UKIP Is A Far-Right Party Even If The UK Press Is Loath To Admit It
When it comes to the rise of the neo-right in the “West”, it’s interesting to note that much of theContinue Reading
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When it comes to the rise of the neo-right in the “West”, it’s interesting to note that much of theContinue Reading
Several readers, including Marconatrix, have drawn my attention to this discussion about Welsh language rights broadcast on Newsnight, the BBC’sContinue Reading
Speaking of the challenges facing linguistic minorities, what do readers make of this news from Wales, as reported by theContinue Reading
The percentage of children educated through the medium of the Irish language in primary schools across Ireland, excluding the SixContinue Reading
Over the last twenty years the political terminology of the United Kingdom of Great Britain has undergone a subtle butContinue Reading
On the 21st of December 2010 the then coalition government of Fianna Fáil and the Green Party launched the “20-Year Strategy for theContinue Reading
Yesterday’s sight of the former British prime ministers, toothsome Tony Blair and dour John Major, proclaiming the United Kingdom of Great Britain the “…mostContinue Reading
Given my recent posts on the issue of linguistic and cultural discrimination here in Ireland, this report from WalesOnline hardly needsContinue Reading
At the end of last year I discussed the publication of a research paper analysing the ancient DNA remains of a number of individuals whoContinue Reading
Most observers agree that the applicability of the term “Celtic architecture” is largely a matter of perception since no such tradition of buildingContinue Reading
In relation to my recent posts on the discrimination faced by Irish- and Welsh-speakers in their respective nations, where intolerance of theContinue Reading
Predictably enough, following the successful intimidation of a small community council in the majority Welsh-speaking village of Cynwyd by English language lobbyists, weContinue Reading
A few days ago I highlighted a story from Wales where an anglophone lobbyist in the village of Cynwyd, a majority Welsh-speaking areaContinue Reading
The small village of Cynwyd in the narrow, oblong county of Denbighshire, in the north-east of Wales, has a population of less than 600 men,Continue Reading
While most eyes and ears were focused on the headline-grabbing announcements in the November budgetary review by the UK’s aristocratic finance minister, George Osborne, moreContinue Reading
I suppose it was inevitable that an Anglophone supremacist somewhere in Ireland or Britain would pop up to denigrate that which mostContinue Reading
Returning to the issue of righting old wrongs, what might be described as restorative justice for dispossessed cultures, Paula Young Lee makesContinue Reading
ITV News in the UK has a headline-grabbing story on its website: “Exclusive poll: 64% oppose compulsory Welsh to ageContinue Reading
Some absolutely astonishing results from the UK general election so far, with the stand-out story being the sweeping of the electoralContinue Reading
My predictions for the general election in the UK (and the north-eastern bit of Ireland that the British stubbornly cling onContinue Reading
Did Nicola Sturgeon, the formidable SNP leader and current First Minster of Scotland, emerge as the winner from last night’s televisedContinue Reading
Over the last few decades our Celtic neighbours in Wales have seen the emergence of something approaching a national consensusContinue Reading