I've just spent a few days in Barcelona ( and arrived back today in the rain! A great welcome home to Wales!)
I thought that most would appreciate this picture of the Catalan Government's main building in Barcelona- the Palau de la Generalitat. As you may know, Catalonia has its own Parliament, and the Catalan people are renowned for their patriotism. There was even graffiti on a bin opposite the main Cathedral building stating 'Catalonia is not Spain!'
The question in relation to Wales is, how far off are we to achieving the aim of creating a legislative Parliament for Wales? If we take Cymru X's text referendum on a Parliament for Wales ( which took place in 2005) as anything to go by, there was nearly unanimous support for more powers for the Assembly. As a result, a campaign for a referendum on a Parliament for Wales should be acheivable before 2011....
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Rwyf newydd dreulio cwpwl o ddiwrnode ym Marcelona( nes i gyrraedd adre heddi yn y glaw! Croeso gwych yn ol i Gymru!)
O'n i'n meddwl basa llawer ohonoch yn gwerthfawrogi'r llun yma o adeilad Llywodraeth Catalonia- y Palau de la Generalitat. Fel yr ydych yn gwybod mae'n siwr, mae gan Catalonia Senedd ei hun, ac mae Catalanwyr yn cael eu hadnabod fel pobl gwlad garol iawn. Roedd graffiti hyd yn oed ar y biniau cyferbyn a'r prif Eglwys gyda ' Nid Sbaen yw Catalonia!' arnynt.
Y cwestiwn yng nghyd destun Cymru yw pa mor bell ydym ni o gyflawni'r amcan o greu Senedd Deddfwriaethol yma yng Nghymru?Os ydym yn asesu barn cyhoeddus yn ol refferendwm tecst Cymru X ar Senedd i Gymru ( a ddigwyddodd yn 2005), roedd canran mawr o bobl o blaid Senedd Deddfwriaethol i'r Cynulliad. O ganlyniad, dylai fod refferendwm ar Senedd i Gymru yn amcan credadwy, a hynny cyn 2011....
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dda i weld fod ti di mwynhau dy hun yn Barcelona, ma'n lle braf!
Ia gobeithio bydden yn cael refferendwm erbyn 2011 gyda Plaid Cymru yn arwain llywodraeth enfys erbyn hynny!
Dylai fod refferendwm. Ond dylai llawer o bethau fod. Y cwestiwn yw sut i gyflawni hyn. A'r gwir yw fod angen creu amgylchedd bositif yn barod am refferendwm.
Dydi'r cymhariaeth hanesyddol rhwng Catalonia a Chymry ddim yn dal dwr - mae Catalonia wedi bod a dal i fod yn rhan grymus o Sbaen, gyda economi diwydianol gryf. Mi wnaeth ddioddef yn sgil Franco, ond rhaid cofio ei fod yn sefyllfa gwahanol.
Bydd yn daith galetach i'r Cymry ennill yr un fath o hunan-lywodraeth.
Pam oeddet ti ym Marcelona felly?
"Plaid cymru's youth wing in wanting more powers down the assembly shock!"
come on bethan...
campaigns by youth wings of political movements are vitally important as you should know.
Funny thing is, at the time, we tried to do it as a cross party campaign, and nobody was interested in getting on board. Despite this being the first ever text campaign of its kind, and interest from European political parties and the Electoral Commission.
Mae yn dda dy fod ti wedi mwynhau dy hun ym Marcelona - mae'n le gwych i fynd. Ac mae'n wir hefyd fod Catalonia yn esiampl delfrydol i Gymru o sut i gael gradd o hunan reolaeth o fewn cyfundrefn wleidyddol arall - pe bai hynny'n Sbaen, Prydain, Ewrop neu lle bynnag.
Pob hwyl wrth ymgyrchu am refferendwm!
¡No, Cataluña es parte de España!
But Bethan, as you are an AM with very important powers, you have to decide where your priorities lie when an opportunity comes to move forward policially in Wales.
The theorising and idealising can go on and on but there are some AMs in the Lib/Dem and Plaid that are still red herrings to the welsh electorate at large. It will take a long time to trust again.
sulf- who are you referring to? If it is myself, I don't agree. I was merely stating an opinion.
I am however going to write a blog later today on Carwyn Jones's remarks on a New Welsh Language Act. If he is against a new act, then labour's consensus politics is far being a reality, and working with them will be near on the impossible.
Bethan - I think you may find a more positive response about a referendum on new powers for the Assembly, and on a new Welsh Language Act from the Welsh Conservatives than from Labour.
Well I am perplexed as to Labour's actions.If they want to talk consensus politics, refusing to engage with the debate on a New Welsh language Act is not the way to go about it.
I am a firm believer in 19 times out of twenty, it is a cock-up rather than a conspiracy that creates thess situations in Welsh politics. Having said that, if Carwyn can't manage to sit on the fence to keep on-side with Plaid, what hope is there?
very true Ian. its the least you'd expect from Carwyn Jones at this point.
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