The Express article attacking Ceredigion’s house naming policy is a fact-free zone

Let people think that Cyngor Ceredigion does this. If it prevents even a single person from moving to Ceredigion who has no interest in learning Cymraeg or who will raise children in English in a place like Tregaron, than it is entirely to the benefit of Wales that people believe this is the case.

Theres sadly a lot of anti Welsh culture types in Aberystwyth/Aberteifi/ Borth and Tywyn way (and the daft named "barmouth" (Abermaw/ Bermo) is a hub) - already capitalist and welshnash

The Express - like the Gaurdian, Times, Mail, Sun, Mirror; Telegraph, Star, etc - are not to be taken seriously...They've all an agenda.

I used to think that only Anglo Brit institutions were anti -Welsh relying on MSM , BBC to spread their toxic supremacist views across England and into those pro English elements in Wales. Since advent of internet and various blogs it becomes evident from the bile spewed out of mostly anonymous people scribbling on those blogs that the common herd in England has absorbed these messages and now favour stances which take a thoroughly negative view of the Welsh people and their language and culture. So nothing new or shocking about the Express' content. Indeed I suspect the rags like Express and Mail churn it out nowadays as part of a competitive strategy - let's see who can produce the most obnoxious crap about those communities west of Clawdd Offa !!

kim I agree with you, there seems to be a lot of simplistic bile shouted out here about English people, its not English people who are our enemy its the weakness of Welsh politicians, Welsh people and the British colonial mindset which has twisted the Welsh psyche. Many English people contribute as much to this country as the natives. TBH I have never had any animosity from English people in England about my accent ( and its strong) or being Welsh, usually they are interested in it. But boy have i had stick from my fellow country men for using Welsh, or having a strong accent - from both Welsh speakers and non welsh speakers. So generalising about the bad English people is simplistic. Personally I don't think any more money should be wasted on bilingual signs from now on - all places should use the Welsh or original name, be it Cross Hands or Llangynnwr. And LA planning should enforce retainment of original houses and farm names. Stuff 5 saints riding school or happy hippy hill

Well, hang on: I'm English myself, and I can categorically confirm that the English are taught to think of themselves as the dominant UK group, and we are also taught that 'our' money funds everyone else and that 'we' have the right to impose rules (immigration rules, notably) on others without ever being subject to them ourselves. Our tabloids shriek about how everyone is taking us for a ride, we're told we're the silent majority (hardly silent, as the hateful comments that keep cropping up about anyone foreign or Welsh), and we get sold endless crap about how we aren't 'represented' in the UK. We're the dominant group. All parties kowtow to us and feed our vanity. Whenever anyone challenges our assumption of dominance we call them racist. No-one id bad or good, but let's not assume that because we all know some fantastic English people who love Wales, they represent the majority, because they don't. We are talking about a culture whose politics, education and geography is designed to make them feel 1) superior, 2) like the world is getting a free ride off their backs, and 3) tolerant and welcoming and quiet and noble. I personally feel that the pro-Welsh English incomers like me are outnumbered in Wales by about 12 to 1 by either the outright anti-Welsh or those who care so little they may as well be in Cheltenham. Maybe more. If you cross the border it's 100 to 1.

Ifan Morgan Jones: diolch am yr erthygl. A da iawn chi am newid enw'ch cartref chi. I gather something similar has been discussed in our hallowed cynulliad. The loss of old and ancient place names and house names has been noticed by the our place name society (i think 'llennatur.com' has a link). They have made representations to the baw in the bae. The united nations charter on minority rights actually condemns this noxious practice for it leads the colonists to assume they had lived there all along, and can sleep with a clear conscience as they can ignore the ethnic cleansing that had occurred. (Think of all the natve place names that must have lost in any number of jurisdictions: eastern Germany, new Zealand, us of death, aboriginalia etc). Sadly, the pro-English culture Marxist Leninists so watered the measure down, it is worthless.

Kim you can say what you like, it doesn't really bother me that you don't 'buy' what I say. It's a comment site, and I'm not here to persuade you, I'm here to express what I feel to be the case after 25 years living in Welsh-speaking Wales. I've learned Welsh, as has my wife, to the best of my ability, and I can tell you (whether you believe me or not is irrelevant) that we're in the minority by, as I said, a ratio of a dozen to one. I'm not sure how that makes me racist. I've encountered more anti-Welsh sentiment among people who move here than I have pro-Welsh sentiment. Vastly more. The anti-Welsh feel safe because it's a part of English culture, regardless of class, to assume superiority and centrality both linguistically and culturally over other people. You see it in politics, the BBC, the tabloids and the education system, as well as the way in which the English tell others to integrate but themselves never integrate. That's how they manage to call themselves 'expats' but others 'immigrants'. Indeed you said so yourself , before retracting it, when you spoke of 'total contempt'. As for using my real name, I don't see how that's relevant. People have different reasons for using pseudonyms or nicknames, and you ought to play the ball not the (assumed) man. To pretend that there isn't a centre of gravity in English public and private culture that assumes superiority over others within the UK (and outside tbh) is wilfully blind.

There’s a long tradition, certainly in England, or railing against petty bureaucracy and the interference of the state in people’s lives. The Daily Express article is as much anti that as anti Welsh The frequent expression of anti-Welsh language sentiments is the symptom of 3 underlying causes: 1. Wales hasn’t been able to establish a narrative explaining why the Welsh language and culture needs defending and the need for interventions to do so. 2. Conflating Englishness with Britishness 3. A crisis in English national identity. I am a fan of English singer, song writer and political activists Billy Bragg and his desire to reclaim English patriotism from the far right –that “might yet counter our [England’s] historic weakness for ethnic nationalism with an outpouring of civic engagement that creates a fairer society for all”. He was a supporter of Scottish independence. A strong progressive inclusive English identity should make the English more comfortable with the idea of separate cultural identities in the other historic nations of these islands.

Is this the same DAILY EXPRESS that calls us all windbags ? says it all.