Making life much more difficult

Morgan WilliamsI wouldn’t worry too much about it, as currently there are more Muslims living in the U.K. than Welsh people, so when, not if, they form their own political party, Wales will start to wish they had been more amicable to their cousins across the border.

Morgan Williams“England will never give Wales permission to hold an independence referendum” Presume you are talking about the Westminster Houses of Parliament, where your beloved Labour Party has a big majority. Why don’t you ask them ? Go on, I dare you. You won’t because a) you daren’t as you would lose and make fools of yourselves, and b) would have to say goodbye to all that lovely dosh that comes from across the border which allows you to balance the books. Reminds me of a friend of mine who was always complaining about having to live at home with his parents, but never moved out, even though he could afford it. By the way, I have Welsh cousins from my mother’s side of the family. Moved there from Northumberland several generations ago. Apparently coal had something to do with it. And people from up there don’t like being referred to as “English”.

Richard PearsonEngland will never again give Scotland permission to hold an independence referendum, nor permission for NI to reunify, nor a Welsh independence referendum, nor permission for Gibraltar to join Schengen. All of them need England's permission for such things. So it's a mute point. Some Scottish provinces voted leave, but overwhelmingly Scotland voted remain. So did NI. And also the Welsh living in Wales. It was English expats living in Wales that overwhelmingly voted leave. And Gibraltar was what, 98% remain? It's not really a point worth arguing now. England won. Like it always does (even when it loses). Of course it takes no responsibility for Brexit now. It's something to be "forgotten".

Morgan WilliamsBy the way, would you like to comment on Anglesey’s decision to vote “leave” ?

Morgan WilliamsSimple. Call for a referendum like the Scots did. In the meantime, stop complaining like spoilt teenagers.

Richard PearsonEngland runs the "UK" and always has. If nothing else, England can always out-vote all others. There's many examples of that, but the most prominent of them is Brexit, which is relevant to this article. Brexit was conceived, written, directed, produced, promoted, acted and voted for by >England<-. No other UK nationality favoured it. Wales, you say? Erm, actual Welsh people overwhelmingly voted remain. It was English

The two people to blame are Johnson and farage, but of course it won't affect them, they'll get the fast track VIP treatment. As for the anti EU farage, why is he claiming his EU pension, why did he try and get a German passport for himself and his kids. Total con man hypocrite

Morgan WilliamsA few weeks ago you promised to stop referring to the U.K. as “England”, or, if you prefer, to stop blaming “England” for the entire nation’s woes. That didn’t last long, did it ?

The reason there has been no progress in negotiation "which would allow British citizens in Spain and Spanish citizens in Britain to live as if Brexit had never happened" is that to achieve that requires some ->mutual<- give and take. A "negotiation" is not one side demanding what they want and balking when the other side wants something in return. The Brexit campaign was so deeply rooted in disinformation that it's still widely believed that any "give" on the part of England would require being imaginarily "ruled" by the EU. So there's precious little will to accept any acquiescence to what the EU would require to reasonably agree to that. Switzerland isn't in the EU, but they have freedom of movement, goods and capital. Yet they also had to agree to EU "level playing field" requirements, but England doesn't want that. It just wants what it wants. Or nothing. So the saga continues...