Philip C James

Over the weekend, I asked my sister-in-law, who is English, whether she would move to Wales to be with her husband, my brother, if he were deported back to Wales.

Answer came there none...

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https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/how-media-are-helping-reform-carry-out-flag-coup

Flags, Farage and hotels: How the media is driving England into the arms of Reform

Relentless media coverage of migrant hotels and small boats is driving a surge of white nationalism in a toxic, divided country

Middle East Eye
Sep 5, 2025 at 5:56pmWeb
Show threadDudula the DudSep 5, 2025
@PhilipCJames I'd move to Wales in a moment! I'd even try to learn Welsh.
Show threadPhilip C JamesSep 5, 2025

@BackFromTheDud

I've done that. Tried to learn Welsh, I mean...

Show threadDudula the DudSep 5, 2025
@PhilipCJames Yeah, I know. Irish is probably easier!
Show threadPhilip C JamesSep 5, 2025

@BackFromTheDud

They are related. I'm given to understand that 'the Welsh are just the Irish who couldn't swim...'

Show threadDudula the DudSep 5, 2025
@PhilipCJames Hmm. Either way, at least Wales has a reason for Nationalism, as opposed to Colonial England (where Nationalism celebrates the oppression of other nations)
Show threadPhilip C JamesSep 5, 2025

@BackFromTheDud

I lived in Germany in the 1990s and saw at a distance (tho closer than UK) how Nationalism destroys people when it raises its ugly head.

When first in BRD, we'd visit "Yugoslavian Restaurants." As I left, following the breakup of FRY and the spate of Nationalism-fueled wars in the Balkans, there were no more Yugoslav Restaurants, just Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian etc outlets.

Some Yugoslavs didn't return to BRD - murdered cos they had the wrong surname in the wrong place...

Show threadDudula the DudSep 5, 2025
@PhilipCJames Nationalism is very close to Fascism, and therein madness lies. Why can't we all work together, ffs?!