate with whatever grace it can muster!

Dependency

Excellent post on MOF regarding the perceived dependence relationship we have with the Unionist state of Great Britain. Problem is that if you have that kind of relationship there has to be a "What's in it for me" assessment made. Now in the case of Wales although GB is one of the richest economies in the world we have ended up as one of the poorest Countries in the EU. Call me Mr Greedy but that doesn't seem to be a particularly successful arrangement. A successful symbiotic relationship relies on both parties getting something out of the arrangement. GB gets a ready supply of brave boys and girls to fight their generally imperialist wars and the opportunity of relieving us of our natural resources for free. We get Thatcher and the levels of corruption, inequality, ineptitude and funding levels designed to keep us poor.

Now admittedly some of the examples used were shall we say selective. But one thing is for sure, if you want anything other than a Country that is still in effect a poor colony of a deeply flawed union as a legacy to your children and future generations then we need a plan "B". I have no doubt we are  relatively poor and lacking in confidence and self belief because of the union. It is time to call the Unionists bluff and reject the dependency culture they have subjected us to. It is time to realise that only by accepting full responsibility for our own affairs that we can turn our Society and  Economy around and  work towards our full potential. It is also the only way for us Welsh to truly walk tall and look the world right in the eye!