tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20783018.post4080801700595205922..comments2024-01-04T15:48:20.985+00:00Comments on RADNORIAN: Welsh Lessonsradnorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18441612211167338629noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20783018.post-49793843828057313822014-02-14T11:47:39.017+00:002014-02-14T11:47:39.017+00:00I suppose one point I was trying to make, and not ...I suppose one point I was trying to make, and not very well, was that the good headmaster might not have been a forerunner of the pro-British, Farage types of today. He seems to have seen the Empire as a virtuous enterprise in which little Wales might play a part.<br /><br />Of course the Empire is gone and I wonder if his type now has more in common with those who see the developing, highly-centralised European state as a similar virtuous enterprise in which little Wales might prosper.<br /><br />I think Welsh supporters of Empire-then and the EU-now are both somewhat deluded and base their views more on wishful thinking rather than an analysis of the likely outcomes for the Welsh as a distinct nation. radnorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18441612211167338629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20783018.post-55341747592660938132014-02-13T15:59:08.197+00:002014-02-13T15:59:08.197+00:00It's quite amazing how, in recent centuries, s...It's quite amazing how, in recent centuries, so many of our forebears thought that the finest expression of Welsh patriotism was to serve England. This outlook still endures, unfortunately, but it is at least challenged nowadays by a more genuine and focused Welshness.Jac o' the North,https://www.blogger.com/profile/02032744625666336148noreply@blogger.com